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Whitney Houston live album set for release on Nov. 10

Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem before the 1991 Super Bowl in Tampa.
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Whitney Houston’s first live album will arrive this fall.

More than two years after her tragic death, longtime mentor and producer Clive Davis is prepping a live retrospective of the singer. “Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances” will be issued through Legacy Records on Nov. 10, Davis announced during an appearance on “The Today Show” on Tuesday.

The CD/DVD will be pieced from numerous performances, not just one particular concert as live releases traditionally are.

“Stemming from the ‘80s and ‘90s, she, without question, was the greatest vocalist in the world. I want history to know that,” Davis said. “Whitney in the last two or three years of her life was not in the best voice … This CD/DVD will establish that there was no one like her. It’s a phenomenal album.”

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Davis said he wanted the singer to record a live album but Houston opted to dedicate a chunk of time to her film career, which included her breakout role in 1992’s “The Bodyguard.”

Posthumous Houston releases have been slim.

“I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston,” a catalog retrospective that spanned her entire discography, including her final album, 2009’s “I Look to You,” was issued in 2012.

Her final film performance, a lead in the remake of “Sparkle,” debuted six months after her February 2012 death and featured two songs from Houston: the gospel standard “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” and “Celebrate,” a duet with co-star Jordin Sparks and the last song she recorded.

“This is her legacy,” Davis said of the new project. “This is a clarion call to the world that she was, in her time, the greatest singer.”

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