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Bungo
"There were actually two shows that day."
I'm not convinced of this. I've never heard of Lou ever doing 2 shows in one day. It is my contention that there was only 1 show that day and the two resulting records (RnR Animal and Live) is everything from that show. I can't explain the advert. Maybe management or the record company wanted 2 shows but Lou nixed that idea when he heard about it. Who knows.
"The 1973-01-27 gig went like this :
TRACK LISTING:
01. White Light/White Heat
02. Wagon Wheel
03. I'm Waiting for the Man
04. Walk and Talk It
05. Sweet Jane
06. New Age
07. Vicious
08. I Can't Stand It
09. Satellite of Love
10. Heroin
11. I'm So Free
12. Walk on the Walk Side
13. Rock & Roll
14. Sister Ray"
This looks like more dis-information. This set-list looks a lot like a set-list from his 1972 tour which had a completely different band. Note that there are no songs from Berlin in this set-list.
I have collected (and burned) several shows from Europe on this 1973 tour. What jumps out is how the band's arrangements (especially the guitar parts) evolve and get better and better with each show and finally culminate in their best and final versions at the NY Academy of Music show. Amazing.
- Bungo ( the poster formally known as Duane From Houston )
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Bungo
"There were actually two shows that day."
I'm not convinced of this. I've never heard of Lou ever doing 2 shows in one day. It is my contention that there was only 1 show that day and the two resulting records (RnR Animal and Live) is everything from that show. I can't explain the advert. Maybe management or the record company wanted 2 shows but Lou nixed that idea when he heard about it. Who knows.
"The 1973-01-27 gig went like this :
TRACK LISTING:
01. White Light/White Heat
02. Wagon Wheel
03. I'm Waiting for the Man
04. Walk and Talk It
05. Sweet Jane
06. New Age
07. Vicious
08. I Can't Stand It
09. Satellite of Love
10. Heroin
11. I'm So Free
12. Walk on the Walk Side
13. Rock & Roll
14. Sister Ray"
This looks like more dis-information. This set-list looks a lot like a set-list from his 1972 tour which had a completely different band. Note that there are no songs from Berlin in this set-list.
I have collected (and burned) several shows from Europe on this 1973 tour. What jumps out is how the band's arrangements (especially the guitar parts) evolve and get better and better with each show and finally culminate in their best and final versions at the NY Academy of Music show. Amazing.
- Bungo ( the poster formally known as Duane From Houston )
same here - I followed the recordings on that tour (and others) too. The band definitley gets better and better. I also know that Lou stopped drinking at one point while still in Europe; and stayed off alcohol until end. Lou's main incidents of out of control behavior were because of alcohol. He was a pretty good drug-taker.
Just one show that day.
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TeddyB1018
No, January 1973 in New York was with the Tots at Alice Tully Hall. Lou fired the Tots a couple of months later and toured for a bit with the Moogy Klingman Band as backup. December 1973 in New York at the Academy of Music was with Hunter and Wagner.
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RollingFreak
Set The Twilight Reeling and Ecstasy were excellent. Ecstasy shouldn't have had Like A Possum but thats about it. He crushed it towards the end. Perfect Night and Animal Serenade were also phenomenal live albums. Animal Serenade serves as the perfect retrospective of his entire career that he rarely did so I'm happy it exists.
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Chris Fountain
He also performed some Live Aid Concerts in Indiana- Very Good - A Raw sound with just basic instrumental structure, I wonder if he and JC Mellencamp ever met up? It is not important but was just curious.
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RollingFreak
Set The Twilight Reeling and Ecstasy were excellent. Ecstasy shouldn't have had Like A Possum but thats about it. He crushed it towards the end. Perfect Night and Animal Serenade were also phenomenal live albums. Animal Serenade serves as the perfect retrospective of his entire career that he rarely did so I'm happy it exists.
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RollingFreak
Set The Twilight Reeling and Ecstasy were excellent. Ecstasy shouldn't have had Like A Possum but thats about it. He crushed it towards the end. Perfect Night and Animal Serenade were also phenomenal live albums. Animal Serenade serves as the perfect retrospective of his entire career that he rarely did so I'm happy it exists.
You nailed it. Animal Serenade is one of my fav live releases by anyone ever.
There are a couple other songs on Ecstasy that I could do without. How great are Tatters, Modern Dance, Big Sky, Paranoia Key of E and the title track? I LOVE those songs and play them often.
I saw him in 2000 in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre (now called something else). Brilliant performance. I'd have to look at the setlist again, but IIRC most of the set was dedicated to late-era material which was just fine with me.
I would LOVE to hear the original version of Legendary Hearts. I read that Lou mixed down Robert Quine's guitar for the official release. It's a great album regardless, but could have been even better if left alone.
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RollingFreak
Set The Twilight Reeling and Ecstasy were excellent. Ecstasy shouldn't have had Like A Possum but thats about it. He crushed it towards the end. Perfect Night and Animal Serenade were also phenomenal live albums. Animal Serenade serves as the perfect retrospective of his entire career that he rarely did so I'm happy it exists.
You nailed it. Animal Serenade is one of my fav live releases by anyone ever.
There are a couple other songs on Ecstasy that I could do without. How great are Tatters, Modern Dance, Big Sky, Paranoia Key of E and the title track? I LOVE those songs and play them often.
I saw him in 2000 in Toronto at the Hummingbird Centre (now called something else). Brilliant performance. I'd have to look at the setlist again, but IIRC most of the set was dedicated to late-era material which was just fine with me.
I would LOVE to hear the original version of Legendary Hearts. I read that Lou mixed down Robert Quine's guitar for the official release. It's a great album regardless, but could have been even better if left alone.
Ecstasy is a great farewell effort, which was really his last "normal" solo album. So many great songs. In addition to the ones you mentioned: Future Farmers of America, Turning Time Around, Baton Rouge. Excellent record.
His whole discography is pretty excellent. I never really got into his 1980-1988 years but there's still some great stuff there. I love The Blue Mask, New Sensations title track is excellent (particularly on Perfect Night live album), Tell It To Your Heart (particularly from Animal Serenade). Lou was never really "bad" which I guess sounds like kissing his ass but he reminds me of Dylan. Anything bad is usually so vastly outweighed by the good.