Cities of the Heart explained

Cities of the Heart
Type:	live
Artist:	Jack Bruce
Cover:	Cities of the Heart.jpg
Released:	March 1994
Recorded:	live at E-Werk Cologne, Germany, 2 & 3 November 1993
Genre:	Rock, jazz rock, blues rock
Label:	CMP Records
Producer:	Jack Bruce, with Kurt Renker & Walter Quintus
Prev Title:	Somethin Els
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Monkjack
Next Year:	1995

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

1. "Can You Follow?" (Pete Brown, Jack Bruce)  - 1:56

Jack Bruce  - vocals, piano

1. "Running Through Our Hands" (Brown, Bruce, Janet Godfrey)  - 4:13

Jack Bruce  - vocals, piano

Gary Husband  - keyboards

1. "Over the Cliff" (Bruce, Jerry Goldsmith)  - 3:46

Jack Bruce  - bass

Dick Heckstall-Smith  - saxophone

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "Statues" (Bruce)  - 7:37

Jack Bruce  - bass

Dick Heckstall-Smith  - saxophone

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "First Time I Met the Blues" (Eurreal Montgomery)  - 4:47

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Clem Clempson  - guitar

Dick Heckstall-Smith  - saxophone

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "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

1. "Bird Alone" (Bruce, Brown)  - 9:56

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Clem Clempson  - guitar

Bernie Worrell  - Hammond organ, piano

Gary Husband  - drums

1. "Neighbor, Neighbor"(Alton, J.Valler)  - 5:32

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

1. "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

Jonas Bruce  - piano

Simon Phillips  - drums

Disc two

1. "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

1. "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

1. "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (Brown, Bruce)  - 6:00

Jack Bruce  - vocals, piano

Clem Clempson  - guitar

Bernie Worrell  - Hammond organ

François Garny  - bass

Simon Phillips  - drums

1. "Golden Days" (Bruce)  - 5:38

Jack Bruce  - vocals, piano

Gary "Mudbone" Cooper  - vocals

Clem Clempson  - guitar

Bernie Worrell  - Hammond organ

François Garny  - bass

Simon Phillips  - drums

1. "Life on Earth" (Bruce)  - 5:21

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Gary Moore  - guitar

Simon Phillips  - drums

1. "N.S.U." (Bruce)  - 6:29

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Gary Moore  - guitar

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Lonnie Chatmon, Walter Vinson)  - 6:52

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Gary Moore  - guitar

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "Politician" (Brown, Bruce)  - 5:39

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Pete Brown  - vocals

Gary Moore  - guitar

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "Spoonful" (Willie Dixon)  - 9:13

Jack Bruce  - vocals, bass

Gary Moore  - guitar

Ginger Baker  - drums

1. "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