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Got Live If You Want It

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This album was a rip-off, and the Stones knew it. If you use the balance you'll notice that on one side there's the band and audience noise, and on the other there's Mick and Keith's overdubbed vocals[pretty lame one's too].Some songs aren't even live, it's the studio version on one side and screaming chicks on the other. Can you believe that crap. A bunch of screaming chicks. Supposedly there's an album by the same name that was released in England at about the same time which is the real deal. The reason I'm writing this review is because I punched up this title on the off chance I would find this elusive gem, and that somewhere on this web thing somebody has it and wants to sell it, I read I could leave a review, and in the interests of Stones fans everywhere I'm warning you. Sad but true, this one stinks. Probably when they sell all the copies of this piece of garbage they'll release the good one. I don't know what these other poeple reviewing this are on but it must be alright to be making this album sound good. I don't mean to be so passionate about it but, imagine your twelve years old, it's 1976, there's nothing but disco on the radio and T.V., "Love You Live" won't be out for two more years, you've discovered the Stones and you've been listening to "Out Of Our Heads' and "12 x 5" for the past six months, you find this album in the rack, bring it home, put the needle on the record and you hear this. THIS! What a let down. The disapointment is almost palatable. It just goes to show ya, a fanatic will buy anything. Rock and Roll.

I agree that this album is a true relic of the works of the Roling Stones. The songs "Under My Thumb" and "Get Under My Cloud" were played beautifully-as if they were played in one setting and time.

Of course, "Lady Jane" is a true classic that is etched in my mind for years to come. Here,g uitarist Keith Richards played a gentle lead-accompanied by one of the greatest instrumentalists of rock history-Brian Jones (may he rest in peace), using a dulcimer that was audiable even while playing live.Let us not forget the R&B classic "Not Fade Away";of course Mick Jaggar played his heart out(as usual).Throughout the rest of the CD, bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts(banging the cymbals as always)did their parts quite well throughout the entire Cd-as well as Richards,Jagger, and Jones.And who can forget "Satisfaction" and "Time is on My Side"-considering being performed circa 1966.

This is all of the good points that I can find while listening to this relic. With the exception of the first two tracks, ALL of the other songs were fragmented together. This "fragmentation" job of editing was pathetic.If one could piece together several tracks of different authenticity, he could had done a better job-even to the 1960s standards.

Also, the "opening drum sequence(7 seconds)" before "The Last Time" is what I am talking about. That drumming sequence,before the first three chords of "The Last Time" sounded like the opening sequence of "I Ca't Get No Satisfaction" instead of the latter.

I also share my fellow reviewers'comments on tracks four and five. I thought that this was suposed to be a TOTALLY LIVE album.What a dissapointment.

Personally, despite the numerous flaws in the production, this CD is still a fine relic that you can capture the Roling Stones while they were still getting started in their fine career.I hope that other Rolling Stones fans will concur.

Got Live was the first Stones album I heard in its entirety when I was about 11 years old. My older brothers eventually had all the Stones records and I fell in love with them too. I still love the way they dive into Get Off of My Cloud after Under My Thumb. I like the raw power and energy in Jagger's voice on Cloud. I really dig Not Fade Away on this record with Brian chugging away on the harp. He was a much better harp player than Mick would ever be. I also like to listen for his guitar line on Last Time and (Sitar?) on Cloud.

The Rolling Stones have probably released more live albums than any other rock band in history. got Live if you want it was their first and probably the worst. The selection of songs culls their early classics, but the fact that a couple of the songs were actually recorded in the studio with crowd noise added, you feel like you kind of get cheated. Concerts at this time, were more for girls to go and scream at their idols and the bands really didn't experiment much. There are serviceable versions of their big hits with "Get Off My Cloud", "Under My Thumb", "19th Nervous Breakdown" and "Have You seen Your Mother Baby, Standing In The Shadows" standing out. Not the high point of their career, but not the piece of junk that some have categorized it as.

I have been a Stones fan since the age of 11. I picked up an original vinyl copy of this record about 15 years ago, at about the time that I myself started to get together with some guys to play garage rock. I would make tapes of our little teenage band and then dub the scream track from the left speaker of Got Live If You Want It over our badly recorded, oversped, sloppy rockandroll. This is probably the closest we ever got to sounding like The Stones!! This album is intersesting as there are snippets of genuine live backing track which sounds like a band that's about to get pounded by thousands of screaming chicks! It sounds great at times but the very dodgy vocal overdubs ruin the effect entirely. Incidentally, there was an earlier British-only release EP by the same name which IS totally live. This record is great if you can get your hands on it!

A great record -- if you're into hearing teenage girls screaming. If, on the other hand, you'd like to hear the Rolling Stones play live, go buy Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out.

I remember reading how the Stones were stupified when they visited Chess Records in 1964 and were amazed that they had all these reels of audience reaction, for dubbing onto supposed live records. Yes, "Got Live" is doctored in the studio in many parts, and "Fortune Teller" and "Been Loving You" are obvious studio songs with applause overdubbed blatantly. But this album has value in that 1) It features a live performance with Brian Jones instead of Mick Taylor or Ron Wood, and Brian's contributions hold up quite nicely--like the breakneck signature riff on "The Last Time." I really liked this album when I first heard it about 1970, and in retrospect, after tiring of the "Ya Yas" album with Mick Taylor--he's good but not Brian's fire, to my mind--Got Live is kind of fun. Plus it documents a vital period in Stones history--they'd been amasing some cool hits like "Have You Seen Your Mother?" It's fresh and fun in 2001.

years ago when i bought this on vinyl, i remember hearing an album of screaming girls and two songs that weren't even live. i may have stumbled upon the English version because i can't stop listening to this unbelieveably great live album. the sound quality, while not perfect, seems much more improved than the album i remember. have you seen your mother, baby, is absolutely the best track. i'd rather not reveal where i got my copy, but i've got my hands on the best live album i've heard in years.

i like this album very much... it is like you were in the 60's with the screaming like the beatles.. yet you can hear the music.. it is very raw, but thats what makes it different... it isnt the best stones album, but you can hear them in the early days, and that makes it unique...

Of course this isn't gonna sound like some clean live album from 1999- but this gives you a clear feel for the mania that was the Stones! The crazed energy of the fans..that you just don't get anymore..except in a violent way. The chicks were crazy, the crowds unmanageable. This is before the 'boys' heads were so big and they got so deep into drugs and the dark side. Lady Jane is a classic trip to England.