Track listing
- 1.1 Open My Eyes 6:55
- 1.2 Don't Make My Baby Blue 5:53
- 1.3 Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited 7:45
- 1.4 The Last Thing on My Mind 8:37
- 1.5 I Can Hear the Grass Grow 10:03
- 2.1 Fields of People 16:59
- 2.2 Goin' Back 5:57
- 2.3 Hello Susie 6:22
- 2.4 Under the Ice 14:15
- 2.5 Introduction 0:16
- 2.6 Don't Make My Baby Blue 5:30
- 2.7 Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited 7:31
- 2.8 The Last Thing on My Mind 8:08
- 2:9 The Move's 1969 USA Tour Recalled by Bev Bevan 10:42
- Total length: 114:53
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Live at the Fillmore 1969 [p] Archival, Live
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Live at the Fillmore 1969 180 gram, 33 rpm, Abridged, Colored Vinyl, Gatefold
3 Reviews
This is an odd one in SO many ways. This could get quite long!
First, this is vinyl; RED vinyl, in 2014! Hooda thunkit? Is that a good thing? Well it's certainly seriously cool to have, hold, in sickness and....no, just to have and hold. It also seems more appropriate for a recording this old. Recorded live in 1969, we would EXPECT it to be on vinyl. The more normal question would be "has anyone put out a CD version?"
Like I said; odd. But so far, just in terms of its vinylness, I'm won over. It's the first new vinyl I've bought since 1985 - 30 years ago tomorrow, roughly, so yes, it's cool. I don't really need it to be red but hey, it does no harm.
Secondly, a negative feature: The CD version, which I have not heard or seen, is quite a bit longer. You get extra versions of "Don't Make My Baby Blue" (I probably won't miss that one overmuch) and "Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited" (which I miss already and I've only had this a week). There were TWO shows at the Filmore West, you see, and they picked, so they say, the best performance of each song. For all I know there was some fancy editing too but, if so, it is REALLY well done. So, although we SEEM to get a whole show, we don't. We get bits of two shows stuck together. That's OK, I get it, just the best versions. Sure, but I WOULD like to hear what one of my favourite Move songs, "Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited" sounded like on the other night. It's so complex, varied and excellent that I don't think I could EVER have too many versions.
We also don't get (us what got the LPs, that is) 16 seconds of "Introduction", that the early adopters with the CDs get to hear half way through the second disc! More Odd. There IS an introduction on the LPs, but it's right at the start - brilliant! Who thought that one up? It's not listed as a separate track; it's just there at the beginning of "Open My Eyes" and, from the track lengths reported here, I have to assume it's on the CD version too. One introduction, at the beginning, is all I need.
Third aspect; the performance. I mostly agree with reviewers here and elsewhere who say it is a masterful performance which mostly manages to shine through some pretty poor sound quality. I say "mostly" because, really, most of the sound is not that bad, in truth. If you ever went to a big venue concert in 1969, I'm sure you've heard MUCH worse. I know I have, many times. But not everything goes perfectly smoothly for the Move either. Yes, it is a great performance overall but did nobody else hear the handful of really dreadfully failed harmony vocals Roy Wood throws out? His voice is too high in the mix much of the time - louder in 2nd. voice than Carl Wayne's lead, as often as not - but after 5 minutes or so, the brain compensates in the same way it ceases to hear disc-crackle and all is fine. Then he goes "SCREEEEEEECH" and it becomes obvious again. I'm griping. I shouldn't gripe. I am supremely glad this was released - they could put it out on 8 track only and I'd go find a player - I'm THAT keen. There just seems to be a bit of "The Emperor's New Clothes" building up around it. Nobody's prepared to even whisper that it's not perfect. It isn't, but it is bloody good. Oh, and it's that other thing too....that's it, thank you, ODD.
First, this is vinyl; RED vinyl, in 2014! Hooda thunkit? Is that a good thing? Well it's certainly seriously cool to have, hold, in sickness and....no, just to have and hold. It also seems more appropriate for a recording this old. Recorded live in 1969, we would EXPECT it to be on vinyl. The more normal question would be "has anyone put out a CD version?"
Like I said; odd. But so far, just in terms of its vinylness, I'm won over. It's the first new vinyl I've bought since 1985 - 30 years ago tomorrow, roughly, so yes, it's cool. I don't really need it to be red but hey, it does no harm.
Secondly, a negative feature: The CD version, which I have not heard or seen, is quite a bit longer. You get extra versions of "Don't Make My Baby Blue" (I probably won't miss that one overmuch) and "Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited" (which I miss already and I've only had this a week). There were TWO shows at the Filmore West, you see, and they picked, so they say, the best performance of each song. For all I know there was some fancy editing too but, if so, it is REALLY well done. So, although we SEEM to get a whole show, we don't. We get bits of two shows stuck together. That's OK, I get it, just the best versions. Sure, but I WOULD like to hear what one of my favourite Move songs, "Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited" sounded like on the other night. It's so complex, varied and excellent that I don't think I could EVER have too many versions.
We also don't get (us what got the LPs, that is) 16 seconds of "Introduction", that the early adopters with the CDs get to hear half way through the second disc! More Odd. There IS an introduction on the LPs, but it's right at the start - brilliant! Who thought that one up? It's not listed as a separate track; it's just there at the beginning of "Open My Eyes" and, from the track lengths reported here, I have to assume it's on the CD version too. One introduction, at the beginning, is all I need.
Third aspect; the performance. I mostly agree with reviewers here and elsewhere who say it is a masterful performance which mostly manages to shine through some pretty poor sound quality. I say "mostly" because, really, most of the sound is not that bad, in truth. If you ever went to a big venue concert in 1969, I'm sure you've heard MUCH worse. I know I have, many times. But not everything goes perfectly smoothly for the Move either. Yes, it is a great performance overall but did nobody else hear the handful of really dreadfully failed harmony vocals Roy Wood throws out? His voice is too high in the mix much of the time - louder in 2nd. voice than Carl Wayne's lead, as often as not - but after 5 minutes or so, the brain compensates in the same way it ceases to hear disc-crackle and all is fine. Then he goes "SCREEEEEEECH" and it becomes obvious again. I'm griping. I shouldn't gripe. I am supremely glad this was released - they could put it out on 8 track only and I'd go find a player - I'm THAT keen. There just seems to be a bit of "The Emperor's New Clothes" building up around it. Nobody's prepared to even whisper that it's not perfect. It isn't, but it is bloody good. Oh, and it's that other thing too....that's it, thank you, ODD.
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BAD2LP205 Vinyl LP (2014)
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1.1
Open My Eyes
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1.2
Don't Make My Baby Blue
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1.3
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
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1.4
The Last Thing on My Mind
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1.5
I Can Hear the Grass Grow
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2.1
Fields of People
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2.2
Goin' Back
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2.3
Hello Susie
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2.4
Under the Ice
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2.5 Introduction
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2.6
Don't Make My Baby Blue
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2.7
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited
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2.8
The Last Thing on My Mind
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2:9 The Move's 1969 USA Tour Recalled by Bev Bevan
Requiem for a firedrum
Despite the passing of time and the crude sound quality, this is truly an amazing musical discovery. At first listening, you might think this is usual stuff from The Move. Yet, such a Live recording brings something more with outstanding performance both individually and as a group. Being a great fan of Free and Steamhammer, I've always been wondering how these groups never made it to fame. And here is may be the answer, they were simply too good when performing Live on stage. You may even include Thin Lizzy in that list. At first listening, you have to close your eyes and let the music pierce through every pore of your skin. At subsequent listening, get into the play of each musician as well as their harmony. I know, it's a bit raw and sometimes rough, but hey ... if everything was round and soft, life would be like a mountain with no relief. There are a couple of things to point out like the very good guitar playing or the vocals harmony; also both versions of "The last thing of my mind" (Great singer Carl Wayne). Personally, my favorite track is "Under the Ice", 14:15 minutes of authentic and excellent guitar playing (Roy Wodd) with a mind blowing unique rhythmic part brought by a bassist (Rick Price) and a drummer (Bev Bevan) at the top of their art.Published
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