Rating: 3/5
Review:
Not a real live album
This isn't bad – of course it isn't, it's The Band – but be
warned that it was put out by capitol without any involvement of an band
members and it's basically a fraud. Two
tracks were actually recorded live at Watkins Glen: Too Wet To Work (an organ
solo by the great Garth Hudson) and Jam. The rest are all studio out-takes with
audience noise overdubbed to give the impression of a live performance. They're OK, but the record company's cynical fakery
really gets in the way for me and I can't listen to them without being put off
by it.
Personally, I don't think this adds much to The Band's very distinguished
canon. There's nothing actively bad
here, but there's nothing sensational, either.
For a genuine and really fine live album by The Band I would recommend
the excellent Carter Barron Amphitheater album, recorded in 1976 and released
in 2014, which knocks spots off this.
I'd say this was one for completists and really serious fans. (Guilty,
Your Honour.)
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