1 comments about Livefields.

1. It is refreshing to know that there are still some musicians out there who can play live and sound great. This is a truly wonderful live performance. The songs are great, the playing is awesome and the vocals are incredible. It seems that Toto just gets better and better. With the return of Bobby Kimball, the band is just magic.

No comments about Caught in the Act.

5 comments about Dylan & the Dead.

1. This is some of the worst music (pardon the positive noun there, it's barely music) to have ever been made permanent by the recorded medium.
   
   The Grateful Dead were sometimes a truly groundbreaking band, sometimes a great live party band, sometimes tired and misdirected old men.
   
   Bob Dylan, prior to his motorcycle accident was the voice of a generation. later an artist searching for a message and only sometimes finding it.
   
   Combine the two, and you get tired sounding renditions of historically great tunes. The vocals sound like drunks doing karaoke, the instrumentation is lacksadaisical to the point of nausea.
   
   Turn it OFF!! Don't hurt your music player!



2. Yeah, don't blow any money on this one at all. It's not a good idea. But I'm sure you knew that already. For the uninitiated, Dylan and the Dead is a live album, pairing Bob Dylan with the Grateful Dead. But here's the problem: Dylan was way past his peak when this album came out - he released this atrocious thing right after Empire Burlesque, Knocked Out Loaded, and Down in the Groove, if you needed proof - and while I don't know much about the Dead (though I dig the Dynamic Duo of Workingman's Dead and American Beauty just fine), I'm just gonna guess that they, too, were kinda washed-up by 1988.
   
   No pun intended, but everyone sounds dead on this release. Bob Dylan's voice sounds absolutely terrible. No emotion, no personality, nothing. He just sounds bored with himself. The Dead display zero energy, and don't really provide anything interesting, outside of a few nice-ish guitar parts on the occasional song. As such, the classics get butchered. Ever heard a bad version of "Knocking on Heaven's Door," "I Want You," or "All Along the Watchtower?" Try the ones found on this album. They're awful. "Knocking on Heaven's Door" especially suffers from lagtime. It doesn't have anything resembling a vocal melody, even in the faintest. Dylan lags way behind the Dead, mumbling his way through one of the all-time classics. Dylan makes "All Along the Watchtower" sound like the absolutely brilliant Hendrix version, and while that worked on Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974], it fails epically for Dylan here.
   
   And why did he decide to drag out "Joey" on this tour? It was a bad enough song in the first place, with Dylan's whining all over it, but it sounds even more wretched here, because at least the original had a fairly interesting arrangement, with the violin fills and accordion and all. There's nothing even remotely interesting about this take on "Joey."
   
   The ironic thing is he does one of his very worst songs pretty well. I've never been a fan of "Gotta Serve Somebody" - in fact, I just about hate it - but by taking out the electric piano and backup singers, he manages to make it somewhat decent. Some of the decent guitar parts I mentioned in passing earlier really come out here. They also come out on "Slow Train." Of course, neither of these songs are anywhere near as good as even the weaker material on some of Dylan's best live albums, but whatever.
   
   But neither of those small highlights makes Dylan and the Dead worth a purchase. This is just another failure from Dylan's weakest period. Gerf. Awful, awful stuff. Skip it. If you must buy it, buy it for the cover. What is it with bad albums that have cool covers, anyway? At least it's not a bad album with a bad cover a la Knocked Out Loaded.



3. Do you really need to read a review of this. Its Bob Dylan and Grateful dead, i mean come on, can you find a better combination of people to put together. The album jams pretty good. I love the mellow jam throughout Knockin' On heaven's door. This will probably not be an album you listen to everyday, but is one that when you put it on you will play it all the way through.



4. In an era when stadium shows defined the summer concert scene, 1987 had a pairing of two iconic figure in rock/pop culture - Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead - on a six city tour.
   
   The seven numbers which clock in a few ticks over 43 minutes highlight Dylan on guitar, harmonica and vocals - with the Grateful Dead as his backing band - that were recorded during four of the half-dozen July dates that comprised the tour.
   
   With uneven performances, the album - released in 1989 - is a choppy capsulation of the collaboration, but is interesting nonetheless for fans of the artists or those seeking an audio slice of rock during an era when bigger was seen as better from the perspective of record company executives, concert promoters and artists.



5. My best friend and I used to listen to a Dylan and The Dead tape that must have had at least 12 songs. One was 'Maggie's farm'. I don't remember the others but I was really looking forward to hearing them again. None of the songs on the CD I got were on the one that must have been made much earlier, based on the songs on this CD.
   There is nothing wrong with the CD and I received it much sooner than I expected. The only problem with this order is that I did not make sure this was the CD I thought I was ordering. I have enjoyed this one a lot and, again, I am extremely pleased with the product and quick delivery.

4 comments about Peckin' Party.

1. The 3 studio recordings on this 6-song EP are top notch, and as good as anything on Ditch Diggin' (which may be their best album alongside Dirt Track Date). The live recordings are a bit murky, but the performances are excellent. The studio recording of "8 Piece Box" (the fried chicken song!) is slightly different and, in my opinion, better (more true to the way they perform it live) than the version on Dirt Track Date. If you can find it, get the 10-inch vinyl pressing on egg yolk colored vinyl!



2. The only problem with Peckin' Party is that you don't get to experience what a true SCOTS show is like by just listening. The CD is also only 6 songs-six wonderous, funky, toe-tappin' and slammin' tunes to keep you jumpin'. The quality of the recordings is fine as well, sounding as grumbling and loud as a finely tuned cadillac. Buy it, you won't regret it.



3. If a drunk garage band off on a lark performing for a local talent contest is your idea of fun and good times, this album is for you. But in that case, any popular album ever made should foot the bill. The live tracks, in particular, are uninspired, with poor sound and lackluster performances overall. And even if the album is an "EP," the asking price is way out of line. Schlitz, anyone?



4. This band rocks and Peckin' Party is fine example of their down-home lyrics and clever guitarmanship. Mary Huff and Dave Hartman are the tightest foundation for Rick Miller's reverb-soaked, tremolo-saturated, whammy bar-whipped concocation of hillbilly, funk, surf, and rock. Worthwhile just for their remake of "Daddy was a preacher and moma was a go-go girl"

1 comments about Extended Versions.

1. Buy Return To Paradise Instead it's got a lot more songs on it you'll like it a lot more it is definetly worth the money.

2 comments about Live Cream, Vol. 2.

1. This album represents all the best of the later works of Cream. Throughout each song on this CD, Clapton's guitar sings along with Bruce, and Ginger Baker's backing drums work frantically to keep up. This is Cream at its peak, with great staples like White Room, Sunshine of Your Love, and Tales of Brave Ulysses performed as well as I've ever heard them.

   But to hear perhaps one of Clapton's greatest ever performances caught on tape, check out the last track, "Steppin' Out." The song lasts well over ten minutes and is basically one long solo from Clapton, where he is, indeed, "steppin' out." A must-have for any Clapton/Cream/Rock/Blues/Jazz/60s/Music fan.




2. this is the best song cream ever mad

1 comments about David Live.

1. This isn't a bad Bowie live album - keep in mind its the polar opposite to his Ziggy era stuff. Very smooth, Very Young Americans - even David Sanborn is on sax on this one.

1 comments about Live Album.

1. I bought this double-CD album from Japan in 1989 for Yen 4,200. When I went to study at a business school in Dallas, TX during 1993-1995, I found this album availabled in single-disc format, made-in-Holland CD. I still don't have a chance to juxtapose mine with the Dutch or even US discs. But, from my experiences, sound of the Japanese CDs are usually sharp and crisp. Probably the Nippons prefer the sound like that.

   These Japanese-made CDs are manufactured by Toshiba-EMI in the Past Master series. Its inner sleeve reissues the original poster of the band playing at the Atlanta International Pop Festival on July 5,1970. Although the sound is very raw, less bright than that of the 1975 Caught in The Act album, but I prefer the Live Album since it gives the exact feel of outdoor performance. Listen to this album and you then see what a non-overdubbed live album is. Grand Funk's debut is no doubt. They are one of a few American Bands which can duel with British rock bands in that era.

No comments about Live at Wembley '86.

1 comments about Rock & Roll Disgrace.

1. When I first played this CD, I thought "Oh my God, I've been robbed". The sound quality is horrible; the concert was literally recorded with a boombox, not through the soundboard. However, with repeated listenings, the album grew on me. In a way, the poor quality of the recording adds to the raw, intense energy present in Sweet's performance. Their musicianship is superb, stripped down to drums, bass, and a single guitar; a far cry from their polished, overdubbed studio albums. They're able to pull it off, however, and even the layered vocals are passable. I only recommend it for die-hard Sweet fans, however, as anyone else will be immediately turned off by the poor production.