Leonard Cohen – Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Leonard Cohen – Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:37 minutes | 517 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Columbia

Leonard Cohen releases Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour on May 12, 2015. The ten songs of this hypnotic album are Cohen rarities recorded on his recent, celebrated “Old Ideas World Tour.” Remarkably, this is Cohen’s third album release since last September’s Platinum selling Popular Problems which garnered four 2015 JUNO AWARD nominations and won for the coveted ‘Album of the Year’.

The songs on Can’t Forget have the immediacy, spontaneity, and thrilling intimacy of the best studio recordings made in the white heat of live performance and Cohen’s legendary soundchecks, in which he brings the colors of his virtuoso band to full bloom in harmony with his voice, never more seductive. Here is a full range of Leonard Cohen’s work: new songs including, from the realm of blues, the wickedly funny “Got a Little Secret” and “Never Gave Nobody Trouble”; luxurious performances of such Cohen masterpieces as “I Can’t Forget,” “Light As the Breeze,” “Night Comes On,” and a sublime “Joan of Arc”. Cohen also treats us to a gripping version of the Quebecois love song “La Manic,” performed before a captivated audience in Quebec City, and a moving tribute cover of the late country master George Jones’s “Choices.” These are songs and performances of the first order that you can’t forget.

Cohen’s live concert tours were met with extraordinary and unanimous accolades as he performed around the world from 2008 through 2013. His mesmerizing performances totaled 470 shows in 31 countries, attended by four million fans. Can’t Forget gives listeners an extremely special glimpse into Cohen’s intimate rehearsal process, widely known to be in-depth ‘concerts before the concert!,’ heard by fans for the first time with this new record. Cohen continues to work with vocalists, musicians, producers and engineers who are the best in the business.

Can’t Forget was produced by Mark Vreeken and Ed Sanders, mastered by Bob Ludwig. Cover art by Michael Petit.

Tracklist:
01. Leonard Cohen – Field Commander Cohen (Live at Denver Soundcheck, 2012) (04:24)
02. Leonard Cohen – I Can’t Forget (Live at Copenhagen Show, 2012) (04:17)
03. Leonard Cohen – Light as the Breeze (Live at Dublin Show, 2012) (06:33)
04. Leonard Cohen – La Manic (Live at Québec City Show, 2012) (04:14)
05. Leonard Cohen – Night Comes On (Live at Mönchengladbach Show, 2012) (05:55)
06. Leonard Cohen – Never Gave Nobody Trouble (Live at Odense Soundcheck, 2013) (04:51)
07. Leonard Cohen – Joan of Arc (Live at Québec City Soundcheck, 2012) (06:30)
08. Leonard Cohen – Got a Little Secret (Live at Auckland Soundcheck, 2013) (04:35)
09. Leonard Cohen – Choices (Live at Christchurch Soundcheck, 2013) (03:31)
10. Leonard Cohen – Stages (Live at Sydney Show and Hamburg Soundcheck, 2013) (03:42)

Personnel:
The Tour Band (in alphabetical order)
Roscoe Beck – bass & vocal (Musical Director)
Alexandru Bublitchi – violin
Rafael Gayol – drums & percussion
Neil Larsen – keyboard, accordion, brass instruments
Javier Mas – acoustic guitar, oud & misc string instruments
Sharon Robinson – vocal
Mitch Watkins – guitar
Charlie and Hattie Webb, The Webb Sisters – vocal, guitar, harp

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