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I had it on cassette. My dad, not a Springsteen fan, got it for me, not a Springsteen fan. I listened to his cover of War more than anything else on there. It’s still one of my favorite covers ever.
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I had it on cassette. My dad, not a Springsteen fan, got it for me, not a Springsteen fan. I listened to his cover of War more than anything else on there. It’s still one of my favorite covers ever.
Not sure I have the bandwidth to tackle the super deluxe version of this. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy this. I quite did. The dark sense of humor that Cash excelled in, hell he has a prison humor that makes you feels like he’s been serving with his cell mates this whole time. And the crowd really eats that up. It has that spontaneous feel in part on his ability to comment without losing stride and just kind of live in the moment. Really a fantastic live album that I surely will go back to the super deluxe some day after this all is done.
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32472 Location: Where everybody knows your name
Monkey_Driven wrote:
wease wrote:
I had it on cassette. My dad, not a Springsteen fan, got it for me, not a Springsteen fan. I listened to his cover of War more than anything else on there. It’s still one of my favorite covers ever.
Was it an 8 cassette collection?
IIRC, it was 4.
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Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32472 Location: Where everybody knows your name
liebzz wrote:
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Not sure I have the bandwidth to tackle the super deluxe version of this. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy this. I quite did. The dark sense of humor that Cash excelled in, hell he has a prison humor that makes you feels like he’s been serving with his cell mates this whole time. And the crowd really eats that up. It has that spontaneous feel in part on his ability to comment without losing stride and just kind of live in the moment. Really a fantastic live album that I surely will go back to the super deluxe some day after this all is done.
The Essential Performance: Cocaine Blues
Next Up: Rolling Stones’ Rock N Roll Circus
Oh yeah, the big set also contains Carl Perkins’s set.
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Mick Jagger apparently had a great idea to promote Beggar’s Banquet - produce a television special complete with some of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, The Who, and a supergroup under the moniker The Dirty Mac (Lennon, Clapton, Richards, Yoko Ono, and more) support the Stones, who finish the show with their own mini set. The Who, Taj Mahal and Dirty Mac’s Yer Blues are all phenomenal, though giving space for Yoko to tunelessly scream was a bit unfortunate, especially since the instrumental backing was also great. Apparently due to the length of time it took to actually record the thing, the Stones were half asleep by the time they got to play, though on a few of their songs, especially No Expectations and Parachute Woman, it actually worked in their favor. You Can’t Always Get What You Want and Jumping Jack Flash don’t really cross over into that other dimension, but Sympathy for the Devil sure does. Then a nice little closing Salt of the Earth with everyone and that’s a wrap. Take this for the fun it is. I enjoyed it.
The Essential Performance: Yer Blues and Sympathy for the Devil
Next Up: The Beatles - Get Back (The Rooftop Concert)
One of the most legendary live shows, in part because of who was playing, in part because it was their last, in part because it seemed impromptu on a rooftop. However you slice it, an important moment for live rock music. The performances are pretty good. One After 909 and when they finally get onto Dig A Pony are sleepers here among the multiple takes or Get Back, Don’t Let Me Down, and I’ve Got A Feeling. The documentary that accompanies this is quite surreal.
At the apex of the Dead’s psychedelic period, Live / Dead is their first official live album, essentially a second set from the Fillmore West if I am correct. Notwithstanding that fact, right or mistaken, this seems like a big moment, an almost true beginning of the golden age of the live album. The Dead channel the best of their free thinking and open concept of their songs throughout this one, be it the well regarded Dark Star, a long Turn On Your Lovelight complete with Pigpen’s stream of horny consciousness riffing, or Death Have No Mercy which here comes off as a quasi-blues experiment - Pigpen’s keys really coming through. Though this one is famous for its Dark Star, give me the face melting The Eleven here as the most mind blowing of many wild performances.
The Essential Performance: The Eleven
Next Up: The Velvet Underground - 1969: The Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed
The Velvet Underground- 1969: The Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed
There was a moment in time, when this band dominated my music listening and I couldn’t get enough of them. It was one of those moments when a rock music fan has discovered Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, and the like, and is ready to sort of dig a little deeper. I was sold after just a couple listens and they stuck with me for a long time. At this point, it’s been a long time since I picked the Velvet Underground back up. Even with that absence, I can immediately appreciate the recalibration these songs take live - slightly different energies and arrangements yet they nearly all work nicely, even if the recording is not perfect. Really once they settle into a rhythm and groove, like on What Goes On in Volume 1, they are really addicting. They succeed at this most of the way through 2 volumes and 2 hours, never more so than on White Light White Heat expanded to 8 minutes of rhythm based jamming from the 2 min studio shot in the arm.
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