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Neil Diamond, producer Rick Rubin talking new CD
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Elaine
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Nov 20, 2008 03:39 PST
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081119/music_nm/us_diamond/print;_ylt=Arvxa9yxBerfzeQ_onBRyPuYExkF
Neil Diamond, producer Rick Rubin talking new CD
By Gary Graff Gary Graff Wed Nov 19, 5:48 pm ET
DETROIT (Billboard) – Neil Diamond is about to embark on the final leg
of his latest world tour, but he's already put his next album in motion.
The veteran singer and Rick Rubin, who produced his last two albums,
will meet on January 12, four days after Diamond's final concert, to
start planning the follow-up to his recent chart-topping "Home Before Dark."
"I told (Rubin) I want to start writing on the 12th," said Diamond, who
hits the road Saturday in Grand Forks, N.D., for a 17-show North
American run. "He said, 'Why don't you not start writing and let's sit
down and talk about what the concept is and what we're gonna do.' I
said, 'Good idea,' so we'll meet on the 12th and go from there."
Diamond told Billboard.com that he and Rubin have "spoken about an idea
we both like," and that it will be "a different concept, a different
approach" to the largely acoustic sets "Home Before Dark" and 2005's "12
Songs."
There's material left from both albums, but Diamond said he and Rubin
still plan to "start fresh. We're going to make believe there's no such
thing as songs in the can. We don't know if the songs we've recorded are
going to be meaningful or even usable on this next album."
Before fans hear the new music, however, Diamond plans to deliver a
souvenir of the tour, which has so far played to nearly a million fans
in nine countries since May. He said the show has been filmed, and he
expects to roll it out in the new year as a television special as well
as a DVD.
"I'm very pleased with it," Diamond said. "I've always felt you could
never really replicate the experience of being at a concert, but this
film comes as close to replicating it as anything I've ever seen."
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Elaine
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