Sound 9.5
Packaging 10
Performance 9
Video 10
- Label
- Acid Projects 027-1
- Source
- Track 1: Musicland St.Munich, 30 March 75 Track 2: Musicland, Munich 25 March 75, Track 3: Musicland St. Munich 15 December 74, Track 4: Musicland St.Munich 31 March 75, Track 5: Musicland St.Munich 2 April 75, Track 6: De Doelen, Rotterdam 23 January 75, Tracks 7,8: De Doelen St. Rotterdam 22 January-9 February 75, overdubs Pathe Marconi St. Boulange Billancourt Oct.-Dec.80, Track 9: Musicland St.Munich 29 March 75, Tracks 10,11: Musicland St.Munich 7-15 Dec.74, Track 12: Musicland St.Munich 12 Dec.74. Bootleg Sources, Track 1: Ship Dip Blues (OBR 479032), Tracks 2-4,9,12: Outtakes 74 –75 (E.Rare R 002), Tracks 5,6: Munichland Melodies (MM 7401), Tracks 7,8: Black And Blue Outtakes (R.Yell Factory 009) Tracks 10,11: Static In The Attic (MB – 084).
- Format
- 1 downlioad cdr
- Running time
- 75.40
- Sound / source
- Soundboard Stereo, except for Tracks 8,10: Soundboard mono.
- Packaging
- single slimline jewel case
- Features
- Video / source
Track list
1. Hot Stuff, 2. Hand Of
Fate, 3. Cherry Oh Baby, 4. Memory Motel, 5. Hey Negrita, 6. Melody 1, 7. Slave
1, 8. Worried About You, 9. Crazy Mama 1, 10. I Got A Letter 1, 11. Act
Together 1, 12. Fool To Cry 1.
The review
This is a not a new
release from Captain Acid, but an upgrade of the 2015 version that presents
outtakes from the Black and Blue period in 3 volumes. This reworked version is
9 seconds longer but certainly better sounding, all tracks come from known bootlegs
(see sources) but some have been replaced using Session tapes from 74-75 (all
remastered again): in particular tracks 2,3,4,5,6,9,12 have been remastered. In
the previous version in order to have the final cut of some tracks, two
different files were used; for example, some songs sounded better but were not
complete, so different sources were used to make them complete; this was heard
in particular after about 3 minutes into the instrumental take of Memory Motel,
however here such difference is not that evident; also, Crazy Mama here is in
stereo and particularly good sounding are I Got A Letter and Act Together. The
title for this release Smack & Blow has been chosen in consideration of the
drugs of choice by the Glimmer Twins at the time, not to forget that it sounds
similar to Black And Blue. Contrary to the previous version no hiss in the
background on Hot Stuff. Most of the other tracks are great sounding and it is
a pleasure to listen to them. Artwork has been created and upgraded with new
info by Mr. D.
Published Jan 30, 2021 - 2:51:48 AM
