Paul C's video: Brother Love s Travelling Salvation Show - Ireland 2002 from the Live Stages DVD Box Set

Nearly four decades since he first hit the road as a headlining performer, and exactly three decades since joining Columbia Records in 1973, the incandescent Neil Diamond continues to reign as one of the top 5 most successful performing artists in the popular music arena. "Stages: Performances 1970-2002" is the ultimate Neil Diamond live box set.Forty-two of these performances include songs that Neil Diamond has never issued in live versions before, a true boon to collectors. Among those 42 tracks are 5 numbers that Neil Diamond has never recorded or released before on any album. "Stages" is the largest single collection of previously unreleased live material ever commercially/officially issued on one artist in pop music history. "Stages: Performances 1970-2002" is truly extraordinary in its scope. The first two CDs, "A Night In Las Vegas, 12/27/02," comprise an entire uncut Neil Diamond concert recording, from the most successful tour of his career. The next two CDs, "Many Stages," comprise performances recorded between 1970 and 2001, in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, and Germany -- a total of 40 numbers, more than half of which are making their live version debuts here for the first time. The fifth CD, "Live Christmas," comprises live versions of 12 yuletide favorites recorded in the U.S. and Ireland between 1978 and 1999, all but one of which are songs that Neil Diamond has never issued in live versions before.