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22ND ANNIVERSARY COLLECTOR’S EDITION

Leonard Cohen
22 March 1985
Sala Kongresowa, Palac Kultury i Nauki, Warszawa, Poland

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Warszawa show:
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Filler material:
1) Halleluja in Moll
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2) Élixir
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DVD One:

Set One
01. BIRD ON THE WIRE
02. WHO BY FIRE
03. HEY, THAT’S NO WAY TO SAY GOODBYE
04. DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
05. THERE IS A WAR
06. THE GYPSY’S WIFE
07. THE LAW
08. THE PARTISAN (Anna Marly/Hy Zaret)
09. SISTERS OF MERCY
10. NIGHT COMES ON
11. DIAMONDS IN THE MINE

Set Two
12. //AVALANCHE (solo)
13. CHELSEA HOTEL #2 (solo)
14. THE STRANGER SONG (solo)
15. STORY OF ISAAC
16. LOVER LOVER LOVER
17. FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT
18. SUZANNE

DVD Two:

19. //HALLELUJAH
20. PASSIN’ THROUGH (Rob Blakeslee, arr. Leonard Cohen)
21. IF IT BE YOUR WILL
22. MEMORIES
23. SO LONG, MARIANNE
24. I TRIED TO LEAVE YOU
25. TENNESSEE WALTZ (Pee Wee King/Redd Stewart/Leonard Cohen)

„leonard cohen – hallelujah in moll”
a Georg Stefan Troller documentary on 1985 European Tour (leg one)
(German voiceover) 30:20

1. ‚Hallelujah’ German TV Special shooting
2. 1985-01-07 New York rehearsals
Hallelujah > Who by Fire (instr.) > If It Be Your Will > Dance Me to the End of Love
3. 1985-02-03 Berlin
soundcheck: Tonight Will Be Fine > If It Be Your Will
show: I Tried to Leave You
4. 1985-02-2? Paris
show: Suzanne
Dominique Isserman’s studio: Hallelujah (recitation)

Festival Élixir, Guehenno, France – 13 July 1985
(French voiceover) 2:03
1. Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye

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The band is:

Leonard Cohen – vocals, acoustic guitar
Anjani Thomas – vocals, keyboards
Mitch Watkins – guitar, backing vocals
Rob Getman – guitar, pedal steel, backing vocals
John Crowder – bass, backing vocals
Richard Crooks – drums

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