Last of the Red Hot Burritos

The Flying Burrito Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1995)
• Label: Rebound Records
• ASIN: B0000047QQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,513 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devil In Disguise

2. Six Days On The Road

3. My Uncle

4. Dixie Breakdown

5. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

6. Orange Blossom Special

7. Ain't That A Lot Of Love

8. High Fashion Queen

9. Don't Fight It

10. Hot Burrito #2

11. Losing Game

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only SHM paper sleeve pressing. Includes four bonus tracks. Unavailable anywhere else in the world on CD. The SHM-CD [Super High Material CD] format features enhanced audio quality through the use of a special polycarbonate plastic. Using a process developed by JVC and Universal Music Japan discovered through the joint companies' research into LCD display manufacturing SHM-CDs feature improved transparency on the data side of the disc allowing for more accurate reading of CD data by the CD player laser head. SHM-CD format CDs are fully compatible with standard CD players. 2009. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lost Gem, November 30, 2005

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Jeff (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last of the Red Hot Burritos (Audio CD)

Almost everyone I know who still has the vinyl version of this claims to be just about to wear through it, and for good reason.

This is THE seminal live alt country/bluegrass/country rock album. Usually the allmusic.com website gives very good record reviews, but on this one their 2 stars is completely unwarranted and the comments are vacuous.

Just listen to the music. Watch your toes. If they aren't tapping by the second band on the album, either your leg or your brain has gone to sleep.

This is my very top pick on the "Why isn't this available now on CD?" list.

I agree with the other reviewers on not worrying about whether Gram Parsons is on this album. If you need a GP fix, then go listen to Grievous Angel, a wonderful album. But don't let it stop you from listening to this gem.

BTW, there is a very nice family tree of all the incarnations through 1972 that TFBB went through, giving plenty of credit to Gram. However, the group did just fine without him as this outstanding release shows.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best live albums ever., October 23, 2005

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Stephen Morris (Stafford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last of the Red Hot Burritos (Audio CD)

I know almost nothing about the technical ability of the players on this album, although I have heard of most of them, and I'm not that big a fan of the Burritos, although I count the Byrds as the best band of the Sixties and Sweetheart of the Rodeo and Gram Parsons's Grievous Angel as two of the best five studio albums ever made. However Last of the Red Hot Burritos is the most exciting and breath-taking live album in my collection.

Other reviewers have referred to the way the Burritos have taken songs associated with other genres and made them their own. How true. I imagine this means that everyone will have their own favourites. I like them all and never having had much taste for the band's previous studio albums I didn't have a preconceived idea of what the songs should sound like when I first heard this. I imagine if I now heard the studio versions I would think they were flabby and bloodless.

I have looked for ages on Amazon here in England for this album but never found it. Suddenly in the last few weeks it has turned up as being sold "used" for £80! I tell you, I was tempted. (And I have a rule never to buy a CD costing more than £10. I rarely break the rule and then only by a couple of pounds.) On a whim I looked on American Amazon and there it is. Much cheaper as well. But still "used".

I well recall the late John Peel, the best-loved DJ in England who died almost a year ago, playing practically every track of the album on his late-night show. I think he was so impressed that he ditched his playlist to accommodate the songs. He was particularly impressed by Hot Burrito #2, which is my own favourite.

So why is it still unavailable? I don't know when it first came out on CD but it may have been at a time when I was staying faithful to vinyl and had not yet invested in a CD player. How I wish I had been more in tune with modern times. From the comments of your other reviewers it looks as if I am not alone. Who cares if Gram Parsons is not on it? Who cares if Rick Roberts is on it? Who cares if it's only a bunch of Chris Hillman's friends playing some favourite songs? I don't and neither should you.

Tell me who I can write to to get this album re-released on CD.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rock and Bluegrass Combined at their Best, September 7, 2001

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"mhgordon" (Plymouth, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Last of the Red Hot Burritos (Audio CD)

The Last of the Red Hot Burritos is one of the finest combination albums you will ever find. I've owned the record for years ... ever since my brother was at the concert where it was recorded and came home talking endlessly about the best band he had ever seen. This was a period when bands were willing to try different types of music to get across their message as well as give power and life to their music. None did it better than this concert and album. I've never heard a better Six Days on the Road and Byron Berlin is fabulous on the Orange Blossom Special. I saw this a few years ago on CD and failed to buy it. I've kicked myself ever since. I search everywhere for it on CD and can only hope that it is released again SOON.