Ccr - Live in Europe
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Free Music Review: Classic Creedence but needs better sound tech
Hit: 2 Stars
while all of the classic songs were recorded, the sound was not good quality, sounding hollow and very unclear.Free Music Review: Dreadful!
Hit: 1 Stars
Released a year after the disbanding of CCR, this "album" is hardly worth anything other than a historical record of the band's only "live" recordings as a trio. (Tom Fogerty had bailed in early 1971 for a solo "career.")
A blatant attempt to cash in on their now-defunct cash cow, Fantasy kept on repacking the hits in various forms - including this live album from the 1971 European tour. Rumors say that this is actually a rehearsal tape with audience applause dubbed in - and if you listen closely with headphones, it does seem that way. You can almost see the hand on the fader turning up the volume of the "audience" at the end of Bad Moon Rising - and other songs have equally egregious mixing. Not since 1966's "Got Live If You Want It" by The Rolling Stones has there been such a phony live album.
Originally released as a 2-LP set (with Keep On Chooglin' as an entire side!!?!), the CD re-release had lopped off Sweet Hitchhiker (the band's last top-ten hit) and its flip, Door To Door (no great loss, as the in-concert version is no better or worse than its studio counterpart), these two tunes have been restored as part of the six-CD box CCR set.
The music? Without the competent rhythm guitar of departed brother Tom, the sound is obviously thinner than previous tours (listen to "The Concert" for proof) and the song selection had to be geared towards a trio (meaning no Down On The Corner or Lookin' Out My Back Door).
Bottom line - totally unnecessary, unless you're a CCR fanatic. Otherwise, stick with the first six studio albums.
Free Music Review: THE FAKE LIVE RECORDING!
Hit: 1 Stars
If you ever listen closly to this "live" recording, you can hear the same applause after each song. There are some dead giveaways here, such as a distant banging sound, followed by some feedback and each time you can hear it with the same yelling and applause. Just bad stuff Fantasy!
I've heard that the rehersal tapes (for that very tour of Europe) were used, then some crowd noise was added to the mix. As rehersals go, they aren't bad performances, but the mix is muddy.
I've long since sold my copy.
A better live album to buy from this time period is, MADE IN JAPAN by Deep Purple. No overdubs, no fake crowd, just good live music!