Grand Funk: Live Album [Import, Live]

Grand Funk Railroad | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B0000070KD
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,502 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Introduction

2. Are You Ready

3. Paranoid

4. In Need

5. Heartbreaker

6. Inside Looking Out

7. Words of Wisdom

8. Mean Mistreater

9. Mark Say's Alright

10. T.N.U.C.

11. Into the Sun

Editorial Reviews

1970 double platinum & top five album for Capitol. Contains11 tracks, including 'Paranoid', 'Are You Ready' and 'MeanMistreater'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great album... Godawful CD mastering, December 15, 2000

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D. L. Bogart (Joplin, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Funk: Live Album (Audio CD)

One of the best (and most ignored) double live albums from the classic rock era shows GFR in their best element: The stage. Most of their early greats are here: Paranoid, Into The Sun, Heartbreaker, T.N.U.C., Inside Looking Out... most rockers consider these live versions superior (and certainly more soulful) than their studio counterparts.

The chief complaint with this particular import pressing is the atrocious CD mastering job done by EMI Holland. Grand Funk's Live Album is a relic from the bygone age of "zero sweetening", where the raw performances are presented in their naked, unenhanced, uncorrected glory. Despite this, it sounded GREAT on vinyl. This particular CD pressing does a severe injustice to the original album: shrill highs, static-filled peaks, and fuzzed-out distortion far and above the original intent. A major disappointment to these ears.

If you GOTTA have this classic live album to satisfy an itch for some primo 1970 power trio antics, pick it up. But if you're a stickler for fidelity, seek out the much superior domestic pressing (now out of print but still available as a cutout).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOU JUST HAD TO BE 14 AT THE TIME.PERIOD!!, November 1, 1999

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James E. Lane "jaminjim" (Joplin, mo. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Funk: Live Album (Audio CD)

"Just listening to all those pretty songs back in the 60's was fine. But it was always fun to turn the guitar amp up so high that there was no way you could controll it. But man it was,and still is. I always had this album under my arm,walking threw the neighberhood. I've looked every were for the cd. after reading some reviews I'm going to wait for the remasterd version to come out. It's still one of my favorites.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Take Me Back!! GFR Is 4Ever BUT... Poor CD Mastering, June 22, 2001

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Ray McNemee (Kirkland, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Funk: Live Album (Audio CD)

I'm in total agreement that this live album was one of the most "soulful" (to borrow uncledl's term) versions of Grand Funk Railroad's original vinyl recordings. Listening to this album again was like being there. Each time I listen to it I feel the energy and drive like I did when I was 19 years old! Can You Dig IT!!

Man... I gotta let you know that the mastering of this CD leaves allot to be desired. It is missing the richness and fullness of it's vinyl LP counter part. Uncledl's review below says it best. Please read that review.

This CD import is a disappointment, however, I had to have this album... My current vinyl version is scrap from the countless hours of play and abuse. I am happy to say that I have another near mint LP version of Grand Funk Railroad - Live Album on the way from a recent Internet purchase. I'm really looking forward to it's arrival.

This is great album to have in your CD collection, but think it over if fidelity is important to you.

ROCK ON Brothers and Sisters!!