Customer Reviews

Live Acoustic at Cbgb's

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I just picked this up. I was ecstatic that my local music store actually carried this (Zulu Records in Vancouver). Anyways, 10 of the 12 tracks are previously unreleased. Fans of the loud and squealing guitar of Dinosaur Jr might be a bit put off by this album. When they say acoustic show, they mean it. There doesn't appear to be anything else to the tracks other than acoustic guitar, vocals, and maybe a touch of reverb. This is just raw J Mascis. Anyways, the sound quality is excellent and tracks are mosty good. For me, the stand out track is definately Repulsion. This works so well as a purely acoustic number. That song alone is worth the price of the CD.

All in all this a solid live album. It's definately not as easily accessible as say Nirvana Unplugged, so this album might be better suited for more hardcore Dinosaur Jr/J. Mascis fans.

First off, it's J. Mascis and it's a fine solo show so it gets 4 stars. That said, if you already own "Martin + Me", you're essentially paying for 3 songs by buying this (Not the Same, Quest, and Throw Down; the later coming in at about 45 seconds). Even the arrangements and the vocal delivery are almost identical to "Martin + Me". Wouldn't shock me to hear they were recorded within a week of one another. Surprising that J let this one out of the vault. Must have been needing the royalties before he was able to convince Lou Barlow to go in on the Dinosaur Jr. reunion.

This is a unique look at J's first acoustic show ever. It's not very long and is similar to his Martin + Me album from '96. This was recorded in 12/03, the year Where You Been came out. J's really friendly in this too. He must have been in front of a lot friends or know the crowd really well. So give it a listen and see what you think.

I'm a huge J Mascis fan, but I don't think this is an essential album. I like the Martin & Me acoustic album better. I'd skip over this unless you need it to complete your collection.

This albums is great for Dinosaur Jr. / J Mascis fans. I prefer the sound on this disc to the Martin + Me live acoustic show. The shows are similar, but this ones works better for me.

If you are a fan of Dinosaur Jr. then you may like:

1) Low Rises by Baby Ray

2) Waterproof by Zeke Fiddler

3) Banjos And Sunshine by Sixty Acres

4) Year Of Mondays by Mike Johnson