Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire
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Free Music Review: CD at last!!
Hit: 5 Stars
Another LP replaced by CD. It's been a long time comming.Free Music Review: Terrific live album captures Zevon in peak form
Hit: 4 Stars
I caught Warren Zevon on this tour at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco and this album perfectly captures the aural energy that Warren along with his top notch band could generate. Always a favorite, "Stand in the Fire" sounds better than ever in its first U.S. incarnation on CD. I just wish that there was a video of this tour. Zevon and his band are on fire during this terrific recording. This version is extended with some terrific bonus tracks.
Recorded over five nights in L.A. at the end of his tour for "Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School", the band particularly guitarist David Landau and Warren play soulfully throughout the set. Warren's in top form here particularly with his classic "Mohammad's Radio" (where he pokes fun at the Ayatollah of Iran during one verse updating it topically for the time).
The album features two terrific originals that appear no where else "Stand in the Fire" and "The Sin"The original album pulled out all the stops with Warren doing a terrific take on "Bo Diddley's A Gunslinger" here it is augmented by 4 bonus tracks. We get the classic "Johnny Strikes Up The Band" and twisted "Play It All Night Long" which are perfect counterpoints to the closing bonus tracks "Frank and Jesse James" and "Hasten Down the Wind" from his second solo album the self titled "Warren Zevon" close out the album on a high note with Warren playing and singing solo.
Audiophiles might notice that this is mastered louder than his earlier CDs but fear not as the dynamics are fine and detail very good with nice work by Dan Hersh and Bill Inglot. A very good debut on CD highlighted with some terrific bonus tracks. My only wish is that there were additional tracks (I'd love to see this issued as a two CD set)on here capturing the full concert performance that Warren did during those five nights. Perhaps we'll see them as part of Rhino Handmade.
Free Music Review: FINALLY available on CD
Hit: 4 Stars
After wearing out two copies of the vinyl and discovering that SitF was only available in the US on cassette, the long wait is over. This is electric Warren at his peak.
The four bonus tracks are a mixed blessing, he's really out of tune (flat?) on "Frank & Jessie James" and his voice is shot on both "Frank" and "Hasten down the Wind" which is a pity as his heart is REALLY into it, but "Johnny" and "Play" are right on target. I would have liked to have had the songs in the order that they were performed, eschewing the "original sequence with bonus tracks" format, but this is nitpicking.
If you dig Warren's Asylum-era work, this is a MUST-BUY!
Free Music Review: Hide The Kids, Warren is Back
Hit: 4 Stars
I first had this album in the spring of 1981. It went on to prove that Mr. Zevon was no fluke. But after 26 years, and my copy wearing out, I had forgotten about it. I took a chance, one day, and looked it up on amazon and there it was------The Holy Grail!
Rhino did a bang up job with the re-master, liner notes, and bonus tracks. Strap yourselves in. It will be a bumpy ride. But you'll enjoy the trip. All the songs are there too....
Free Music Review: About time.
Hit: 4 Stars
Seems like another life time since this first came out. Zevon may have gotton better through the years but these performances still sound great.