I can’t think of another rock band whose first two releases were double albums. Talk about ambitious! Chicago were that band, and their sophomore effort, Chicago II, is my favorite from the Windy City outfit. The opening “Movin’ In” features a fantastic horn arrangement and is one of many Chicago tunes that should have been [...]
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Thin Lizzy’s Still Dangerous: Live At The Tower Theatre Philadelphia 1977 is a thrilling live account of the final days of Lizzy sporting the twin-guitar attack of Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, along with Phil Lynott, of course, and drummer Brian Downey. The tapes from the show sat dormant for more than 30 years, and [...]
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“Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars/Oak tree you’re in my way.” — From Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “That Smell” There’s a tangible eeriness that pervades Skynyrd’s Street Survivors that goes beyond the infamous “band in flames” cover. The album that gave Ronnie Van Zant back his “bullets” also served as his swan song. It’s a document of [...]
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The Unbelievable Truth is a white hot, live recording of a one-off gig uniting the late, former Soft Machine Alto Saxophonist, Elton Dean and the Belgian psychedelic-jazz quintet and former Frank Zappa cover band, The Wrong Object. Brought together through long distance appreciation and file swapping each other’s music, the combo had intended to collaborate [...]
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When discussion of the greatest live rock albums arises, one usually mentioned is UFO’s Strangers In The Night, a thrilling set of the band tearing it up in 1978 - and what would be the last live recording for 15 years with guitarist Michael Schenker. UFO have always (mostly) been at their best on stage, [...]
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In the history of recorded music there’s been a lot of cool stuff released, hasn’t there? If you share my attitude, you may one day want to work for Esoteric Records in the U.K. If you also share my challenges of geographical ties and lack of experience in the record industry, you could do like [...]
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Blues Project founder Danny Kalb returns with a new disc of mainly acoustic blues standards on Sojourn Records’ I’m Gonna Live The Life I Sing About. Kalb is backed on the collection by bassists Lenny Nelson and drummer and producer Mark Ambrosino with an occasional appearance by his brother Jonathan Kalb on slide guitar and [...]
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Being that Yes have long opened their shows with an excerpt from Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite,” it makes sense, really, that eventually the band would “go symphonic.” In 2001, Yes – vocalist Jon Anderson, guitarist Steve Howe, bassist Chris Squire, drummer Alan White and guest keyboardist Tom Brislin – joined forces with the [...]
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The Clash Live At Shea Stadium is truly an amazing document capturing The Clash on their second night opening for The Who at Shea Stadium on Oct. 13, 1982. Producer Glyn Johns recorded the spectacle and it then sat in a box at late singer Joe Strummer’s place for more than 20 years. God only [...]
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Hugh Hopper, best known for his four-year stint as the bassist who replaced Kevin Ayers in The Soft Machine back in 1969, has had his live and recorded output slowed due to a battle with leukemia. That’s why listening to what he’d been cooking up in 2007 with his group, Numero D’Vol is so special. [...]
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