Golden Hits Live - Jerry Butler

 

I Dig You Baby

Jerry Butler's

Golden Hits Live

Produced by Dick Corby

Recorded by Ed Green - Edgewood Studios

Engineering Supervision & Remix: Roy Cicala

Mercury SR 61151

1968

From the back cover: As one walks across the campus of Morgan State College, he is immediately impressed by the quiet dignity of the green and spacious grounds. The student body and faculty of this institution are noted for their respective and appreciative attitude towards art, and particularly, towards artistic performances in the field of music. The auditorium at Morgan State is a dignified monument to music, since it is well known as being acoustically outstanding.

In late September, 1967, Jerry Butler was still enjoying the quiet dignity of the campus as he entered the auditorium to give one of a series of concerts to raise money for scholarships for deserving students. He had no idea that when he concluded his concert that night, he would become, as he has at many colleges, something of a campus hero, along with those who would be remembered for athletic and scholastic achievements. Jerry Butler would also long remember this night at Morgan State because he was, for the first time anywhere, cutting an LP of all of his greatest hit records, "live", before an audience.

Jerry Butler walked from the wings to an exceptionally genuine and warm reception which is reserved for those who are held in very special esteem. The auditorium was brimming with expectant enthusiasm and it was at this point that you became aware of the fact that Jerry Butler carried a very special and unique kind of weight with these young men and women. They knew him for the compliments he pays to the taste of every audience by the excellent and fine selection of material he brilliantly performs for them. It is obvious that there is a spontaneous and reciprocal identification between Jerry Butler and collegians. – Brooks Johnson

From Billboard - January 27, 1968: The excellent of Jerry Butler's singing and of a college concert audience's enthusiasm is excellently captured here. Butler's fiery style has lit up such hits as "I Dig  You Baby" and "Your Precious Love," included in this top-notch roundup, but he also gets a lot of mileage out of songs like "Make It Easy On Yourself" and "Moon River."

Introduction

Make It Easy On Yourself

Moon River

I Stand Accused

Cause I Love You So

For Your Precious Love

I Dig You Baby

Let It Be Me

He Will Break Your Heart

Amen