No comments about In Concert.

5 comments about Rockin' Down the Highway: The Wildlife Concert.

1. I consider three 1970's groups (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Doobie Brothers) the originators of Southern rock. The Doobie Brothers were the gentlemen of Southern rock. These gentlemen's personalities shine in "Rockin' Down The Highway: The Wildlife Concert", a recording of an extremely fun, happy, and energetic 1996 concert for the Wildlife Conservation Society. The Doobie Brothers' support for the Wildlife Conservation Society is appropriate. Nearly twenty-five years after their first recording, The Doobie Brothers still are rockin' down the highway and their wild life continues. That's an extremely long playing record!

   This excellent recording presents The Doobie Brothers' lyrics more clearly than some of their studio recordings. Two selections: 'China Grove' (with its outstanding guitar solos) and 'Listen To The Music' (a great concert arrangement) are examples of Southern rock's best. Another 8 selections are particularly outstanding. 'Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While)', 'Minute By Minute', and 'What A Fool Believes' feature Michael McDonald's outstanding vocals. 'Takin' It To The Streets' features saxophone solos and Michael McDonald vocals. 'Slow Burn', 'The Doctor', & 'Without You' feature outstanding guitar solos. 'Excited' features vocal and guitar solos plus a rolling arrangement reminiscent of "The Lizzies" scene in the 1979 Michael Beck cult movie "The Warriors".

   The Doobie Brothers have polished their artistry and style for over twenty-five years. That artistry and style shines in "Rockin' Down The Highway: The Wildlife Concert". I recommend this fun live recording both for Doobie Brothers fans and also for those unfamiliar with The Doobie Brothers' music.




2. This is a great album for anyone who has not heard the Doobie Brothers before and wants to get to know the band. For anyone who has a lot of Doobie albums, this cd probably is not a good buy. The songs are simply recycled and there is no creative spin to make the cd unique. This cd is best for new fans or the Doobie obsessed.



3. Saw the Doobies Labor Day 1999 at a festival. Found this CD to be on par with that concert. This CD captures all the musical excitement that a festival setting can give. I recommend this CD to any Doobies fan or fan of music from the 70's.



4. I have this CD and the video and I highly, highly recommend both for a look and a listen to one of America's greatest, cleanest sounding and most talented rock and roll bands, who provide grand doses of not only rock but also country, jazz and blues. Buy the CD for your stereo, and the video for your television. And share both with your children so they can learn and understand what great seventies rock and roll really is. Amazon offers great prices on both the CD and VHS (and NO, I don't work for them!) Guaranteed to please.



5. Having been a Doobie Brothers fan for 20 plus years, it wasn't until 1990 that I saw them perform live. I have seen them 3 times since. I was convinced their onstage live energy couldn't be captured on "vinal" or CD. I was wrong. This is a terrific double album. Crystal clear sound, great selection of classic hits spanning the last 25 years.Even non touring ex-Doobie-Michael McDonald appears in several tunes (I guess there are no ex Doobies). Highly recommended!!!added for a few tunes.

3 comments about Space Ritual Sundown, Vol. 2.

1. One of the worthwhile titles from the UK label Thunderbolt that I was speaking of in my review of the band's 'Early Daze' disc.'Space Ritual,Volume 2' is MORE OR LESS another version of the original 2-CD 'Space Ritual'.Don't get me wrong,THIS disc is a great find.It appears to be re-edited from the first version.I took out a calculater and figured out that with the tracks you get here "Space","Orgone Accumulator","Time We Left This World Today" and the seven others,the listener gets a total of nine(9) minutes of music HERE that simply isn't on the first 'Space Ritual'.Still,at times I MAY prefer the 2-CD release even though I will eventually have to get off my ass to put on disc two.What a lazy world we live in,no?



2. This is a excellent recording by Hawkwind done in 1972, sound quality is crisp and the overall CD is a fantastic example of their live show from that time period. IF you were just introduced to the band this is the one to have. For all others it is my reccomendation to purchse the entire two-disc set of Space Ritual while it is still available. For the beginner this is essentially disc two of the set, If given the prefference I would have this over the beginning of the show( disc 1 ), but never fear this can stand on its own without tieng in to the mandatory purchase of the set.



3. This disk contains 64 minutes of excellent-quality recordings from the 'Space Ritual' tour which produced a great two-disk set of the same name. The track-listing(in order) is: 'Space', 'Orgone Accumulator', Upside Down', 'Sonic Attack', 'Time We left', 'Ten Seconds of Forever', 'Brainstorm', 'Seven by Seven', 'Master of the Universe', and 'Welcome to the Future'.

5 comments about Made in Japan.

1. This is arguably the best live album ever made containing the best of Deep Purple in their prime. It has great track selection and plays like a greatest hits album on steroids. I remember this was one of the first vinyl albums I purchased as a kid and I practically wore it out. Now digitally remastered my daughter and I love listening to this one in the car or at home. Higly recommended as one of the greatest albums of all time.



2. It was hard for me to rate this cd recording. I really don't like it. It is live performances I guess from Japan. I don't consider it the best of Deep Purple. That is my fault for not listening to the tracks before I bought it. So I am not sure how to rate it. Will be buying a different best of Deep Purple cd though.



3. Yes everyone this is the real Deep Purple! This is the true LIVE Purple Album. Once you hear this there is no turning back. Talent, quality, professionalism, power, etc...its all here. This is the album that shows the abilty of Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord/Ian Paice/Ian Gillian /Roger Glover. I first got his album when it originally came out, now I needed to get it again for my music library. It is a MUST!



4. Deep Purple is the best band of all times...Why Made in Japan is considered the best live album ever made? Because The Purples are the Best, the best Zep or Sabbath song's haven't the level of this tracks...
   Ritchie, John, Roger and Ians are the maximum....



5. With Deep Purple, the LOUDER the better. Had it in vynyl. Now in cd format. Great from start to finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   Just when You thought it was safe to go back in the water..........

5 comments about Live With Lou Reed Vol.2.

1. Originally the second record in a 2-LP set, this is now the companion volume to Live 1969, Volume 1, and it's every bit as good as (perhaps even better than) its predecessor. Lou Reed's songs (and the entire band's playing) sounds absolutely stunning in a live context. The music shimmers with life and humor and emotion, bursting with creativity and grace. It's beautiful and rollicking and harrowing all it once- listen to the lush, epic, and utterly beautiful "Ocean," that goes on for about ten minutes without wasting a note. Listen to the smirking high-speed rockabilly of "Sweet Bonnie Brown/ It's Just Too Much," and the raw, pained beauty of "Pale Blue Eyes." "Some Kind Of Love" is jazzy and playful, and "White Light/White Heat" is a a killer extended noise-driven jam. The true hidden gem of this record is "Over You," which is the epitome of short, sweet, and utterly wistful pop. Everything about the song, from the melancholy riff and hypnotic guitar solo to the resigned, self-deprecating vocal, is simply ideal. The whole album is nothing short of a rock 'n' roll masterpiece.



2. This LP in it's original Double-album form was one my favorites of the era (the early seventies being a little sparse and sometimes unoriginal), but when the CD's came out, they split the thing into 2 separate discs. So this one has lots of dreamy, drug induced pop ("pale blue eyes', "I'll be your Mirror') , and some atmospherics ('Ocean')as well as the classics ("Heroin, White Light/White Heat').
   Good for fans, good for people who liked their studio stuff, also.



3. Basically, if you're into the vu, you'll be into them live. There's almost no other way of looking at it. Their live performances are the most innate I've ever heard. So, if you're having some sort of dilemma regarding which live albums to spend your hard earned currency on, here's a suggestion: 1969: The Velvet Underground Live Vol.'s 1 & 2, Live at MKC, and the Quine Tapes. Those are the best live performances I've heard from the band. My personal favorite is the 1969: The VU Live Volume 1, but it's all personal preference.
   I suppose I've gone off on a bit of a tangent - forgetting this was a review for 1969 Vol. 2. Well, the album is amazing. You're really doing yourself an injustice by not buying it. Trust me, the technicalities don't need to be described: just buy it, listen to it, and be inspired by it.



4. The version of "Ocean" on this album is mind-blowing. You have to buy the CDs just for that. The rest of the Vol. 2 CD is excellent, as is Vol. 1, but that recording of "Ocean"...oh, it's impossible to do any justice to it here.



5. This is one of the rare cases when volume 2 is better than the first. Of course, it would be best to buy both but if you have to pick one, pick this volume.

   This is the album that made me really appreciate the Velvets. I love live music and this album really captures the band as they were meant to be heard -- Jamming, Moody, Rock and Roll. The first 3 songs especially (Ocean, Pale Blue Eyes, and Heroin) have reverberated in my musical memory for a very long time.

   A GREAT FIRST VU ALBUM! If you know the Velvets or even just think you might like them, you can't go wrong with these live concerts.

5 comments about Live In NYC 1975: Red Patent Leather.

1. It's the New York Dolls Live, what vcan I say. you're probably dead bored of hearing about the sound quality but it clears up a bit on Something Else. The only problems throughout the record his the guitars are buried by the rest of the band and everytime they do a "doo-doo dodoo" it's fuzzy louder than everything else.
   Closest we'll ever get to a third album. i definately recommend this.

   Hey a bit o trivia I think it was around '00/'01 when a record company offered Sylvain Sylvain 1 million dollars to do a New York Dolls reunion, his reply was "Hey I agreed to do one back in '84. The only one who won't do it is David."




2. The sound quality is lacking but the spirit of the music is fantastic rock and roll. If you can put up with Husker Du's "Land Speed Record," this should be a breeze. Sloppy but magnificent.



3. Listening to this disk will make any Dolls fan frustrated! This is the only known recording of several songs that would've made up the 3rd Dolls album (and did show up later on their solo LPs). The new songs are all awesome--but you cannot hear Johnny Thunders at all (this is a soundboard tape done in a small club, which means the vocals, drums and Syl's keyboards dominate the mix--the guitars blasted out thru the amps, meaning not on the recording). Yet another reason to hate Heroin, as Johnny and Jerry both walked out because they were being deprived of it while on tour before the band could record these gems. (Gawd, and I taught English at the very company that invented it, a hundred years after the fact, back in 1898... a year after they invented aspirin)(!))



4. Since there was no official 3rd Dolls album this is the next best thing, as the first 7 songs were intended for the 3rd release, and this is the only known recording of them. The sound quality is'nt THAT bad, by bootleg standards anyway, and is certainly listenable. The rest of tracks are useless as better versions exist elsewhere, but definately worth getting for the first 7. The awesome cover photo alone is almost worth the price! Casual listeners be warned though, this one's for fans only.



5. I would dearly love to recommend this album, having searched for it for ages as a kid--on vinyl, yet--but having obtained the CD version, I have to warn all Dolls fans the world over not to be terribly impressed with this one.

   The performance sounds worthy--ditto for the new tracks--but the sound quality is atrocious. Usually I can take a spotty recording, especially depending on who the artist is. But posterity notwithstanding, even the five songs they recorded on Don Kirschner's 'Rock Concert' (Stranded..., Trash, Chatterbox, Don't Start Me Talkin', Personality Crisis) would have been better than this one.

1 comments about One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001.

1. Do you want to know why Bon Jovi is the greatest live band ever? Then please listen to this album and you will know why! As good a band that Bon Jovi are in the studio, their true magic comes out in their LIVE shows. Some of their greatest songs are on this album, and by listening to this album you can feel that Bon Jovi magic.
   This special Limited Edition 2 CD Set also includes a BONUS Disc with MORE BON JOVI SONGS RECORDED LIVE!
   These Bonus Live songs are "One Wild Night", "It's my Life", "Livin on a Prayer'" (One of the best live versions of "Prayer" that I have ever heard!), "Just Older", and "Sleep when I'm dead".
   These live songs were recorded live in Australia on March 24, 2001 as Bon Jovi peformed at a special benefit show!
   So, kick off your shoes, sit back, relax, and play these CD's, and you will feel like you are at a Bon Jovi concert. Listen to the passion this band has for playing music. And let their songs of Brotherhood, Love, and Hope, inspire you! God Bless You!

No comments about Rarest One Bowie.

1 comments about Plays Live (Highlights).

1. This highlights CD is really just one disk of what was a 2-disk set, and it isn't even a compilation. Avoid at all costs and seek out the 2-disk version as it's undoubtedly one of the best concert albums of Gabriel's material.

2 comments about Seven Day Weekend.

1. you gotta love this one.if you remember them at all..and many people do because of the later punk rockers who loved thier sound and copied it long after they were gone,then you are in for a treat!
   sadly,two(at least) of the original members are dead..johnny thunders being one of them.
   smack addiction kills.
   and it killed him.
   what they really were ,were the first real glitter/glam rock band ever.
   prior to them alice cooper had his boys in glitter and all..but not in drag!
   these guys were simply a stones copyband in drag on dope.
   but they were GOOD! and they wrote good songs.thier vocals were so out of key you didnt have to think you were the worst singer anymore once you heard them!
   johhnys lead guitar playing is electric funeral and sylvains rhythms and horrid stage image made it all work.
   not to mention a great rhythm section.
   the only guy NOT in drag was ther drummer who wore a bowtie and had a fifties haircutt!
   and david johanson was one of the best front men of all the seventies groups.(forget buster poindexter..hes dead!)
   sadly they only released two lps during thier short time..and one almost unfindable cassete only release,but this cd comes at you like a rock!
   and hits ya square in the head.
   if you wanna rock go no farher than this album.
   its got outakes and inner chatting between songs..its sloppy and its HEAVY!
   and do not think of buster poindexter when you play it.
   also..do not think about any bad reunion versions of this band.
   you dont need them.without johnny they aint the dolls.
   enjoy! a must for any rocker.



2. What we have here is a legalized version of the long-available 'Back in the USA' bootleg, which features a large number of Dolls originals and covers, before they got into the studio with Sterling Morrison and Todd Rundgren for their two studio albums.

   Is it worth owning? Yes and no. I'd recommend almost anything the Dolls ever recorded (with exception to poorly recorded bootlegs), except that by and large, these are all rough demo versions of songs that are (here) played live, warts & all.

   The purists won't be blown away by this set, but it is notable for 'Seven-Day Weekend', and their cover of 'Great Big Kiss', which, had it been properly produced, would have been the monster single of the 70s, bar none. Look for a similar (but inferior, in my opinion) version on Johnny Thunders' solo effort "So Alone."