Lone Rhino/Twang Bar King [Original recording remastered, Import]

Adrian Belew | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: BGO Records
• ASIN: B002HM6AQW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,862 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Big Electric Cat

2. The Momur

3. Stop It

4. The Man in the Moon

5. Naive Guitar

6. Hot Sun

7. The Lone Rhinoceros

8. Swingline

9. Adidas in Heat

10. Animal Grace

11. The Final Rhino

12. I'm Down

13. I Wonder

14. Life Without a Cage

15. Sexy Rhino

16. Twang Bar King

17. Another Time

18. The Rail Song

19. Paint the Road

20. She Is Not Dead

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered two-fer containing a pair of albums from the acclaimed guitarist and performer on one disc: Lone Rhino (1982) and Twang Bar King (1983). Apart from his solo career, Belew has played with many Rock greats including David Bowie and, most notably, King Crimson. BGO. 2009.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lone Rhino/Twang Bar King, February 28, 2005

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M. Tittel "Ohio Fan" (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Rhino / Twang Bar King (Audio CD)

Both albums are great examples of Belew's early 80's. Anyone who owned the original LPs may want to reconsider purchasing the CD collection though. The Lone Rhino transfer sounds fine but the Twang Bar King transfer sounds really bad. Extremely noisy, harsh and at times uncompressed to the point of being obnoxious. Don't know what happened but they dropped the ball on reissuing two really good records here.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 stars for the music 2 stars for the sound quality, February 24, 2006

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WTDK "If at first the idea is not absurd, the... (My Little Blue Window, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Rhino / Twang Bar King (Audio CD)

First I like both of Belew's solo albums but this isn't the disc to buy when it comes to "Twang Bar King". Along with Richard Thompson's "Across a Crowded Room" this has got to be one of the worst reissues put out. While the highlights of both albums earn a solid four or five stars, the sound quality on "Twang Bar King" sounds like it was played through speakers and recorded again for this master. My guess is that they used the wrong master or a copy (since the original mastertapes were missing for years) vs. the new remaster created for the Japanese reissue. The same problem occurred with Richard Thompson's "Across a Crowded Room" which also sounds pretty bad (plus that CD has one track sped up slightly in order to allow the song to fit on an LP side). Perhaps they used the masters prepared for the compilation album but even that sounded better than this.

I'd suggest going for the Japanese remaster if you can find it. Personally I found "Lone Rhino" the more ambitious of the two. Sure Belew wears his influences on his sleeve but he also deftly makes them his own on all the songs. Some of the material doesn't quite work on both albums but both are worthwhile additions to your CD collection.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars sound quality on BGO issue ??, January 12, 2010

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J. Scott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lone Rhino/Twang Bar King (Audio CD)

Has someone who has heard the BGO issue of this CD please provide a brief report or review regarding its sound quality? Is it full and detailed, as opposed to thin and lacking both low and high end? Also, is it taken from vinyl as some previous "official" issues have been? All current reviews published are in reference to the previous two-fer issue on Gott that was plagued with lackluster sound. I was about to buy this BGO edition outright and find out for myself how it sounds, until I saw the brilliant attention to detail paid by the art director on the cover titling "Twang Bar King" as "Twang Bar Kid". It doesn't exactly inspire confidence that they got the sound right either. Until I know for sure, I'll stick with the carefully mastered two-fer I made myself.