LEE, ALVIN WITH MICK TAYLOR
- CD
LIVE AT ROLLING STONE CLUB
LABEL: |
Breakdown 685 A/B |
SOURCE: |
Disc 1 & Disc 2 Track 1: Palasport, Milano 28 October 1981; Tracks 6,7: Palasport, Torino 26 October 1981 |
FORMAT: |
2 cdrs |
RUNNING TIME: |
45.37/68.56 |
SOUND/SOURCE: |
Audience Stereo |
PACKAGING: |
double slimline jewel case |
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SOUND 10 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 9.5
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TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: 1.
Introduction, 2. One Of These Days, 3. Honey Pie (a.k.a. Pecan Pie), 4. Good
Morning Little Schoolgirl, 5. Slow Blues In C, 6. Love Like A Man, 7. Going
Through The Door, 8. Slow Down.
Disc Two: 1.
Can’t Stop, 2. I’ m Writing You A Letter/Band Introduction, 3. Just Another
Boogie (a.k.a. Boogie On), 4. Sweet Little Sixteen, 5. I m Going Home, 6. Help
Me, 7.Choo Choo Mama.
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REVIEW: |
Recently
many recordings of concerts from the Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor s Euro tour have
appeared on some collectors/fans website, however not in great quality,
including the elusive concert in Rome, however the stop in Milan is the only
one that has come out in the underground market, a master audience tape coming
from Milano s Palasport
appeared some
years ago called Milano 1981 (Piccadilly Rec.0001)and another one called Guitar Masters (2000GFRR766) while a soundboard recording
surfaced last year and was released under the title of The Fabulous Jamming
(SDR 206). This recording is an audience one, however it is so good you have to
wait to hear some crowd screaming at the end of the song to be sure it is not a
soundboard!
The concert
happened at a famous club called Rolling Stone aptly chosen for Taylor s
contribution and is basically an Alvin Lee set of songs including of course Ten
Years After classic ones that feature Taylor alongside Fuzzy Samuels on bass
and Tom Compton on drums. There is not much space left after Lee s gymnastic on
the frets but Taylor is able to spread his
bluesy toned guitar that contrasts openly with Alvin flashy style. This is the whole show as
Love Like A Man, Can t Stop and Just
Another Boogie are here, while they were missing on the soundboard tape. This
is a unique opportunity for a good listen to this very weird incarnation of the
Alvin Lee Band featuring another solo guitarist, blues inclined Mick Taylor,
that most of the times plays second fiddle to fast rock and roll wizard Lee
(that runs at speed neck breaking pace on numbers like I m Writing You A
Letter) but occasionally steps out especially in slower tunes like Slow Blues
In C which is a tune that gives the opportunity to appreciate the great rock
blues side of Lee
s guitar style while
the end of the concert is left to the muscular crescendo of his rock
progression that leads to the inevitable Woodstock anthem that is I m Going
Home which ends the set on a fast set of notes over 16 minutes long. On Disc
two there are two more tracks, coming from the concert in Torino from two days
before, the full concert was released as Live in Torino 1981 (KitnamorKen 2008),m
these tracks are not in comparable quality to the main set, but however
listenable.
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