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Not The Holy Grail!

PHILIP S WOLF | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA | 11/30/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Early in 2007, the news of the Release of a Live Bad Company Show from The 1976 {The "Run With The Pack" Tour} was for me a Big Deal. I was in attendance for the San Francisco Show at Winterland and saw The Chaps in all their Full Glory. The Big Deal at this Point in Time was The Nation's 200th Birthday Party, But for a lot of us this a chance to see Bad Company {At this Time at the Peak of Popularity} was EVEN MORE important! This was the Most Expensive Ticket I had ever purchased for a Winterland Show at $5.00, and as it would seem like quite the Bargain today, this raised lot's of debate amoung my fellow Concert Pals at the time!



I remember Boz in his Big Hat, Mick Ralphs {My Guitar Hero} with a Big Smile on his Face, Simon was Shirtless & Sweaty Behind his Drumkit and Paul Rodgers with a Piano with a Skull & Crossbones Flag drapped over it (Jolly Rodgers, Get it?}. Besides Led Zeppelin, in 1976, Bad Company could have been the Most Popular Rock Band on the Planet. Selections from all Three Zillion Selling Albums were Played that Night. The Third LP: "Run With The Pack" could be heard Everywhere over the Summer of 1976.



Now here we are Late into 2007, and I was able to Purchase a Copy of: "Live Albuquerque, NM, USA-1976". Even with Two CD's there is a Problem...This is not The Entire Show! My Favorite Song of this Concert is not included herein and that was a Pristine reading of: "Silver, Blue and Gold". Also Missing from the Encore is: "Movin' On". Yeah, I was at Winterland and not in New Mexico, but Bad Company played the very same Set every night, and I'll Bet you that the Band Performed these Tunes in Alburquerque. I have a Theory as to why they are not here and that is that The Source Tape of this Show that Mick Ralphs recieved from the Sound Board is a Standard Cassette 90, Tape. The Total Time of the Two CD's of this Release are just over 91 Minutes in Total Length {You always get up to 2 Extra minutes overlap on each Side of an Cassette}. "Silver, Blue & Gold" was in the Middle of my San Francisco Concert {Right before, the band played; "Run With The Pack". They Flipped the Tape right in the Middle of: "Siver, Blue & Gold", so because of a Tape Gap that couldn't be Corrected it was left off this release. The Loss of: "Movin' On" is easier to explain as the Cassette ran out of Time before it was Played at the very end of The Show.



This might seem like a Minor Point to you, But, if your are planning to Spend $100.00 or more for a copy of this "Un-Official" Release, {How, Many of these ARE out there?} it is of concern. I also thought after all the Five Star Reviews, raving of the Greatness of these CD's that the Sound Quality would be Stellar, well it Ain't, but it is Passable in the Sonic Department {It Sounds like a High-Quality Bootleg Copy}. And My next Theory is that Mick's 30 Year Old Cassette Tape was not Mixed as well as it should have been on the Board at the Night of this Show. I would also like to say that Angel Air, most likely Worked their Butt's off to get the Source Recording to sound this Good.



Mick wanted this one to see a Proper Release, but Paul Rodgers Vetoed that from taking place as he wasn't Happy with Some of the Vocals you Hear {And he is Looking out for his Bandmates, as The Backing Vocals are The Problem, NOT the Lead Vocals!}.



This was a Pricey Purchase, but as Plenty of Inferior Bootlegs of Live Bad Company have been out there for 30 Years now, as of right now this is THE Live Bad Company Set to Own.



The Other Reviewers are NOT gonna be Too Pleased with my Comments, But this is The Truth. I would not consider my Review of this release to be Helpful to others if I Just 'Gushed-On' about it's Greatness and didn't give you The: "Straight Shooter", Facts about this Package. It's getting: 3.5 Stars from me. I'm glad to Own it...But, The Definitive, Live Bad Company Show isn't available on CD... Well, Yet!



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Bad Co. GOOD

R. Cordisco | Pittsburgh, Pa. USA | 06/17/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this set about a year ago and have not stopped loving it yet, i dont care whats not on it I love what is. i saw this tour in 76 in Pittsburgh and I now have something better than a very small t-shirt to remember the show. Bad Co. (my favorite band of all time & Paul Rodgers my favorite vocalist of all time) are in great form here, the sound quality is Great the songs are great I dont think this should be graded on "a complete set" enjoy what we have. This is a great package for hardcore Bad Co. fans or anyone that did not get a chance to see this GREAT band at their peak. I had a bootleg of Bad Co. live in Boston 76 but this is far superior (and by the way the booklet and photo's are fantastic. I only hope there's some film of 70's Bad Co. floating around out there. Buy this package (it's pricey) before it disappears."