Loggins & Messina - Live: Sittin in Again at Santa Barbara Bowl
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Free Music Review: Fine wine, but the bottle is only half full
Hit: 3 Stars
I was lucky enough to attend one of the shows from this tour when Kenny and Jim stopped by my hometown in the mountains, four summers ago.
This CD is one of the results of that tour, as was the DVD, {a poster, was the only Loggins & Messina product, available for purchase at the 2005 concert.}
With: "Watching The River Run", "Peace Of Mind", "Your Mama Don't Dance", "Changes" "Angry Eyes", "Danny's Song" & "Nobody But You" included here, you DO have an updated Greatest Hits package, performed by {Still} two great voices, backed by an excellent supporting band. What you DON'T have is the rest of the concert. Without: "Be Free" {for many in attendance, the highlight of the entire show!} and the rest of the missing songs, this CD doesn't capture the good ol' timey feelin' of Loggins & Messina.
As it is true, that a double CD set, will not sell as many copies as a single disc package, we at least, have the answer to the question of just why: "Sittin' In Again" was shortchanged for CD release. This CD, is quite simply unfair to the fans of: Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina. And the addition of the nearly new tune: "Same Old Wine" that will make you wonder, just what the new material {no new material was produced for this reunion} would have been like.
But of course, there is the DVD of this concert, and if you want to hear and see the rest of the show, now you can do so {at a small additional cost!)
As a fan of Loggins & Messina, I will bite my lip and say I am glad this CD does exist. But, as a fan of Loggins & Messina, I do feel cheated by the way the tour products have been produced. This is a "Cash-In, Get-Out" approach at the marketing end of this deal. Back porches have been replaced by Loggins & Messina merchandise.com. This could have been a five-star CD package if produced in complete form, but as it stands, in this manner, I feel a bit cheated by what was done.
3 stars
Free Music Review: They Cut Long Tail Cat!
Hit: 3 Stars
I agree that this should have been a two CD issue with songs like "Long
Tail Cat" (one of the first songs Loggins played for Messina), "Sailin' the Wind" (dedicated to the group's late woodwind and sax player Jon
Clarke and is a favorite for "Yacht Rock Fans"), "Thinking of You",
"Be Free" (Jim on mandolin), the Buffalo Springfield cover "Kind
Woman" among others. Maybe Rhino should reissue this as a two CD box set
(All Music Guide does have the missing tracks as "bonus tracks" perhaps this was for international release only) along with other highlights from the tour. They revisted "My Music" and even Poco's "You Better Think
Twice" (another important part of Jim Messina's history) While the major focus might be on Kenny Loggins who of course is still active it is still good to learn about the other half as well!