Nice live recording. Excellent "Gelato al limon" cover
935700
Dalla and De Gregori performing some of their hits, it happens with live recordings and compilations that there are always some missed songs, but all in all a nice selection and nicer performance. Excellent Paolo Conte's "Gelato al limon" cover.
4829681
This is a nice selection of songs from The Thermals.  Most of my favorites are on here and the recording is very good for a live show.  For the price, you get a lot of great music.  I'm only giving it 4 stars instead of my normal 5 star rating on the regular Thermals albums because I feel the albums have a more energetic sound that isn't captured on this recording.
2190804
I picked this up on CD years ago and loved it, and recently dug up a double LP version. This is really a great live set of a great live band caught in it's prime. The recording has excellent sound quality, sparkling highs and a nice fat low end. It sounds better than some studio albums as far as the recording/mix/mastering.

Some of these songs ('Waterfront' for instance) I consider to be even better live, than the studio version.

If you like this bands work, esp from the NEW GOLD DREAM / SPARKLE IN THE RAIN / ONCE UPON A TIME era, do yourself a favor and grab a copy of this!
4967918
Excellent live recording that captures the mysticism and purely kooky musical format that is MMoB. A wonderful capture for that eclectic vinyl collection you might be working on.
2595309
Two Points for Honesty stands as one of my all time favorite songs. I also love the freshness a live recording of a song can make after you've played its studio version so many times.

I think Guster sounds fantastic live but the main singer tends to forget the lyrics, and this recording is not an exception. There's a blatant mistake at the beginning of the song where he just stops singing (luckily the audience continues), and he messes up the end of all of the verses compared to his studio version (he repeats the same line every single verse in this).

That being said, if you can ignore these issues, this recording SOUNDS good. The singing is in tune and the instruments drive the song forward. It's very raw and a nice addition aside from the lyric issues.
3206614
I really enjoyed the live performances. They add a new to dimension to the studio recordings I've enjoyed for years.
2399475
Great recording.  Like being at the concert.  Really enjoyed the orchestra backup to the original Riders.  Worth the wait for it to come into stock.
718211
This is a great recording of some of Ahle's vocal music.  I had never heard of him before I bought the cd.  Mera especially shines in his two solos and the 8 voice choir (2 to a part) manages to stay warm.  The Concerto Palatino (brass accompanymant) provides a rich and deep background to this very moving music which is often quite contemplative.
I was very pleased with this recording and could not be more pleased.  Its too bad there aren't more recordings out there to compare it with -- but I am reasonably sure it would give any of them a run for their money.
4442825
WOW!  What a recording! I Especially like the saxophone work by Gianluigi  Trovesi!
1649988
Nice selection of songs, some all English, most half in Italian which I like. For some reason Italian version just sounds more romantic. Jerry Vale always had a nice voice.  I  must admit I only bought it for his rendition of Al Di La because I am unable to find Emilo Pericoli CD.  He is the person who sand it in the movie of Rome Adventure and though several artists performed their version, I believe his is the best.  Jerry Vale does it ok.
3640513
Interesting how the producer of such heavy acts of "Rock en Espannol", such as Molotov, Bersuit Bergarabat, Arbol and Cafe Tacuba (this last one, being the "softest" act of the group,) and 70's  Argentinan rocker, can come up with such a SOOTHING recording.
He plays  along with a couple of other musicians all sorts of string instruments from  accross South America, and comes up with a VERY diverse recording, with a  distinctive signature: you can almost SEE THE PLACES, you can travel with  him.
Highly recommended:
-Track One,  "Way Up" - a  progressive and beautiful string arrangement that takes you to new  altitudes.
-Track Four, "Coyita" - a beautiful track that  leads you through a pastoral trip.
-Track Eight, "Lela" - was  just like being back home... (I'm originally from Venezuela.)
-Track  Nine, "Iguazu," which I actually first heard in the soundtrack of  "The Insider".
2942694
This is a very nice record, beautiful cover and fascinating playing by the trio Lennie Tristano (piano), Peter Ind (bass) and Tom Weyburn (drums). The only disappointment is the rather muddy sound, which is not typical for the mid 1950's recordings. Maybe one reason might be that these sessions were recorded during the years 1955-56 at the Lennie Tristano's Manhattan home-based studio by himself as a recording engineer. This album is available only in a new 180 g vinyl format and it is a new production. Despite the sound limitations it is highly recommended for every serious Lennie Tristano fans. Hopefully this will be published as a cd with a better remastering.
516675
Great music, great song. Peter Cetera does a great job on this one and others on the album. The recording quality is very good also.
3202676
Try listening to White Magic from the 1982 Motian Band release Psalm featuring some of the earliest recordings of Joe Lovano and Bill Frisell, and then this version. True test for a cover is to pay homage while making it your own. Wow does this tune cook! This album ia a great example of the nice things that happen when composition,arrangement,instrumentation,production and musicians blend seamlessly. Ryan has five very solid albums out with his prog jazz sextet Herculaneum but looks like his move to LA has been fruitful as this effort is quite amazing.  Hope this gets some play "cuz" its worth it.
2985757
Amazing production, mixing and mastering. This guy definitely takes music seriously. Recorded volume is just right so you can get it nice and loud without distortion.
Not to mention it's a kick ass cover.
1773937
These 16 tracks were recorded in two all night sessions at the Music City Recording
Studio in 73 and 74. Darondo comes on like a grittier version of Al Green and cooks
up a range of rhythm and blues styles, from JBs influenced funk in "Get up off your
butt" to ballads with a grief-strucken falsetto in songs like "Didn't I" or "Listen
to my song".

Comparisons to Al Green is both easy and unfair to make. His voice, the phrasing and
the music has similarities. Like Green he shifts from a moaning tenor to a high falsetto
in the same song. His falsetto isn't always supersmooth. Sometimes it sounds as it's
going to dissolve, but his voice had a certain swagger about it and the emotions run
deep.

A lot of these songs are basically demos, and I'm going to skip some of them whenever
I play the album, but the songs that work, like "Didn't I", "Luscious Lady", "Get up
off your butt", "The Wolf", "Listen to my song" and "I'm lonely", work to wonderful
effect. At first I thought the arrangements were a bit thin, but a lot of them are flat
out gorgeous, with violin swells, short and sweet flute parts, harmonica, organ, horns
and Darondo's guitar work; a fingerpicking, funky strumming.

Dorondo's cult reputation have been based on only a few songs. "Listen to my song"
should give him a much bigger audience and some well deserved recognition. When he
was asked about these recordings, Dorondo answered "This is the root. You got the root!"
2835033
Locanda delle Fate is very nice italian prog band, with only one album released in the seventies, as the greatest part of the italians bands from that period. In This new album they recorded more three songs that do not have a place in the original first, but the songs are known from their stage performances. Two songs are live versions from 1976, very nice pieces. During the current year, they are doing a farewell tour and from this live sessions I hope they released another album or and DVD/BRAY.