Talk:12 Songs (Neil Diamond album)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Billy Preston
From the article The Road to Escondido: "Contained on this album are the final recordings of Billy Preston"

On this article: "The sessions were also the last ever performance by organ player Billy Preston"

Dunno which is right but they cant both be. I'm inclined to think Escondido is right cos it was released a year after this. It doesn't help that neither claim is sourced. Jh39 (talk) 20:43, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Dead link
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 * http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neildiamond/albums/album/8750525/review/8758117/12_songs
 * In 12 Songs (Neil Diamond album) on 2011-05-23 02:41:11, 404 Not Found
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--JeffGBot (talk) 11:38, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Neil's guitar playing
Why on earth would they say that "12 Songs" is the first album since the Bang era to feature Mr. Diamond playing his own guitar in the studio? I don't know where this "Neil never played guitar in the studio" nonsense came from, because photographic evidence indicates that Neil did in fact play guitar and have it with him in the recording studio both on his Uni/MCA output and during that era, as does a book about the American Sound Studio in Memphis, and he likely played guitar on the majority of his output for Columbia Records, if not always credited. There is a YouTube video called Neil Diamond Interview + Studio Session 1984 (the overdubbed voiceover is in German) and in the studio footage, he has a C.F. Martin acoustic guitar standing close by his side and there are a couple of Ovations in the background. He was also credited with playing acoustic guitar on his album "Lovescape" and whilst neither "Love at the Greek" nor "Hot August Night 2" credit him with guitar, he is clearly playing it both on the album and in the artwork, so remember: don't believe everything you read or what album credits say.61.69.217.3 (talk) 05:07, 12 January 2018 (UTC)