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First Barbarians: Live From Kilburn (W/Dvd)

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For any Stones/Faces/Rod Stewart/Willie Weeks fan, this is a must. There's not that much video footage (legally) released of Faces, so to see Ron Wood, Ian McLagan and, on three songs, Rod Stewart, it's a treat. However, don't expect the high audio and visual quality associated with today's concert DVDs. The picture alternates between videotape (color) and what looks like film (black and white), sometimes in the same exact shot/camera angle. The color footage looks like old videotape, while the black and white footage looks like pretty good quality film, although one can still see videotape-like flaws (horiznontal lines, drop outs) in the film portions. The camerawork alternates from so-so to fantastic. Sound is pretty decent, but sounds kind of bassy, like an old cassette tape. Willie Weeks' bassplaying is amazing, as is Andy Newmarks' drumming. It's great to see Wood be a true band leader, something he rarely did in Faces and something he's never done in the Stones.

The sight of Richards playing electric piano on one tune is cool, as is the keyboard work of Faces piano-hitter Ian McLagan.

B+

Great sloppy rock & Roll recorded live right after Ron Wood finished his first solo album "I've got my own album to do",with everybody on that album including Rod Stewart performing. The DVD is good and it captures these Rock & Rollers at the peak of their powers. I wish Ron Wood still played like this.

I enjoyed the CD/DVD very much. Seeing how Ronnie & Kieth guitar weave before ronnie joined the stones was a real treat. The music and jamming is really good. Of course the quality of the picture and music is not the greatest but it is better the good. Overall a good product with some great musicians performing some good music. I reccomend.

In celebration of the release of his first solo album, I've Got My Own Album To Do, Ronnie Wood got some friends together for a gig on July 14, 1974, at the Kilburn Gaumont State Theatre in London.

And what a party it was, with a sizzling set that literally tore the roof off the joint.

Released on Wood's Wooden Records, the CD/DVD is the complete show, which featured Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Ian McLagan (keyboards), Andy Newmark (drums) and Wille Weeks (bass), with Rod Stewart dropping by for the festivities.

An 8-page booklet penned by Wood - with a number of photographs - is a special touch which shows that thought and time went into the entire production of this release. It is a concert gem that has been given a proper forum to shine.

It's the Ronnie Wood's presentation as himself, not like a Stone nor Stewart's guitarrist. It's a fantastic historic document with a few technical failures of its time, but a great piece of the R'n'R history. I'm proud of being a Stones fan and I'm proud of the greatest Saint Ronnie's work publihed ever.

Great treat to see them on stage, but I agree the audio is not the greatest and video goes from B&W to color but mostly is B&W.