PLAYIN' BLUES 'N' BOOGIE

Sound 8.5 Packaging 9 Performance 7.5 Video

Label: Breakdown 485 A/B
Source: Disc One and Disc Two Tracks 1-2: Palasport, Firenze 27th October 1981; Tracks 3-9: Kiel 3rd November 1981 (on cover 11th November 1981)
Format: 2 cdrs
Running time: 66.23/74.30
Sound / source: Disc One and Disc Two, Tracks 1,2: Audience Stereo; Tracks 3-9: Soundboard stereo
Packaging: Double Slimline Jewel case
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Review by RICCAR99 More articles by RICCAR99

Track list

Disc One: 1. Band Introduction-One Of These Days, 2. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, 3. Love Like A Man, 4. Slow Blues In C, 5. Going Through The Door, 6. Slow Down, 7. Can't Stop, 8. I'm Writing You A Letter, 9. Just Another Boogie (Boogie on cover), 10. Help Me.

Disc Two: 1. I'm Going Home, 2. Choo Choo Mama, 3. Honey Pie, 4. Slow Blues In C, 5. Going Through The Door, 6. Can't Stop, 7. Just Another Boogie, 8. Help Me, 9. Love Like A Man.

The review

Alvin Lee and Mick Taylor's Euro tour opened in Italy on the 26^th of October in Torino and this recording presents the following show that happened in Firenze. A recording of the concert was available and actually released on Live in Firenze by Slay Dog Records on a single disc lacking the last number: it was called soundboard but it is actually same as this: an excellent audience recording. The line up has Alvin Lee with Mick Taylor on guitar alongside Calvin Fuzzy Samuels on bass and Tom Compton on drums. One of the best songs is Sonny Boy Williamson "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" that follows and features great guitar solo in the middle and ending; Taylor comes on stage on "Going Through The Door" introduced by Lee. Disc Two starts with a 1\7 minutes version of "Going Home" Alvin Lee warhorse since Woodstock days, the concert ends with a great version of "Choo Choo Mama" a short boogie in usual Lee style.

Included in this release is the well known soundboard recording from Kiel added most likely to fill up the rest of Disc Two. Packaging is quite good except for some mistakes on back cover line up that has a Mick Taylor fetured on bass instead of Calvin Samuels and an additional guitarist (Steve Gould) who wasn't there at all.