The Guess Who - The Spirit Lives On: Greatest Hits Live [Enhanced, Live]

The Guess Who | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 17, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 3, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Live
• Label: J-Bird Records
• ASIN: B000006C9Y
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bus Rider

2. Clap for the Wolfman

3. Dialogue I

4. Dialogue II

5. Dialogue III

6. Hand Me Down World

7. Dialogue IV

8. Undun

9. Dialogue V

10. Share the Land/Gospel

11. American Woman

12. Prelude

13. These Eyes

14. No Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars You'll have to "Guess Who" this is!, July 24, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Guess Who - The Spirit Lives On: Greatest Hits Live (Audio CD)

Fans looking for the greatness of the Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings era Guess Who are going to be awfully disappointed when they hear bassist Jim Kale's listless, not-even-close to authentic 1997 edition of the band plod through tunes which most of the musicians in this band had nothing to do with! Cheaply recorded, with a cover without pictures of any band members (wonder why), this features somebody named Terry Hatty on lead vocals (easily the worst replacement for a replacement in the history of rock) and a simply awful selection of tired tunes. Is this the worst album I ever paid money for? It's enough to make me quit listening to music, it's so just plain horrible!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The second string lineup of Canada's biggest band..., July 12, 2004

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T. LeBaron "Todd LeBaron" (NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Guess Who - The Spirit Lives On: Greatest Hits Live (Audio CD)

To put it simply...Terry Hatty can sing just fine...and the best example of this is on their 1995 CD "The Lonely One" (aka "Liberty" if you bought the CD in Canada) The problem comes when Terry Hatty tries to handle the material known for being sung by Burton Cummings. The 1995 material sounds perfect with Hatty singing lead, but he's all wrong for stuff like "These Eyes" and tunes like that one that are best left to Mr. Cummings.
The overall effect is much like telling Sammy Hagar he has to do Burton's songs. Best advice: skip this one and get the double live "Runnin' Back Thru Canada" CD from the REAL lineup of Bachman, Cummings, Wallace, McDougall & Peterson. I was fortunate enough to be at their concert in Montreal in June of 2000, and to hear the crowd's reaction, you'd have thought GOD had walked out onstage...Burton Cummings looked so shocked and so moved by the crowd that he said at the end of the show "We have GOT to come back HERE!" The reason Jim Kale was not in the lineup for the 2000 and subsequent tours was officially listed as "family situation"...but with the endless parade of B- and C-string lineups Kale led through the 80s and early 90s, it's probably just as well...as for terry hatty...great singer...but with his own material, please...get Runnin' Back Thru Canada if you want the TRUE Guess Who live concert experience.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars could have been better, November 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Guess Who - The Spirit Lives On: Greatest Hits Live (Audio CD)

while the playing on this cd is excellent, the lead singer seemed not to have a seriousattitude about it. "no time" alone, is worth the price of the cd.