"Buffalo Springfield Box Set" by BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD (October 2013 Atco/Rhino Card-Slipcase Reissue Of The 2001 4CD Box Set of Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...

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Like so many lavish box sets with artist involvement - they end up being a mixture of delight and frustration for fans - and "Buffalo Springfield Box Set" is no different. Stereo versions from the first two seminal albums are missing, 22 tracks are duplicated on the bonus Disc 4 with songs on Discs 1 to 3 and some songs from the later albums aren't here at all. But what you do get is a healthy wad of 36 excellent Previously Unreleased tracks and the HDCD sound quality culled from the best Analogue source tapes is exceptional.

There's a lot of here as you can imagine - so let's get to some kind of track-by-track breakdown first... 

A reissue of the July 2001 12" x 7" 'long box' "Buffalo Springfield Box Set" by BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - this October 2013 4-CD jewel case version on Atco/Rhino 8122797321 gives us the full 88-song HDCD compliment of the 2001 original - the fantastic info-packed 68-page booklet and all of it wrapped up in a handy card slipcase on the outside. 

For What It's Worth - here are the details...

Disc 1 (61:06 minutes):

1. There Goes My Babe [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo for Sonny & Cher

2. Come On [Stephen Stills song] -Previously Unreleased Demo

3. Hello, I've Returned [Stephen Stills/Van Dyke Parks song] Previously Unreleased Demo]

4. Out Of My Mind [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

5. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

6. I'm Your Kind Of Guy [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

7. Baby Don't Scold Me [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

8. Neighbor Don't You Worry [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

9. We'll See [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

10. Sad Memory [Richie Furay song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

11. Can't Keep Me Down [Richie Furay song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

12. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing [Neil Young song]

13. Go And Say Goodbye [Stephen Stills song]

14. Sit Down I Think I Love You [Stephen Stills song]

15. Leave [Stephen Stills song]

16. Hot Dusty Roads [Stephen Stills song]

17. Everybody's Wrong [Stephen Stills song]

18. Burned [Neil Young song]

19. Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It [Neil Young song]

20. Out Of My Mind [Neil Young song]

21. Pay The Price [Stephen Stills song]

22. Down Down Down [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

23. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong  [Neil Young song] - as per 12 to 21

24. Neighbor Don't You Worry [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased

[Notes: All 24 Tracks on Disc 1 are in MONO.

In order to line-up their debut album "Buffalo Springfield" in its original December 1966 MONO configuration on Atco 33-200 - you sequence the tracks as follows from two discs:

Side 1: 13, 14,15, 12, 16  [all from CD 1]

Side 2: 23, 18, 19, 13, 20 and 21 [all from CD1 except 13 from CD4].

The album was remixed into MONO by the band and released again in March 1967 as Atco 33-200A - that mix is available in its entirety on Disc 4 (Tracks 1 to 13]

Disc 2 (61:27 minutes):

1. Down Down Down [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased

2. Kahuna Sunset [Stephen Stills & Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Instrumental

3. Buffalo Stomp (Raga) -[Richie Furay, Bruce Kunkel, Dewey Martin, Stephen Stills & Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Instrumental

4. Baby Don't Scold Me [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Version

5. For What It's Worth [Stephen Stills song] - from "Buffalo Springfield" 1967 second version Mono LP on Atco 33-200A

6. Mr. Soul [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Version

7. We'll See [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased

8. My Kind Of Love [Richie Furay song] - Previously Unreleased

9. Pretty Girl Why [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Mix

10. Words I Must say [Richie Furay song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

11. Nobody's Fool [Richie Fury song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

12. So You've Got A Lover [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

13. My Angel [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

14. No Sun Today [Eric Eisner song] - Previously Unreleased

15. Everydays [Stephen Stills song] - from the Mono mix of the "Buffalo Springfield Again" album released October 1967 on Atco 33-226. The Stereo version of the entire LP on SD 33-226 is on Disc 4.

16. Down To The Wire [Neil Young song] Previously Unreleased Version

17. Bluebird [Stephen Stills song] - as per 15

18. Expecting To Fly [Neil Young song] - as per 15

19. Hung Upside Down [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

20. A Child's Claim To Fame [Richie Furay song] - as per 15

21. Rock & Roll Woman [Stephen Stills song] - as per 15

[Note: all tracks on Disc 2 are MONO except 1, 15, 17, 18, 20 an 21 - which are STEREO]

Disc 3 (61:33 minutes):

1. Hung Upside Down [Stephen Stills song] as per 15 on Disc 2

2. Good Time Boy [Richie Furay song] - as per 15 on Disc 2

3. One More Sign [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

4. The Rent Is Always Due [Neil Young song] Previously Unreleased Demo

5. Round And Round And Round [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

6. Old Laughing Lady [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

7. Broken Arrow [Neil Young song] as per 15 on Disc 2

8. Sad Memory [Richie Furay song] - as per 15 on Disc 2

9. On The Way Home [Neil Young song] Previously Unreleased Mix

10. Whatever Happened To Saturday Night? [Neil Young song] - Previously Unreleased

11. Special Care [Stephen Stills song] - from their 3rd album "Last Time Around" released July 1968 on Atco SD 33-256 in Stereo

12. Falcon Lake (Ash On The Floor) [Neil Young] - Previously Unreleased

13. What A Day [Richie Furay song] - Previously Unreleased

14. I Am A Child [Neil Young song] as per 11

15. Questions [Stephen Stills song] - as per 11

16. Merry-Go-Round [Richie Furay song] - as per 11

17. Uno Mundo [Stephen Stills song] - as per 11

18. Kind Woman [Richie Furay song] - as per 11

19. It's So Hard To Wait [Richie Furay & Neil Young song] - as per 11

20. Four Days Gone [Stephen Stills song] - Previously Unreleased Demo

Disc 4 (70:44 minutes)

Tracks 1 to 13 are the remixed MONO version of their debut album "Buffalo Springfield" on Atco 33-200A with its 'rearranged' track list (see Disc 1 for the original '66 mix)

Tracks 14 to 23 are the STEREO mix of their second album "Buffalo Springfield Again" released

Using 24-bit/88.2khz transfers - a team of no less than four did the tape research, transfers and remastering to HDCD - JOHN NOWLAND, TIM MULLIGAN, JOHN HAUSMANN and JOEL BERNSTEIN and they've done a superlative job. You can 'hear' real care has been taken with this release and given that almost half of Discs 1 to 3 are merely 'Demos' - the audio quality is shockingly good (while the album tracks proper are sparkling). The booklet is a work of art with a whopping 62 text and photograph acknowledgments on the rear pages - badges, posters, newspaper clippings, press adverts, 1966 charts, single sleeves, publicity photos and a 'Brief History' of the band by noted musicologist PETE LONG. It's exemplary stuff and even though this is a budget-priced reissue - it's cool to see that all the original artwork has been retained.

The long-version of "Bluebird" is infuriatingly still AWOL and best tape sources or not the alternate version of "Mr. Soul" sounds crap - but the Previously Unreleased version of "Baby Don't Scold Me" and the new Stills/Furay songs "We'll See" and "My Kind Of Love" are genuine nuggets from a golden age. Of the two new instrumentals - "Kahuna Sunset" is pretty dismissible but the band boogie of "Buffalo Stomp (Raga)" is excellent and there's real tenderness and ache on the Stills Demos of "So You've Got A Lover" and "My Angel".  Amongst the Neil Young unreleased goodies are the superb "Down To The Wire", "Whatever Happened To Saturday Night?" and the instrumental "Falcon Lake (Ash On The Floor)" with Buddy Miles on Drums. Eric Eisner's lone moment "No Sun Today" is also superb as is The Association feel to "What A Day". But best of all the unreleased stuff for me is a gorgeous piano-intimate Demo of "Four Days Gone" with just Stills and the keys - it's truly lovely - eerily special (lyrics from it title this review).

Impossibly cool and musical (like The Byrds) - Buffalo Springfield burned brightly for a short time before they took the world by storm as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in 1969 and 1970. OK - there's stuff missing and way too many duplications - but I'd still argue that this is a solid five-star release.

"...Pretty baby I'm your guy..." they sang on the irrepressibly catchy "Sit Down I Think I Love You"...they were right. 

A fabulous release now available without the original's hefty price tag. Buy, buy, buy...

"River" by TERRY REID (September 2014 Beat Goes On CD Reissue and Remaster) - A Review by Mark Barry...

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"…I've Had A Thousand Dreams About You…"

Joe Walsh's "Barnstorm", Roy Harper's "Stormcock", Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On", Stephen Stills' "Manassas", Donny Hathaway's "Extension Of A Man", Joni Mitchell's "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns", The Jam's "All Mod Cons", Bruce Springsteen's "Darkness On The Edge Of Town", Tom Waits' "Blue Valentine"…

There are some records you simply can’t be rational about. You love them to distraction – year after year - decade after decade. In fact your affection for them only grows with their passing seasons and your receding hairline. Terry Reid’s wonderfully ethereal “River” (from 1973) is one of those albums. Any excuse to buy it again is fine by me. Well BGO of the UK have made that smart move and reissued it in 2014 – and this time with real style…

1. Dean [Side 1]

2. Avenue

3. Things To Try

4. Live Life

5. River [Side 2]

6. Dream

7. Milestones

UK released September 2014 – Beat Goes On BGOCD 1165 (Barcode 5017261211651) is a straightforward transfer of his 3rd vinyl LP "River" originally released March 1973 in the USA on Atlantic SD-7259 and April 1973 on Atlantic Records K 40340 in the UK. The last CD incarnation I had of this was the excellent ‘Water’ label issue from America released 2002 that had a chunky booklet and a good remaster. But I’d have to say that this is even better – especially sonically.

ANDREW THOMPSON has carried out the remaster with tapes licensed from WEA – and it’s gorgeous. The seven tracks (36:35 minutes) are soft, almost acoustic vocal rambles in places and need a deftness of touch in the transfer. Others are funky even soulful Rock and need a bit of muscle – he’s achieved both. I love the way this CD remaster sounds.  The outer card wrap slipcase gives the release a feeling of class and event and the 12-page booklet features liner notes from noted writer JOHN O'REGAN (could have done with more photos though).

Reid famously turned down the Led Zeppelin gig – suggesting Robert Plant to Jimmy Page and Ian Gillan as Rod Evans replacement in Deep Purple – so in those terms you could say he did British Rock and our world a bit of a favour. His own career’s blistering success however has been erratic if not at all. His debut album "Bang Bang You're Terry Reid" was released October 1968 on Epic in the States only – his 2nd self-titled LP "Terry Reid" came out in November 1969 and was his first in the UK on Columbia Records. Both were critically acclaimed in certain circles but neither did chart business despite quality singles off of each. So a new signing with the spiritual home of Led Zeppelin on Atlantic Records must have seen like a break at the time. But "River" peeled back the raspy guttural rawk songs of the first two records and went for a more 'down by the river contemplating life' vibe – and again it received praise but despite touring with a stellar band both Stateside and here in Blighty - precious little record sales. And in some respects the album has remained a bit of an underground classic ever since.

EDDIE OFFORD (long-time associated with Yes) produced "Dream" and "Milestones" in England while Atlantic's resident producing genius TOM DOWD did the other five in America. REID played guitar and sang, DAVID LINDLEY played Steel, Slide and Electric guitar on all selections with LEE MILES on Bass and CONRAD ISADORE drumming on 4 tracks. WILLIE BOBO supplies Percussion on "River". Having relocated to California in 1972 while legal wrangles were being sorted out – the laid-back groove of that lifestyle permeates every song. The opener "Dean" is a little trippy, a little bluesy and yes even Soulful and Funky. His voice is just amazing. "Avenue" features Lindley's distinctive playing to the fore and has some strange choppy rhythms while acoustic Rock-Funk follows in "Things To Try" – a cool little tune and surprising Atlantic didn’t consider it as a single.

Side 2 opens with "Live Life" settling into a sort of Tony Joe White groove – sexy and infectious – letting his fantastic voice rip in the second half. It gets all jazzy and smoking-room with the languid title track "River" where Willie Bobo shuffles on Percussion in the background. In fact I'm reminded of Dire Straits' debut album "Water Of Love" (also produced by Dowd). "Dream" has always been my favourite (lyrics from it title this review). Acoustic sloppy – it just sort of lingers like a old melody – maybe I'll stay – maybe I'll go – playful and sweet. It ends on the Nick Drake gentleness and peace of "Milestones" – as delicate and as a lovely a tune as you've ever heard - with superb layered Reid vocal flourishes throughout.

In August 2011 I did a Listmania List on Amazon UK and USA called "Obscure Albums That Shouldn't Be…" and Terry Reid's "River" is on both. Get this gorgeous record in your life and well done to all at BGO for doing it justice one more time…

"Chicago Transit Authority" by CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY (2002 Rhino CD Reissue of their 1969 2LP Debut Album on Columbia/CBS Records) - A Review by Mark Barry...

"...You Can Smile..." 

Before they became the slick lurve song unit of the mid to late Seventies (voiced exclusively by Bassist and Lead Vocalist Peter Cetera) - CHICAGO used to be called the all-together cooler CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY - and that’s where this hip little CD reissue comes in (featuring a full double-album on one CD).

Released July 2002 - "Chicago Transit Authority" by CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY on Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino 822-76171-2 (Barcode 081227617127) is a straightforward CD transfer of their debut – a double-album released April 1969 in the USA on Columbia GP-8 and September 1969 in the UK on CBS Records S 66221. The CD reissue also comes in card repro artwork... 

1. Introduction [Side 1]

2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

3. Beginnings

4. Questions 67 and 68 [Side 2]

5. Listen

6. Poem 58

7. Free Form Guitar [Side 3]

8. South California Purples

9. I’m A Man

10. Prologue, August 29, 1968 [Side 4]

11. Someday (August 29, 1968)

12. Liberation

The gatefold card digipak on the inside repros the inner gatefold of the original American double-album – while the nicely laid-out 16-page booklet has detailed liner notes by Rolling Stone’s one-time editor DAVID WILD. There are a few publicity photos and a great colour repro of a Fillmore West poster with the Windy City’s finest proudly supporting The Moody Blues. This CD is like the Yes issues of "Fragile" and "Close To The Edge" by Rhino in that it also comes in a fetching card slipcase. 

But the best news is the superb DAVID DONNELLY remaster – giving the brass of JAMES PANKOW and LEE LOUGHNANE real prominence and clarity. This is a fantastic sounding CD – full of life and punch.

With Peter Cetera’s voice now so synonymous with the band’s sound – it’s almost disconcerting to hear both Robert Lamm and Terry Kath as lead vocalists. After the brassy Rock’n’Roll of “Introduction” we get the excellent proper songs “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?” and “Beginnings”. Cetera arrives on “Questions 67 and 68” while “Listen” is frankly a bit of a Sixties mini-masterpiece (lyrics above). I can frankly live without the guitar workouts that are “Poem 58” and “Free Form Guitar” - but I’ve always loved their fabulously funky-rock cover of the Spencer Davis/Steve Winwood classic “I’m A Man”. What a winner and a damn shame the rare 7” single edit of it isn’t included as a bonus track (see Niggles below). Politics and courage come into the fore with “Prologue” and “Someday” complete with their protesting student chants - while the fourteen and half minute “Liberation” instrumental became a showstopper at gigs – Jazz Rock meets Prog whilst channelling Jimi Hendrix and Blood, Sweat & Tears.  

Niggles – with a total playing time of 76:36 minutes - it’s frustrating that time constrictions disallowed the inclusion of no less than SIX seven-inch single ‘edits’ across the following five 45s around and after the album’s release:

1. "Questions 67 And 68" b/w "Listen" on Columbia 4-44909 (June 1969)

2. "Beginnings" b/w "Poem 58" on Columbia 4-45011 (October 1969)

3. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" b/w "Listen" on Columbia 4-45264 (November 1970)

4. "Beginnings" b/w "Colour My World" on Columbia 4-45417 (June 1971)

5. "Questions 67 And 68" b/w "I'm A Man" on Columbia 4-45467 (September 1971)

You can get "Colour My World" on the CD reissue/remaster of their 2^nd album simply called "Chicago" on Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino 8122-76172-2 which has two bonus tracks – the single edits of the big hits "Make Me Smile" and "25 Or 6 To 4" – while some of the other single edits are available on the July 2002 "Very Best Of" double-Cd compilation.

Live and in your studio face - their 2^nd and third albums were just as good – but “Chicago Transit Authority” has a freshness and vitality about it (despite their acknowledged lack of recording experience) that is still kicking to this day. A very cool little CD reissue indeed… 

“Stormcock" by ROY HARPER - A Review Of His 5th LP on Harvest Records - Reissued & Remastered By Science Friction Onto CD...

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UK released onto CD in 1994 (reissued 1996, 2007 and 2013) – "Stormcock" by ROY HARPER is on Science Fiction HUCD047 (Barcode 679076770478) and is a straightforward remaster of his 5th UK album from May 1971 on Harvest Records SHVL 789. (There’s also a remaster on the Awareness Label).

1. Hors d'Oeuvres [Side 1]
2. The Same Old Rock
3. Old Man Rock And Roll Band [Side 2]
4. Me And My Woman

With only 4 tracks (2 to each side) it might seem lean but it's nothing of the sort. And although it’s nearly 45 years old it remains contemporary and has stood the test of time incredibly well. If anything (re-listening to it in 2014) - you can imagine that this 1971 album is a bit of a secret stepping point for so many new writers and bands – because after 40 minutes with it you can ‘so’ hear how Fleet Foxes, Elbow and Vetiver got their sound.

Beautifully produced by PETER JENNER (Engineered by PHILIP MacDONALD) – the songs are primarily long acoustic workouts with some electric guitars, keyboards, string flourishes, brass and vocal over-layering thrown in. Each song takes it sweet time - allowing you to wrap your ears around the thought-provoking life-observations in the lyrics.

It opens with "Hors d'Oeuvres" – a near nine-minute Nick Drake/Tim Buckley acoustic dreamscape about a man "…whose brains bred answers like flies…" It builds and builds to gorgeous treated vocals towards the end. But then you get the album’s first piece of undeniable Harper genius – and for me one of the great unspoken masterpieces of the Seventies – the 12 and half minute Side 1 closer "The Same Old Rock". The song famously features JIMMY PAGE credited as 'J. Flavius Mercurious' for contractual reasons. You can so hear his "Led Zeppelin III" and "IV" acoustic phase – and his acoustic solo towards the end swirling around multi-layered Harper vocals is just brilliant. You have to say too that the remaster is just gorgeous here (lyrics above). Harper himself rates it as Page’s best ever work…

Side 2 opens with "One Man Rock And Roll Band" – another multi-layered acoustic strum-fest "…welcome back you total stranger…" His treated vocals add so much to the seven and half-minute – the plucked steel strings rattling around your speakers – again the remaster masterful. It ends on the gorgeous 13-minute "Me And My Woman" with lush orchestration from long-time Mike Oldfield collaborator DAVID BEDFORD. Even after all these years – the 'freshness' of it all still amazes me. And it's so uniquely Roy Harper…

"Stormcock" is a Ye Olde English name give to the Mistle Thrush bird – a feathery morning singer and apparently the artist's nickname on occasion. Spread your wings on this secret CD masterpiece and let your spirits fly...

"Chicago Transit Authority" by CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY - A Review Of Their 1969 Columbia/CBS Records Debut 2LP Set - Now Reissued & Remastered In 2002 By Rhino Onto CD...

“…You Can Smile...” 

Before they became the slick lurve song unit of the mid to late Seventies (voiced exclusively by Bassist and Lead Vocalist Peter Cetera) - CHICAGO used to be called the all-together cooler CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY - and that’s where this hip little CD reissue comes in (featuring a full double-album on one CD).

Released July 2002 on Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino 822-76171-2 (Barcode 081227617127) – the 12-tracks on here are a straightforward remaster of their debut “Chicago Transit Authority” – a double-album released April 1969 in the USA on Columbia GP-8 and September 1969 in the UK on CBS Records S 66221.

1. Introduction

2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

3. Beginnings

4. Questions 67 and 68 [Side 2]

5. Listen

6. Poem 58

7. Free Form Guitar [Side 3]

8. South California Purples

9. I’m A Man

10. Prologue, August 29, 1968 [Side 4]

11. Someday (August 29, 1968)

12. Liberation

The gatefold card digipak on the inside repros the inner gatefold of the original American double-album – while the nicely laid-out 16-page booklet has detailed liner notes by Rolling Stone’s one-time editor DAVID WILD. There are a few publicity photos and a great colour repro of a Fillmore West poster with the Windy City’s finest proudly supporting The Moody Blues. This CD is like the Yes issues of “Fragile” and “Close To The Edge” by Rhino in that it also comes in a fetching card slipcase. But the best news is the superb DAVID DONNELLY remaster – giving the brass of JAMES PANKOW and LEE LOUGHNANE real prominence and clarity. This is a fantastic sounding CD – full of life and punch.

With Peter Cetera’s voice now so synonymous with the band’s sound – it’s almost disconcerting to hear both Robert Lamm and Terry Kath as lead vocalists. After the brassy Rock’n’Roll of “Introduction” we get the excellent proper songs “Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?” and “Beginnings”. Cetera arrives on “Questions 67 and 68” while “Listen” is frankly a bit of a Sixties mini-masterpiece (lyrics above). I can frankly live without the guitar workouts that are “Poem 58” and “Free Form Guitar” - but I’ve always loved their fabulously funky-rock cover of the Spencer Davis/Steve Winwood classic “I’m A Man”. What a winner- and a damn shame the rare 7” single edit of it isn’t included as a bonus track (see Niggles below). Politics and courage come into the fore with “Prologue” and “Someday” complete with their protesting student chants - while the fourteen and half minute “Liberation” instrumental became a Jimi Hendrix meets Blood, Sweat & Tears showstopper at gigs.

Niggles – with a total playing time of 76:36 minutes - it’s frustrating that time constrictions disallowed the inclusion of no less than SIX seven-inch single ‘edits’ across the following five releases around and after the album’s release:

1. “Questions 67 And 68” b/w “Listen” on Columbia 4-44909 (June 1969)

2. “Beginnings” b/w “Poem 58” on Columbia 4-45011 (October 1969)

3. “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” b/w “Listen” on Columbia 4-45264 (November 1970)

4. “Beginnings” b/w “Colour My World” on Columbia 4-45417 (June 1971)

5. “”Questions 67 And 68” b/w “I’m A Man” on Columbia 4-45467 (September 1971)

You can get “Colour My World” on the CD reissue/remaster of their 2^nd album simply called “Chicago” (on WSM/Rhino 8122-76172-2) which has two bonus tracks – the single edits of the big hits “Make Me Smile” and “25 Or 6 To 4”) – while some of the other single edits are available on the July 2002 “Very Best Of” double-Cd compilation.

Live and in your studio face - their 2^nd and third albums were just as good – but “Chicago Transit Authority” has a freshness and vitality about it (despite their acknowledged lack of recording experience) that is still kicking to this day. A cool little CD…