Tonight: In Person

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Tonight: In Person

Live album by

The Limeliters

Released

January 1961

Recorded

July 29, 1960

Venue

Ash Grove, Hollywood

Genre

Folk

Label

RCA Victor

The Limeliters chronology

The Limeliters
(1960)

Tonight: In Person
(1961)

The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters
(1961)

Tonight: In Person is a live album by the American folk music group, The Limeliters, a trio made up of Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough. It was recorded live on July 29, 1960, in Hollywood, California, at the Ash Grove, a former Melrose Avenue furniture factory converted into a folk music club. The album was released in January 1961 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-2272).^[1]^[2] It was the group's first album for RCA Victor.^[3]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's pop album chart on February 27, 1961, peaked at No. 5, and remained on the chart for 42 weeks.^[4]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four-and-a-half stars. Reviewer Cary Ginell wrote that "this album is a winner all the way and one of the shining examples of the best of the urban folk revival of the early '60s."^[3]

Track listing

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Side A

"There's a Meetin' Here Tonight" (Alex Hassilev, Glenn Yarbrough) [2:16]
"Molly Malone" (arranged by Bob Gibson, Glenn Yarbrough) [2:39]
"The Monks of St. Bernard (Les Moines de Saint Bernardin)" (Alex Hassilev) [5:04]
"Seven Daffodils" (Lee Hays) [3:43]
"Hey Li Lee Li Lee" (Lou Gottlieb) [6:44]

Side B

"Headin' for the Hills" (John Stewart) [2:53]
"The Far Side of the Hill" [3:53]
"Rumania, Rumania" (Aaron Lebedeff) [3:23]
"Madeira, M'Dear" (Michael Flanders) [5:49]
"Proschai" (Lou Gottlieb, Gene Raskin) [3:01]

References

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^ "The Limeliters – Tonight: In Person". Discogs. Retrieved December 23, 2020.(information reflected on the back cover of the album)
^ "Limeliters Suit Night Club Set". The Indianapolis News. January 5, 1961. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Tonight: In Person". AllMusic. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
^ Joel Whitburn (1995). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Albums. Billboard Books. ISBN 0823076318.

v t e The Limeliters
Lou Gottlieb Alex Hassilev Glenn Yarbrough Red Grammer Bill Zorn Roger McGuinn
Studio albums	The Limeliters (1960) Sing Out! (1962) Folk Matinee (1962)
Live albums	Tonight: In Person (1961) The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters (1961) Through Children's Eyes (1962) Our Men in San Francisco (1963)

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