Live Indian Summer

Al Stewart | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000MR9ENA
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,399 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here in Angloa

2. Pandora

3. Indian Summer

4. Delia's Gone

5. Princess Olivia

6. Running Man

7. Time Passages

8. Merlin's Time

9. If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It

10. Roads to Moscow

11. Nostradamus, Pt. 1

12. Soho (Needless to Say)

13. On the Border

14. Valentina Way

15. Clarence Frogman Henry

16. Year of the Cat

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Strong Live Performances with Five Very Good Studio Tracks, November 24, 2009

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Parrish A. Highley "the_projectron" (Somewhere I've Never Travelled) - See all my reviews
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While I truly appreciate everything Stewart and writing partner Peter White were able to do with just two guitars on Rhymes in Rooms, I favor Live -- Indian Summer because of the full ensemble of musicians and vocalists performing here. This live recording also boasts the finest Al Stewart live performance I have ever heard recorded: the full thirteen minute version of Nostradamus (pt.1) / The World Goes To Rhiyad / Nostradamus (pt.2) complete with piano, violin, guitar solos that leave no musically gifted onstage stone unturned. I remembered how much I liked the violins solos, but I had completely forgotten how wonderful the piano solos were on this song. It remains a sort of mystery to me how lifeless the studio recording is in comparison.

Every single performance here is, at the very least, very good if not better. The only two songs that casual fans of live performances might require a bit getting used to are probably Time Passages and Year Of The Cat. Both were so perfectly produced by Alan Parsons that there simply is no way to imitate that in even the best live performance. The live renditions are quite good, but not likely to appeal to those who tend to have a difficult time with live recordings.

Other songs that come across very well include Valentina Way, On The Border, Merlin's Time, and Running Man. There is even an interesting story regardin Clarence Frogman Henry that Stewart relates to the audience. Of the studio tracks, I favor both "Pandora" and "Delia's Gone" but I would also say "Indian Summer" deserves some honorable mention. But if there is one song that stands out among the others, it would be none other than the live version of Nostradamus!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Al Stewart Live--Indian Summer, March 26, 2009

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Mark A. Klota - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live Indian Summer (Audio CD)

I enjoyed it when it first came out on LP and revisited that pleasure with the CD. Even though it is not a true "Live" album, I still get the Live feeling. The "Frogman" piece is typical of Al when performing live.

Thanks for reissuing it.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As always good fine music, April 20, 2008

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Bruno Kohli "elton" (Schweiz) - See all my reviews
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I always was looking for the complete live album from Al. All the songs are like a little holiday..., take the time and listen to Al....