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out of all the music i have (300 cd's) pure prarie league is one of my favorites. but out of all their albums there is no doubt that "live takin'the stage" is their best work. it is the only live album that i'll listen to. put concert classics vol. 1 back on the shelf and pull "live takin'the stage" back off the shelf and reissue that one,please!

This CD was a very bad offering. It was nothing like the live album Takin' the Stage. The only decent song was Two Lane Highway.

Since RCA decided to discontinue PPL's live album on CD - Takin' the Stage - this was a promising disk. If you read the reviews of the studio disks, fans agree that PPL is a 5 star band. This disk has their best line-up and a great songlist spanning their career. But man, something bad happened in the production studio. Very uneven sound mixing has Vince Gill sounding like he is singing some of the songs in a box. On the encore song, the horns sound downright obnoxous and it seems like the sound mixers took turns deciding who's instrument should be obliterated on each song. Too bad, really.

I guess I must be one of the rare people who enjoys PPL with and without Vince Gill. If your looking for some rare Vince this cd is excellent and the music is very influenced by Vince's style. The sound is near studio quality. Much of the show comes from the Can't hold back LP. I have another radio broadcast of them from the same period. The setlist is better and they close with Freeborn man. Too bad the sound quailty is so poor.

This album didn't get close to the real League,If you want a live album Live Takin The Stage is it. I would run not walk to buy it if they would re-issue it.

Since RCA decided to discontinue PPL's live album on CD - Takin' the Stage - this was a promising disk. If you read the reviews of the studio disks, fans agree that PPL is a 5 star band. This disk has their best line-up and a great songlist spanning their career. But man, something bad happened in the production studio. Very uneven sound mixing has Vince Gill sounding like he is singing some of the songs in a box. On the encore song, the horns sound downright obnoxous and it seems like the sound mixers took turns deciding who's instrument should be obliterated on each song. Too bad, really.

I am trying very hard to find the original album title I can't hold back ( i think this is the title)to no avail. This album has white line, misery train,can't hold back etc. I am not sure I like the concert classics vol. version. Can anyone help me ?

I have been listening to Pure Praire League for a lot of years. I have been trying to find an album they did which Vince Gill played on called Taking the Stage. Has this album been put on CD and if not why.