30th Anniversary Tour: Live in Europe

George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 19, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Eagle Records
• ASIN: B0006210Z6
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

With a sound straight out of the 1950's Chicago Blues scene, George Thorogood and the Destroyers have been bringing their high energy live show to the four corners of the world. Filmed in May 2004 in London, Thorogood and company treat fans to songs that are as American as apple pie, baseball, and, well, George Thorogood. Includes "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", "Bad To The Bone", "I Drink Alone", "Who Do You Love", and more!

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Buddy Leach is no Hank Carter, July 30, 2009

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A. Carranza (Johns Creek, GA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live in Europe (Audio CD)

Two problems with this release:

1) The mastering is atrocious. The sound signal has been compressed to such an extent that there is audible distortion from the beginning of the recording to end. It is so bad that the first time I played this CD in my car I thought the CD player had broken. The record company should be ashamed of releasing such an inferior product, and the mastering engineer should be summarily fired and never allowed to work in the business again.
2) Buddy Leach's performance on every song on which he didn't originally play on is awful. All the sax solos are very different and far, far from good. Think of a replacement singer improvising new lyrics to classic songs night after night and you'll get an idea of what these songs sound like. The sax solo on Night Time is gone in its entirety and replaced by a guitar solo. One wonders if Leach's attempt at a solo during rehearsals sounded so bad that not even Uncle George could stomach it. It does truly ruin every song.

I love George and the Destroyers, I have every album and I've seen every tour for the past 16 years, but I absolutely, 100% hate this album. I can't stand listening to it. If you want good Thorogood live, get the LIVE, Let's Work Together and Live in '99 albums. Skip this one!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Live George Is The Best George, March 21, 2007

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The Bluze Brother "Joliet Jayke" (Sweet Home Shy Town) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live in Europe (Audio CD)

George is at his best when he is live in my opinion. All the songs on the cd I have some where else but NOT LIVE. I get off on live George. He just makes the house rock. I crank it up until the walls shake, the windows rattle, the tweeters and woofers are going nuts and then just sit back and enjoy George and the Delaware Destroyer...nothing pretentious here. George gives his band due credit and they all rock and rock and rock. After a session with George my adrenaline is up but I am wore out. In this compilation he did a few live songs that I had never heard live - Night Time, Don't Let The Bossman Get You Down, Greedy Man, The Fixer, and That's It I Quit. His classics Who Do You Love, I Drink Alone, 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, 1 Beer and Rockin My Live Away are fantastic but what gassed me was his live version of The Sky Is Crying (man Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor and Jimmy Reed would be proud of him). Go buy it and see what happens to you. Betcha the same thing.

5.0 out of 5 stars "And away we go!", October 12, 2005

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S. O'Toole (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 30th Anniversary Tour: Live in Europe (Audio CD)

Thirty years of Destroyers rock 'n' roll is featured on one of the best live discs George has released (behind "Let's Work Together").
The track listing is routine stuff by now but the production is excellent and the performance is tight. Much better than "Live in '99".
If you're a Destroyers fan this is the live CD you'll be playing, if you're new to Thorogood this is a great introduction and a document of one of the greatest rock 'n' roll bands in history.