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Community Theatre Berkeley, CA |
Are You Okay Children? November 5, 2009
Written by chipster61
Great show! I have heard several audience tapes/bootlegs of this show and it has always been one of my favorite KC performances of 1973. In general the recording sounds a little fast, much like the "Astral Navigation" boot. I have always preferred both the mix and the speed (brighter and a little more than a cent slower) of the "Berkeley 1973" bootleg.
This is a "must have" show. My Notes:
One of the more complete and best sounding Dr. Diamonds on tape. This is Wettons song and he does an amazing job belting out the lyrics with its varied dynamics of fast and slow delivery. Robert serves up a delicious solo in the middle of Larks’, Pt. I. This whole recording is very nearly soundboard quality as evidenced by the soft spaces afforded the section of Cross/Bruford interplay toward the end of the song. Very little interruption/participation, by this respectful audience. Wonderful introduction and sales pitch by RF, make sure you turn up the volume during this one so that you don’t miss any of it. Easy Money is too short in my opinion, Robert never really cranks up a sustained solo on this one, very subdued for the most part as he nimbly plays off and around the beat. Exiles starts off slowly, David Cross carries this one. The first RF solo is very fluid, second solo very heartfelt and aching befitting this lonely Exile. The Improv is a short feedback/drum/tron exercise which slides into The Talking Drum. DC cranks this one up gently at first and then more maniacally as RF joins the fray, ever increasing the tempo and volume until the final screeching climax is reached and Larks’, Pt. II is begun. The staccato guitar riff, echoed by the bass line and punctuated with the marshal drum beat is nailed beautifully with a great violin solo masterfully soaring over the power beneath. Robert’s solo in Schizoid Man, is very refined as he gets those tube amps just to the edge of feedback and then finally pushes it all over the top with the buzzsaw guitar riff that shreds it all to pieces.
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Outstanding! Tue., Nov 3, 2009
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memories Mon., Nov 2, 2009
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