- Audio CD (2 Aug 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Giant Electric Pea
- ASIN: B00000713H
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 209,111 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Sad to say, I purchased this album off eBay and was tempted to re-sell the same day!
The story goes that bootleg versions of the gig were doing the rounds and proving very popular, despite the poor sound quality. Therefore the band decided to issue a cleaned up official version. Hmmm, worth a listen then? Well, I have to say I was disappointed.
Although there is a taste of early IQ material to consider (it's largely a live version of `The Wake'), Peter Nicholls' vocals are strained and too often just off-key enough to grate. The balance of the instruments was certainly not what it should be, so quite how much effort was put into `cleaning' and balancing the live sound is anyone's guess. Why reviewers on other sites rave about this album is beyond me - we all have different tastes, I suppose, and `raw' is not mine.
I gave the album a few listens to see if it would grow on me. Frankly, it didn't. I have a growing number of IQ albums, both studio and live, old and new. As far as I am concerned, if you want to introduce yourself to IQ, there are much better albums with which to do so. This one was subsequently re-listed on eBay! Nuff said!
The story goes that bootleg versions of the gig were doing the rounds and proving very popular, despite the poor sound quality. Therefore the band decided to issue a cleaned up official version. Hmmm, worth a listen then? Well, I have to say I was disappointed.
Although there is a taste of early IQ material to consider (it's largely a live version of `The Wake'), Peter Nicholls' vocals are strained and too often just off-key enough to grate. The balance of the instruments was certainly not what it should be, so quite how much effort was put into `cleaning' and balancing the live sound is anyone's guess. Why reviewers on other sites rave about this album is beyond me - we all have different tastes, I suppose, and `raw' is not mine.
I gave the album a few listens to see if it would grow on me. Frankly, it didn't. I have a growing number of IQ albums, both studio and live, old and new. As far as I am concerned, if you want to introduce yourself to IQ, there are much better albums with which to do so. This one was subsequently re-listed on eBay! Nuff said!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A must !
8 Nov 2000
Format:Audio CD
Amidst the dull music of the 80's, bands like IQ, Marillion and Pendragon brought a breeze of talent into stage. This is a very good CD with live versions of songs belonging to its first period (basically "The wake" album). The only think I regret is the lack of a live performance of "The last human gateway" song that in my opinion is one of the best pieces of progressive rock ever written.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Darn! I am stupid
18 July 2003
Format:Audio CD
For years, I was searching for live version of a "Cure" song that I liked very much but I could not find it anywhere. That song was played on the radio recently and I grabbed lyrics here and there to look on the net. It wasn't the "Cure" but "IQ" playing the song "The thousand days". Oups what a mistake!
I started to listen the samples of this album and heard the song "The wake" that I also knew. Just thought it was a heavy metal band that was playing that song????? Big mistake again!
Now things are back in place and I can enjoy the hole album.
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