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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
The world of Captain Beefheart's live recordings is a murky one. There is a lot of stuff out there, and most is of very unreliable quality. This however is a most welcome exception.It's a recording of a live show at the Paradiso in Amsterdam in 1980 and was professionally recorded by Dutch radio station VARA. The sound is top quality throughout including the Captain's very capable handling of a persistent heckler. The cd lasts 74 minutes, and the magnificent Magic Band here is Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder, Robert Arthur Williams, Jeff Moris Tepper, Eric Drew Feldman and of course Don Van Vliet himself. There are 18 tracks including"Abba Zaba", "Hot Head", "Bat Chain Puller","Dropout Boogie" and "Big eyed Beans From Venus". Fantastic stuff. Highly recommended
7 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Every Beefheart is a serious lesson in life to be learned - If you are open. If you think you know it all take this record on board anyway. There is nowt more humbling.
Long standing Beefheart FREAKS of 30 years + will undersand, live by and remember Don with more than affection. You will get it sooner or later assuredly.
Meteorpuss
Long standing Beefheart FREAKS of 30 years + will undersand, live by and remember Don with more than affection. You will get it sooner or later assuredly.
Meteorpuss
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Official Release of Paradiso gig
3 May 2006
Format:Audio CD
On audio alone, "Amsterdam '80" beats "Magnetic Hands" and "Railroadism," two of the other semi-official live Beefheart releases. This performance is also generally superior to that at Rotter's in Liverpool, recorded three days earlier (six songs from which appear on "Magnetic Hands"). However, I don't know if I would rate this performance higher than "I'm Gonna Do What I Wanna Do," which has become my benchmark for Beefheart performances - at least for the latter half of his career.
Yet, there are few of the Captain's so-called "duff" moments, the only major one being in "My Human Gets Me Blues," where Beefheart really loses his place.
The downside to this set is, of course, the absence of three songs from the actual concert: "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man," Gary Lucas reading the Captain's poem "One Man Sentence," and Lucas performing "Flavor Bud Living." So, according to this CD, Gary Lucas was wholly absent form the concert.
All 21 songs from the concert would have easily fit on one disc by omitting between-song banter, and "OMS" and "FBL" probably would have fit on this disc as it now stands (the CD clocks in at a little under 75 minutes). The label's rationale to omitting the three songs is "to preserve a live feel." I understand this desire to retain a live ambience, but, personally, I would rather have the concert in its musical entirety than near the Captain's interactions with a heckler, as funny as they are. Moreover, they omitted the concert's opening song rather than a one from later in the show, which I feel disrupts the flow of the concert. But, one shouldn't complain too much, since there is so little official Beefheart product, and this one blows away the boots in sound at least.
The packaging is thankfully devoid of any fluffy liner notes and contains some nice photos from another gig on the 80-81 world tour (Milwaukeee, I believe?). So, overall, I give the concert 4 stars and this edition of it 4 stars as well, and I'm sure any Beefheart fan already has it. If not, you really need to pick it up.
Yet, there are few of the Captain's so-called "duff" moments, the only major one being in "My Human Gets Me Blues," where Beefheart really loses his place.
The downside to this set is, of course, the absence of three songs from the actual concert: "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man," Gary Lucas reading the Captain's poem "One Man Sentence," and Lucas performing "Flavor Bud Living." So, according to this CD, Gary Lucas was wholly absent form the concert.
All 21 songs from the concert would have easily fit on one disc by omitting between-song banter, and "OMS" and "FBL" probably would have fit on this disc as it now stands (the CD clocks in at a little under 75 minutes). The label's rationale to omitting the three songs is "to preserve a live feel." I understand this desire to retain a live ambience, but, personally, I would rather have the concert in its musical entirety than near the Captain's interactions with a heckler, as funny as they are. Moreover, they omitted the concert's opening song rather than a one from later in the show, which I feel disrupts the flow of the concert. But, one shouldn't complain too much, since there is so little official Beefheart product, and this one blows away the boots in sound at least.
The packaging is thankfully devoid of any fluffy liner notes and contains some nice photos from another gig on the 80-81 world tour (Milwaukeee, I believe?). So, overall, I give the concert 4 stars and this edition of it 4 stars as well, and I'm sure any Beefheart fan already has it. If not, you really need to pick it up.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful Fun from a misunderstood genius
5 Dec 2006
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Everything technical aside - it's great music, from a great artist, and its live. Which, in my opinion is where it all matters.
YES, he spends too much time interacting with the hecklers - but if that's what he did, that's what we get, we should hear it.
He's got a great voice doing that!
He is off key for a couple numbers, and perhaps trips on a couple of others. But Face it, the Captain was not interested in easy music to perform.
His music is complex and full of variety and color, and spin (and other things we say quarks have).
there's a couple of astonishing highlights -- the Big Eye'd Beans from Venus finish is a glowing testament to the possibilities of this powerful psychedelic madness. And the One Red Rose that I Mean - Which is an instrumental, is FANTASTIC. Don't overlook it.
I only wish for more of his amazing harp playing.
YES, he spends too much time interacting with the hecklers - but if that's what he did, that's what we get, we should hear it.
He's got a great voice doing that!
He is off key for a couple numbers, and perhaps trips on a couple of others. But Face it, the Captain was not interested in easy music to perform.
His music is complex and full of variety and color, and spin (and other things we say quarks have).
there's a couple of astonishing highlights -- the Big Eye'd Beans from Venus finish is a glowing testament to the possibilities of this powerful psychedelic madness. And the One Red Rose that I Mean - Which is an instrumental, is FANTASTIC. Don't overlook it.
I only wish for more of his amazing harp playing.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
like a dream
24 Aug 2009
Format:Audio CD
i was live sound engineer for the concert! this album is a great flashback
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