At the Kabuki Theatre [Import]

Quicksilver Messenger Service | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Snapper UK
• ASIN: B000MMLMYO
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fresh Air

2. New Year's Jam

3. Baby Baby

4. Too Far

5. Truth

6. You're Gonna Need Somebody In Your Band

7. Doctor Feelgood

8. Cobra

9. Song For Frisco

10. Mona

11. Subway

12. What About Me

13. Call On Me

14. Pride Of Man

15. Local Color

16. Not Fade Away

17. Mojo

18. Freeway Flyer

19. Subway (Studio Version) (Bonus Track)

20. Castles In The Sand (Studio Version) (Bonus Track)

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Performance pretty inspired, recording primitive......, June 18, 2007

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collegemoney - See all my reviews

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This review is from: At the Kabuki Theatre (Audio CD)

Back around the time this was recorded, Stereo Review magazine was publishing some fabulous monthly reviews of contemporary music, written by Mr. Steve Simels. Back in that analog age, it was necessary to divide the review into two pieces, the quality of the music and the quality of the actual recording. The recording here, most of the time, sounds like it was done on a battery powered mini reel to reel, and occasionally spliced together from different source tapes! Jarring changes in volume and tone, muffles, etc. As to the music, the first CD is pretty doggone inspired, rocks on very well, maybe the liveliest version of "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond" (mis-typed as "Band") I ever heard. Dino Valente's distinct high lonesome vocals, solid drumming, driving guitars, etc. The second disc is generally painful with a few bright moments, but mostly dispensable.

47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Live At Kabuki, February 28, 2007

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I. T. Gordon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At the Kabuki Theatre (Audio CD)

I love QMS. I am lukewarm about Dino Valenti. But everything else about them is great. This recording is obviously taken from a radio broadcast. The music may have been good but the sound quality is very ordinary. Greatdul Dead have shown that old tapes can be cleaned up to provide listenable recordings. No one bothered with this one. Unfortunately.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Help preserve a moment in time, May 25, 2007

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Craig Fenton "Craig The Airplane Man" (Airplaneville, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At the Kabuki Theatre (Audio CD)

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" it is always enjoyable to hear live material from their contemporaries.

Sometimes fans of the great sound of San Francisco circa 1960's and early 70's lose out on terrific music because they are hung-up on the fidelity first and the recorded material second.

It would be a great world if everything sounded like George Martin was in control or had the passion of those that work on the Grateful Dead remasters, but we don't always have our cake and the ability to eat it to.

To pass on the two disc set from 1970 with not only the tracks Quicksilver would be known for such as the definitive "Pride Of Man", "Mona", "What About Me", etc, but the bonus studio recordings with Nicky Hopkins would be a major error.

We have all been to concerts that have been superlative but the acoustics may not have been extraordinary, so why should we feel every disc must sound like gold? If you are a fan of the band how could you go wrong with a live CD that helps us remember John and the ability to recapture history from so far back?

Be thankful the Kabuki Theatre has opened its doors to us!

Be well always,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"