Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, in 2000 received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award, and will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011. Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show is the name of Neil Diamond's fourth studio album.

The closing track on Neil Diamond's multi-platinum first live album Gold:Live at the Troubadour (1970) was this energetic "Brother Love's Travelling.

Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" is a song written and recorded by Neil Diamond which appeared as the opening track on the eponymous album. Released as a single in early 1969, it hit number 22 on the . The song tells the story of Brother Love, an evangelist who travels from town to town preaching. In the middle of the song, Diamond gives a sermon in typical evangelical style.

It's Love, Brother Love, say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies And ev'ryone goes, cause everyone knows Brother Love's show. Diamond’s original intent for this song was to take evangelical preachers to task for what some of them did: take advantage of the down-hearted and troubled. The evangelical community in the south called for a boycott of Diamond concerts and he then changed his introduction for the song at concerts, saying he attended one of these meetings and found them inspirational and uplifting. Moral: Never denigrate your audience. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show" Track Info. Written By Neil Diamond.

The release title 'Neil Diamond/BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELLING SALVATION SHOW/SWEET CAROLINE' is taken from the spine text. Manufactured and Distributed in Canada by The Compo Company, Lt. Lachine, Qu. in white text in black box on lower left of back cover. Typo on the Side 1 Uni label: 'All selections composed by Niel Diamond', same line on Side 2 label is correct 'Neil Diamond'.

Neil Diamond's second album for Uni offered the typical strengths and weaknesses of his LPs for the label. The strengths? A good single (the title track) and a rather remarkable stylistic diversity.

It's Love, Brother Love, say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (halle, halle) Pack up the babies And grab the old ladies And everyone goes 'Cause everyone knows Brother Love's show. Room gets suddenly still And when you'd almost bet You could hear yourself sweat, he walks in Eyes black as coal And when he lifts his face Every ear in the place is on him. Starting soft and slow Like a small earthquake And when he lets go Half the valley shakes. It's Love, Brother Love, say Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (halle, halle) Pack up the babies And grab.

More albums from Neil Diamond: Hot August Night III by Neil Diamond. And The Singer Sings His Song by Neil Diamond. Hot August Night, NYC (Live From Madison Square Garden) by Neil Diamond. Lovescape by Neil Diamond. Selección by Neil Diamond. The Movie Album (As Time Goes By) by Neil Diamond. September Morn by Neil Diamond. 1. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show. 2. Dig In. 3. River Runs, Newgrown Plums.

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