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A long time ago I lived with my then boyfriend . he had a lot of tapes. No cd's back then ;-)
We were always listening to a live concert of someone I did not know, but I always remembered that they said here is Michael franks with crossfire.
Years later (I broke up with the guy) i discovered Michael franks had a lot of albums, so I bought one and it was great, but i still wanted the one with crossfire. The atmosphere the timing, those together.it sounded so good, and given the fact that i have very nice memories with this music.
It had a big impact on me. so i give it 5 stars.
Greetings from Holland

A very smooth Jazzy album with probably the best songs of Michael Franks, very hard to get hold of but definitely one one should have, if one likes Franks

Maybe someone in Pennsylvania is selling bootleg copies. I own the original vinyl as well as the CD and the sound quality on both is excellent. The combination of Michael's great songs with the musicianship of Crossfire (a band which wowed everyone at Montreux)is simply outstanding. If you would like a short version of a "Best of Michael Franks" performed by outstanding musicians, this album is a must have.

When I got this CD, I was very disappointed. This is not a professional recording, but rather one taped by someone in the audience. The sound is muffled instead of being crisp. And the backup group obviously was not very familiar with the songs. They would go off on solos, and never complete them because they got lost in the riff and ran out of time before the vocal was supposed to return... In addition, the CD was not playable on my computer, so I could not put it on my iPod...

I used to own this album on vinyl, and was delighted to find that it has been released on CD. The Crossfire band is a perfect fit for Franks, creating a warm and smooth atmosphere around this collection of his top songs. This is smooth jazz from long before the term came into regular use, and a very recommendable experience for Michael Franks fans and others who like smooth, high quality jazz in a live setting.

This album was recorded in Australia, oh so many years back, and I was fortunate enough to be sitting about 10 feet away from Michael Franks and Crossfire (an amazing Sydney-based jazz fusion band who often accompanied visiting musical royalty)during one of the gigs at which some of the tracks were recorded. Jim Kelly, the guitarist, is pretty near my favourite guitarist of all time and the whole band cooked on that night. Sadly, Crossfire disbanded many years back but Jim is teaching music in the Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia and maintains a prolific output of music with various projects he is involved in.