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's 1995 album
was a kind of "duet" album that found them sharing microphones with such mentors as the surviving
, such contemporaries as
, and such descendants as
, performing a set of old favorites and a few new songs. In January 1996, the trio staged a TV concert at Sony Studios in New York where they reassembled some of the original guest stars with a few substitutions. The result was one of the more impressive video performances of the year.
is a soundtrack album to the TV special, and if it's less interesting than the broadcast version, that's only because there is a certain redundancy: One already has access to the original album, which is largely replicated in a concert setting. Eleven of the earlier album's 15 tracks are here again, albeit with different personnel in some cases.
's place in
has been taken by the equally pleasing
; Christian singer
accompanies
on his
song
instead of
;
duets with
on
joins the trio on his composition
; and
no longer features
and
(though
remains), while
essays
without the help of
. Along with
,
, and
are back from the first recording. The songs new to the live disc include favorites such as
though
introduces a new
tune, the crowd-pleasing
which is as current as the Internet. Throughout, the trio is typically warm and fervent, and the audience is enthusiastic, but as an album within the group's catalog, the recording is more a marketing tie-in than an essential addition. ~ William Ruhlmann