Uk Concert Classics Vol 4 Holdsworth Cd Review

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Live, released in 1999

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Alaska (1:33)
2. Time to Impale (7:16)
3. The Just Thing She Needs (7:21)
iv. Carrying No Cross (ix:58)
5. Thirty Years (x:03)
six. Presto Vivace / In the Dead of Night (7:49)
seven. Caesar's Palace Blues (four:29)

Full Time 48:29

Line-up / Musicians

- Allan Holdsworth / guitar
- Eddie Jobson / keyboards, eastward-violin, electronics
- John Wetton / bass, vocals
- Bill Bruford / drums, percussion

Releases information

Recorded in 1978 in Boston, Massachusetts
Also released every bit Live In Boston and Live In America in 2008
This album was released without the blessing of the band.

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Review by Gatot
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

I was so lucky having this album as what I understood afterward that it was then withdrawn from the market due to some disputes betwixt the label and 1 of the musicians involved in this concert. So, this CD is now condign a rare collection. It�??southward a joy listening to this record as it features the original line-up of United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland with Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Eddie Jobson (keyboards, e-violin & electronics), John Wetton (bass & vocals), Bill Bruford (kit drums & percussion) performing tracks from their two albums: UK and Danger Coin. As you know, Bill Bruford and Allan Holdsworth were absent-minded for the Danger Coin album. So, basically their 2d album was guitar-less and that what has made this live gear up is interesting because Allan fills his guitar playing for songs from Danger Money.

Equally I am a large fan of live record fifty-fifty though I accept to merchandise information technology off, sometime, with poor sonic quality of the CD, I consider this record as a masterpiece of progressive rock live concert. You lot may discount my rating hither but the spirit is that I want limited my honest statement that prog rock bands should have this kind of live tape. It does not really matter at all if you totally disagree with me and I fully respect your opinion. If you like live record you might exist with me. The audio quality is non really bad, it�??s acceptable. The album embrace is terrible. Simply, the music that counts really. And it�??s not simply the music, information technology has the soul of truthful prog stone concert.

The record starts off with and ambience and soaring keyboard work of Eddie Jobson that projects an overture of great rock concert through �??Alaska�?� (one:33), continued wonderfully with �??Time To Impale�?� (seven:sixteen) in relatively fast tempo. With this live record the band�??due south music is much improvisational in nature, especially with the stunning guitar work past Allan Holdsworth combined with Jobson�??s keyboard and violin. Every bit usual Bruford plays his pulsate with his unique time signature and unique snare sound. He seems to relish playing the concert as virtually of the improvisation tend to be jazzy. Put information technology right, this live gear up is more Canterbury than the original studio version. The testify goes on with a song from Danger Money anthology: �??The Only Thing She Needs�?� (7:21) which clearly shows the powerful voice of John Wetton.

The musical improvisation goes crazy when the ring performs �??Carrying No Cantankerous�?� (9:58) from Danger Money album and �??Xxx Years�?� (10:03) from debut album. The advent of Allan Holdsworth has brought the music into jazz Canterbury style. I personally enjoy the improvisation of guitar, keyboard and violin. The band performs songs from their debut album creatively by putting reversely �??Presto Vivace�?� earlier �??In The Dead Of Nighttime�?� (7:49). It�??s a nice shot, really! The live set concludes with a vocal from Danger Money album: �??Caesar'southward Palace Blues�?� (4:29) .

Overall, enjoying this live gear up is really rewarding and makes my adrenalin running quickly. If yous love a live record, this is definitely one of the all-time prog stone concert. If you lot are lucky seeing this CD at record store, simply grab information technology human! It�??s OOP at present, at least y'all accept a rare collection in your CD shelf. Proceed on proggin�?? ..!

Peace on world and mercy mild �?" GW

Review by Fishy
PROG REVIEWER

Uk did two magnificent albums at the end of the seventies. Both albums are generally considered as masterpieces of progressive stone. Some prog lovers prefer the debut album because of the fusion influences while others like "Danger money" more for the audacious keyboard parts. Everyone agrees on the fact that there's not much resemblances between the 2 albums. A lot of people are wondering what would the band would have been similar if Bruford and Holdsworth stayed on board. This album is your chance to take hold of a glimpse of what could have been. Information technology features material from both albums performed by the original line upwards at the time "Danger money" was to be released. It seems tracks like "the just things she needs", "conveying no cross" and "caesar'southward palace blues" were actually written without song writing contributions by the two previous members which could be considered as a sign all was not going well between the members. Although the guitar isn't adding whatsoever substantial melody lines, the overall atmospheres on these tracks is surely benefits from the fusion elements and the sound which is more various compared to studio versions. After y'all heard "Carrying no cross", yous can easily empathise why this ring split up. I assume Jobson was playing his parts ever the aforementioned while the guitar lines changed for every single gig. Sometimes these 2 parts go in divide directions but some parts do sound excitable. At the fourth dimension this was been performed live, the songs from the 2d album were goose egg more than work in progress. This version has some parts which later on have been deleted or replaced ; the keyboards sound less Keith Emerson than on the album but truly a groovy track anyway ; the reflective lyrics beautifully sung past Wetton in the beginning and ending parts with an astonishing instrumental duel in betwixt.

"Caesar'southward palace dejection" is a slap-up up-tempo track with leanings to folk music. Here the lyrics are definitely not finished as Wetton sings the melody line without whatsoever words at some parts ; actually funny ! The guitar only follows the violin and sometimes information technology's annoying cause it takes an endeavour to listen to the vocals which are buried by the violin and the guitar. Not my favorite version.

"Xxx years" is 1 of the most adventurous tracks combining atmospheric prog with fusion. This is the commencement time I heard a live version and information technology's awesome ! This sounds more than laidback and less pompous but for me this is the fantabulous highlight. Not many times have I heard iv musicians to play their parts complementary to each other without ending up in chaos. On this live record the sound of the bass is more noticeable in the bands sound. This is an improvement as it proves to be an essential role of the songs.

Many people regret the fact that Uk only delivered iii albums. Well ii studio ones anyway, it was obvious this band was capable of much more excitable material but history decided otherwise. Somewhere in the nineties there was a rumour Wetton and Jobson would reunite but somehow information technology never happened. This is your long awaited chance to hear some excitable stuff from a transitional catamenia between the starting time and second anthology. If y'all haven't seen them playing live afterward the debut album was released, get this anthology ; information technology is available. On the artwork there's a lot of covers shown from alive albums, bootlegs I suppose but I've never spotted ane of these items in a record store. I believe "Concert classics book 4" is an official release and the sound quality of these recordings is excellent.

Review past lor68
PROG REVIEWER

Well how many years did their original fans spend, listening to such a pleasant and skilful progressive/ symphonic jazz-oriented music?! Probably not so many, because such a great ensemble - featuring A. Holdsworth, Due east. Jobson, J. Wetton and B. Bruford- was characterized by a fast decline and fall in a couple of years, afterward some great performances all over the world in the late seventies.the nowadays live songs - witnessing a gold era for Wetton & C.- were sometimes uneven (talking about the product) and just a little bit weak; but yet their incredible jam sessions (and solo-performances as well) made an of import contribution to the memory of a seemingly immortal super band!!

I prefer the last menstruation with T. Bozzio replacing Bruford on drums, in the music format of a keyboard-oriented trio, only too their early on years with Holdsworth on his electric and synthesizer-guitar were remarkable, despite of their style being more jazzy in comparison to the experimental progressive stone performed by Bruford and Wetton (since the dissolution of Rex Red) and already expressed within the mini-suite "Carrying No Cross" (shared between ii unlike line-upwards, along with other 2 tracks entitled "Alaska" and "Time to kill", but recorded in the studio-version only inside the album "Danger Coin", unfortunately without Allan. ). Anyway all these iii tunes were fantastic to be played live on stage. Instead "Caesar Palace Blues" is more fitted into the improvisational jazz way of Holdsworth (here including the experimental solo past Jobson at the electric violin), in comparison to the prog rock jam sessions regarding the following years without guitars and well expressed inside Uk "Night Later Nighttime". For me this latter anthology is ameliorate than this "Concert Classics Vol. 4", because the production and generally the way it sounds are superior.

An interesting collection anyway (add together an half star at to the lowest degree), but kickoff of all buy "UK Night After Nighttime"!!

Review by Atavachron
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

For a band that fabricated a mere two studio records, U.K. left an impressive bear on on prog rock and its listeners, and is withal mentioned in the same breath with monsters such equally ELP and Gentle Behemothic. In their time, the band'due south uniquely common cold, streamlined sound was a fresh have on the more organic sounds of Yes and Tull, and dared to push the technological envelope with synthetic eccentricities and cyber-prog absurd. Though the group's other live release - the flat and flavorless 'Night After Dark' - is more popular, this captures four A-list players during a brief and shining moment only before prog'due south demise and is a far superior (if less clean) performance.

And as with all good live albums, we get to peek into the true nature of a ring and observe the naked reality of a live performance with all its potential pitfalls, miscues, flubbed notes and fumbled moments. We hear this on 'Alaska', a skilful keyboard-based track that gives the band a gamble to warm-up, Eddie Jobson's electrical violin coming through nicely, Bruford unshakable, somehow keeping the complex music together with John Wetton's bass. 'Time to Kill' plinks open and allows Allan Holdsworth to finally interruption through, and features some treacherous passages pulled-off gracefully by the boys. The infectiously odd meters of 'The Only Matter She Needs' are fun, showing off the act's robo-jazz syncopation, Wetton's heavy thudding and quite competent singing. By now they're in the swing of information technology and things are moving well, and we're treated to a sparkling solo from Holdsworth and some of Jobson'due south sweet pianoforte. The giant 'Carrying No Cross', a huge, burdensome piece to recreate, is attempted with mixed results, missing Jobson'due south spectacular piano interruption and replaced by a lengthy simply skilful space-jazz jam. The cogitating 'Xxx Years' has Wetton's typically thick lyrics, saved by bubblegum videogame blurps and some killer riffs. The evening'due south highlights accept to be 'In the Dead of Night' with death-defying showmanship, mistakes and all, and the killer 'Cesar'southward Palace Blues'.

By far the better of their official alive issues... a great glimpse of this band unadorned by studio trickery, and at how music is constructed and reproduced.

Review by Marty McFly
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Errors and Omissions Squad

My first experience with this interesting band and I have to say, I was expecting a lot, after all these words I've heard (bad side of this "boasting", flattering and admiring stuff), but (handclapping- handclapping), I've received it. I was right about it. Maybe the right procedure should be to heed studio albums showtime, but order of some things you just can't change.

Music hither is progressive, that's for sure. Information technology'south something new, even they were simply few years earlier Asia (you know, one same fellow member, similar bands) and when you put these bands on contrast it's scenic. It'south like doing things correct and wrong, even they're the same people. To accept i project for existence progressive and second but for money in AOR way (actually it can also be Arena Oriented Stone). Just these things aren't true here.

Quality of sound is meliorate boilerplate, I would be happiest in instance that I wouldn't discover out that it'southward live version, merely never mind it, in that location are more important things to value. Performance for instance is one of these responsible. These gentlemen are doing their best. Only there are things I don't agree with. Like some strange melodies, don't fitting me to overall symphonic limerick. But after all, it'southward non so bad. Simply am non enjoying information technology and then much for masterpiecy rating.

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Similar to other "Concert Classics" recordings near the finish of the 1970's, this ane starts out with some mix issues on the start rail, that are soon fixed for the rest of the cd. This should in no mode deter yous from purchasing this cd; it'due south VERY enjoyable. This is the only place where you'll f ... (read more)

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