Livetime
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Artist: Hall & Oates
Label: Japanese Victor Co.
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988017608265
ASIN: B00005YWRG
Release Date: 2002-04-03 |
Livetime
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Tracks:
- Rich Girl
- Emptyness - Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall, John Oates
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are
- I'm Just a Kid (Don't Make Me Feel Like a Man)
- Sara Smile
- Abandoned Luncheonette
- Room to Breathe
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Album Description
Japanese exclusive 24-bit K2 remastered reissue of 1978 album. Packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve.
Album Details
24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.
Customer Reviews:
Much, much better than they'd have you believe.......2005-12-21
Even in their 80s heyday, when the popular hipster viewpoint was that these guys were formulaic slaves to the hit, people in the know considered them one of the greatest live acts in the business. That's probably why they have so many live albums commercially available. Think about it, if the guys couldn't deliver the goods, would there really be so much live product out there? Which brings me to "Livetime." I know even H&O have distanced themselves from this, deriding it as having poor sound quality and characterizing it as an early-career embarrassment. Well, I beg to disagree. From the first vinyl copy I found in the cutout bin to the Japanese CD import I bought six years ago, I've always held this as one of best live albums I've ever heard. I understand that the vocal mic can sound a little thin, but it's not in that tinny, bootleg-sounding way. It actually makes this sound more intimate, like the small club it was recorded in. It gives the listener the feeling of being in on something that's about to explode all across the music world. And the band performances are committed, passionate and technically proficient - everything you'd want from a live performance. The guitars sound great. It's my belief that this album is home to the definitive versions of "I'm Just a Kid" and "The Emptyness," plus glorious romps through "Abandoned Luncheonette" and "Do what you Want" and a positively blistering take on "Room to Breathe." It's kind of funny that the "hits" shine the least, although the 8-minute version of "Sara Smile" is a nice curiosity. I keep a copy of this my car at all times for those instances when I've driving late at night and need something to keep me company. It's great.
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