nedjelja, 04.01.2009.
Man feat. John Cipollina - Maximum Darkness - Live 1975 (1993)
Deke was back, Martin was back, add a slightly unknown quantity and you have a quality album. Featuring ex Quicksilver Messenger Service guit arist, John Cipollina, this album recorded the highlights of the "West Coast Weekend" at the Roundhouse in May 1975. Starting with a rousing rendition of "7171551", it also adds two QMS songs Babe and Codine an d finishes with two classics. This is probably my favourite Man live album and one I still play consistently today.
In the seventies, Man seemed to be on a mission to go through as many line ups as they released albums. While they didn't quite acieve that, this live album sees the unique combination of a set of established band members with a special appearance from the late John Cipollina best known as a member of "Quicksilver Messenger Service".One interesting aspect of this was that Man went from being a band with two lead guitarists to being one with three. Still they managed this without total disintegration though this album does not really give a full impression of the live line up. It was subjectmore… to a lot more post concert studio work than most live albums.The CD kicks off with a Deke Leonard number 7171-551 which, as is normal for his compositions, it is at the harder end of the spectrum of Man's music. I think that this is the highlight of the album, everthing is really tight and together. This is followed by a couple of non-Man songs which were introduced by Cipollina. The first, Codine is a powerful song anyway and the band do a particularly good job on their version. This is followed by "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" which is OK but sounds some way from the Man that I like.The last two songs, "Many are Called, but Few Get up." and "Bananas" are well established in the Man live set. The version here of the first of these is not my favourite. It is not so well focussed as the one on the "Padget Rooms" CD. However, I really like the version of "Bananas" here.All in all, I think that the 1999 party tour is a better live albun than this but it still has a lot of great songs...Rudy Rondell
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: ca. 115 MB
Genre : Welsh Acid Rock
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Tracklist:
01. 7171-551 11:17
02. Codine 7:45
03. Babe I`m Gonna Leave You 6:19
04. Many Are Called, But Few Get Up 13:42
05. Bananas 11:09
