ALBUM:
Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, released in 1969. Four months after the title cut became a #22 hit, Diamond recorded and released a new single, "Sweet Caroline", which reached #4. Because of its popularity, this song was added to the end of later pressings of the album, which was also given a new sleeve with the album shown as Sweet Caroline/Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show although the title was still written as Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show on the label.
SONG:
"Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond which appeared as the opening track on the eponymous album. Released as a single in early 1969, it hit number 22 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
The song tells the story of Brother Love, an evangelist who travels from town to town preaching. In the middle of the song, Diamond gives a sermon in typical evangelical style.
The original 45 mix of the title cut differs from the album version. Aside from being in mono, extra reverb is used throughout the whole song. Neil Diamond's voice was overdubbed onto the lead vocal, creating a harmony. A tubular bell part were added following the phrase "Take my hand in yours...". The fade-out of the song is longer, with a louder horn section and a rattling tambourine part. All of Diamond's CD compilations have used the album mix.[citation needed]
Billboard described the single as a "powerful piece of rhythm material with a potent lyric." Cash Box said "Revivalist sounds, building in AGP works of late, are added to Neil Diamond's latest opus to strengthen his latent rhythm and give a new direction to the artist's material." Record World called it "a Memphis beauty."
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide calls "Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" "genuinely demented."
MOVIE CREDITS:
'Lost and Found' - 1999
'Michael' - 1996
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