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I don't recall myself--I don't like most live albums anyways, and found the album disappointing enough that I got a few tracks into it and bailed. (Knowing me, I probably headed right for the studio albums to get my B66 fix. )Wasn't the EXPO 70 album also a mess---and why A&M never released it domestically?
I don't recall myself--I don't like most live albums anyways, and found the album disappointing enough that I got a few tracks into it and bailed. (Knowing me, I probably headed right for the studio albums to get my B66 fix. )
I still avoid AMG LIKE the plague I found more errors and inaccurate information than crooked Politician's Rhetoric.There is one pretentious AMG reviewer (won't mention his name) that I can't stand reading. Beyond that, I pretty much respect the other opinions even if I don't necessarily agree with them. I did find an error in one of the reviews, and reported it--they got in touch first saying they would look into it and then, a day or two later, let me know they made the edit. (It was a personnel listing for a band I work with.) That's a first, though--I've pointed out errors in the past and never had feedback.
With some of the errors, too, I figure that some of the regulars have probably reviewed hundreds if not thousands of albums, and they can't be expected to remember every little detail. And I can tell a difference between an error, and ignorance--someone who is clearly biased will not take care with details or pick apart an album unnecessarily. I do find AMG helpful, though, when discovering a new (to me) artist and need to find out which are considered the key albums in their catalog. That is where I usually start after hearing a few songs by the artist on one of my Pandora stations, and I'll use Qobuz to check out the albums to see if I like them enough to purchase.
I saw Peter Gabriel's small venue tour for the Up album, and bought the recording of it. Other than a technical snafu (half the power onstage was out as they began "Solsbury Hill"), it was a great concert. Yet when listening at home to the recording (which is unedited), I could hear a few flubs that I never noticed when engrossed in the show. (And Gabriel's shows are more like multimedia events--there is as much going on visually as there is musically.) Even with the flubs, though, it's still a great memento of that concert, which was one of the best I'd seen.I have never heard it. I just remember reading (probably here) that it was a mess.
I forgot to add that my disappointment with Brasil 66 per their Academy Award show performance was short lived, as shortly thereafter I was hooked on their classic album version of the Look of Love and in awe of all the tracks from their Look Around album --music that will stand the test of time.
Interesting that my two very favorite B66 songs ("Pretty World" and "Like a Lover") had English lyrics by the Bergmans.
It was January 1963 and I was in 8th grade and and I heard on KFMB AM radio "Little Bird" by Pete Jolly. It was probably my first exposure to jazz and I couldn't hear enough of this song. A brilliant song by the brilliant pianist Pete Jolly. I was lucky enough to have heard the great Pete Jolly perform live at a local jazz club some 20 years ago.
The reviewers on Amazon said that the "Live At Expo 70" was a mess and that Lani and Karen had gotten out of sync or sounded like they were on two different stages. I have never heard the CD and the price on Amazon is out of my price range.Wasn't the EXPO 70 album also a mess---and why A&M never released it domestically?