You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2
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20 Stars if I Could...
A perfect concert, they jam, they do a finnish folk song for the folks in Helsinki, some hilarious montana hijinks, and proof that zappa could hold his own with weather rpt, return to forever, and mahavoshnu...make this you first live zappa disc.you will love it

As good a chronicle of this band as you will ever hear
Seeing as the 30th anniversary of this show's performance recently came and went, I thought I'd take it out and give it a listen since I hadn't in a while.

Wow.

If you ever saw FZ in concert, then you know that his bands were highly-disciplined, rigidly-timed machines that could bend, stretch, improvise and create at Zappa's every whim.

In the band presented here, Zappa had what he later described as "the band that could play anything." You get the feeling that he knew he was never gonna have it this good again, and in some ways that's probably true.

Here you get the entire show from the '74 band's concert in Helsinki, Finland. Highlights includesome blistering guitar solos, plus fantastic soloing by other members of the group.

My favorite cut, though, has to be "Montana," the "Dental Floss" song, which Frank mutates a bit after someone in the audience calls out a request for the Allman Brothers' song, "Whipping Post."(This band didn't knowthe song, but on future tours, he made SURE the band knew how to play it, and they did!)

Pop on the headphones and go back 30 years to one of the best Zappa shows you're ever gonna hear. It's all here and it's all great.

A full two-hour show
An unusually small but powerful group--FZ, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Tom Fowler, Ruth Underwood, and Chester Thompson--performed in Helsinki September 22nd 1974. The whole concert was captured on tape, and is presented on these two discs without ANY over-dubs, and with clear audio. Since this is the only volume from the YCDTOSA series that features the same group, and performances from only one concert throughout, these two discs naturally have a comforting main thread. This talented group had been playing together for a whole year prior to this performance, and in the liner notes Zappa has pointed out that the band therefore is so comfortable with the material that they could probably have performed it blindfolded, which I do not doubt. The only unrehearsed number here is the Finnish tango "Satumaa", which is a special request for only this particular concert. The band sight-reads the number on stage (very well), and Brock makes an attempt to sing the lyrics to the song. This always cracks me up, as I live in Finland, and am familiar with this song and its lyrics. During this concert is when the idea of playing Allman Brothers' "Whipping Post" was born; it is here requested by an audience member, but neither Zappa or the band is familiar with the tune, and so naturally they do not perform it. Zappa later familiarized himself with the tune, and made it a regular number in his band's repertoire. In the 80's, when he returned to Finland, he announced to the audience "guess what - we now know the song you requested back in '74", and performed it.
YCDTOSA vol.2 has such a perfect balance of humour, great musicianship, and different kind of material, that it certainly is one of FZ's best live albums. It should be of great satisfaction to fans of "Roxy and Elsewhere", which was recorded on various occasions four to eight months prior to this concert. ... Read more

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Seconds Out
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Lackluster, cynical, and dated
Genesis has to be one of the all time best bands in the progressive rock and progressive pop genre. That being said, this album is not the best example of their art. While it does capture the band's post-Gabriel live sound, the tunes are now nearly thirty years old and the sound is a bit tired and dated. Recorded in 1977, this was close to the period in which Phil Collins took over for Peter Gabriel as the band's front man. My impression is that Collins always took a rather cynical view of Gabriel's material, and this seems to come out in the way Collins half-heartedly sings the early Genesis pieces on this album. Another example is his handling of "Cinema Show". Collins and his side drummer reduce this wonderful early masterpiece to a hyperactive drum-fest, in which all of the original character and delicacy of the song is obliterated in favor of Collin's ego with the sticks. I would pass on this lack-luster work and opt instead for the studio albums, whch are excellent.

Perhaps the greatest live album ever sold leagally!
For anyone who loves this album - check out the bootlegs of Sao Paulo and Zurich on the 1977 Genesis Tour. they are even better!You can get them by joining any Genesis trade group on Yahoo!.

And ya can't even see the light show!!!
Second's Out, by Genesis, turned my life around. Don't you just love overenthusiastic statements like that? Well, I remember sneaking into my brother's room when he was out, snatching a copy of Second's Out from his turntable, putting on the headphones, listening to it from start to finish in the dark, while looking out the window waiting for his car to pull back into our driveway, so I'd have enough time to run back into his room (still in the dark) and place it back onto his turntable at exactly the right axis he left it at. If the inside record label was even slightly too much to the right, I was always paranoid that he'd find out I was playing his records again and yell at me! He was 8 years older than me and much bigger! He was an avid prog-rock fan and had dozens of albums, and treated them all like gold.
ELP was my first love and I thought no other band could amaze me so much, until my brother bought Second's Out and I heard it playing in his room all of the time. I was too young and poor at 13 and my mother wouldn't buy albums for me because she thought I'd scratch them all, so I would listen to my brother's.
Second's Out, from the Chester Thompson stick-click count off into Squonk, to the very exhausting end of Los Endos, was nearly a spiritual album for me. It was the first time I heard magic on a record. Like being a child and hearing fairy tales, but now being older and hearing how they would sound. I was unaware of even who Peter Gabriel was, so I had no compunction about calling Phil my favorite singer and the only one for these songs. Today, of course, I could not be more of a Gabriel fan and have seen every tour since the Security tour of 1982-83!
But Phil's smoky voice and warmly passionate delivery was the best voice I'd heard to that date. Each song was rendered so magical and potent, that it's still hard to believe this was a show in Paris. I guess we credit David Hentschel for his production, and the band for their artistry and transcendence. Everything had the right amount of reverb on it. Even the synth solo on Robbery, Assault & Battery should have no right to sound as not dated as it does! Banks and Hackett truly carry the melodic brilliance and performance of these songs, on the backs of the most musical, dramatic and firey rhythm section work you're likely to hear. To me, there is more fire in these performances than in any Metallica live album recorded. This music was edgy, and ballsy. Today there are still metalheads and jazzers going 'How the heck did they write and perform something as untouchable as Apocalypse in 9/8??!!'. How did they, indeed? Speaking of which, Supper's Ready always intimidated me. I broke into this album side by side. First it was Side one. Then Side Two, with Firth of Fifth, and Hackett's pained seagull dives and swipes, and that guitar solo having three or FOUR climaxes in one solo! I Know What I Like introduced me to the silly side of Phil Collins and was a nice
breath-catching moment. Today, I'd give anything to replace it with a performance of Eleventh Earl of Mar from that era. Or, Ripples, or In That Quiet Earth. Or even Wot Gorilla!!! But, remember, I Know What I Like probably was their biggest 'hit' to that time.
When I did listen to Supper's Ready, each part captured me and sucked me in until I had to listen to the whole song at every sitting, each time taking me on a musical journey in my head. I thought, 'How could there be 5 individuals on the planet who were so on the exact same wavelength to create music so seamless and transcendent as this? Why am I getting so high off this music??!! Is it effecting anyone else out there as much as it was me??!!'. Yes came close at times, but even their individuality often threatened to split apart the majesty of their collaborations, and did on 'Tormato'. Second's Out is a documented treasure of those 5 individuals and their timeless music. There is no more exciting live album than Second's Out.
U2 came close with 'Bad', but that's not a live album. Can they ever capture their music as passionately as Genesis did with theirs on Second's Out? I haven't heard it yet. Has Radiohead? "I Might Be Wrong" is great, but they haven't yet.
Last word on Cinema Show. Bill Bruford threatens to steal the whole album with his performance on drums there. I love King Crimson, but I can't think of many times when he has bettered himself in a live album than what he plays on Cinema Show. How about those synth solos? Still damn impressive! I was CRUSHED when Steve Hackett left the group. I enjoyed his solo albums, (Voyage of the Acolyte, Please Don't Touch, Spectral Mornings) but I knew the man could not end up doing anything as brilliant as what he played on Second's Out. On Supper's Ready. Or Trick of the Tail. Or Ripples. Or Eleventh Earl of Mar. The man had Phil Collins as his drummer!! Tony Banks as his keyboardist!
Mike Rutherford as his bassist!! Hackett's departure, especially after the release of Second's Out, hit me more hard than Gabriel's actually did! Nonetheless, this classic album needs to be heard and appreciated for what it is: One of the best representations of any live band recorded in concert. At the top of their game. A live album of previously-recorded material that nearly beats every studio version of the songs it repeats. Presenting perfect performances that are so well blended as one, you wish other bands could do theirs as good.
Oh, and if you didn't know, while all of this was going on, as this music was pouring out of their souls, Genesis has one of the best light shows ever. They always had state of the art lighting systems, lasers and fog that could create heaven or hell along with their music in concert. Sometimes on this album, you can hear the French audience gasping and cheering for no apparent reason ("Afterglow"). The reason was the lights, so meticulously choreographed to the songs as to create a thrilling, never before seen audio and visual emotional spectacle in real time. If you don't believe me, read some of the reviews from the time. I saw it on the And Then There Were Three tour of 1978. There were lasers bouncing off of six giant mirrors above the band's heads and fog swirling through it all. By the time Genesis ended up playing stadiums, they were so far ahead of the live show that they were selling tickets based on the live show alone.
I beleive Cirque du Soleil is STILL trying to out do them with their sound and lighting nearly thirty years later!! But with no DVD of the show to view in 5.1 Surround from that date, we're left with the music, gloriously on display.
If you don't believe me, buy the new mastered version of Second's Out, put on a good pair of headphones, relax and put on Supper's Ready. From the moment Collin's casually announces 'Supper's Ready', you will be taken on a ride. By the time you reach Phil angelicly singing '666 is no longer alone', if you are not completely moved, than you probably have no pulse. Or taste. ... Read more

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Live Dates
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Emphasis on English...
Wishbone Ash have often been called the English Allman Brothers and there are quite a few outward similarities. Two great live bands each with two superb guitarists and a tight, driving rhythm section cranking out music that acknowledges it's roots while constantly going beyond them. But while the roots of the early Allmans(before the untimely death of brother Duane)were firmly in Southern blues, Wishbone Ash finds their inspiration in the pre-Christian mysticism and eerie melodies found in English folk music. But make no mistake about it, this is tight, driving rock n' roll delivered by one of the best live bands of the 70's. If you go for guitar driven rock with a distinctly English flavor Live Dates will become one of your all time favorites.

An excellent LIVE album
I discovered WA in the early 70s and would recommend their first 4 studio lp's and this LIVE set for the representatitive sound that was WA....after the original lineup was split....the sound just wasn't the same...everything that came later was lacking...or just a cheap imitation.

Martin Turners growling and snarling precision and thunderbird basses thundered as he meshed into a solid groove with Steve Uptons drumming.....I actually feel they premiered as a live act....so much raw energy and stamina emulated from these superb musicians....dual leads that seared.....never missing a note....and switching off on lead and rythym duties....(I always hated bands who had to dictate who was a lead or rythym guitarist..like it was a bad thing to be the lowly rythym guitarist?.)well...these guys moved beyond that...and the result on their discs is perfection....score the first 4 studio cd's and this LIVE set...and you will have everything that is WA...

Great live album
Wishbone Ash were one of THE top guitar bands in the Europe of the 1970s, although they were and remain barely known in the US. They even became tax exiles and lived in the States at the end of the 70s. This album is one of the very best live albums from the 70s, if not ever, for classic two-guitar rock. This live album reflects the best tracks from their first set of albums with their original lineup complete with Andy Powell on his trademark Gibson Flying V, and Ted Turner with his Stratocaster or Les Paul. People struggle to pigeonhole this band - usually falling back on the "The English Allman Brothers" or similar. Unlike most guitar rock bands in the 70s Wishbone Ash are actually closer to progressive rock than either the blues based Led Zeppelin approach, or the heavy metal Deep Purple or UFO style or the blues-jazz of the Allmans. But they are more straightforward than say Gentle Giant or Jethro Tull. They represent I think a more mystical approach with the emphasis on melodic intertwining guitar leads and certainly, in their early days at least, long instrumentals. Not too loud, not too many guitar histrionics, but plenty of long, beautifully played, guitar lines and leads often with pseudo-mystical lyrics. A sort of less flashy Kansas. Anyway any person who appreciates guitar based bands and classic rock should listen to this album. The first three tracks in particular are absolute Wishbone classics, my favorite part is the stunning and haunting Ted Turner solo on "Lay Down the Sword". Just wonderful clean melodic and powerful lines that will be guaranteed to impress anyone.

"Phoenix" and "the Pilgrim" are both long, largely instrumental, tracks full of verve and interest, but not really jams like the Allmans do, nor are they blues based to any significant degree - just great and interesting instrumentals. "Lady Whiskey", and "Jailbait" were crowd favorites and are more typical bluesy rockers - to really enjoy these you have to have been there I think. "Ballad of the Beacon" is an English folk song with a great melody. Their one real bluesy number, the Everly Brothers' "Baby what you want me to do" is an interesting exercise in slide guitar playing and very good it is, even if it is anything but American blues.

I must also mention the outstanding rhythm section, particularly Martin Turner who holds it all together with his very melodic bass lines, lyrics, and singing. I recommend this album highly, especially as most Americans have never heard of this wonderful guitar band. This is the best introduction to their classic first period. ... Read more

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Live at Ebbets Field 1974 [1996]
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great cd
the guitar work on this cd is fabulous.if you like tommy bolin you will love this cd.

Tommy Bolin was one of the best.
This album is just plain excellent. Tommy plays with such a virtuosity, and shows why he was chosen to replace Blackmore in Deep Purple.
It is sad that he had passed away at such a young age. He was a genius on guitar. Check out his other solo work, as well Billy Cobham's Spectrum, and Alphonse Mouzon's Mind Transplant.

Phenomenal
Live At Ebbets Field 1974 is simple amazing.Combining Tommy's virtuoso jazz/rock/fusion guitar playing with an incredible rhythm section, this CD simply blows me away.From the opening "You Know, You Know" tothe heart-pounding "Crazed Fandago" to the closing"Stratus" this CD showcases Tommy at his best.A must-have notonly for Tommy Bolin fans but for anyone interested in exploring theelectric guitar world. ... Read more

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Swallow This Live
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#1 rated glam band in the world
No other band captured the sweet sleez of a glam slam band like the kings of noise themselves. Working their way from the gutters of Hollyweird they knocked every other band out of the spotlight with better looks,bigger hair,brighter stage antics,more touching songs,faster solos,higher record sales and well they are just plain more talented. Poison fans love each member individually for the elements they bring to the table, which is unlike other bands where one face stands out.This is the best live album recorded for any band; it will literally inject energy into your bones when you crank it loud enough.C.C. is the best guitar player, and if anyone else is better, well cecil is 10x as cooler so he wins.This album shows poison off in flying colours and they are still touring today which is more than any other skid bands can say.Poison is easiest band to love.

Poison is terrible
The only thing that poison ever did well was copy Motley crue. Motley Crue are pretty crappy musicians, but Poison takes the cake. C.C. Deville makes every other guitarist seem like f#ckin Clapton. The guitar solo is one of the worst displays of guitar technique known to man.

Poison at its finest
This is a must-have album for any Poison fan.It's all 4 of the guys in peak form playing some of the best glam rock of all time.Cranking this album makes you feel like you're right back in that arena with Bret, CC, Rikki, and Bobby putting on the show of a lifetime.I can't say enough about this album. ... Read more

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King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert
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raunch-rock
Humble Pie was a band that, like Eric Clapton's Cream, carried a reputation for sounding far better in concert than in the studio.Their 1970 vinyl 'Performance - Rockin' at the Fillmore' is exhibit 'A' substantiating that claim, and the disc under consideration here, 'King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Humble Pie In Concert', would seem to second that emotion.Although I never owned either of Pie's live productions prior to now, I did own a vinyl of what is probably their best studio LP, 'Smokin', and as a member of the Class of '72 experienced the 'Performance' album as one of the finest live recordings ever made.That album, and especially the tracks 'Hallelujah, I Love Her So' and 'I Don't Need No Doctor', were two of the quintisential party-hardy songs of the era.

By early May of 1973, when the King Biscuit radio program made this recording of the band live in San Francisco, Humble Pie had changed significantly from their origins.While their first live album caught the band in their formative, raw and primal stage, by 1973 the Pie was at their peak commercially, and was much more of a polished act.Their original lead guitarist, Peter Frampton, had left the band to pursue his solo career.Frampton is replaced by Clem Clempson on this disc, and we also have the addition of The Blackberries, a trio of black female vocalists who add background vocals for lead vocalist Steve Marriott.Only three of the 10 tracks offered here ('Stone Cold Fever', though listed on the liner notes, doesn't appear) are also found on the Fillmore recordings, the staples '4 Day Creep', 'Hallelujah...' and '...Doctor'.On the latter two tracks The Blackberries modify the arrangement, so they are quite different recordings.

Predictably, the tour tapped by King Biscuit was promoting the band's two studio albums following the success of 'Performance', 'Smokin' and 'Eat It'.Four tracks ('C'mon Everybody', '30 Days In the Hole', 'Road Runner', and 'Hot n' Nasty') are drawn from 'Smokin' and two from 'Eat It', the opener, 'Up Your Sleeves' and an upbeat, drum-driven cover of The Stones' 'Honky Tonk Women'.Rounding out the setlist is a cover of Ray Charles' 'Blues I Believe To My Soul', which at track five is the first (and only) slow-tempoed number performed.

Humble Pie's signature songs, 'Hot n' Nasty', 'Hallelujah...', and '...Doctor' never cracked the Top 40, but gleaned plenty of play at house and dorm parties and on album-oriented FM radio.And those songs are pretty much representative of the hard-driving funk and blues-rock the band specialized in.Steve Marriott was the Ethyl Merman of the Baby-Boom Generation, able to belt out a set of lyrics with an potency essential to overwhelm the already overwhelming decibles being generated by Clempson and Co.It is also fascinating to hear Marriott offer Muhammed Ali-like prose between songs, blending the images of a hell-and-brimstone preacher with a modern-day rapper into one engaging, non-stop rock 'n roll lead singer.Most of the instrumental work is confined to a limited number of chords and a maximum number of watts, although Clempson and Marriott occasionally engage in some sweet guitar interplay, most notably on '30 Days...'.We are also at times treated to some 1970's nostalgia, such as Marriott's repititious mantra "Oh, people we gotta live together..." and allusions to Richard Nixon on the twelve-minute plus 'Road Runner'.While the cover specifically identifies '...Doctor' as the "12 minute version", running times are not offered for the remaining tracks, but they all run between 4 and 7 minutes (according to my CD player).

The degree to which Humble Pie had become a commercial entity is illustrated by the fact that performances of '...Doctor', by the 1973 tour, had become an occasion for audience participation.Despite the additional tracks and back-up vocals available on this disc, I still regard the Fillmore concert to be Humble Pie's piece de resistance.This disc does arrive handsomely packaged, with extensive and informative liner notes from Bruce Pilato regarding the history of both Humble Pie and the King Biscuit program (named after a radio program from the 1920's, sponsored by the King Biscuit Flour Company!).This was only the fifth recording made by the Flower Hour, which would blossom into a storied and popular production as the 1970's progressed, so it possesses a bit of historic pomp as well.

10 STARS WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH !!!!!!!!!
I am sitting here, after listening to the samples of this CD, and my blood's pumping warm from my head down to my toes and I'm grinning from ear to ear! I have longed to hear live rock like this for many years! This 52 year old blues/rock guitarist has just found a new lease on life! Ha! Ha! Maaaaaaan! Where do I start? Well how about with todaY?I have just been watching a live DVD of Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes...and they had the Marshalls......they had the Les Pauls...they had the vocals..they even had Jimmy Page! But what they didn't have was the "reach down in your gut and squeeze your soul" songs and the ENERGY! I am so tired of seeing bands like the Allman brothers standing onstage and playing like it's time for their next nap...especially Derek Trucks' zombie-like, lifeless stare. He may be Butch Trucks' nephew, but he acts like his uncle is Lurch from the Addams family! That's one reason why this is so refreshing! Marshalls and Les Pauls don't get any better than this! Down home gritty blues rock doesn't get any better than this! These songs communicate human emotionwith an intensity you can literally feel! Ever been newly in love......and the grass was greener...and sky was bluer....and the birds sang more sweetly? How better to describe thet experience than to shout "Hallelujah I just love her so!?" This, in my opinion, should be the aim of good rock music.....to create an entertainingand heartfelt emotional bond with the audience for a couple of hours, so that the leave feeling refreshed and alive! I'm gonna go right now and order one copy of this for me, and one for Lynn,my baby in Canada, for Christmas! If more hard rock had this quality, it would have more respect shown it. I even think my Grandma could tap her feet to this! Thank you King Biscuit! Much better than "Rockin the Fillmore!" Get it now!

Pure Balls!
The previous reviews go into much greater detail, but I can't help but weigh-in on this one. This well-recorded live show from Winterland in '73 hits you over the head like a hundred pound sledgehammer. I agree that this performance is superior to "Rockin' The Filmore", despite the absence of Peter Frampton. I can do without Marriot's coked-up between-song "testamony" (man, that gets old REALLY quick!). But otherwise, this is a rockin' good time in the same leauge as "Live at Leeds", "Live at Budokahn" and "Get Your Ya-Ya's Out". These new "Heavy" bands should listen to this CD to hear what real rock and roll is supposed to sound like. They're in for an old-fashoned ass whoopin! ... Read more

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Shadows and Light [Japan Bonus Tracks]
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Do NOT pay so much for this!
I've been looking for the 2CD version of "Shadows & Light" for ages and I finally found it, brand new, in HDCD format, for $12.99 at Tower Records. (I must note that it was only at one Tower Records here in Sacramento, the other stores didn't have it)I also found it at a Borders Books & Music for around the same price. Imagine my relief and joy when I learned that I didn't have to fork out such a large sum of money for this (although it would have been worth it if this was the only way to get it). ^ . ^

Also - my version is NOT an import, it's an official domestic Asylum HDCD re-release; so why is it so hard to find? I have no idea but it's a darn shame really.

This double edition of "Shadows & Light" is simply phenomenal; It's still not the complete concert, I think we'll never get that put onto a single DVD or cd set, but it is FAR more complete than the concert video/DVD or the original album release. If your local record store has a good distributor they may just have this release!

Joni Mitchell is, in my opinion, the best artist out there today; she composes the most gorgeous music, writes brilliant lyrics, creates stunning paintings, sketches, and drawings... she is EVERYTHING a musician should be, and more. The world is lucky to have her. ^ . ^

Ok, ok: you can't REALLY pass this masterpiece, can you?
This masterpiece was "shot" at what could be considered the apex of Joni's career (not that what followed was to be trashed anyway!).The Japan version includes three tracks not considered for the single CD: "Freeman in Paris", "Black crow" and the "Don's solo" (Don Alias, at the epoch fiancee' to Joni). About this concert, there are other two "hidden" beautiful gems that you can only find in the DVD (I bought it and extracted those damned!): "Raised on Robbery" and a noteworthy "Jaco's solo". In the concerts from which this CD has been cut we had a stellar cast: Jaco Pastorious on Bass, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker, Don Alias, Lyle Mays and, for a nice touch on"Why do fools fall in love" and other little embellishments, "The Persuasions".5/5 is my vote, for what it is worth!

my shadows&light experience
i got this cd only two years ago, when i already had an almost-complete collection of joni's records. this musical exhibit is not something you can just hear while doing other things.you have to sit down, empty your ears,and let it fill you with it's exciting harmonies. the introduction is builtexactly to those needs; it shoves you directly into the highly emotinalstate in which you're gonna stay to the last seconds of woodstock. shadowsand light is a live recording from santa barbara bowl (1979). it involvessome of the best musicians in the world: jaco pastorius (bass), pat matheny(lead guitar), michael brecker (sax) and lyle mays (keyboards), don alias(drums). all those people really gave themselves to this project and youcan't avoid feeling it. i do have a special sympathy to joni's cover for"why do fools fall in love" and also: "in france they kisson main street" "shadows and lighe" "coyote" andthe classic "woodstock". don't miss this cd- you'll love it. ... Read more

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Live at the Fillmore East
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With its devotion to '50s rock and blues coupled to a manic, if decidedly middlebrow performance tack, Ten Years After could seem positively Jurassic, even by late-'60s standards. This collection culls magnificently recorded performances (kudos to Hendrix/ELP engineer Eddie Kramer) from a February 1970 weekend stand at the Fillmore East, capturing the band at its post-Woodstock performing peak. The running times of most of the tracks (three-quarters of which clock in at seven-plus minutes) will tip listeners to the show's jam-heavy take on covers of Sonny Boy Williamson (an ominous, revamped "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"), Willie Dixon (a slow, 16-minute burn through "Help Me"), and Chuck Berry (atypically economic romps of "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "Roll Over Beethoven"). But with the band's own primordial originals (the titles "Skooby-Oobly-Doobob" and "Extension on One Chord" speak for themselves) there's an elemental, effusive--and, dare we say it--Ramones-like stoopidity to the tracks. Even Alvin Lee's trademark fret-burner "I'm Going Home" is hard to resist. This set perfectly captures one of the era's hardest working bands in a concise, double-disc time capsule. --Jerry McCulley ... Read more

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How come we only got 5 stars?
I love this.This is one of my favorites.I know I'll get some flack, but I like Pure Blues as an Alvin Lee album, andthis deal at the Fillmore is pure Ten Years After.Brought me back to '69 at the Boston Gardens.this just isn't some record to complete a collection, this is...Yeah, that's right. It's good cuz it feels good.

strangely underrated
In spite of how huge TYA was, they suffered a 'blues backlash' shortly after, from the 'taste police'. With nasty published comments from Mike Bloomfied and Eric Clapton, it began to be hip to not be impressed with Alvin Lee's chops. Well, Michael Moore knew better, and used a Lee guitar solo for the soundtrack of"Fahrenheit 9/11". IT BURNS! Revenge is sweet. Keep it up Mr. Lee.

The Best I Ever Saw
I saw TYA in 1970 at the Paramount Northwest and I never saw a better live band and in the late 60's and early 70's I saw a lot of bands.My favorite band at that time was the Allman Bros and a much as I like the Bros, TYA was the best.Literally crawled out totally drained. My friend 'Wilfred the Hunter' and I gloated for months over our non-hacker friends who did not go because TYA was not a big "name band".The CD captures TYA live perfectly, what a trip to be able to capture a great band at their peak. ... Read more

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Love You Live
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Good ol' greasy rock n' roll, as only the Stones can do it
I hadn't heard this album in years (why hasn't it been released in theStates on CD?), so I wasn't sure it was going to be as good as I rememberedback in the '70s. What a pleasant surprise! Remastering has brought CharlieWatts' drums up in the mix, which means you get a nice Charlie-thud &thump throughout. Mick is his typical over-the-top self, but the vocalsaren't as mannered as I found them on the last tour. And Keef --- despitebeing seriously strung out at the time, the man's riffs continue to be arevelation, even 20 years on. This album kicks like a mother start tofinish. I'd buy it and turn it up REAL loud... ... Read more

Asin: B000007PEM
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Mercy, Mercy
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Buddy Rich was pumping new life into the big-band genre and enjoying a tremendous resurgence in popularity when he recorded this powerhouse group at Caesars Palace in 1968. It's a winning combination of enthusiastic young musicians, a few current pop tunes, exceptional veteran arrangers and soloists, and Rich himself, pressing the band to its limits with his volatile drumming. While it's the band itself that occupies center stage, there are also terrific individual efforts. Guitarist Walt Namuth emphasizes the funky dimension of "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "Ode to Billie Joe," while the veteran altoist Art Pepper brings soulful lyricism to the rich hues of "Alfie" and "Chelsea Bridge." Trumpeter Bill Pierce and tenorist Don Menza add several hard-swinging solos to the mix, pushed on by the powerful horn sections. From Bill Reddie's ambitious "Channel 1 Suite" to Henry Mancini's popular "Mr. Lucky," this is a great balance of big-band excitement and precision.--Adam Rains ... Read more

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Resurgence of Rich
This is probably the most consistently satisfying album of the two big bands Rich led 1966-1987.A bonus is the presence of jazz legend Art Pepper.But it does contain a couple of period pieces ("Ode to Billy Joe" was a drag to listen to even when it first became popular) and unfortunately excludes "West Side Story," the big production number that competed with "Channel One Suite" as Buddy's most popular drum feature.

Rich was a prodigy who did little to raise any doubts about his title as "the world's greatest drummer."Listen to the Mercury recording, "Buddy Rich vs. Max Roach," which pits him against the state-of-the-art "Dean of Modern Jazz Drummers."Rich is clearly in control, practically unhuman in the unstoppable, machine-like precision and force of his playiing.Doesn't matter whether it's brushes, sticks, snare, bass drum, or cymbals: he's untouchable.

Which is not to say a case can't be made against him.After 1942 Sinatra never recorded with him and brought along his own drummer, Irv Cottler, even when performing with the Rich band.Buddy didn't have the big back beat and the "deep stroke" that Sinatra derived his energy and swing from.And Buddy's time can be so symmetrical and metronomic, so unforgiving, that much of the feeling generated by a soloist working with a Blakey or an Elvin simply never finds room for expression in a Rich ensemble (the recording of the two-horn combo that he formed in the '70's between his two big bands is a case in point).

Rich rarely played drum solos so extended that there was time for the musicians to leave the stage, have a smoke, and return for the out chorus (with the exception of the 30-minute recording of Channel One Suite on a recent release, "Wham").Probably just well, because I doubt his technical mastery alone could have held my interest for the duration (on the other hand, an unsung percussionist-genius like Frank Butler can rivet my attention for a 20-minute recorded solo, even though I'm no drummer).

But just when you start to question the dominance of Rich, you rediscover all of those Verve recordings he made with Diz and Bird, Lester Young, Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Lionel Hampton, Louis and Ella.All of it so tasteful, supportive, swinging and even elegant.Then you realize that Rich encompasses as much of the tradition as someone like Miles.The guy deserves his due, which I'm afraid he has rarely received from any of the writers who pretend to represent the "authentic" jazz tradition and its primary movers.

My favorite Buddy Rich Cd^
This is an incredible work by Buddy Rich! Mercy, Mercy, Mercy is surely outstanding song and Buddy does things with the drums....just Buddy style!
Get it!

Mercy Mercy - Buddy Rich
Any drummer who tells you Buddy Rich was not the most incredible
drummer to ever hold sticks, just walk away - it's not worth getting frustrated.This CD contains a solo from Channel One Suite that takes your breath away.What Buddy does on the bass drum at the end of the solo is indescribable. I play it over and over and I'mmore stunned each time I hear it.Any drummer worth his salt out there knows exactly what I'm talking about.Get this
CD and put it on high volume!!! ... Read more

Asin: B000005H7X
Subjects:  1. Big Band    2. Jazz    3. Pop    4. Swing   

8:30
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These live recordings offer an honest, well-rounded perspective of the Weather Report experience, and Joe Zawinul's relative prominence as their coleader and composer, circa 1979. On an arrangement such as "Brown Street," it's clear that Zawinul's vision of electronics was based in great part on his Austrian folk roots and in the varied native musics of South America, Africa, and the greater global village. This edition of Weather Report, featuring former big band drummer Peter Erskine and fretless bass innovator Jaco Pastorius, offered Zawinul and saxophonist Wayne Shorter a stable environment in which to fashion a group sound, although by this time, as witnessed by his solo turn on "Slang" and his prominence on every chart, Pastorius had attained cult status based in equal parts on his impeccable musicianship and his sometimes over-the-top flamboyance. Yet for all their forays into funk and the Third World, Weather Report remained at its core the most jazz oriented of all fusion bands. 8:30 is notable for the dancing, syncopated lines of Shorter's composition "Sightseeing," in which the composer lets it all hang out in a virtuoso turn on tenor saxophone that proves that the rumors of his creative demise were grossly exaggerated. --Chip Stern ... Read more

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Truly, WR at it's best.
It truly is an awesome album.I have fell in love with it over and over again as I grow older.

Weather Report at Its Peak
One of the finest examples of the incredible results that can occur when a group of musicians filled to the brim with talent, get together and play.8:30 provides the listener with a fantastic blend of some Weather Report's best material and lets the outrageous lineup of Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius and Peter Erskine show there stuff.In particular, Black Market, Teen Town, In a Silent Way and the Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz Medley plus the bass and sax solos, though every track is great.

A Nice Documentation Of What Was...
8:30 by Weather Report is a great album which documents, and brings back the goodness & greatness of live performance. Overall, nearly every track is brilliant.

The opening track is WR's live take on Black Market, which I actually think is better than the original studio version. It even includes an interesting Shorter/Erskine musical break in the middle. The Second track is Jaco's "Teen Town", which is similar to the Heavy Weather Studio version, but nevertheless a bit messy. Track three is a wonderful, soft incarnation of Zawinul's "A Remark You Made".

As the album runs further, we come to a swing-style version of "Birdland". The only real let-down on this track is that unlike the studio version, there is no percussion section - by this, i mean, the original tambourine fill is missing. But nevertheless, this is still an great live take of Birdland.
The track, "Badia/Boogie Woogie Waltz Medley" shows a great crafting of two great tracks. It also documents music from their earlier days.

The title track, "8:30" is the first studio track on the album, and probably one of the best of all the studio tracks. It is an interesting mix of Zawinul synths - especially the Korg Vocorder. Jaco's drumming is great too.

There are only two real problems with this re-release of 8:30 -
1. The original second track, "Scarlet Woman" has been removed from this release. This is a pity, considering it may have been the best track on the album.
2. WR's 1973 album "Sweetnighter" is in the liner notes refered to as "Streetnighter" (oh, well).

A Great Live Album! ... Read more

Asin: B0000029FR
Subjects:  1. Jazz    2. Pop   

Uptown Rulers! (Live on the Queen Mary)
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Release the whole ... thing not just bits n pieces
They should have made this one 2cd's. The music on this cd is awesome 5 stars but when ever the Meters start rockin the folks at Rhino decided to fade the end of a few jams out to make it fit on one CD. Please remaster the whole concert on two CD's.Love The One Your With fades out during a really cool vocal jam for example.Hey Pockey way Fades out also.This just screwed up my enjoyment of this cd.

Release the whole damb thing not just bits n pieces
They should have made this one 2cd's. The music on this cd is awesome 5 stars but when ever the Meters start rockin the folks at Rhino decided to fad the end of a few jams out to make it fit on one CD. Please remaster the whole concert on two CD's.Love The One Your With fades out during a really cool vocal jam for example.Hey Pockey way Fades out also.This just screwed up my enjoyment of this cd.

Amazing Live Album
In March of 1975, New Orleans favorites The Meters were asked to play a party hosted by Paul and Linda McCartney.The results are energetic and funk-eh!What makes this album so great is hearing Ziagaboo Modeliste nailing down his syncopated rhythms, and George Porter & Leo Nocentelli doubling up their bass and guitar lines creating snaky hooks and driving funk.Art Neville, the self-proclaimed "grandfather of the group", leads the group through classics such as Hey Pocky-a-Way, Africa, and a 10 minute long Ain't No Use.A special treat is the Cissy Strut > Cardova > It's Your Thing > Love the One Your With segue.The only misteps are that the lead vocal mic on Love the One Your With is too low, so you can only really hear Art singing back-up.I'm also not crazy about the Bread tune "Make it With You" but the enormous strength of this disc far outweighs one so-so tune, and a turned down mic.The disc is espeically appealing because they broke up and this may be the only commercially available live effort by the original line-up, and only Art Neville and George Porter currently tour with the Funky Meters (the recent reunion show not withstanding). ... Read more

Asin: B0000032ET
Sales Rank: 30709
Subjects:  1. Funk    2. New Orleans R&B    3. Pop    4. R&B    5. Soul    6. Urban   

World Tour
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Magical
From the intense, swing rhythms of Indescretions and Nawlins to the very enjoyable Bimoya and Lost Tribes, this album is fantastic. Even though many of the vocals in the songs are in other languages, they still flow well and convey a universal meaning. I guarantee you that you will enjoy every minute of World Tour. Get it as soon as possible. (no matter who you are!)

zawinul is a musical god
Coming from Austria it therefore shouldn't surprise anyone that this gentleman is THAT good. Inheriting a legacy of other genius classical music composer...WOW! In my reckoning, he is probably the greatest jazz-world-music Caucasian composers ever. And, undoubtedly the best synthesiser master. Check out "Indiscretions", damn, the build up, the conversation with Richard Bona, another genius, I'm glad to be alive to be able to listen to music this good. My dream for this band, let Bona come back and play alongside Victor Bailey a la Henry Threadgill and Ornette Coleman kinda line-up...and with, to boot, Wayne or Steve Coleman. Ouch! We wait for more fom the master himself. Signing out from South Africa.

mostly slammin'
I saw them on this tour in summer '97 and it was a mostly cookin' / slammin' show . There were some technical difficulties that Joe was having with his keyboards from the humidity.. ( was an outdoor show in the dead of the Pittsburgh summer here ) . He was grumbling and cursing his gear out at times .. hehehe.. it was amusing ... But... yea.. as other people on here have noted ... Paco, the drummer is a good player ... knows when to play and when not to and has that uniquely African sense of accentuation that I haven't heard since Manu Katche` ( drummer with peter gabriel , sting , robbie robertson and others ) ... Manolo Badrena is really the other good half of Paco though, playing off him with wonderful bemusement , .... Manolo is perhaps the best hand percussionist i've ever heard... and seen ... he sang a few tracks when I saw them as well ...If there's any complaint I have about this release is that it's perhaps too much of the African aesthetic and not enough jazz fusion as Joe is better known for ... I think he got a little too obsessed with being Mister-World Music .I feel he also relies on the vocoder ( a device that makes his voice sound harmonic and strange ) too much ... He's better suited in the post-Miles Davis/ post Weather Report thing in my opinion ... He oughta leave the African entendres to others I think ... As well... a few of the tracks that are comprised of just Joe playing his keys are a lot too elevator-music -cum sing - songy mamby pamby---.... " Sunday Morning/Sunday Evening " being one of them ... The track ' Success ' with the spoken word poetry comes off a little out of place as well , a little too spooky for the collective vibe of the rest of the cds . " When there was royalty" is another track that feels and seems out of place on this 2 cd set, being a monaurally-recorded single piano performance piece that was done in a studio and had nothing to do with the live show ... this piece would better be suited on a piano/unplugged only sort of release from Joe Zawinul .But overall ... this is as close to what Weather Report did live as any other release that I know of ( as far as live stuff ) . I wish Joe would release more live Syndicate stuff ... this set teases me for more ... There is talk of Columbia Records releasing a boxset with a bunch of not heard before Weather Report .... that should be dazzling .... ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 14487
Subjects:  1. Austria    2. Fusion    3. Hard Bop    4. Jazz    5. Latin Jazz    6. Leader    7. Pop    8. Soul-Jazz    9. World Fusion   

Secret World Live
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Another great live set from Gabriel and company.
"Secret World" live documents the tour for "Us"-- the setlist is biased towards later material, seven songs from "Us", four from "So", "Shaking the Tree" and one new song leave only two tracks from the early part of Gabriel's career-- brief instrumental "Slow Marimbas" from "Birdy" and "Solsbury Hill" from his debut album.Performs include Gabriel regulars Manu Katche (drums), Tony Levin (bass), David Rhodes (guitar), plus vocalist Paula Cole, keyboard player Jean Claude Naimro, violinist Shankar, doudouk player Levon Minassian, and vocalists Papa Wemba, Reddy Mela Amissi and Styno Mubi Matadi.The result is a blend of Gabriel's pop and world sensibilities executing on stage.

Highlights are numerous, the execution of the show is flawless, from the powerful, building "Come Talk to Me" to the triumphant "In Your Eyes" vocal tour de force.Of particular note are the largely wordless "Across the River", with superb vocalizations from Gabriel and great guitar from Rhodes, a great take on "Shaking the Tree" and a powerful reading of "Washing of the Water".

Its not quite as good as "Plays Live"-- but I'm biased, I prefer Gabriel's third and fourth albums to "So" and "Us".Nonetheless, this is a great live set.

Never seen him live, would like to based on this cd
I am not the biggest Peter Gabriel fan but I have to give this release a definite thumbs up in sound quality, and overall music.Some of the bigger and lesser know titles but overall this cd has an electricity to it that will make you play it over and over again.Peter Gabriel sounds true to form and the band is obviously at its best.

Buy this album!
I own a lot of music...this is my favourite album of all time and the main reason I've become such a PG fan.Everytime I listen to it I escape into my own Secret World.

If you really want to boost the output get yourself a copy of the concert on video or DVD.This tour was a hallmark for theatrical concert productions and is as stimulating to watch as it is to listen to.

A must-have for any serious music fan, and I agree with some of these other reviews...it's healing stuff! ... Read more

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Bring on the Night
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When Sting embarked on his solo career, he didn't throw his tenure with the Police out the window; on this live double album from his Dream of the Blue Turtles tour, he reworks some odd selections from his old band's catalog in the expansive, jazz-inflected style of his new crew (which included saxophonist Branford Marsalis). These performances emphasize showmanship (solos, backup singers, and all) and they've got lots of crowd-pleasing moments, like the overwhelming swell of "I Burn for You" and a Caribbean clap-along on a medley of "One World" and "Love Is the Seventh Wave." But Sting's raw-steak voice has been affected by his band, too, and his phrasing on the quieter torch songs draws cleverly on jazz traditions.--Douglas Wolk ... Read more

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Totally Awesome... best LIVE Sting !!!
I bought this when it originally came out back in the mid 80s... and it was on cassette... I wore it out, and since it costed so much, and I was a college student.. I didn't rebuy it...

I just recently purchased it... and this CD still has all its magic.Omar Hakim on drums Branford Marsalis on horns... it is totally a jazz rock fusion gem.There are some jazz folks out there that will totally thumb their nose at Sting, but they are snobs, and they should be ignored...

I love all the songs but my favorite is ONE WORLD/LOVE IS THE SECOND WAVE combo at the beginning of side two.This is really a treat, and it could have went on for another 10 minutes as far as I am concerned.

If you like DREAM OF THE BLUE TURTLES and would like to know what that would have sounded like live, then get this CD.It is very impressive.

Have fun

The straight dope on this album
Okay, so admittedly, this is a reactionary review because I've seen too many people give misleading and superficial representations of this album (kind of annoying, no?).Onto the review...

It's a great live double-disc set and it is heavily influenced by Sting's band comprised of jazz musicians.But, only one song could be considered jazz (Dream of the Blue Turtles) and that's the one without much of a solo section (very un-jazz-like).This lineup is one of the best I've ever come across in pop music.The keyboard solos on some of these songs are so smokin' I shake my head and laugh sometimes when I'm listening to it.

Another quick thing to clear up.On this album and on Dream of The Blue Turtles, Sting gives up the bass (replaced by Darryl Jones) and plays guitar.He's actually a pretty good rhythm guitar player.

So is it good?Absolutely.And you get to hear quite a few of Sting's solo songs as well as some Police material.It's a great album with lots of color and excitement.You can even appreciate Branford Marsalis doing a mid-80's rap over one of the choruses.It's kind of cheezy now, but given the time period, it was fresh and fun.

So, as a recommendation, let me say that I taped a copy of this CD way back when I didn't have a CD player in my car and would just let it repeat itself over and over in my car wherever I went.I think you'll really dig this album.

Bring it on!!!
A great live-release, the sound is great, the songs are great, the performing is great - and yes - Sting is great, performing with his great band at their very best!

Low Life, We Work The Black Seam, I Burn For You and Consider Me Gone are my personal favorites on the album - but as I am sitting here now I feel like I am forgetting something (As these words were spoken, I swear... yes well...)

As mentioned the sound and recording (of course) is nearly perfect - unexpected for the time of this release - and I never get tired of listening to Branford Marsailles (wrong spelled?) perform on I Burn For You, the solo is great - and clear, and just flows into the room when played loud.

Sting was performing with his Blue Turtles on The Dream...-tour, so it is a jazzy-experimental-project "eternalyzed" on the Bring On The Night-release, apparently handpicked songs from different shows on the tour, this is not one Live-show recorded.

He also performs a couple of previously unreleased songs (I think) written in the Police-period (Low Life and Another Day - I hope I'm not wrong here) - other than that he also performs some Police-classics (including a great version of Tea In The Sahara). Of course it includes material from his first solo-album as well.

Are you a fan, but haven't heard this - then do it! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Album Rock    2. College Rock    3. Pop    4. Pop/Rock    5. Rock   

King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents in Concert
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only fool people who said this is a bad one!
if one can be clever, he is able to get this cd with 4,5 - 5 stars. if one can be fool, he cannot make any differences between Deep Purple & Britney Spears, and he said the songs are boring!
This cd is a godsend for all Deep Purple fans especially who remember Tommy Bolin (RIP) at that time. DP played in american soil during the US tour 1976 and the show was taped by King biscuit flower hour Radio with excellent quality.
The songs are heavy like Burn, Stormbringer, Lady Luck, Smoke, Highway star, The Grind. Tommy Bolin showed the audiences, howhe could play very pretty that night in Long Beach Arena CAlif 1976. How strong he was! how clever he had replaced Ritchie Blackmore on his large shoes! if you're listening to this cd carefully, you can find the magical performances! if you re not listening carefully, you will find nothing!

DP dramatician O Jo

it's bolin not blackmore ok???
let's give credit to where it is deserved, ok?
enough of these childish bolin bashing.
tommy bolin is not ritchie blackmore, anymore than trevor rabin is steve howe. thus, to expect a lead guitarist of such individual calibre as bolin to simply imitate blackmore would both be an insult to tommy , and ritchie.
if you listen carefully to this album without expecting ritchie to come jumping off the stage with his gattling gun solo, you will find that there is a lot of tasty guitar from Mr. Bolin.
granted , the cat squeal of glenn hughes is a bit irritating, but he was trying to upstage david coverdale.
still, the band plays as a band. tight, with ian paice and jon lord at the helm, holding up the ship like 2 great captain driving this deep purple through one storm of a live gig.
drugs, booze or whatnot; those garbage that continuously suck
the talented life blood of these hard-working but unfortunately weak-willed artists;
and hopefully future artists will learn from this, never to mix junk with music. to sum it all, if you are still so pig-headed about sleeping with ritchie blackmore and his strat, then you are going to be hating this entirely different purple music with bolin. however, if you keep an open mind and judge an orange for an orange,(not an apple for an orange),then this is the juiciest orange you can get out of a bunch of purple people.
get it? 'nuff said.

Music Good, Sound Bad
I do not recommend this album at all! I would much rather listen to On the Wings of a Russian Foxbat than this. They are both the same show, same music, but Foxbat is mixed much better. Don't waste your time on this, get the other. You won't miss anything. ... Read more

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Sales Rank: 87828
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Pick Hits Live
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Perhaps the best live jazz fusion album of the 90's
First I have to tell you that I'm a "big fan" of Mr. Scofield. This album is certainly one of his best in his jazz-rock work. It is funky, it is groovy and the compositions are as usually some of the best in this kind of music. The tunes are improved live versions of tracks from "Still Warm" and "Blue Matter". You will also be blown by the bass-drums parts. Gary Grainger and Dennis Chambers are playing here as one musician. It's pure groove. The highlights are: "Picks and Pans", "Pick Hits" and "Trim" of course.

Not Jim Beard on keys!
I beg to differ with the prevous reviewer :-)

Jim did one tour with this band after me and is also on a Dennis Chambers video with the same personnel.

the bible of jazz fusion
This cd is absolutely a milestone in jazz music.As much so as Miles Davis'or John Coletrane's contributions to the change in the landscape and direction of jazz, John Scofields genious on this recording shines.Also the stellar, and at times unbeleiveaable performances of the finest rhythm section to walk the earth: Jim Beard on keys, Gary (not Tim) Grainger on Bass and Dennis Chambers on drums.It just doesn' get any better than this!This recording is a 'must-have' for any serious jazz musician.....period! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Contemporary Jazz    2. Jazz    3. Pop    4. Post-Bop   

Another Live
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wonderful music...horrible recording
I had this recording in vinyl and have loved it for a long time.I sold all my albums years ago and have slowly replaced the best ones (I had a LOT of vinyl so it's taken a long time).I cannot recall whether the sound quality was particularly bad on the elpee. But this "remastered" version sounds like a bootleg, especially on the cover songs which had appeared on side 2 of the album.The mix is VERY spotty and uneven, and the sound is muddy in a lot of places.Perhaps Castle Records didn't have much to work with...after all, it's a 25 year old master tape of a live concert (not sure how much of a difference that makes).The CD is still worth having though, if only for the thrill (no kidding) of listening to the first three cuts.They are truly awesome.

Few musicians are as talented and complete as Todd Rundgren...he's a great vocalist, guitarist and composer as well as a visionary.None of his best songs sound the least bit dated (even though many are 25 or 30 years old) because they are so well crafted.

I was present for this recording.
This live recording was culminated from a series of concerts that Utopia performed during August of 1975. [...] this is an actual live album. Whether or not crowd noises were mixed in the studio is subject to discussion however I was present during this particular song. As a matter of fact, it was festival seating, we were there very, very early and Todd exited the stadium prior to the opening with an attractive girl, they took a walk along the Ohio river alone, he spoke to us when leaving and returning to the stadium. Very cordial and I still feel badly for my inebriated behavior during the show. You know how it is when you are young and stupid. This album has been one of my favorites since it's release. I also have the vinyl release on Bearsville Records.

Hey All, How's the Sound???????
I have the original CD and love it. I wonder if Bernstein ever thought about "Something's Coming" sounding like this. But my favorite is "Heavy Metal Kids" which just CRANKS-Todd must have been channeling Ted Nugent or something.
BUT would someone please comment if the remastering actually sounds better? ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Album Rock    2. Pop    3. Prog-Rock/Art Rock    4. Rock    5. Rock/Pop   

Aretha Live at Fillmore West
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God's Jukebox
This great album from 1971 reminds me of Elvis Presley's "On Stage February, 1970."What these disks have in common is rather than focusing on their own hits, Aretha and Elvis perform songs that were popular at the time, and almost regardless of the quality of the original, turn them into classics, purely by application of their unique artistry.

From Aretha's catalogue, this album features a zippy version of "Respect" that shows off the band; a sensual version of "Dr. Feelgood"; her hit at that time, "Don't Play That Song"; and an extended version (featuring Ray Charles!) of "Spirit in the Dark" that is soul royalty personified.The rest of the disk comprises versions of the treacly Bread song "Make it With You," the silly Stephen Stills song, "Love the One You're With," the Diana Ross diva exercise "Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand," and the classic Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel songs, "Eleanor Rigby" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

These covers are all genius.The lesser songs like "Make it With You," are lavished with the best that Lady Soul has to offer.She treats these dumb tunes as if they were revelations of the inner workings of the human soul--and in Aretha's hands they are.Meanwhile, she completely reconcieves the great McCartney and Simon tunes, making the original versions sound like underachievers by comparison--which is really saying something since these are two of the classic productions of the 60s.

The difference is the singing.God gave Aretha a voice that is possessed with all the power, pain and pleasure of the entire human experience.A simple, banal statement like "I want to make it with you," in her voice becomes the embodiment of a basic human urge to love.A promise like, "I will lay me down" in her voice becomes a covenant that transcends time and space.No one has ever been more ribald than Aretha in "Dr. Feelgood," no one has ever been more in awe of God's majesty than Aretha in "Spirit in the Dark," no one has ever been lonelier than Aretha as "Eleanor Rigby."These tracks, and the rest of her classic performances, take human emotions to their essence in a way that goes far beyond the words she sings.

As if that weren't enough, she's backed by a great band on this record, led by the sax wizard King Curtis, the Beatle organist Billy Preston, the great jazz/R&B drummer Bernard Purdie, and a large horn section that stays in the background until you need them most.

The liner notes suggest this concert was somewhat of a foray into the hippie audience in San Francisco, and perhaps that's why she chose some of these songs--white stoners could relate.But early on the disk, she makes a promise to them that by the end of the concert, they will be happy, and she surely delivered.

the best (live) soul album
live at filmore west sees ms franklin adapting to a seachange in music at the time of its release...the emerging prominence of what's termed as "rock".

expect the queen not to be swept aside though as she finesses then current hits "love the one your with" and "make it with you" as if they're her own. watch her rework "respect" into a million beats a minute stomper!

and what could be better than to let ray charles join the fray?

Her Best Live Album
When Aretha Franklin recorded 1971's LIVE AT FILLMORE WEST, she was backed by a group of veteran session musicians on a mix that included interpretations of popular songs and some of her trademark numbers. Franklin makes Stephen Stills' "Love The One You're With" her own with the help of Billy Preston's joyous organ work, while Bread's saccharine "Make It With You" is injected with a healthy shot of sexy sassiness.

Franklin's underrated piano playing and a healthy display of her gospel roots make FILLMORE a special recording in Lady Soul's vast canon. Franklin's skill on the eighty-eights particularly shines on her swinging treatment of the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby" and the jubilant "Don't Play That Song." Franklin also plays electric piano on "Dr. Feelgood," and from this point on she turns Bill Graham's hall into a Baptist church. The call-and-response of her background singers and King Curtis' skillful band-leading/saxophone playing lead up to the high point where she brings Ray Charles out for the reprise of the testimonial "Spirit In The Dark" followed by the uplifting "Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand)." ... Read more

Asin: B00000335L
Sales Rank: 6230
Subjects:  1. Deep Soul    2. Pop    3. R&B    4. Soul   

Heavy Metal Be-Bop
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Audio CD (25 April, 2000)
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Shock treatment to your ears
Metallic funk sound and infectious groove is the key to this album.BB know how to mix the spice of the good music resourcefully.All you need is to open your mind,and forget your prejudice to the jazz music.This kind of music cannnot be categorized, though, there is something you cannot miss.This sound statement made by BB is the great monument you must bear in mind.I recommed this to all the high energy hybrid fusion die-hard fans.The high light scene is the great dynamics made by Barry finnerty,terry Bozzio,randy brecker,Neil jason,.These guys are crazy enough to make this session blast.You have to wear helmet to ride this hell-like jetcoaster.Join the Army and free yourself.

This album is amazing
If you like jazz-funk-fusion, there is no better cd than heavy metal be-bop.The band plays so tight on this that it is incredible.This is a must have for any fusion fan. ... Read more

Asin: B00000K1YJ
Sales Rank: 188406
Subjects:  1. Crossover Jazz    2. Funk    3. Fusion    4. Jazz    5. Pop