Cities of the Heart is a Jack Bruce double CD release of sections of two live performances given on 2 and 3 November 1993 in Cologne, Germany, to celebrate Bruce's 50th birthday. They were recorded for the WDR "Rockpalast" TV show and a DVD of the shows, entitled Rockpalast: The 50th Birthday Concerts, was released by MIG Music in 2014.
Track listing
Disc one "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce) – 1:56 Jack Bruce – vocals, piano "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey) – 4:13 Jack Bruce – vocals, piano Gary Husband – keyboards "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith) – 3:46 "Statues" (Bruce) – 7:37 "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery) – 4:47 Jack Bruce – bass; vocals (5) Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Ginger Baker – drums Clem Clempson – guitar (5) "Smiles & Grins" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:48 Jack Bruce – vocals, bass, piano Clem Clempson – guitar Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Art Themen – saxophone Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ Malcolm Bruce – synthesizer Gary Husband – drums "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown) – 9:56 Jack Bruce – vocals, bass Clem Clempson – guitar Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ, piano Gary Husband – drums "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler) – 5:32 "Born Under a Bad Sign" (William Bell, Booker T. Jones) – 6:17 Jack Bruce – vocals, bass Clem Clempson – guitar Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Art Themen – saxophone Henry Lowther – trumpet John Mumford – trombone Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ Simon Phillips – drums Jonas Bruce – piano (9)
Disc two "Ships in the Night" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:20 Jack Bruce – vocals Maggy Reilly – vocals Clem Clempson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ Gary Husband – piano François Garny – bass Simon Phillips – drums "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune" (Brown, Bruce) – 4:19 Jack Bruce – vocals, piano Clem Clempson – guitar Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Art Themen – saxophone Henry Lowther – trumpet John Mumford – trombone François Garny – bass Simon Phillips – drums "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce) – 6:00 "Golden Days" (Bruce) – 5:38 Jack Bruce – vocals, piano Clem Clempson – guitar Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ François Garny – bass Simon Phillips – drums Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals (4) "Life on Earth" (Bruce) – 5:21 Jack Bruce – vocals, bass Gary Moore – guitar Simon Phillips – drums "N.S.U." (Bruce) – 6:29 "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson) – 6:52 "Politician" (Brown, Bruce) – 5:39 "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon) – 9:13 Jack Bruce – vocals, bass Gary Moore – guitar Ginger Baker – drums Pete Brown – vocals (8) "Sunshine of Your Love" (Brown, Bruce, Eric Clapton) – 8:07 Jack Bruce – vocals, piano Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals Clem Clempson – guitar Malcolm Bruce – acoustic guitar Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Art Themen – saxophone Henry Lowther – trumpet John Mumford – trombone Bernie Worrell – Hammond organ Jonas Bruce – synthesizer François Garny – bass Ginger Baker – drums Simon Phillips – drums Pete Brown – percussion
Personnel Musicians Pete Brown – vocals, percussion Jack Bruce – bass, piano, vocals Jonas Bruce – piano Malcolm Bruce – keyboards Dave "Clem" Clempson – guitar Gary "Mudbone" Cooper – vocals François Garny – bass Gary Husband – drums, keyboards, piano Henry Lowther – trumpet John Mumford – trombone Maggie Reilly – vocals Art Themen – saxophone Ginger Baker – drums Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone Gary Moore – guitar Simon Phillips – drums Bernie Worrell – piano
Production Cedric Beatly – recording David Calvin – recording Norbert Gutzman – assistant engineer Harald Glaser – live recording submixes Walter Quintus – mixing Ulf von Kanitz – art direction Guido Harari – b/w and colour photos Nanna Botsch – colour photos Ralph Weber – photo of the Bruce family Malcom Bruce – transcriptions Klaus Schruff – computer music notation
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