Label: Magnum [All429]
Category: Music
Average customer rating:
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 751848883620
EAN: 0751848883620
ASIN: B0000059PU
Release Date: 1996-03-12
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Magnum [All429] Category: Music Average customer rating:
Format: Live Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 751848883620 EAN: 0751848883620 ASIN: B0000059PU Release Date: 1996-03-12 |
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The Pirates who didn't steal everything.......2006-08-02
Let's set the Wayback Machine. . ........2003-06-17
This CD gathers most (not all) of the cuts from two LPs recorded at live shows produced by the flamboyant and cheesy Murray the K, a NYC radio fixture. The first was from a Labor Day 1963 show (cuts 1-13), the second from Dec. 1964 (cuts 14-27).
Aside from the sheer joy of "being there" and hearing the music when it was fresh and new, presented with a naive enthusiasm that is endearingly corny, the most interesting thing about this compilation is that when the artists are live, the cream rises to the top. For example, the Miracles, the Drifters, Chuck Jackson, and Dionne Warwick are outstanding-- extremely polished and entertaining. The seasoned professionals generally sound the best, while some of the younger groups are a little, well. . . rough. Also, you'll be reminded what a genius Phil Spector was, because no matter how well Ronnie sings, it just ain't the same "Be My Baby" without the Wall of Sound. Ditto for the west coast production that's lacking on Jan & Dean's "Surf City." By the way, compare this with the series of Alan Freed shows recorded in 1956, and you'll see that Alan paid a lot more attention to the quality of both the name artists and the back-up band than Murray did.
So, if you don't mind hearing some of your favorites with all the warts, and for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, I strongly recommend this CD (and the Freed LPs/CDs as well). If you just want to hear the hits the way you remember them, stick to your local oldies station.
Let's Go Back, Way Back.......2002-05-17
Every big city had their DJ that MC'd the package tour that gave us our fix of experiencing live music.
Murray the K did it for The City (displaying my bias, huh?).
This marvelous little CD contains exerts from the December, 1964, show at the Brooklyn Fox Theater. The timing makes it intriguing as to its content. The British invasion has been on for 11 months, but it is invisible on this recording. Dick and Dee-Dee, the Las, and other US groups perform - to varying degrees of replication - live versions of their hits.
Sound quality is tinny. It's far better than Live at Pacoima Jr High School, but far worse than The Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
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