The Main Event – Live

Infobox Album
Name = The Main Event - Live
Type = Live Album
Artist = Frank Sinatra


Background = Darkturquoise
Released = 1974
Recorded = October 1974
New York City
Genre = Classic pop
Length = 40:58
Label = Reprise Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ddnvwzva92k link] | Last album = "Some Nice Things I've Missed"
(1973)
This album = "The Main Event – Live"
(1974)
Next album = ""
(1980) |

"The Main Event – Live" is a 1974 (see 1974 in music) live album and television special by Frank Sinatra.

Sinatra embarked on a six-concert tour in 1974, working with Woody Herman & the Young Thundering Herd, which was conducted by Bill Miller, Sinatra's longtime pianist.

Dubbed "The Main Event", the tour culminated with a televised concert from Madison Square Garden on October 13, 1974. Sinatra is modestly introduced by Howard Cosell, who describes him as "the most enduring champion of them all - coming live to the entire Western hemisphere."

Subtitled "Live From Madison Square Garden", this album isn't an exact document of the concert. Instead, it's a compilation taken from various shows on "The Main Event" tour; on two songs, "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Let Me Try Again", two performances are spliced together.

Track listing

#"Overture: "It Was a Very Good Year"/"All the Way"/"My Kind of Town" (Ervin Drake)/(Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)/(Cahn, Van Heusen) – 3:00 (introduction by Howard Cosell)
#"The Lady Is a Tramp" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:45
#"I Get a Kick Out of You" (Cole Porter) – 4:00
#"Let Me Try Again" ("Laisse Moi le Temps") (Paul Anka, Cahn, Michel Jourdon) – 3:10
#"Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) – 2:35
#"I've Got You Under My Skin" (Porter) – 4:25
#"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce) – 2:34
#"Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) – 3:38
#"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder) – 2:40
#"The House I Live In" (Lewis Allan, Earl Robinson) – 4:42
#"My Kind of Town" – 2:32
#"My Way" (Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault) – 4:57

Personnel

* Frank Sinatra - Vocals
* Woody Herman and the Young Thundering Herd
* Bill Miller - Conductor