Gimme Shelter!
The Best of Leon Russell

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Original release date: November 12, 1996
All tracks on this 2 CD collection are from Leon's Shelter lps except the final four. Two tracks are from Anything Can Happen and the last two tracks pre-date Leon's Asylum Choir days. The CD's liner notes are an excellent read!

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Tracks:

  1. Hello, Little Friend
  2. Sweet Home Chicago
  3. Tryin' to 'Live
  4. Ballad for a Soldier
  5. A Song for You
  6. Dixie Lullaby
  7. Hummingbird
  8. Delta Lady
  9. Pisces Apple Lady
  10. Old Masters(Masters of War)
  11. Stranger in a Strange Land
  12. Crystal Closet Queen
  13. Home Sweet Oklahoma
  14. She Smiles Like a River
  15. Beware of Darkness
  16. Tight Rope
  17. Me & Baby Jane
  18. Manhattan Island Serenade
  19. Magic Mirror
  20. This Masquerade
  21. Roll Away the Stone (live version)
  22. Prince of Peace (live version)
  23. Sweet Emily
  24. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
  25. She Thinks I Still Care
  26. In the Jailhouse Now (2nd version)
  27. If I Were a Carpenter
  28. Leaving Whipporwhill
  29. Time for Love
  30. Will o' the Wisp
  31. Little Hideaway
  32. Back to the Island
  33. Bluebird
  34. Lady Blue
  35. She Belongs to Me
  36. Wild Horses
  37. Anything Can Happen (from the Virgin album, Anything Can Happen)
  38. Faces of the Children (from the Virgin album, Anything Can Happen)
  39. Everybody's Talking 'bout the Young (Solo from pre-Asylum Choir/Shelter)
  40. It's Alright with Me (Solo from pre-Asylum Choir/Shelter)
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