BBC in Concert 1971 [Live]

BBC in Concert 1971 [Live]

ASIN: B0009IE6VC

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This is a Live Session Recorded for the BBC at London's Paris Theatre on March 11th 1971. John Peel Introduced the Concert as Being by "Soft Machine and Heavy Friends". This is a Unique Recording in That, for this BBC Session, the Band Augmented and Fragmented and Performed with Other Great Jazz Musicians, Including Ronnie Scott on Tenor Sax. It Actually Begins with the Elton Dean Group (Which a Year Later Evolved Into 'just Us') - Dean, Mark Charig, Neville Whitehead and Phil Howard - Augmented by Mike Ratledge on Electric Piano. Then Dean, Ratledge and Howard Are Joined by Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt. The 30-minute plus Medley is by the Regular Dean-ratledge-hopper-wyatt Quartet. For the Last Three Numbers Within the Medley, Soft Machine is Augmented by Ronnie Scott on Tenor Sax, Mark Charig on Cornet, Paul Nieman on Trombone and Roy Babbington on Bass. A Very Strong Performance that features Some of the Most Jazz-oriented Music Soft Machine Ever Produced.

Tracks:

Hold Back The Night - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Soul Shoes - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Howling Wind - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Discovering Japan - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Local Girls - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Don't Get Excited - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Back To Schooldays - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Passion Is No Ordinary Word - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Mercury Poisoning - Graham Parker And The Rumour
Dark Side Of The Bright Lights - Graham Parker
Nobody Hurts You - Graham Parker
No More Excuses - Graham Parker
Hit The Spot - Graham Parker
Endless Night - Graham Parker
My Love's Strong - Graham Parker
They Murdered The Clown - Graham Parker
Chain Of Fools - Graham Parker And The Rumour

Customer Reviews:

Tricky........2002-04-22

Allow me to quote from the liner notes:

"Despite constant jockeying for the domineering musical position by each member of the band, resulting as it did, in mass overplaying of the most heinous, self centered manner, and not withstanding the excoriating cancerous vocal style I employed (reviewers note: THAT'S WHAT HE SOUNDS LIKE-LIKE HE HAS A CHOICE) devoid of subtlety, nuance and all the other qualities of finesse I deem more important today, GP and the Rumour still manage somehow to coalesce into a full blooded whole some nights of the year that defied gravity, overshadowing shortcomings, and at times made us sound like the most vital rock 'n roll band on the planet."

That about summarizes my opinion of this album - an album as full of bombast as the excerpt above.

It is a loud rock album if you just sort of let it play, but if you listen closely it is something you warm up to, as if, as stated in the quote above, the band sometimes really gels. On this album they seem really in a groove.

Sounding a little like a drunk Elvis Costello, GP and friends really rip through a bunch of songs that all sort of sound the same, and they all sort of sound great.

Oh, and this CD contains, like, the 52nd different version of "Mercury Poisoning." Not a bad thing, really.

Live Is Just Fine!.......2001-03-08

This album is uniformly excellent, a surprisingly consistent effort, especially since it was cobbled together from live appearances spanning 14 years. Listening to it, you could be convinced it was from a single tour, no small compliment. All the songs sound great, especially the two tracks from his later, more tepid albums. As a fan, it's a treat to get some great live albums since GPs studio efforts have been relatively disappointing since THE MONA LISA'S SISTER, indeed, he may be the only artist who makes live albums that are better than his studio efforts. The fact that his later songs sound better live implies that GPs problem of late has been his devotion to studio perfection. Parker is a basic rock n roller, the kind of straight ahead artist whose sound can be easily be over produced, and this would seem to be what has been going on. Maybe he should hire Nick Lowe to `bash out' his next album.

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Contains live performance of Sting at the Hollywood Bowl in 1991.

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BBC Live in Concert 1991 - 94
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Release Date: 2004-04-26

Tracks:

Intro - Jon Beast
Surfin' Usm
Midnight On The Murder Mile
Sheriff Fatman
90's Revival
This Is How It Feels
Twenty Four Minutes From Tulse Hill
Good Grief Charlie Brown
Look Mum, No Hands !
While You Were Out
A Prince In A Paupers Grave
After The Watershed
Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Another Brick In The Wall
Lean On Me I Won't Fall Over
Bring On The Girls
Music That Nobody Likes
Only Living Boy In New Cross
Rubbish
Young Offender's Mum
Commercial Fucking Suicide Part 1
Everybody's Happy Nowadays

Album Description

Subtitled - BBC Live In Concert 1991-94. 22 previously unreleased live tracks selected from six different venues, Wembley Arena 1991, Glastonbury Festival 1992, Reading University, The Kilburn National 1991, Norwich Sound City 1992, & Phoenix Festival 1994. The 78 minute set list includes Top 20 singles, album tracks, & rare covers of The Buzzcocks, The Jam, & Pink Floyd. Includes 12-page booklet with notes from Jim Bob & Fruitbat. MLP. 2004.

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