2 comments about Frampton Comes Alive!.

1. To date,this is the biggest-selling live album of all-time. I went through two copies of this album,one cassette and one 8-track tape. As a destructive child,I removed the magnetic tape from the outer shell of the cassette. The 8-track tape was sold at a garage sale I had years ago. Peter Frampton was promoting FRAMPTON while recording this album. This album was released in early 1976,so this concert was recorded sometime the previous year. Frampton,late of Humble Pie,was driven to superstardom with this album. His 1977 follow-up I'M IN YOU,shows Frampton on the cover displaying his masculinity,thus making him a teen idol. This album spawned three hits,SHOW ME THE WAY,BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY and DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO?. He covers the Jagger-Richards classic JUMPING JACK FLASH. I really love BABY(SOMETHING'S HAPPENING) which opens this album. Other electrifying live albums that I love are Bob Seger's LIVE BULLET and NINE TONIGHT,the Bee Gees' HERE AT LAST and ONE NIGHT ONLY,Billy Joel's SONGS IN THE ATTIC,KOHUEPT and 2000 YEARS:THE MILLENIUM CONCERT and Elton John's LIVE IN AUSTRALIA. When this album was released,Frampton was in the limelight with A&M Records labelmates The Captain & Tennille whose album LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER was on the pop/rock charts at the time as well. Many classic rock fans will love this album,if they don't already own it. When the compact disc became increasingly popular in the mid-80's,this album debuted on the CD. Because this was Frampton's all-time best-seller,none of his other albums were on CD back then. Now they're all available,digitally remastered,on CD,including this album. A 25th anniversary deluxe edition of this album was released in 2001.



2. For a listner who first experienced rock and roll two decades after this double cd was published, I was pleastenly suprised by what I found in Frampton's music. The lyrics are a different story, serving only to weigh down what what otherwise be great rock instrumentals. Don't purchase it expecting Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell; the best talking Frampton delivers comes from his guitar during the epic "Do you feel like we do." Do expect some of the best rock of the 70's, music that would move entire arenas even today

2 comments about This Time Around: Live in Tokyo '75.

1. First things first- the remaster sound quality is great. For years I looked for "Last Concert in Japan" on cd and this is the expanded remastered version. It is legendary for one reason - Tommy Bolin. Tommy was and is considered to be a "legend". I believe this to be true. But listen closely to this cd and you may wonder why. The solo in highway star sounds to be played on 1 string with 1 finger! Rumour had it he had paralyzed his arm/hand from drug use. True???? Who knows. Kind of cool hearing him sing his solo song. The solos are filler- a waste of time, just nothing special. Jon Lord does his thing. Bolin is playing with his effects. Big Deal. Lazy, should not have been played if tommy could not play the riff. The amazing aspect of this cd is just how incredibly BAD Glenn Hughes vocals and banters are!!! Oh my gosh!!! CAN YOU NOT let him sing anymore!!! Turn off his mic!!!!! SHUT HIM UP!!!! This guy ruined this recording. You have a fantastic voice in the quintessential lead singer David Coverdale and you let Glenn Hughes sing???? WHY????? Listen to Georgia on my mind and you will see whay I mean. His in-between song banter trys to show up coverdale. Glenn, stick to playing bass and shut up for gods sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, "Burn" is your one shining moment, but leave it at that. The best song on here is smoke on the water. Coverdale introduces it and when bolin kicks in the legendary opening guitar lick, the scream gives you chills!!! But the lead, again- 1 finger... No denying it- Bolin is a legend forever!!! The newer songs (and stormbringer) are good. And this is a must buy only becuase of the sound quality and to the collector of a legendary recording.



2. Many of the old, post-breakup-issued Deep Purple live albums are virtually impossible to find today. One of those is Last Concert In Japan, which was originally released only in that country. It featured the Mk IV lineup of Deep Purple: David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, and the late Tommy Bolin on lead guitar.

   If you're even looking at this album, you already know the story, so we'll stick to the music. The original one-record set has now been expanded to two lengthy CDs, 17 tracks. It's been remixed and remastered. Production was supervised by Purple expert Simon Robinson, so you know that the quality level is high. Finally, some of the finest live Deep Purple moments have been restored to this album, such as "Gettin' Tighter" which was too long to include on a single record.

   Some flaws remain. Tommy's guitar is now barely audible in the "Burn" riff as opposed to non-existent. You can only do so much while remastering, it seems.

   If you're lucky enough to own Last Concert In Japan, this purchase gives you over an hour more of unreleased music. Even so, all of it has been remixed, so you don't own the songs in these versions. If you already own dozens of Deep Purple live albums (believe me, it's possible), this one has five songs that you can't get elsewhere in live versions. It's also a much stronger recording than the In Concert/King Biscuit Flower Hour (aka, On The Wings Of A Russian Foxbat) CD with stronger vocals. Plus you get Tommy singing on "Wild Dogs".

5 comments about Livefields.

1. This live double disc features all the classics as well as the return of their original lead singer Bobby Kimball. Great tunes & awesome sound!!! Beautiful production.......also recommend the Toto 25th Anniversary DVD.
   It's a shame this band doesn't get the recognition they deserve!!! Truly amazing talents who are made up of some of LA's finest studio musicians.
   If you're a fan you won't be disappointed.



2. Sound is excelent, performances are over the top, the choice of tunes is great. Though I wish they would have also included Africa, which is one of my favorites, as well as "Cruel" which is a true rocker and one of my favorites of the most recent albums in the regular audio list, though it is present as video in the extra material on "Livefields+5", which is the version I have.
   
   But overall, great CD, great band, great track sellection and great sound!!! Luke rules!!!!



3. Premier Live du groupe ! Il aura fallu attendre longtemps depuis leur première tournée en 1980...
   L'album est excellent et le son parfait. On retrouve l'ambiance de cette fantastique tournée "Mindfields".
   Best : Caught in The balance, A million miles Away, Better World , Mama, White Sister.

   Plus d'info sur : www.totofrance.com




4. I'll be the first to admit that, at one time, I seldom listened to Toto beyond their standard "radio fare"...and then Simon Phillips joined the band. For the uninitiated, he is simply one of the most phenomenal rock drummers on the planet. I miss the late great Jeff Porcaro, but you die-hards out there should give this worthy effort a listen!
   That aside, the rest of the musicianship on this set blows me away as much as Phillips! Listen to the keyboard work; it has to be heard to be believed...and then, of course, there's Steve Lukather's awesome guitar riffs throughout. Virtually all of their best is here ( although "Africa" is conspicuously missing for whatever reason ). This is about the best sounding live album I've ever heard. Period. The drum sound is HUGE, yet not overbearing. I can't rave enough about the mix---the blend of ambience is perfect. If you're one of those who simply don't like live albums because of crowd noise, then chances are you won't like this one either...but for sheer sonic recording quality, this one holds up against virtually ANY pristine studio effort. Highly recommended!



5. Regardless of their unfortunate pop pigeonhole, Toto is one of the greatest bands around. Their studio efforts are, for the most part, flawless. No one writes, arranges and plays music better than these guys. Now...give a listen to a flawless live recording. It's so good, it could be a studio recording. Each feature performer (Lukather on guitar, Paich on keyboards and Philips on drums) gets a solo spot. They do a 4-song acoustic set. It's all here! Do yourself a favor and check out one of the most underrated, underappreciated bands in the world. You won't regret it.

1 comments about The Franco-Italian Tour.

1. Readers of my reviews know just how much I loved the now defunct Laddio Bolocko. And just how excited I was when half of Laddio Bolocko resurfaced in The Psychic Paramount, displaying a sound that somehow managed to be the perfect extension of what LB were doing when they called it quits along with a healthy dose of some all new sh-t that took all the things I loved about Laddio to impossible to imagine extremes.
   
   Laddio Bolocko was like a super distorted, blown out, mathrock Krautrock band. Repetitive, propulsive, complex, heavy, but weird as f-ck! And actually I would probably use the same set of words to describe PP. But PP has a more looped quality, less jammy, more psychedelic, if that makes any sanse. The sound is close enough that EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO BOUGHT THE LADDIO BOLOCKO SHOULD OWN BOTH THIS AND THE PSYCHIC PARAMOUNT FULL LENGTH.
   
   Seriously. I got a chance to see Psychic Paramount a few months back, and I was transfixed, standing by the side of the stage, slack jawed and wide eyed. Loving it, but at the same time trying to figure out how the f-ck these guys make those sounds. It was really that amazing. They somehow managed to out heavy Khanate (who were also playing) while still managing to be dense and complex and weirdly catchy. They sound like a heavy metal This Heat!
   
   The most amazing part was the band locked into an impossibly furious freak out, when the bass player just stopped playing and packed up his stuff and walked off stage. A few minutes later the drummer stopped, broke down his whole kit and then walked off stage. The whole while, the guitar player is at the front of the stage, in a manic, eyes-closed trance, unfurling massive super distorted loops and dense washes of sound that sounded like there was still a whole band up there. A few minutes later, the guitarist put his guitar down, and it continued to churn out this heavy sludgy psychedelic loop, the stage totally empty, but a massive crowd frozen in place, watching the guitar laying on the stage as if there was a full band up there. After about ten minutes a super cute anime looking girl, short skirt and pigtails walked up on stage and shut off the guitar and the crowd went apesh-t. That's what this cd sounds like. Exactly. And live! How the hell do they make these sounds LIVE?
   
   Huge swaths of looped guitar, impossibly amazing drummer, maybe one of the best drummers I've seen/heard in ages, there's one track on here where the bass and guitar drop out completely and the drummer just GOES for a few minutees and he somehow stirs up a din that sounds as dense and full and freaked out as the whole band playing. Some tracks are just full on blasts of NOISE, wild and dense, thick swirls of psychedelic sound, freaked out and chaotic, but even at its most noisy it's still so musical. Loud, weird, repetitive, hypnotic, mesmerizing, so so so good!
   
   Recorded live in 2002 in Europe. Packaged in a swank black digipak, it also includes a short film shot on tour that you can watch on your computer.

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1 comments about Complete Lynyrd Skynyrd Live.

1. One great cd of a great band. buy it.

5 comments about Got Live If You Want It!.

1. This is an interesting record that I don't play very often. I guess it just doesn't have the real feel of a live record like the bootleg "LiveR than You'll Ever Be," and the official "Get Yer Ya-Ya's out. In fact two of the songs, "Fortune Teller" and "I've Been Loving You" were actually recorded in the studio with the applause overdubbed. I've heard the band weren't happy with this record, though I don't know how true this is. Anyway, this is my least favorite Stones early Stones record, but still it's worth four stars, because if you compare it to other groups who were recording at the time, it's head and hands above them all. Gosh, who do you compare the Rolling Stones with other than themselves? Yeah, I want it live, I just like the later live ones better, especially "LiveR." Still this record is a keeper.



2. Maybe this is my punk sensibilities coming through on this but compared to many things out there THE SOUND QUALITY IS NOT THAT BAD! Come on people, this was the 1966, you can't expect them to have mastered all the arts and technologies behind recording albums. Either way, it's irrelevant, because this album is one of the most rockin' live albums I've heard in quite some time. Yeah, so they did some overdubs. Yeah, two songs are actually studio tracks. I don't think that diminishes the quality of the album. It's so raw and ready to kick your butt. It showcases the fact that before they became, along with U2, one of the ugly behemouths of concert gluttony, they were real and raw and had Brian Jones rather than Ron (who?) Wood. Sorry, Stones fans, but everything they did after Jones SUCKS save Let It Bleed and Exile on Mainstreet, and this album only reaffirms it.



3. There is no reason to own this album because the music is drowned out by screaming girls and some of this was recorded in the studio with screaming overdubbed (WTF?) - AVOID. The worst live album by the Stones and maybe the worst live album ever.



4. I agree that this album is a true relic of the works of the Roling Stones. The songs "Under My Thumb" and "Get Under My Cloud" were played beautifully-as if they were played in one setting and time.
   

   Of course, "Lady Jane" is a true classic that is etched in my mind for years to come. Here,g uitarist Keith Richards played a gentle lead-accompanied by one of the greatest instrumentalists of rock history-Brian Jones (may he rest in peace), using a dulcimer that was audiable even while playing live.Let us not forget the R&B classic "Not Fade Away";of course Mick Jaggar played his heart out(as usual).Throughout the rest of the CD, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts(banging the cymbals as always)did their parts quite well throughout the entire Cd-as well as Richards,Jagger, and Jones.And who can forget "Satisfaction" and "Time is on My Side"-considering being performed circa 1966.

   This is all of the good points that I can find while listening to this relic. With the exception of the first two tracks, ALL of the other songs were fragmented together. This "fragmentation" job of editing was pathetic.If one could piece together several tracks of different authenticity, he could had done a better job-even to the 1960s standards.

   Also, the "opening drum sequence(7 seconds)" before "The Last Time" is what I am talking about. That drumming sequence,before the first three chords of "The Last Time" sounded like the opening sequence of "I Ca't Get No Satisfaction" instead of the latter.
   

   I also share my fellow reviewers'comments on tracks four and five. I thought that this was suposed to be a TOTALLY LIVE album.What a dissapointment.
   

   Personally, despite the numerous flaws in the production, this CD is still a fine relic that you can capture the Roling Stones while they were still getting started in their fine career.I hope that other Rolling Stones fans will concur.




5. There was never any need to release this nor own it,nor re-master it on CD. I believe that initially it was only a US release that never came out in Britain. Only 5 songs were actually recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall show that the credits claim it's from. The rest are demos with dubbed in crowd noise,sometimes louder than the music itself.The version of "Fortune Teller" is really good though, and you can turn off one channel and here it minus the screaming girls.The actual live cuts were recorded by someone who had no clue how to record a live rock band at all;and at times most of the instruments are inaudible, and all we here are Mick and Keith's vocals. Obviously this was a record label cash in attempt, and maybe one of the worst live albums ever made.

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