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Dit is een cd uit de serie The Notebook Series die in totaal uit 5 cd's bestaat. 
De hele serie bestaat uit live opnamen van Iain Matthews waarop hij zich op zijn kwetsbaarst opstelt, de man en zijn gitaar !
Persoonlijk vind ik dit de beste opnames van Iain. 

Ik heb alleen een probleem ... ik mis deel 2 en deel 5
Wie kan mij helpen ?
In 2002 is de hele serie ook uitgegeven als : The Complete Notebook Series

TNBS01 - Iain Matthews - Nights in Manhattan - 1988
TNBS02 - Iain Matthews - Live Alone - 1992
TNBS03 - Iain Matthews - Intimate Wash - 1993
TNBS04 - Iain Matthews - Camouflage - 1995
TNBS05 - Iain Matthews - Woodshedding - 1999

Iain Matthews - Nights in Manhattan
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Taxim Records 1991

On Squirrel Hill (Jules Shear)
Keep on sailing (IM)
Man in a station (John Martyn)
Alive alone (Jules Shear)
Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young)
Except for a tear (Jules Shear)
Reno Nevada (Richard Farina)
Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Shadows break (Jules Shear)
Following every finger (Jules Shear)
Meet on the ledge (Richard Thompson)
Standing still (Jules Shear)

recorded completely live at the Bottom Line, New York City, May 1988

musicians : Iain Matthews - vocal, guitar
Mark Hallman - guitar, vocal
Craig Negoescu - keyboards, sequenced percussion, vocals

produced by Etheridge Hill for Perfect Pitch Productions


Review by Brett Hartenbach

Originally released in the late '80s as a mail-order-only cassette entitled Ian Matthews Live (he changed the spelling of his first name shortly thereafter), Nights in Manhattan (recorded in New York City in May of 1988) was reissued in 1997 with four added tracks that were recorded live two and a half years later in California (hence the "And Points West"). Matthews, along with Mark Hallman (acoustic guitar, vocals), Craig Negoescu (keyboards, vocals), and David Hayes (acoustic bass), though concentrating on material from Walking a Changing Line, touches on various points in his extensive career -- including his days with Fairport Convention ("Meet on the Ledge"), Matthews' Southern Comfort ("Woodstock"), and Plainsong ("Even the Guiding Light"), as well as a smattering of tunes from his solo years. The performances here are engaging, and Matthews' excellent voice is strong and clear throughout, though the sporadic use of electronic keyboards and sequenced drums is, on occasion, superfluous, and dates a couple of the tracks. A few of the highlights include a stirring, a cappella version of "Woodstock," the Youngbloods' classic "Darkness, Darkness," and a beautiful reading of Jules Shear's "This Fabrication."