5 comments about "Live" Full House.

1. This short CD is a concise statement of all that is great about the J, Geils Band and classic rock!



2. The best live album by any band ever made. Simply incredible. Buy it, get enebriated, and play it loud.



3. You gonna get it crazy tonight? I'll get down to it. You gonna get it all down, get it all night, get it alright, get it outta sight, get it down baby? BUY THIS NOW. PERIOD.



4. This is the album that captures the spirit of the roadhouse band. This is not the J. Guiles of the age of MTV. Along with Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run, Full house with the incomparable Whammer Jammer (which plays in the opening scene of the new Will Smith film "Hancock")is the essence of the rock club style of music.
   
   If you want to know what good party music of the early 70's was like, you can't go wrong with Full House.



5. The J. Geils Band live is truly a spectacular listen. They were a very talented band that was able to mix blues, boogie, and hard rock together in one giant pot and come across as the greatest party band that ever lived. There was a point in time when the band seemed unstoppable. Listening to this live album will show you just how amazing they used to be. Don't get me wrong- their studio albums are equally amazing, but something special can be found on their live albums. A certain amount of energy that wasn't easy for many rock and roll bands to pull off. This band somehow managed to do it over and over again. People want to talk about bands that can never be imitated. THESE guys are the perfect example of one.

5 comments about Live and Dangerous.

1. I'm confused on what this product is. Help me please. Are the 1978 and 1983 video concerts on a DVD, and the bonus (second) disc is an audio CD? Please help .... thanks!



2. From 1975 to 1979, hard rock was in its golden age as a result of an art form known as the double (or sometimes single) live album. And there was no record that best captured this day and age in more perfect form than Thin Lizzy's `Live and Dangerous' released in June 1978. Often cited as the premier live document of all time, this opus captured an in hindsight criminally underappreciated band in all of their ragged glory. These guys were untouchable and there was no cooler front man on the planet than Philip Parris Lynott! Behind him was Lizzy's greatest lineup in blood brother/rhythm genius Brian Downey and the ultra combustible duo of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham. In America, where they were often delegated to support act status (how stupid were we?), headliners would shudder at the very mention of their name. At the time of `L&D''s release, a Sounds magazine critic called them the greatest hard rock band in the world, but today in 2008, the kids don't really know. As with any live document worth its salt, all the best (or most of the best) are here in peak performance form. To list my favorites would be listing most of the album but anyway - "Massacre", "Emerald" and "Rosalie" to name my top three. For pure six-string brilliance take Gorham on the first and Robbo and the last two, mind blowing! "Jailbreak" is the opener and man what a stunner (I love when he says, "I think it's safer" in that low almost throw away register!). The way "Cowboy Song" flows into "Boys" is just pure majestic alchemy! "Suicide" is gut wrenching, "The Rocker", pure delirium and "Don't Believe a Word" as macho tough a love song as one can get. You get the slow songs as well and Lizzy did them as well as anyone and two non-lpers which are fair but they don't make this record any more special than it already is (as if that were possible). As far as how "live" this album, if it bothers you that much - don't bother. This was Lizzy's REAL best of....and it really could be the greatest live album of all time.



3. Live and Dangerous is one of the best live albums ever made IMO at least. This album perfectly captures Thin Lizzy`s powerful live show during their heyday with the classic lineup of the late great Philip Lynott, Brian Downey, Brian Robertson and Scott Gorman, who absolutely delivers their unbelievably great brand of hard rock from start to finish on this album.
   
   Top songs: Still In Love With You(greatest live Lizzy song ever), Johnny The Fox Meets Jimmy The Weed, Dancing In The Moonlight, Jailbreak, Sha-La-La and Warrior.
   
   I highly recommend Live And Dangerous to everyone, especially fans of great classic rock from the 70`s. I guarantee that you most likely will be very addicted listening to this great album.



4. Simply, Thin Lizzy remains a vastly underrated band & Live and Dangerous - when the title was originally issued on a double live album - is one of the best live sets from the 1970s, when such releases became very popular.
   
   And this package highlights the band in all its glory, on stage and delivering high-octane music to an appreciative audience. The DVD portion features a 1978 concert from the Rainbow Theatre, which is not the venue where the double live album was recorded. Phil Lynott (vocals, bass) keeps the joint rocking by seemingly feeding off the crowd's energy from the opening note to the closing chord.
   
   There is also the highly-acclaimed 1983 "Farewell" concert from the Regal Theatre, selections from appearances on Top of the Pops and interviews with band members Scott Gorham (guitar), Brian Robertson (guitar), Brian Downey (drums and percussion). The bonus CD is a treat, a 1975 concert from Derby College.
   
   This is a fantastic collection of outstanding performances from a band that defined the golden era of arena rock.



5. This album goes beyond being another great album. There are lots of "great" albums that pale in comparison to L&D. This album documents more than any other Thin Lizzy work the phenomonally great songwriting and musicianhship of Thin Lizzy. The guitar tandem here is arguably the best ever in recorded music. I am lucky enough to have seen them live on the Chinatown tour. I have seen multitudues of concerts and have not seen an audience slayed with such ferocity as Thin Lizzy on that night. No live recording can ever recreate the experience of being there. However, Live and Dangerous comes as close you can get.
   
   I have heard all of the other live Thin Lizzy albums available. Don't bother. They all pale badly in comparison to the original Live & Dangerous.
   
   Buy this album and revel in its innate "greatness".

No comments about One More Car, One More Rider.

4 comments about Finyl Vinyl.

1. Give Ritchie Blackmore credit on one point; throughout the years and lineup changes, he was not one to look back on Rainbow's accomplishments, unlike other bands who get bogged down in time warps within the studio and on stage.
   
   This retrospective - released in 1986 when Blackmore disbanded his group (the band reformed and disbanded again in the 1990s) - emphasizes Blackmore's vision on the present, as it is heavy on the late 1970s-1980s post-Ronnie James Dio years. There are two selections when Dio was lead vocalist, a period when the band was perhaps at its most creative lyrically and musically.
   
   What shines throughout is the technical proficiency Blackmore brought to the electric guitar and his fascination with merging classical music elements into a rock framework.
   
   This is not a place to start for fans checking out Rainbow for the first time. It is a nice collection of live performances, though from the latter lineups that may have been strong in delivering the generic 1980s AOR sound, but quite weak in forging a new frontier musically/lyrically.



2. First, let me get this said: I love Rainbow. I found out about Deep Purple because I was a Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow fan first. I still think Rising, Long Live Rock n Roll and most of Down To Earth are great records. I only recently began to appreciate On Stage (which is excellent!) and the first album with Man On the Silver Mountain. I always liked things like "Jealous Lover" and "Stone Cold" with Joe Lynn Turner. But this record is awful, horrible, and an embarrassment. It doesn't do the band justice, and if it DOES, then it's no wonder Ritchie pulled the plug on it. If this was the only post-Purple Blackmore ever heard, I'd think he was the weakest member of Deep Purple and you would be hard pressed to prove otherwise. Joe Lynn Turner sounds ridiculous, even by 80s standards, and Graham Bonnet is no better. (I saw Bonnet on the Down To Earth tour, and he was a major disappointment to the fans and to Ritchie on that show.) Too bad...let sleeping dogs lie if this is the best the "archives" have to show us; let us remember these line-ups for their great records instead of these lame live performances. Call it: FINAL NAIL IN THE COFFIN.



3. This is a relatively strong live effort from Ritchie Blackmore and company. The 80's saw Rainbow attempting to cross over a little and garner a more wider array of fans. They may have succeeded. Blackmore found that singer Joe lynn Turner had not only the vocal appeal for the 80's pop rock scene, but also the required poofed hair as well. Consequently, many individuals who had never heard of Rainbow before, swore they were listening to a Foreigner album when introduced to Rainbow's 80's efforts.
   Having said that, there still is a lot of good old fashioned Rainbow traits here. But the instrumental on track eight "Difficult To Cure" is perhaps the best song on this disc. "Difficult" is nothing more than Rainbow showing their true talent with the ability to merge melodic metal with a symphony orchestra (Japanese, probably Tokyo). Johann Sebastian Bach's "Song of Joy" is delicately fused and blended well here. Blackmore starts off with a typical solo, then the orchestra kicks in....what a sound! A truly magnificent performance!
   There is a quick version of "Since You Been Gone", with Graham Bonnet on vocals,(Castle Donnington Rock Festival-England, one of the few times Rainbow played outdoors and actually headlined to boot) and a few recordings of Ronnie James Dio singing also. Dio attempts to rouse a rather anemic Atlanta audience on a couple of cuts.
   The CD opens with the typical 80's flair. "Spotlight Kid", "I Surrender", and "Can't Happen Here are okay, but Turner almost ruins "Power", though he somewhat redeems himself with a strong performance on "Stone Cold." The CD ends with another instrumental "Weiss Heim". No vocals on this one, with Ritchie and Keyboardist Don Airey shining brightly on this particular cut.
   This is a pretty darn good recording of Rainbow performing live over the years, with shows recorded literally from around the world. Once again Ritchie Blackmore's love of classical music is portrayed in some of his songs. But Rainbow's trademark has always been their ability to shamelessly introduce classical music to metal, and this is no exception.



4. Spotlight kid is a terrific song and so are a handfull of other songs on this disc. But the two songs recorded with Ronnie James Dio are the only two songs worth listening to.

5 comments about Live in Concert.

1. This is the one live Robin Trower album to get, believe me. It gives off a feel like it was recorded in your living room. Real up-close and personal. Part of the reason for this is Trower's fabulous ability to bridge the dead spots with wave after wave of sizzling self-accompaniment. He somehow manages to hit all the fills while never missing a stroke of that blasting lead. The other reason is the riotous crowd. They never let you forget that you're listening to a live show. More powerful and complete than anything else in Trower's catalog. Dewar's vocals are at peak form as well, giving the band's sound that smokey, dusky flavor that we all know and love so well. This is Robin Trower doing what he does best like he's never done it before. The disc also contains three songs not to be found elsewhere in live format.... Gonna Be More Superstitious, Fine Day and Twice Removed From Yesterday. The latter harkening back to his more melodic days with Procol Harum. This is the real deal. A must-have. I can't keep from playing it!



2. I think I remember this VERY show that was recorded in 1975 showing up on the long-gone but not forgotten weekly broadcast of the King Biscuit Flower Hour.So nice to to be able to own a copy on CD.Features,of course the original line-up of Trower on guitar,Jimmy Dewar on bass/vocals and Bill Lordan on drums.One track on this disc that I simply don't remember but really liked is "Alethea".Also "Twice Removed From Yesterday" is great to hear as so is "Bridge Of Sighs" and "Day Of The Eagle".Today,Trower still tours and records regularly.I've seen him live once and the man can still deliver the goods.Great timeless '70's rock&roll.



3. fantastic performer. Classic rock , hendrix alike guitar.



4. Blues rock extraordinaire
   Robin trower is one of the very great blues-rock guitarrist ever. This is a hot concert wirh robin at his peak.



5. 
   I've had this album since it was first released and consider myself lucky to have found it that soon. I have been a Trower fan since the early '70's when they guest starred on a local late night Philadelphia television program as an "unknown" artist.
   Up until that time Bridge of Sighs was considered, by most, the definitive Trower album. Me? I've always been a fan of "live" albums and this one is among the best of the era. For Trower fans, I'd put it right up there with The Allman Bros. "Live At The Fillmore East."
   Sonically, from a production standpoint the first track, Day of the Eagle, is not the best this album has to offer. Like many other British produced live albums it seems to take the sound/recording people some warm up time to get everything right. This collecton is no exception but at least it's honest about it. No studio tricks were used to fix the thin but clear sound on that first track.
   And, this performance also let's us know why Robin Trower was not the lead vocalist in the band from the title track of the first album Twice Removed From Yesterday.
   You won't find a lot of jamming in this performance as the band plays it pretty straight.
   In spite of these minor glitches, this is still a fantastic example of a '70's band, and Trower, at it's very best. All the Trower standards are here with a few not as often heard.
   While "Day" and "Bridge" are still terrific selections, I, as a Blues fan, found myself warming up to Gonna Be More Suspicious sliding into Fine Day. But this album, as in the bands music in general, is mostly blues based material.
   The mysterious and haunting Alethea is another good bit of lesser-known Trower.
   The album culminates in a Trower version of B. B. King's Rock Me Baby. I could live without this one, but oh well....
   Listening to "Live At BBC" makes me wish they could do a reunion tour/album (Jimmy DeWar died several years ago, and as the band's voice is irreplacable) and relive the memories all over again. Maybe they would even create some new memories.
   If you're a long time Trower fan, or just discovering how overlooked they were back then, and you don't have this in your collection, BUY IT, RENT IT, or STEAL IT, but LISTEN to it!!! You won't be sorry.

1 comments about Live at the Club a Go-Go.

1. I would name Live at the Club a Gogo as the best example of early Animals I've ever heard. Every track on the album is a gem. The energy generated by the band and Eric's gruff "blues shouting" is worth every penny and more.

1 comments about Live at the BBC.

1. A wonderful collection that demonstrates The Beatle's at their absolutely energetic best! If you're disappointed by the sound quality of such recordings as Live In Hamburg, or At The Star Club, then you'll really like Live At The BBC.

   Many of these songs are previously unreleased, buy any true hard core Beatles fan will find this to be a necessary addition to their collection.

No comments about Standing Here.

5 comments about Heart Greatest Hits: Live.

1. This was CBS' first compilation of Heart material, and the result is unique among the many 'greatest hits' releases that have come since. Maybe it was because of the digital remastering (a relatively new thing at that time). Maybe it was the running order: going from 'Silver Wheels' into 'Crazy On You' in the same manner as they were doing in their live shows really gives Nancy a showcase. Maybe it was the sheer power of 'Mistral Wind' which only increases in the live setting. Certainly it wasn't 'Hit Single' and 'Strange Euphoria' which were blessedly dropped when converted to CD. Maybe it was the original band (yes I know Roger isn't on the live tracks) at its height before the slide of 'Private Audition' and 'Passionworks' and the revamping of the band into 80's hair, cleavage, and power ballads. Whatever it is, nothing sounds like this disc, and it's worth having in your collection even if you've got all the discs that led up to it.



2. The description of this cd is very very misleading. I figured the title
   Heart "Greatest Hits:Live", would mean all songs were live but only a select few are and there not even great hits IMO



3. Don't get me wrong, they looked a lot better in the 80's with stilletos and all that make-up, and puffy hair that could raise any skyscraper, but old Heart is a hell of a lot better than their newer stuff. I thought they sounded like they meant it like: Crazy On You, Barracuda, Straight On, Heartless (my favorite from them). Yep these vixens who were compared to Led Zeppelin as a hell of a rock band, boy oh boy, pretty damn close I might add. Anyways this album kicks serious butt.



4. "Strange Euphoria" was the one of the "new" songs on this recording but it was deleted from the CD of this late 1980 release. Call Strange Euphoria" what you want, but it is a cool song and sounds like Ann and Nancy are on a LSD trip while singing. It was a great song which was not replicated on 1997's Whirlygig even though Heart tried.
   
   The cover sports one of my favorite photos of Ann Wilson with the stand-off-ish, jacked up, over-confident look.



5. Greatest Hits Live originally recorded in 1980 was one of my early CD purchases during early 90s but I happened to miss simply because it was dubbed as "Live" and I thought that was not I had been looking for. (At that time I was looking for Definitive collection of Heart including 80s hits). Time has changed and I happened to uncover this CD from the heap of my dusted CD collections.
   
   It has nine best tracks from their early works such as Dreamboat Annie(1976), Little Queen(1977), Magazine(1978), Dogs and Butterfly(1978), Bebe Le Strange(1980). On the back jacket name of the albums the each tracks are from are shown. Then the album become live recording collection during August and September 1980 tour. Live recording of BEBE LE STRANGE takes place at the stage side where the chat among members before the show can be heard. Interesting intrigue. TELL IT LIKE IT IS is unusually not live but studio recording and became single cut from this greatest CD. And then the ending live performance is LED ZEPPELIN classic ROCK'N ROLL. Alas, it shows their rock spirit.
   Yes, it misses PRIVATE AUDITION(1982) and PASSIONWORK material to be the early Heart collection. But the timing for the release was excellent because it was made when HEART was at their artistic height.
   
   Verdict: It is no doubt Heart fans' essential and 70s rock fans' paradise. Showing well how HEART had been during their early prime.
   Rating: 88 out of 100. Well-edited (particularly Silver Wheel and Crazy On You combination just as their live performance) and consistent. Transition from studio recording part and live recording part has been done excellently.
   Recommended for: Every Heart fan. Lots of 70s rock fans and the appreciators of recent Heart releases such as Desire Walks On(1993) and Jupiters Darling(2004).

1 comments about Live in London.

1. This classic album/CD includes some of the songs of the day (1974). It is Pet Clark at her very best. The orchestrations are fantastic, the musicians are in top form, and of course Pet is spectaular! My personal favorite is the rendition of "Music",one of Tony Hatch's many great songs that he wrote for Pet. It covers all the various styles and 'feels' of music; a great arrangement!! If you are a Petula Clark fan, as I am, this is a must.