In the 1970's, Famed Japanese Percussionist/Composer Stomu Yamashta Recorded a Series of Legendary (And Long Out-of-print) Albums with his Go Ensemble that have Been a Holy Grail Among Aficionados of Jazz Fusion/Space Rock... more ». Raven Has Combined all Three Go Albums for "The Complete Go Sessions": Featuring Three Complete Albums: "go" (1976), the Double LP "go: Live from Paris" (1976) and "go Too" (1977) on a Double CD Set, Over 145 Minutes of Music with Superb Audio Quality. Yamashta Recorded These Albums with a Stellar Cast of English, European and American Musicians - a True East Meets West Collaboration of Tremendous Scope. Features Prominent Contributions from Master Musicians Steve Winwood, Al Dimeola, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Paul Buckmaster, Pat Thrall, Soul Diva Linda Lewis.« less
In the 1970's, Famed Japanese Percussionist/Composer Stomu Yamashta Recorded a Series of Legendary (And Long Out-of-print) Albums with his Go Ensemble that have Been a Holy Grail Among Aficionados of Jazz Fusion/Space Rock. Raven Has Combined all Three Go Albums for "The Complete Go Sessions": Featuring Three Complete Albums: "go" (1976), the Double LP "go: Live from Paris" (1976) and "go Too" (1977) on a Double CD Set, Over 145 Minutes of Music with Superb Audio Quality. Yamashta Recorded These Albums with a Stellar Cast of English, European and American Musicians - a True East Meets West Collaboration of Tremendous Scope. Features Prominent Contributions from Master Musicians Steve Winwood, Al Dimeola, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Paul Buckmaster, Pat Thrall, Soul Diva Linda Lewis.
CD Reviews
Good news - bad news !!
Jrgen Goy | 05/30/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"First the good one : The holy grail of many progressive rock fans is available on cd now. Fantastic music, great players !!
Now the bad news : There has not been any remastering. The sound of Go and Go Too is quite OK, but the audio quality of Live from Paris is horrible, quite like a seventies bootleg. Sounds like it is copied from an old, scratchy LP !
Why that ? What about the original tapes ? Shame on raven !!"
I Beg To Differ...
Robert Burns | Tallahassee, Florida United States | 08/02/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I have to disagree w/ the previous reviewer regarding the "bad news" part of this release.While the sound quality of the live recordings is not comparable to that of the studio tracks, it's nowhere as bad as "a scratchy bootleg LP " I will admit that I've never heard the original vinyl of "Go Live In Paris" so I can't compare it but, to my ears this release doesn't sound any worse than many official ( major label) live recordings of the same time period. The only bad news concerning this release ( for me ) is "Go Too " This is not due to anything Raven has done w/ this particular release ( like mastering or mixing ) but, rather because the music on this 2nd album just happens to be awful and bears no resemblance to the first album. But this is a small gripe considering how easy it is to push the "stop" button on my CD player.The "Go" & "Go Live.." material is beautiful.And it's nice to hear these tracks in the order that they were intended to be played (as they are presented live ).All in all it's a treat to have this stuff available on CD finally so, enjoy !"
Finally!
DW | chicago, IL | 01/21/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A Steve Winwood collection isn't complete without these classic tracks. Anyone who bought the Finer Things boxed set was shocked to learn that the album that Crossing The Line (live) came from was not available on CD. Now, not only is Go Live From Paris here but the original Go studio album and Go Too.
These remastered space jams and classic rock sound better than ever. The only annoying thing here is that the songs on Go [studio] and Go Live In Paris aren't separated. For example: album side one (7 tracks) is clumped together as track 1 on the CD.
"I got this Cd over a recomendation of a friend of mine who told me it was very good and with that line up I was very curious about it. Al Dimeola who needs no introduction, Steve Winwood from Traffic, German Electronica pioneer Klaus Schulze (Cosmic Jokers, Tangerine Dream), Ex Santana's drummer Michael Shrieve contributes with Stomu Yamashta in this really mind blowing Space/Fusion/Jazz/Rock stravaganza that makes this CD a must. Highly recommended"
Very Good
Lou Scrobogna | sunbury, victoria Australia | 02/11/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought the original GO and GO TOO brand new on LP Vinyl many years ago unfortunate couldn't find the Live in Paris version and the GO sesions on CD till now all in one and only if was digitally re mastered I would give it a 5/5 still a pretty good album 4 and a half out of 5 so if your into jazzrock fusion and like Aldi Meola's guitar playing as much as I do is worth buying recommended ."
Track Listings (36) - Disc #1