Live at the Opera House

Live at the Opera House is the first live album released by the American vocal group The Pointer Sisters, released on the Blue Thumb label in 1974.

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History

The album became a milestone for the group. They became the first contemporary pop group to perform at San Francisco's Opera House. The album peaked at number 96 on the Billboard 200 and reached number 29 on the R&B albums chart. The album was remastered and issued on CD in 2006 by Hip-O Select.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Overture--Prelude to Islandia"	Tom Salisbury	7:30
2.	"Walk-On"	Salisbury	1:09
3.	"Salt Peanuts"	Bruce Good, Jeffrey Cohen / Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke	4:13
4.	"Shaky Flat Blues"	June Pointer, Anita Pointer, Bonnie Pointer	5:11
5.	"Fairytale"	A. Pointer, B. Pointer	4:27

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Cloudburst"	Jon Hendricks, Leroy Kirkland, Jimmy Harris	2:49
7.	"Jada"	A. Pointer, J. Pointer, B. Pointer, Ruth Pointer / Good, Cohen	5:19
8.	"Black Coffee"	Paul Francis Webster, Sonny Burke	5:59
9.	"Let It Be Me"	Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis	4:26

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Hands Up" / "Wang Dang Doodle" (medley)	A. Pointer, B. Pointer, J. Pointer, R. Pointer / Willie Dixon	5:16
11.	"Old Songs" (medley) / "That's a Plenty" / "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"	John Shine, Bing Nathan, Good, Cohen / Ray Gilbert, Lew Pollack / Sammy Cahn, Jacob Jacobs, Saul Chaplin, Sholom Secunda	8:25
12.	"Steam Heat"	Richard Adler, Jerry Ross	4:11

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Yes We Can Can"	Allen Toussaint	5:44
14.	"Love in Them There Hills"	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Roland Chambers	10:02
15.	"Walk-Off"	Salisbury	0:43

Personnel

Anita Pointer, Ruth Pointer, Bonnie Pointer, June Pointer – vocals
Chris Michie – guitar
Thomas P. Salisbury – piano, Hohner clavinet, organ
John Newmann – bass
Gaylord Birch – drums, congas

Production

David Rubinson & Friends, Inc. – producer, mix-down engineer
Fred Catero – associate producer, recording engineer, mix-down engineer
David Coffin, Greg Odell, Valerie Clausen, Stephen Jarvis, Ken Hopkins – recording engineers
George Horn, Phil Brown – mastering engineer
Tom Salisbury – conductor, arrangements
Tom Wilkes – graphics
Ren Deaton – photography

Charts

Chart performance for *Live at the Opera House*
Chart (1974)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs & Tape^[2]	96
US Billboard Top Soul LPs^[3]	29

References

^ Planer, Lindsay. Live at the Opera House review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
^ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ "The Pointer Sisters Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

External links

Live at the Opera House at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e The Pointer Sisters
Ruth Pointer Issa Pointer Sadako Pointer Bonnie Pointer June Pointer Anita Pointer
Studio albums	The Pointer Sisters That's a Plenty Steppin' Having a Party Energy Priority Special Things Black & White So Excited! Break Out Contact Hot Together Serious Slammin' Right Rhythm Only Sisters Can Do That
Live albums	Live at the Opera House
Compilation albums	The Best of the Pointer Sisters
Singles	"Yes We Can Can" "Wang Dang Doodle" "Steam Heat" "Fairytale" "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)" "Fire" "Everybody Is a Star" "Happiness" "He's So Shy" "Slow Hand" "Should I Do It" "I'm So Excited" "Automatic" "Jump (For My Love)" "Neutron Dance" "Dare Me" "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves" (with Natalia)
Related articles	Discography Pinball Number Count

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