Reach Up & Touch the Sky: Live

Artist: Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes
Label: Island / Mercury
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042282628527
EAN: 0042282628527
ASIN: B000001FFF

Release Date: 1990-06-22

Reach Up & Touch the Sky: Live

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Tracks:

I'm So Anxious
Talk To Me
All I Want Is Everything
Hearts Of Stone
Trapped Again
Why Is Love Such A Sacrafice
Restless Heart
Vertigo
I Don't Want To Go Home
The Fever
Sam Cook Medley
Bring It On Home
Having A Party
Back In The USA
Having A Party, Roll Out The Barrel

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Customer Reviews:

An awesome party!!!.......2006-03-10

This album is so much fun. For those of you who want to hear what a southside show is all about, this is the album for you. Filled with upbeat, fun, happy, house party type songs, from song 1 to the end you simply can't go wrong with this one. If you are in a bad space in life and need a pick me up, if your having a party and need a cd with the energy to keep everybody up and dancin' or if your cd collection needs a kick in the ass, you should BUY THIS CD!!!!!

Paridise it's not but may have to do!.......2005-04-19

I love early Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes. And the only way to hear them is LIVE. But not on this album. For a really LIVE experience, purchase Live at the Paradise Theatre Boston, Massachusetts December 23, 1978 [LIVE] a seamless recording of one concert, not a mish-mash of different shows, performances, venues, and nights just slapped together with no cohesion like this album. With that said, if you can't find that album at a reasonable price, this one will have to do as for some reason Live at the Paradise is hard to find and people are just plain greedy in pricing this album used on Amazon. If Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes ever come to your town, go see them. They put on a great show and are still touring from time to time and without the high prices of many of todays acts.

A Great Live CD, But Is Roll Out The Barrel Missing As Well?.......2004-08-03

Recorded from several venues, Reach Up And Touch The Sky captures the early 80's sound of Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes.

This is a decent release, and sounds great on CD.

My problem with this album is that the songs, while taken from different venues, are not mixed together to create a seamless concert feel. You get a song, then a fade out, then another fade in to the next song, which I find distracting. This is especially evident with the first two tracks, as "I'm So Anxious" fades out with a drum roll, then "Talk To Me" fades in with a starting drum roll. Thankfully this does not occur between all the tracks.

The other complaint about this CD is the removal of the stunning 7 minute version of "Stagger Lee", which I'm sure was due to CD manufacturing standards of the time (CDs made with a time greater than 74 minutes would cause many players at the time to have difficulty reading the last track. This has been corrected on newer CD players.) .Unfortunately, this title is not likely to be reissued with the complete track list from the original LP and cassette.

It appears that "Roll Out The Barrel" is missing as well.

Overall, a good release with some notable flaws.

1. I'm So Anxious - An okay version. Good, but not phenomenal.

2. Talk To Me - High energy. GREAT version of this song with opening rap by Southside. Some interesting comments by South in the middle section of this song.

3. All I Want Is Everything - An absolutely SMOKIN' version!

4. Hearts Of Stone - A truly heartfelt version. This songs was awkwardly sequenced as Southside thanks the audience and says goodnight, even though the CD continues on for another 11 songs!

5. Trapped Again - Nice energetic version. Fun.

6. Why Is Love Such A Sacrifice - Another great version. One of my favorite SSJ songs.

7. Restless Heart - This song did nothing for me.

8. Vertigo - Dedicated to Alfred Hitchcock! Sounds like he's saying "Ver-ti-joe" in the chorus! A nice version, but not significantly different than the studio version.

9. I Don't Want To Go Home - A nice version - faster paced than the studio version. Contains the classic line "Whatever happened to... your mother and I?"

10. The Fever - This version is on fire! Sultry and triumphant.

11. Sam Cook Medley - This was okay, but came off to me as just a quick run through tribute to Sam Cooke.

12. Bring It On Home - Didn't care for this one at all. Was too slow, with some dreadful background vocals. Your mileage may vary.

13. Having A Party - What would a SSJ show be without this one? I still prefer the late 70's version found on the "Having A Party" and "Live At The Bottom Line" CDs.

14. Back In The USA - This one rocks out! Interestingly, there a some (very brief) alternating dropouts on the left and right
channels around the 4:18 - 4:20 mark. I never noticed it before, but picked it up now as I was wearing headphones.

15. Having A Party, Roll Out The Barrel - The set closer. Did I miss something, or is "Roll Out The Barrel" NOT on this cd? I did not hear it during track 15.

Reach Up & Touch the Sky: Live [LIVE].......2004-06-20

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes were/are a band that sounds as good as they did in the `70s; their music is infectious. The horn arrangements are great and really enhance the tunes. My introduction to SJ was this title as an LP (yep, long ago). This album rocks. What a joy to listen to it on CD. You will not go wrong to buy this title. It was a mistake to delete "Stagger Lee," a tune on the album, but deleted on the CD version. Warning!!! Listen to this in your car and you might end up with a speeding ticket! Enjoy.

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