Big Star, often cited as the group that created the "power pop" genre, and possibly my favourite band, recorded their Live album at a club in New York City (despite the name of Max's Kansas City) over two nights shortly before the release of their second album. Admittedly, I got this album off of Ebay, and it was advertised as being one of the originals given out by the Big Star Fan Club at some point (who has fan clubs anymore?). The first couple of the songs are mixed a bit poorly, but after that, the sound gets a lot clearer - the bass isn't as blaring, mostly. The version of "Don't Lie To Me" on Live is more rockin than the version on #1 Record, and is a lot more fun to listen to. There is also an interview with Alex Chilton towards the end of Side One, and some other commentary in between his other songs that are interesting to hear. For example, he talks about how miserable it was to be in The Box Tops, and he reveals that he wrote "Thirteen" when he was 13. Who knew? But, it's a pretty sweet album altogether.
Track Listing:
Side one
1. September Gurls
2. Way Out West
3. Mod Lang
4. Don't Lie To Me
5. O My Soul
6. Interview
7. Ballad of El Goodo
Side Two
8. Thirteen
9. I'm In Love With A Girl
10. In The Street
11. You Get What You Deserve
12. Daisy Glaze
13. Back Of A Car
14. She's A Mover
Big Star - Live - 128kbps
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I had no idea Max's Kansas City was in New York.
ReplyDeleteI'm relieved to hear the famous live album from the Velvet Underground was recorded in NYC and not the "City of Fountains".