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Extended Versions

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This album is a huge disappointment because of Jimi Jamison's vocals. To say he had an "off night" is an understatement. Survivor is one of my four favorite bands and I've seen them in concert several times. I've never heard Jimi sound anything like this. He missed more notes than he hit. Surely there are other recorded concerts that could have been released as a live album. The rest of the album sounds fine. This concert was obviously in support of their Vital Signs album but I would like to hear a live album that has some songs from When Seconds Count and Too Hot To Sleep. Maybe the band can put something together from a concert supporting Reach. I am not aware of any other live CDs from Survivor - that is the only reason I can imagine purchasing this train wreck.

Fans of Survivor will enjoy this one. Taken from the Live in Japan video, this concert showcases the Vital Signs tour. Great sound quality and a good selection of songs including I'm not that man anymore, and Caught in the Game. Don't let the cheap packaging fool you, if you like Survivor with Jim Jamison then you definatly will want to add this to your collection.

I am a huge Survivor fan and can listen to the album cuts of Jimi Jameson's voice for hours on end, so I wish I could be as as forgiving as the previous reviewer. I'm a musician and know that most all of us will have bad performances, times when we count our lucky stars that no one was recording. Sadly much of this album sounds like one of those times. Frankly I'm shocked that this was released. The vocals are so bad I feel cheated even though I only paid $7 for it. The instrumental playing is excellent though.

Survivor extended versions is most of a concert, minus two songs, from their Vital Signs tour in Tokyo 1985. Overall the concert is good! Yes, it's ture Jimi's vocals are not as good as they are on albums, but considering in 85 they were at the peak of their popularity and most likely playing almost every night. Majority of the tracks come from Vital Signs. With a couple from Eye of the Tiger, and the title track from Caught in the Game as well. This is an outstanding cd for the price. I do agree with one of the other reviewers, that it would be nice to have a live album that covers their whole career.

I love Survivor and I was looking forward to this cd.What a disappointment.Jim Jamison's voice is so strained,he has a hard time to stay in tune and most of the time he can not. It is hard to listen these great songs like this.Sound like an amateur band.Buy the studio albums,not this awful live cd.

It has been noted that Jimi's vocal ability leads a little to be desired in this live recording. His voice does crack at certain times, and does not quite hit the high notes. But the album is still a great and pleasant one to listen to, I choose to believe that since ALL his other performances that I have listened to are a stellar performance,his voice must have been tired from night after night of performances, interviews etc etc. His voice at No point gets on your nerves!

I like Survivor and have most of their cd's. This is a live cd, warts and all. I like it because of the honest performance, Jimi Jameson's voice is mostly great, but he occasionally hits a flat note or his voice cracks. I saw them in concert once and this reflects the show I saw, and liked, accurately. If you're a fan of live cd's and Survivor, you should like most of the performances here. Otherwise, buy the greatest hits.

"I Can't Hold Back?" This was one of their biggest hits and it was omitted from this CD. They certainly played this song at this show and it doesn't show up here. Most everything else is here from this show and it's nice to have live versions of them but "I Can't Hold Back" is a must. Come on guys...re-release this CD in with every song.

Jimi Jamison the voice of survivor brings a crisp rock sound like no other this collection is mainly the songs used for the encores at the end of concerts really great songs Im not that Man Anymore is one of my favorites very rich vocals . Susan King