Genre: soul
Rating: 3 stars ***
Tiitle: Live At Tipitina's Volume II
Company: Spindletop
Catalog:
Year: 1982
Country/State: New Orleans, Louisiana
Grade (cover/record): VG / VG
Comments: --
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4953
Price: $10.00
The marketing concept behind this one's lost on me - why didn't they simply opt to release a killer double LP concert set ???
Recorded at the same September 1982 concert as "Live At Tipitina's Volume I", the ten tracks on "Live At Tipitina's Volume II" are almost as impressive. Once again produced by David Torkankowsky, this time around the song selection may not have been as well known as on Volume 1, but the performances on tracks like the rockin' opener 'Wishin'' (brother Cyril kickin' the crap out of the song), the reggae influenced 'Everybody's Got To Wake Up' and 'Little Liza Jane' were just as good. It's a minor complaint, but the post-production work seems to have smoothed out some of the group's edges, occasionally threatening to turn them into Kool and the Gang ('Dance Your Blues Away'). Those edges made them a unique live act. The crappy mix on audience noise is also an ongoing distraction.
"Live At
Tipitina's Volume II" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Wishin' (Cyril Neville - Daryl Johnson) - 3:31
2.) Rock & Roll Medley - 4:12
3.) All Over Again (unknown) - 2:43
4.) Everybody's Got To Wake Up (Cyril Neville - Bryan Stoltz) - 3:34
5.) Dance Your
Blues Away (Ivan Neville) - 6:02
(side
2)
1.) Little Liza Jane (public domain) - 3:54
2.) Wildflower (unknown) - 4:54
3.) My Girl (Smokey Robinson - Ronald White) - 3:50
4.) Riverside (unknown) - 3:54
5.) Saib's Groove (Daryl Johnson) - 3:35