Archive Alive

Archive Alive Artist: Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Label: Archive Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 633978000729
EAN: 0633978000729
ASIN: B0000049IA


Release Date: 1997-06-03

Archive Alive


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Tracks:

  1. Absolute Zero
  2. Beauty In The River
  3. Homemade Wine
  4. Chicken Train
  5. Mountain Range
  6. Country Girl
  7. Commercial Success
  8. Noah
  9. Sonora
  10. (I Threw Away) The Chains
  11. River To The Sun
  12. Reudi Valley Boogie
  13. Bonus Track

Similar Items:

  1. 1980 Reunion Concert
  2. It's Alive
  3. Don't Look Down (U.S. Release)
  4. Lost Cabin Sessions

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Crossy from Downunder.......2001-07-10

I first came across the Ozarks with the It's Alive Album in the seventies.I didn't think the boys could release a better live album than that one but this one displays the Ozarks music in a more diverse way.There's magical guitar rifts on River to the Sun(reason enough to buy the album)Beauty in the River sounds fresh and new,better than the studio version.Sonora is a standout.This is a great somg that was never released,it's a must for all Ozark fans.There's even a great boogie number to finish on featuring Buddy Brayfield on piano.All the songs are ageless and have a raw cutting edge.Buy,buy buy,you Ozark fans!The band sent me a video of a live concert and in an interview John Dillon described Ozark Fans as those who refuse to die!I guess we're all hanging around until the It'll Shine when It Shine's album is released.

5 out of 5 stars Archive Alive is truly a living thing!.......2000-06-20

Until A&M Records decides to release the remainder of the Ozarks' albums, this potpourri of hits and oddities, recorded live at the onset of the bands career, will be the "must have" CD for OMD fans worldwide.

The truly amazing thing about this album is the quality of the recording. I actually rivals many contemporary live albums in production quality.

5 out of 5 stars Great Early Daredevils!.......2000-04-30

Recorded live in Missouri on consecutive nights in March, 1973 this disk captures the Daredevils in full control and on the verge of breaking into the big time. A couple months later, they signed with A&M and headed to England to record their first album.

An interesting revelation (for me, at least) is to see that their set consisted of a lot of songs that wouldn't make it to vinyl until the later albums. Of the twelve tracks, three debuted on the first album. However three were held until the fourth album (MEN FROM EARTH from 1976), one until the fifth (DON'T LOOK DOWN from 1977) and one didn't appear until IT'S ALIVE in 1978. This also results in what I think makes this collection superior to IT'S ALIVE: the versions of these songs are at an earlier stage of development here. In some cases, they are significantly different from the studio versions (and in all instances, just as good!) and this gives us recordings that compliment our OMD collection, rather than duplicating it.

Of the three unreleased tracks (the studio version of "(I Threw Away) The Chains" was released on THE LOST CABIN SESSIONS in 1985) "Sonora" is the jewel. A classic Cash/Dillon tune that we almost didn't get. The other two are instrumentals: "Absolute Zero" (a short bit of Daredevil hubris) and "Reudi Valley Boogie".

The tight playing and the down-to-earth vibe underscores what made these guys so endearing. In a bit of between song banter that sums up the mood, someone from the band (Steve Cash?) tells the audience in his best hippy-ese: "With all the tornado warnings out.... maybe we can make a tornado come and pick up Cowtown Ballroom and take us to the Wizard of Oz.... and then we'd all BE there, man!"

I'd go in a minute!

(Total Disk Time: 54:09)

3 out of 5 stars

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  2. Love Songs: A Collection ~ Olivia Newton-John
  3. Greg Lake ~ Greg Lake
  4. Rescue the Dog ~ Heartsfield
  5. Passengers ~ Mostly Autumn
  6. I Saw a Bright Light ~ Nineteen Forty-Five
  7. Confluence & Scrapes ~ Albert React
  8. Wolf Pact ~ Boyd & Friends Rice
  9. Kings Rd. Works ~ Michael Carpenter & Kings Rd.
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