This double
disc set is a great uncirculated recording of an e
xcellent show: there has been just the need to
edit the tracks, equilibrate the channels,
giving slightly more depth to the sound and prepare
the discs to be burned as well as create the covers. The line-up here features
Mick Taylor on guitar and vocals, Max Middleton on keyboards, Robert Ahwai on guitar,
Michael Bailey on bass and Martin Ditcham on drums (who has also played on
Undercover). This is classical Taylor solo
material and the beauty of the recording enhances the pleasure in listening to the
wonderful playing: nirvana for Taylor
collectors. After solid performances of Secret Affair and Twisted Sister Disc
One highlight is certainly the 15 minutes version of You Gotta Move
where Taylor s guitars shines well supported
by Robert Ahwai who is allowed to play a solo around 9.40 minutes into the
song.
A Stone s
Throw was just 3 years old at those times, but Taylor invites the audience to buy it at a
stall close by, just in case. Martin Ditcham has lots of room to play drum
solos during Goin South that opens Disc Two as well as the other band members
this time lasting almost 25 minutes. That is followed by You Shook Me and not,
as incorrectly written on back cover, by Blues In The Morning; another mistake
being the so called Band Introduction 2 listed at track 6 on Disc Two which
does not exist, the track is just the beginning of Boogie Man.
Packaging
is essential but nice, with just one photo on back cover of the concert hall,
however front cover has the same side colour of the Hamburg 97 concert and,
frankly, the building where the concert was held
is really ugly, probably a Taylor on stage shot would have been better.
