Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 17., Hormayrg. 2	Standorte: CD.09 Lee / 70er	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

[...] Later he wanted to move on, split the band, and performed at The Rainbow with some top sessions musicians, who sound as though they were his mates too. This double CD is the result. It now comes with 2 bonus tracks, recorded by what sounds like the same line-up at a later date, which add another 14.5 minutes. Pity really! because they don't seem to fit in with, or match, the stuff from The Rainbow. None of the 20 tracks from the concert extends beyonds 6 minutes, so Alvin keeps things chugging along, from Got To Keep Moving to a reprise of I'm Writing You a Letter. He seems to be trying to embrace all the (then known) forms of popular music, perhaps trying to find a style that suits him best, so you don't get fed up with one almost identical song after another, although most of them boogie along with a foot-tapping beat.Besides his own compositions, there are two backward glances to The Elvis Era, with versions of Don't Be Cruel, linked with Money Honey, and later Mystery Train, Slow Down and Keep a Knocking. Tracks include a fairly standard blues, Every Blues You Ever Heard, a wonderfully funky Freedom for The Stallion which is a showcase for Mel Collins's amazing saxophone, and a whimsical All Life's Trials. The majority of the rest of the tracks feature three backing singers up front, and catchy choruses that sound like they've evolved from jamming in rehearsal. There are none of the excesses that you might expect on a live album from the mid-seventies. Alvin isn't a great singer, but at least he doesn't scream.

 

 

Disc: 1

1. Got To Keep Moving

2. Going Through The Door

3. Don't Be Cruel

4. Money Honey

5. I'm Writing You a Letter

6. You Need Love Love Love

7. Freedom for the Stallion

8. Every Blues You've Ever Heard

9. All Life's Trials

Disc: 2

1. Intro

2. Let's Get Back

3. Ride My Train

4. There's A Feeling

5. Running Around

6. Mystery Train

7. Slow Down

8. Keep a Knocking

9. How Many Times

10. I've Got Eyes For You Baby

11. I'm Writing You a Letter

12. Somebody Callin' Me

13. Put It In A Box