The Complete Live At Raji's [Expanded] [Extra tracks, Live, Original recording remastered]

Dream Syndicate | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Extra tracks, Live, Original recording remastered
• Label: Restless Records
• ASIN: B0001VJ6QW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,582 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

2. Still Holding On To You

3. Forest For The Trees

4. Until Lately

5. That's What You Always Say

6. When You Smile

7. Burn

8. All Along The Watchtower

9. Tell Me When It's Over

Disc: 2

1. Merrittville

2. The Days Of Wine And Roses

3. The Medicine Show

4. Halloween

5. Boston

6. John Coltrane Stereo Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars rocks hard and mighty, July 30, 2004

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D. R Smyers (dallas, tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Live At Raji's [Expanded] (Audio CD)

Amazing sounding reissue of classic live blast. Really, this is one of the best sounding live albums I have ever heard. The set list is fantastic, the audience in prime form, and the band can't get more committed. Searing solos, bouncing feedback, a rhythm section that will tear your heart out: this has it all. It makes you sad thinking that this group of individuals may never record again. Steve Wynn's solo stuff is OK, but this document is an essential part of any true understanding of american popular music. Most of the songs come from either "Days of Wine and Roses" or "Medicine Show" and the sonic assult of "Halloween" is quite possibly the best redition EVER. I can't recommend this enough. I can't stop listening to it even though I've heard all the songs a thousand times. It's the real deal.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute stonker!, July 9, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Live At Raji's [Expanded] (Audio CD)

One of the very few bands who ever produced a vital live album. This is an incendiary piece of work - a great band captured at the peak of their powers. In the studio the Dream Syndicate could sometimes sound restrained and mannered, here the hounds of hell rip havoc all over the shop. This is a vital recording of one of the great American bands of the 1980's. Buy it!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Next best thing to being there, November 23, 2007

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Carey (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Live At Raji's [Expanded] (Audio CD)

If you are already a fan of this great band and don't have this CD; you must buy this. I thought the original release was already great. This one sounds even better. Steve Wynn is a man of many moods and influences which permeate his music--however, he puts a spin to whatever the influence is. This is what I've found so great about him and have followed his career for years. Being a great fan of theirs and the Paisley Underground, I flew to LA just to see this show. The crowd was small (189 people) but it didn't stop them from playing the songs fiercely as if there were thousands.

Steve Wynn is a chameleon and isn't known for being a "great singer." That doesn't matter to me because it's made up in passion. I can find a Steve Wynn song for every mood. And you can never tell what he is going to do. I've seen them and him numerous times and each show is different. Paul Cutler, Dennis Duck and Mark Walton along with Steve always played their parts with intensity. I think that the band was in a "classic rock" phase when this was made (lot's of Peter Frampton quips). Check out the difference in "When You Smile" from the studio version. I wouldn't expect to hear too much of the sound from the first CD if that's what you are looking for. He grew out of that pretty quick. Nevertheless, "The Days of Wine and Roses" is just smokin'. Peter Case guested on "John Coltrane Stereo Blues" playing harmonica and that was one of several of the high points during the show. To have a live version of "Until Lately" is thrilling because they didn't perform that song very often. I've enjoyed all of their CDs as well as Steve's solo stuff so I LOVE this CD. When you consider that when this was recorded, they were pretty down and out and near the end of their existence as band and had no big budget, were recording for an indie label, etc., you would expect a subpar product. Yet the outcome was a fabulous show. Even if you didn't particularly like them, you won't believe how great this sounds.