Vitae Lux - Yorkshire Building Society Band (The)

Advantages: genius
Disadvantages: little variety between songs (but if it aint broke dont fix it)

...If you have never heard of The Living End, please sit tight as I introduce you to one of the most talented rock bands I have ever heard. The Living End (a 3-piece from Australia) are refreshing as unlike so many bands these days the focus really does seem to be on the music. There are strong guitar parts and bass lines you can actually hear (the bass player plays a double bass rather than a bass guitar) on every song, and pure instrumental tracks that don’t just sound like a token afterthought. They really are fantastic musicians who don’t need to hide behind pretty, thoughtful lyrics, although they do have some great lyrics as well. The lead singer finds his voice somewhere between singing and shouting, masculine without being noisy and hurting your head. It seems to me like this is a band who actually have something to say... Read review

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Advantages: Please see the 18 million below.... Mwah!!
Disadvantages: None. At all.

...in the beginning he was more popular here than at home in his native America. He later swept home with this success and shot to fame; Woodstock didn't do him any great damage either! Brought to England by Chas Chandler in 1966 to recruit musicians and start his first band. 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience' formed in London in 1966, and with whom most of the album songs are performed, comprised of two others: - Noel Redding, a rocky lead guitarist who switched to base guitar, and provided some backing vocals on a few tracks; - Mitch Mitchell, a young jazz drummer who had previously worked with Georgie Fame. Jimi later worked with two old friends Billy Cox and Buddy Miles to form 'Band of Gypsys' but are generally considered far inferior to the previous band. They still make the album however, with tracks 14 and 15 on the studio album. And the best bit... Read review

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Advantages: excellent music, history recorded, Dylan at war with the audience, unique expirence
Disadvantages: addictive, NONE!

.... He plants his songs in your head with remarkable precision, and still he keeps hold of his noble view that everyone should trust themselves and not worship people like himself. This feature in Dylan's live ability becomes very important to understand when listening to the 1966 bootleg performance. Perhaps you can only truly appreciate what is happening in the audience if you have sat before Dylan and experienced him. But you can get a very good idea without knowing first hand such is the power of the 1966 recording. I kept putting off buying this album because I thought it was going to be 'special' and I spent about two years potentially building myself up for a massive disappointment. Surely nothing could live up to all the hype this album had received? Well let me set this out for you. ...Actual name of album: "The Bootleg... Read review

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