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A great recording of The Long Ryders' show at the Bottom Line in New York City on 7th May 1987 which was broadcast live on FM radio. A showcase for a rocking fine band, Sid's hair looks perfect on the front cover and the CD booklet has notes by the band's long time manager John Guarnieri. The CD features previously unseen photographs of the band in action. This is rock & roll which emphasises the "roll" part as much as the rock. This album is hotter than a pepperoni and jalapeno sandwich with horse radish. Tracks: Prairie Fire / Lights Of Downtown / Man Of Misery / A Stitch In Time / State Of My Union / Harriet Tubman's Going To Carry Me Home / Capturing The Flag / Long Story Short / Baby's In Toyland / I Want You Bad / Spectacular Fall / I Had A Dream / You Just Can't Ride The Boxcars Anymore / Gunslinger Man / Looking For Lewis & Clark / Prisoners Of Rock / 10-5-60.
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If you're a fan of the classic 60's sound of chiming guitars exemplified by The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield then you really should check out the fantastic Long Ryders who were one of best of the early 80's revivalist "Paisley Underground" alongside Green & Red, Dream Syndicate and The Rain Parade that fused psych/folk with the rock punch of punk. Not as psych orientated or as spikey as the Syndicate or Parade or as blues fixated as Green & Red the Ryders sound possessed the sharp rock savvy of Moby Grape, the melodic genius of The Byrds, and a healthy dose of The Standells snottiness with a dash of classic melancholy country. Fronted by the great Syd Griffin they produced a string of enthralling guitar albums and threatened to make it big at a time when the charts were drowning in the bubblegum synth purgatory of the New Romantics. As an antidote to the gloomy urban centred post-punk scene of PiL, The Cure and the Banshees the Ryders kicked down the door of the early 80's with their wide open sound and kickass telecaster attack. Although they never really hit the big time or garnered the critical success of REM for a while in the early 80's it was touch and go as to which of the two would breakthrough. Like REM the Ryders were a phenomenal live band but unlike Georgia's finest they could play blistering guitar solos with punch and pace and this damn fine recording captures them at their peak hurtling through classics like Prairie Fire, Lights of Downtown, State of My Union and the brilliant early release 10-5-60 with an infectious punky energy.
If you're fan of early REM or the Paisley Underground or you love that classic" Rickenbacker sound" of the 60's then the Ryders' guitar attack and tales of the decay of the American Dream are well worth checking out.
If you're fan of early REM or the Paisley Underground or you love that classic" Rickenbacker sound" of the 60's then the Ryders' guitar attack and tales of the decay of the American Dream are well worth checking out.
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