In Concert -- Everybody's Listening (2005)

About this title: This is one of those concert albums that isn't. The Chad Mitchell Trio departed Colpix for Kapp in 1961, leaving Colpix with just four outtakes by the group in the can from its 1960 debut album, The Chad Mitchell Trio Arrives. Cherry-picking two tracks ("I Do Adore Her" and "Sally Ann") from that album and adding in the four unreleased songs, the label then dubbed in audience noise to make a faux live set. This still didn't add up to an album, so six songs from a forgettable quartet known as the Gatemen were grafted on, again with fake crowd noise. The CMT do shine on the Irving Burgie ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Ballad of Herbie Spear [Mitchell]
2. Devil Road [Darion/Krasnow]
3. I Do Adore Her [Burgess]
4. Rodger Young [Loesser]
5. Sally Ann [Okun/Corman/Rose/Ma]
6. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You) [Russell/James/Peppe]
7. Jesse James [Foote/Ramm/Walker]
8. Green Leaves of Summer [Webster/Tiomkin]
9. The Klan [Foote/Ramm/Walker]
10. 500 Miles [West]
11. What Have You Got to Show? [Leeds]
12. Wabash Cannonball [Foote/Ramm/Walker]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.