Darlene Love

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Liberation Hall has rescued one of Darlene Love's "comeback" performances recorded at Hop Singh's in Marina Del Rey, California, on April 21, 1982 for release on both CD and DVD.  This concert was originally issued in 1985 on the fledgling Rhino label as Darlene Love Live! with a CD arriving in Japan in 1992.  Liberation Hall's new edition drops one song from the program issued on Rhino (The Blossoms' cover of Ike Turner's "Goodbye, So Long" which was not from the concert but had been recorded years earlier) and adds two songs not included on that earlier release: The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" and, in a nod to Van Zandt's longtime friendship and support, Darlene's sizzling cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart."  Love was joined by her sister Edna Wright and The Blossoms' Gloria Jones as well as by a band organized for the show, The Monte Carlos.  Other songs include "Da Doo Ron Ron," "He's a Rebel," "He's Sure the Boy I Love," and an uplifting gospel medley.