Big Towne 2061 [Import, Original recording remastered]

Paris (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 9, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Zoom Club
• ASIN: B00005B4GR
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Robin

2. Big Towne 2061

3. Pale Horse Pale Rider

4. New Orleans

5. Outlaw Game

6. Money Love

7. Heart Of Stone

8. Slave Trader

9. 1 In 10

10. Janie

Editorial Reviews

UK reissue of 1976 album for short-lived power trio featuring Bob Welch formerly of Fleetwood Mac, former Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick and former Nazz drummer Thom Mooney. 2001 release. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Second effort by a great but unsung group, April 29, 2008

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Gareth Davies-Morris "dodgem-dude" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Towne 2061 (Audio CD)

Sophomore release from Bob Welch's short-lived power trio. If you've found this you probably know the history: ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist who graced some of their best pre-Buckingham/Nicks stuff (Bare Trees, Mystery To Me, etc.) forms group with ex-Tull bassist Glen Cornick, sets out to replicate Zeppelin -- and does! The consensus on this album is that it's closer to his Fleetwood Mac stylings than what's on the extraordinary debut, which sounds like some unreleased third disc to Physical Graffiti. In part that's because Ex-Nazz drummer Thom Mooney's cleared out, taking his Bonham-isms with him, and the new man on the traps, Hunt Sales (ex-Runt, future Tin Machine) doesn't have that style at all. Also, Welch has turned down the guitars and layered on the vocals. Nonetheless, the songs are as lyrical and melodic as anything else he's written, just not as heavy as what's on the first album. It still rocks (Blue Robin, Money Love, the title track) but with a funkier, groovier sound. The record closes magnificently, too: Janie is as good as anything on the debut -- it's this album's Narrow Gate, you could say. Great sci-fi artwork, as well. Get it!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still Ahead of it's Time (and Space), November 14, 2004

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Thaddeus B. Rosemyer "Thad R." (Massena, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Towne 2061 (Audio CD)

What a band! Just listen to this LP: it's got everything good about the mid-70s--it's progressive, funky, heavy. If u dig Captain Beyond, Bob Welch's F. Mac, Atomic Rooster w/Farlowe, or Birth Control then check these guys out. It's a virtual supergroup--Welch, Cornick & Mooney. Get their 1st LP, too.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Big Sound, 2061, March 26, 2001

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This review is from: Big Towne 2061 (Audio CD)

Bob Welch ESSENCE! Welch fans will love the continuation and refinement of his sound which began to be recognizeable in the earlier Fleetwood Mac albums like "Mystery To Me" & "Heroes Are Hard To Find" in the mid-70s.

Very bluesey, very dreamy, very Welch!

Enjoy!

Lenny