![]() ![]() It includes hits from all points of his career up until then, plus some very good songs that remain unreleased to this day, such as "It's Growing," "I Can't Stand It," "Lighting Up the Candles" and the blues cover "Nobody Loves Me but My Mother." (Also, the song "Go Home" would be released on a 1985 album, but is done in a better style here.) It also preceded his often shlocky 1980s albums, starting with "The Woman in Red" soundtrack and the mega-hit "I Just Called to Say I Love You" released later that year. This concert is two hours and forty minutes long! It's a tour de force by him. ![]() ![]() Happily, those problems didn't occur with his live performances. A lot of that was due to overproduction and bad choices, such as switching to electric drums around 1984. He still was a musical genius, but he often released disappointing records. In my opinion, that classic period lasted from about 1972 to 1980. It's a great recording and performance, maybe even the best single concert of his to listen to, since it comes just after his classic 1970s period and thus contains the vast majority of his greatest songs. ![]() I plan on posting some more Stevie Wonder music in the near future. ![]()
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