Customer Reviews

Down Gina's at 3

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Let me start out by saying I own every Holly Golightly CD, but this is the one I listen to the most. Why? Because it is perfect "rockin'-blues". Great music played in a venue where the blues are meant to be played. A smokey bar, glasses tinkling, rowdy fans, and all of the fun (emphasis on fun) of a live show. This is a nice cross section of Holly tunes played like they should be. It's very intimate. Very immediate. Very real.

I'm not sure I get the comments about the bad mastering. It is actually mastered very well. (the recording volume is a bit higher than average though) Perhaps what was meant was editing. But, this is a live recording, and that's what you get. It sounds and feels very live. All the cheers, jeers, mis-fires, bar-room acoustics and banter. (and a slightly boistrous sound man) It's not "clean", but the sound is spot on, and very warm. I dislike the "live" recordings that have been edited and cleaned up to such a degree that they really sound more like a studio recording with an applause track. With this one you can turn up the volume, pour yourself a bourbon, close your eyes, and you are there in the crowd with Holly fifteen feet in front of you.

I've never been lucky enough to see Holly perform live (yet), but with this recording I feel like I have. And she is fantastic.

If you like Holly Golightly's music then you will not be disappointed with this album. The reviewers who gave this album low ratings because of quality must have missed that this is a LIVE album. Yes, you can hear people talking in the back ground and glasses clinking but that's half the appeal. You can tell it was recorded at a small intimate venue. It's definitely not a polished studio album but that should be obvious. As far as live albums go the quality is just fine. The small interactions between the band and the crowd are a cute addition to the music which is well played.

This CD is very listenable ! It's as good as Up The Empire. It was recorded purposely on an older recording device -- the way Holly wanted it done ! It's like a very good bootleg ! The only thing I wish was caught on the recording was the Jack White w/Holly doing Louie Louie at the end of the show but the reel to reel recording ran out of tape ! Ugggh !

Just a quick note to say that this is by far the worst mastered CD I have come across. As much as I wanted to I could not listen to a single song in full. This is no reflection on Holly's music or performance - just a quality of the recording itself...

This is really horrible. Avoid at all costs. A really bad lo-fi (as in really lo-fi in the bad sense) live recording. I had heard lots of positive things about her but this must probably not be the place to staer. It is also one of the recordings you find in the shops. Maybe acceptable as comedy, but unfortunately it is dead serious.