{"product_id":"im-still-here-live-in-london-expanded-edition","title":"I´m Still Here \/ Live In London - Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eComprehensive three disc set complete with a 28-page booklet richly illustrated by period photographs; reminiscences from the record producer \u003cstrong\u003eRod Gammons\u003c\/strong\u003e and live show director \u003cstrong\u003eNica Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as an introductory word from Eartha’s daughter \u003cem\u003eKitt Shapiro\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at the height of her powers in 1989, \u003cem\u003eI’m Still Here\u003c\/em\u003e was an engaging and inventive studio album combining electronic pop with her signature cabaret brilliance. This expanded re-issue of that album contains five collaborations with celebrated synth-pop act \u003cem\u003eBronski Beat\u003c\/em\u003e on different versions of Eartha’s chart hit, ‘\u003cem\u003eCha Cha Heels\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #32) and on the deft, jazz-styled “battle of the sexes” provocation of ‘\u003cem\u003eMy Discarded Men\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlus the extended and edit versions of ‘80s electronic music pioneer and \u003cem\u003eArt Of Noise\u003c\/em\u003e founding member \u003cstrong\u003eJJ Jeczalik\u003c\/strong\u003e’s remix of ‘\u003cem\u003ePrimitive Man\u003c\/em\u003e’ as two of the album’s six bonus tracks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe set also includes two ebullient, fully fledged orchestrations; the title track ‘\u003cem\u003eI’m Still Here\u003c\/em\u003e’ written by musical theatre legend \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Sondheim\u003c\/strong\u003e and the medley ‘\u003cem\u003eAll By Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’ \/ ‘\u003cem\u003eBeautiful At Forty\u003c\/em\u003e’ which couples ‘\u003cem\u003eAll By Myself\u003c\/em\u003e’, the \u003cem\u003eEric Carmen\u003c\/em\u003e-penned cabaret standard based on classical composer \u003cem\u003eSergei Rachmaninoff\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003ePiano Concerto No.2 in C Minor\u003c\/em\u003e’, with Eartha Kitt’s heartfelt, self-written, musically backed poem, ‘\u003cem\u003eBeautiful At Forty\u003c\/em\u003e’, that pays tribute to her own survival through personal adversities in a verse-form celebration of ageing with grace and dignity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscs two and three provide a stunning record of one of her more memorable theatre residencies when she performed with full orchestra for a couple of weeks in 1989 in London’s \u003cem\u003eShaftesbury Theatre\u003c\/em\u003e in an unforgettable two act stage-show directed by \u003cstrong\u003eNica Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 20 song extravaganza was a mix of Eartha’s own career defining chart hits – ‘\u003cem\u003eJust An Old Fashioned Girl\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eI Want To Be Evil\u003c\/em\u003e’ ‘\u003cem\u003eUska Dara\u003c\/em\u003e’ \u0026amp; ‘\u003cem\u003eC’est Si Bon\u003c\/em\u003e’ – alongside evergreen cabaret standards like ‘\u003cem\u003eHere’s To Life\u003c\/em\u003e’ and \u003cem\u003eJacques Brel\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eNe Me Quitte Pas\u003c\/em\u003e’, as well as a few unforgettable surprises like her rendition of \u003cem\u003eEdith Piaf\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eHymn To Love\u003c\/em\u003e’, a touching re-reading of \u003cem\u003eGloria Gaynor\u003c\/em\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eI Will Survive\u003c\/em\u003e’ and an inventive orchestration of her early ‘80s Hi-NRG club hit ‘\u003cem\u003eWhere Is My Man?\u003c\/em\u003e’ which was written for her by celebrated \u003cem\u003eVillage People\u003c\/em\u003e producer \u003cem\u003eJacques Morali\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese discs celebrate Eartha’s unique gift as an interpreter of song and as a live tour-de-force on a veritable treasury of song from the celebrated, and much missed, pop\/cabaret superstar whose consummate performative skills and emotional investment across this diverse repertoire, makes every song unmistakably and thrillingly her own!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFE","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50459588362571,"sku":"1129426","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/95f32299-b35a-4088-a6f6-7a9e3a852a07_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727224915","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/im-still-here-live-in-london-expanded-edition","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}