Yanni Live At The Acropolis (1 version)
Type: Online
 
     
   
 The fifth installment of the Record Club included Beck, Thurston Moore, the band Tortoise, and some session musicians. It was recorded on June 13, 2010 at Sunset Sound Studios.

Beck and Thurston Moore play or sing on all the tracks. In the end, Tortoise only played on two tracks ("Keys To Imagination" and "Within Attraction"), the rest were done with the core crew of session musicians (Jeff Babko, Abraham Laboriel, Toss Panos, Russell Ferrante). On one song ("Nostalgia"), Vinnie Colaiuta drummed instead of Panos.

As Beck wrote of "this musical monolith," [Yanni Live At The Acropolis] "featured Yanni with a full orchestra at the Athenian Acropolis. A TV special of the concert was played repeatedly on PBS through the mid 90’s. To flesh out and capture the complex arrangements, several studio musician heavyweights were brought in to read a heavily doctored score with interpolations of everything from Stravinsky to Shania Twain (look for others)."

(A later update changed Shania Twain to Bobby Brown in that sentence.)
 
 
   
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Title: Yanni Live At The Acropolis
Release type: Retail
Release date: July 1, 2010
Format: Digital Download (x1)
Number pressed: Unknown
Label: beck.com
Catalog number: RC-5

1. Santorini 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Piano: Russell Ferrante
Vocals: Thurston Moore
Vocals (Background): Beck Hansen
Written by: Thurston Moore, Yanni

2. Keys To Imagination 
Bass: Doug McCombs
Drums: John Herndon
Effects: Beck Hansen
Guitar (Acoustic 12-string): Thurston Moore
Guitar (Electric): Jeff Parker
Keyboard / Synthesizer: John McEntire
Original Performance: Yanni
Percussion: Dan Bitney
Vocals: Yanni
Written by: Yanni

3. Until The Last Moment 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
keyboards: Jeff Babko
Written by: Yanni

4. The Rain Must Fall 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko, Russell Ferrante
Original Performance: Yanni
Vocals: Thurston Moore
Vocals (Background): Beck Hansen
Written by: Thurston Moore, Yanni

5. Acroyali / Standing In Motion 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Effects: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Thurston Moore
Original Performance: Yanni
Synthesizer: Jeff Babko, Russell Ferrante
Vocals: Beck Hansen
Written by: Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore, Yanni

6. One Man's Dream 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Effects: Beck Hansen
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Piano: Russell Ferrante
Written by: Yanni

7. Within Attraction 
Drums: John Herndon
Effects: Beck Hansen, John McEntire
Guitar (Acoustic): Thurston Moore
Guitar (Electric): Thurston Moore
Original Performance: Yanni
Synthesizer: Dan Bitney
Vocals: Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
Written by: Yanni

8. Nostalgia 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Vocals: Thurston Moore
Written by: Thurston Moore, Yanni

9. Swept Away 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
keyboards: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Piano: Russell Ferrante
Written by: Yanni

10. Reflections Of Passion 
Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Thurston Moore
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Vocals: Beck Hansen
Written by: Yanni