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.

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5 comments about Live at the Whisky.

1. Steve Walsh had some setbacks in his life, this was unfortunately one of them. The only reason I can see this being produced...contractual obligation.
   Mark this into the "hopefully they'll end up a in a landfill and no one will listen or watch the CD/Video Tape" category.
   
   If you want live, check out the newer "Device Voice Drum" DVD/CD, or wait July 1st for the remixed "Two for the Show" that was recorded in the late 70's.



2. This is the lineup I saw a couple of times in small theatres and hole-in-the-wall clubs in the '90s:
   
   Steve Walsh - vocals and keyboards
   Greg Robert - keyboards
   Billy Greer - bass and vocals
   Richard Williams - guitars
   David Ragsdale - violin and guitar
   Phil Ehart - drums
   
   This is a very rough recording, and, as has been noted, Walsh's vocals are not his best, but it's still commendable. However, it is definitely not on the same level as "Two For The Show" or "Device Voice Drum".
   
   Kerry Livgren makes a "guest" appearance on "Dust In The Wind". I wonder if this was done just to give the album a bit of a push sales-wise..."Hey, Kerry Livgren's on it!"
   
   There is also an old recording of the hard blues "Lonely Street" done with the original lineup, which is actually better than most of the rest of the album.
   
   It's not horrible. Listening to it brings back good memories of when I saw them live. But get one of their other live albums instead.



3. Don't get me wrong. I love this band and have everything they've ever released, including Walsh's and Livgren's solo material. Like someone said earlier, the band sounds great but Walsh is so awful during this I'm surprised it was ever released. I listened to this once and won't listen to it again (remember, I love this band). So save yourself the money and instead buy Sail On or Device, Voice, Drum if you want to see live Kansas. Also, Walsh's new solo CD, Shadowman is very good. Buy it now!



4. Kansas is the world's greatest live band, since the early 1970s. They can absolutely blow anyone off the stage when it comes to playing. And let it be said that Steve Walsh is an amazing vocalist; in his prime, he was peerless in all of rock and roll. Alas, LIVE AT THE WHISKY does not find Walsh in his prime. The band plays as well as ever...the sound here is HUGE and extremely lively. Production by Drummer Phil Ehart and old school production cohort Jeff Glixman is absolutely perfect...honestly, the band hasn't sounded this good since 1977's POINT OF KNOW RETURN. (Yep, the band here even outplays itself from the TWO FOR THE SHOW days). Sadly, what could have been a complete sonic triumph is marred somewhat by Walsh's ragged, off-key croaking. In subsequent years, he seemed to re-gain form by the time FREAKS OF NATURE, ALWAYS NEVER THE SAME, and SOMEWHERE TO ELSEWHERE rolled around, but on this night, his voice just isn't quite up to the extremely demanding task of hitting those high notes. Still, Walsh has never lacked for passion and guts, and he gives this show his all. Ultimately, Walsh's sheer determination carries the day, for the most part. The band absolutely sizzles through vibrant versions of "Paradox" and the jamming "Point of Know Return." The celestial studio version of "Song for America" is replaced by a more aggressive, muscular approach on WHISKY that gives it renewed vitality. Man, just LISTEN to Phil Ehart drumming...flawless! Walsh, Ehart, Rich "Meatwall" Williams (guitar), and Billy Greer are joined by new bandmates: Greg Robert on keyboards and David Ragsdale (guitar and violin). Robert and Ragsdale greatly enhance the Kansas live sound...particularly when the violin kicks in. And, oh yes, a "special guest" makes an appearance on "Dust in the Wind" and "Carry On Wayward Son." It's band founder/guitarist KERRY LIVGREN! How sweet it is! There are a few painful moments, particularly with the higher-pitched ballads: the wheels come off vocally on "The Wall," "Hold On," and "Dust in the Wind," but these classic songs are redeemed by very strong instrumental performances by the band, particularly the interplay between Ragsdale's violin and the Livgren/Williams guitars on the latter. "Miracles Out of Nowhere" is reliably proggy and "Mysteries and Mayhem" is headbangingly raucous...with an interesting little boogie-woogie thrown in for fun. Walsh hams it up considerably with his vocals and the band sounds like a buzzsaw. Ehart kicks things up another notch with the crowd-pleasing "Portrait," and the band gives a simmering performance segueing into "Carry On Wayward Son." Again, the band absolutely crackles with energy and power, and Steve Walsh somehow manages to hold it all together vocally...it's definitely a killer version of this rousing Kansas chestnut. Usually, it would be time to call in the dogs and head for home, but Kansas still has some considerable fire left...an explosive version of "Down the Road" follows that blows away the SONG FOR AMERICA studio version. Walsh gets a litle winded on this "Zeppelin-meets-Charlie Daniels" rave-up, but he's pretty game nonetheless...and the band throws in some closing bars of "Magnum Opus" just for good measure to bring things to a rollicking conclusion. What a show! You can practically feel the sweat flying off of your CD changer as this one spins. As a bonus track, "Lonely Street" (Live-Cleveland, 1975) is included...this bluesy, simmering, intense track even exceeds the studio version...and Walsh's voice is in it's mid-70s pristine state. It's a nice little bonus for what is already a stellar live CD. Take all of this from a longtime "Wheathead" who saw the band live twice and has made listening to the band a 30-year habit. This CD isn't always easy to find, so grab it while you can.



5. what an awesome ced those who dissed this cd have the personality of a turnip thse cd is worth it to all fans of kansas new and old steves voice is on top as always the whole band plays tight and awesome buy it rock on!

1 comments about Last Exit.

1. The reason to own this album is the first song *Just For You*, one of the best English psychedelic songs to be found.

   Written and sung by Traffic truant Dave Mason, it's an upbeat, mostly acoustic tune w/ tabla, flute and nicely echoed vocals by Mason, *Just for You* is a lost ethereal psyche-pop masterpiece.

   *Shanghai Noodle Factory* is another must-hear, definitely one of Steve Winwood's premier compositions. The instumental *Something Got Ahold of My Toe* is a rollicking, engaging guitar riff that grabs your attention and keeps it. *Withering Tree* is a lovely, mournful, again, mostly acoustic number. Rounding off this excellent quintet of songs is *Medicated Goo*. Funny, silly, whimsical, it can also be heard live on Traffic's 'Welcome to the Canteen' album. But THIS is the superior version - it's performed at a well-paced mid-tempo speed, whereas the 'Canteen' recording is performed at a faster pace, so you miss some of the words in the vocal.

   In it's original vinyl release, Side A was studio, Side B, live. I give 'Last Exit' 4 stars because Side A is a MUST!!! Although I can do without the remaining pair of live songs, that doesn't mean they're completely dispensable.

   *Feelin' Good* sounds poorly recorded - it's overwhelmed by the volume of Winwood's organ for the most part. But when he kicks in with his organ solo, my hairs stand on end. *Blind Man*, the final song, does little for me and is the album's low point.

   Why *Just for You* never made it as a Traffic staple, I'll never understand. It's not on any Traffic compilation I've come across, so to hear it (which you should), you'll just have to pick up *Last Exit*. But don't worry - it offers more than enough wonderful music to make your purchase a worthy one.

4 comments about Best of the Best: 25 Years of Rock.

1. When FM Radio started to catch fire in the early 1970's, things began to change for the average record buyer. As we were no longer slaves to Top-40 AM Stations {Two AM Stations, all but controlled the airwaves of San Francisco for Rock & Pop in the 1960's.} Progressive FM Stations came on-air in 1967, and then and only then, we got to listen to other Songs than just the: Boss, Top-40.
   
   The King Biscuit Flower Hour was a part of the new and "Cool Radio". The first broadcast of: 18 Feb 1973, featured: The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Blood Sweat & Tears and Bruce Springsteen. The Biscuit was off and running with their weekly show.
   
   This is a 16 Track Collection of Rock Acts from the 1970's-80's. It is a Sampler of what was broadcast every week on The Biscuit. With: The Who, Queen, Genesis, The Kinks, America, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ELP, Kansas, Foreigner, Rush, Blondie, Triumph, Billy Squier, Pat Benatar, BTO and Rick Derringer. This Disc has the Big Artists of that period. Every song included herein was a Hit: Won't Get Fooled Again, We Will Rock You, That's All, Lola, Horse With No Name, Call Me The Breeze, Lucky Man, Carry On Wayward Son, Cold As Ice, Limelight, One Way Or Another, Allied Forces, The Stroke, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Takin' Care Of Business, Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo.
   
   If you are old enough to remember these Radio Shows from the 1970's & 1980's, this Disc will bring it all back. If you are too young to have ever heard this Show, this will give you a new slant on those words known as: "Classic Rock".
   
   These Disc's are around, and they are cheap. I bought mine at a Used Record Shop for: $2.99. There are around 50 Disc's available of different acts as well including: BB King, Deep Purple and GTR, these are well worth seeking out as well. Just about everybody was standing in line to appear on this Show because it was very popular.
   
   I have heard a few: "Samplers" in my day and some of them were real forgetable, this one is real good.
   Four Stars !!!



2. Great deal. This item WAS shipped to me, however, I'm VERY VERY disappointed in Amazon's overall lackluster, unreliable (lack of shipping) to military APO addresses. In general, they've shipped to my military APO address about 60% (if that) of the time - for very basic items. Many purchases were not made because items can't be shipped to me, other items I had to have shipped somewhere else and pay additional shipping to get item mailed to me. Shame on Amazon! Unfortunately I've received NO good answer from Amazon!



3. Yes I know you religiously taped this radio show.
   The best stuff is either in the King Biscuit vaults or on your basement cassettes.



4. Does this sixteen track disc bring back memories for you?Showcasing some of the best known songs from bands that were on the weekly FM radio King Biscuit show,I'll say between 1973-82 serve this release the purpose of being an audio diary for those LIKE myself that were loyal listeners of the show.The liner notes gives several individual's personal account of the Biscuit.Here's mine:I remember when a 'live' lp was indeed something special,before import discs became available by the hundreds,that I would sometimes join a gathering at a friend's house while the party was already in progress.I'd hear,say some live songs from Queen.Tunes that I knew were not on 'Live Killers' and another person would inform me that it was a home tape,recorded off a live FM broadcast from the King Biscuit.I've heard from a reliable source that the bands that were on the Biscuit actually LOVED hearing about fans taping the shows 'cause it would MAYBE lure them to buy the group's older lp's.Even though I'm personally more into the obscure music these days,these mainstream gems will always have a place in my collection.My absolute faves are the Kinks "Lola",Emerson Lake&Palmer's "Lucky Man",The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again",BTO's "Takin' Care Of Business" and Rush's "Limelight".Would make a nice gift.

5 comments about Trippin' Live.

1. This superb live album is worth hunting out. It was recorded at Ronnie Scotts Jazz club in 1996 and to date its the best live album by Dr John I've heard.
   
   There are numerous classic songs on this album. It starts with a great version of Prof Longhair's 'Tipitina'. Best of all though is Dr John's only ever hit single 'Such a Night'. This has not just one, but two of the Doctors trademark Piano outro's, where the ending seems about to happen, but doesn't, he even throws in a Gershwin quote at the end as well. Jools Holland (ex Squeeze and now a UK music show presenter) guests on '24 Hours A Day, 365 A Year' playing some trademark Boogie Woogie, while the Doctor plays Guitar.
   
   Amongst the backing musicians are some very classy guys. Alvin Tyler is on Tenor Sax and Ronnie Cuber (a very good Jazz player) is on Baritone Sax.
   
   If you're interested in New Orleans music this is a great fun album to own. Sadly it appears to have gone out of print now so you need to get hold of any copy you can asap.



2. Dr. John once again proves he is the boss with the hot sauce, and one of the great live jazz/funk keyboard performers of all-time. His live recordings are so good, that his studio recordings are often overlooked. His unmistakable New Orleans drawl is one of kind, making this release his best live performance ever. The tunes are rocking, with takes on "Tipitina", "Such a Night", Right Place Wrong Time", "Down By The Riverside Medly", and "Goodnight Irene", which is an atomic finale. Don't pass up an opportunity to see this cat live if you ever get the chance, because he truly is a rock/jazz/funk treasure. "Trippin'Live" is one of the best get up and have fun recordings that I have ever heard, and ranks as quite possibly Dr. Johns greatest live album ever. Don't miss this gem.



3. The music on this live CD is spectacular, as satisfying as anything Mac has ever recorded. But I'm downgrading this to a 3 stars because of the horrible decision by the producer to have the first minute of every song destroyed by having a superimposed recording of Dr. John verbally giving us his thoughts about the song. The first minute of the actual music as a result remains only a distant fade in the background. And for me, the instrumental introduction of the song, where the doctor is playing his butt off, is often the best. Mac gets an A+ for his efforts; the producer gets an F for his bonehead move.



4. This is a great live CD which really captures the versatility of Dr. John (he even plays guitar on this album). The songs are great all the way through-not a bad song (or story) on the album. Buy this album is you like New Orleans Funk Blues. Buy this album if you like music at all. Buy this album if you want to know what music is. Just buy it!!



5. If you like music in any way whatsoever, you'll LOVE this album! It's got a load of stuff on it, and it's not all 7 bar blues stuff, it's got a good mixture.

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1 comments about 7 Series Sampler: One Wild Night.

1. What can I say,Bon Jovi(Jon Bon Jovi)is the King of Rock,Soul,he knows what life is about.This album puts together thier hits live that are amazing.I cannot even compare them to anybody because they are so incredible.I cannot live without these hot Jersey men Thanks Guys.#1 fan

5 comments about Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.

1. Everything about this release is wrong, except for the content. Maybe if the sound was recompressed, remixed and washed out a couple of times it might be tolerable. It seems most of The Who's punch from "Live at Leeds" was lost in the open air of this festival. I've heard better bootlegs, but not to say that this recording is "dirty", because it's not. If anything is too quiet, clean and tired. I'd pass.



2. this is by far the worst live disc I have heard. I was at this show and it was nothing like this muffed miss mix they so shamelessly put out here. Townsend owes me and every other fan a personal apology



3. This is a heavily acclaimed live album, at times compared favorably to Live at Leeds. And there's a good reason for that: this is the Who, a legendary live act, at their prime, playing a really good show. Sure, you could complain about all the overlap with the one-disc Leeds reissue - "Young Man's Blues", "Heaven and Hell", "Summertime Blues", and a multitude of the early hits ("I Can't Explain", "Substitute", "My Generation", "Happy Jack", "Magic Bus") appear on both discs - but that doesn't matter much, and I'll tell you why: those songs, both originals and covers, represent the Who at their absolute prime. Other than those, most the album is devoted to one of two things. There are a lot of Lifehouse outtakes: "I Don't Even Know Myself" (a fun little rocker that switches to jaunty ragtime), "Water" (an awesome epic rocker with Pete packing more guitar heroics into eleven minutes than most guitarists can fit into an album - it obliterates the version found as a bonus track on Who's Next), and "Naked Eye", which only rules slightly less than "Water"; or, the reason you probably bought this in the first place, a performance on Tommy that's more or less in its entirety, though "Underture", "Welcome", "Cousin Kevin" and "Sally Simpson" are absent, and the order is a bit off - "Tommy Can You Hear Me" is for whatever reason placed before "Go to the Mirror?", even though it makes no sense when placed there. The Tommy performance is as good as if not better than the original version, since Townshend plays a lot of guitar, and there aren't many better guitarists than Pete. It's loaded with energy, too. Okay, so the piano part on "1921" is missed, as are all the French horn parts. The "Amazing Journey"/"Sparks" medley is always classic (Especially "Sparks", where Townshend gets in more of those guitar heroics you heard on "Water" - it's enough to rival Jimi Hendrix, and Entwistle plays another genius bassline, the kind he could knock off without even thinking too hard about it - Keith Moon goes crazier than usual, and it's too bad they never gave him a drum solo. That would be amusing), "The Acid Queen" is graced with one of Pete's most distinctive vocals; "Pinball Wizard" is "Pinball Wizard" (need I say anymore? By the way, how did he manage to play the intro with only one guitar? Does Roger do double-duty or something?), they rampage their way through "Go to the Mirror!", not like that's a bad thing; "We're Not Gonna Take It" is still the same desperate prayer. And even some of the "minor" songs have their good points - "Christmas" and "Eyesight to the Blind" aren't favorites of mine, but they are performed quite well. Sadly, an ear-bursting "I'm Free" doesn't at all fit the subtlety required for that song, and it ends up being the only real disappointment on the album, along with "Substitute", which they seemingly can't get right live. The rambling "My Generation" is much better, though, and an easy highlight. Great guitar solos, and I like the random quote from "Water". So no, this album can't match Live at Leeds, but what can?



4. The Who's performance at the 1970 Isle of Wight festival was phenominal. In my opinion, it is better than their "Live At Leeds" concert. Leeds seemed to be more polished, but Isle of Wight shows more of the authenticity of The Who's early-day live performances. The music is played with much energy, and the banter between songs gives it more of an actual concert flavor, unlike Leeds. The Leeds concert sounds like a studo album that just happened to have an audience.
   
   Not only is this a superior performance to Leeds, it is also a better CD release. Leeds omitted songs, chopped up other songs, was presented out of order, and was re-released with inferior sound quality. Isle of Wight has none of those qualities, and is a perfect release in every way. Of course, die hard fans will want both this and Leeds, but if you are trying to choose, this is easily the better buy.



5. Many people say you need to get "Live At The Leeds" to experiece The Who in all their glory. Personally, if you ask this fan, I completely disagree. Now, I greatly enjoy "Live At The Leeds", but I feel at many times it lacks energy and feels very incohesive and as a whole, yes, I'm going to say it, it's a tad overrated.
   
   To truly experience The Who at their zenith, look no further than the two disc "Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970". Now this is classic Who. As one reviewer pointed out, Roger and Pete are much more focused and energetic than they are on "Live At The Leeds". Pete's guitar work is nothing short of astounding, and vocally Roger has never been better. The Ox as always plays bass than anyone who has or ever will touch the instrument, and Moon is his wild, over the top self throughout the whole running time, never missing a beat.
   
   Every song, including a terrific "Tommy" set, is full of life and is a sheer joy to listen to. The sound quality is overall terrific, and the liner notes and packing are very well done. This is a highly worthwhile purchase.