Memorial Concert [Enhanced]

Mick Ronson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Pilot
• ASIN: B00005N8CE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. It Ain't Easy

2. A Lotta What You Got

3. Burning Sounds

4. A Whiter Shade of Pale

5. Mystery Train

6. Medicine Show

7. The Last Time I Saw You

8. Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)

Disc: 2

1. It's a Kind of Magic

2. Width of a Circle

3. Ziggy Stardust

4. Angel No. 9

5. Don't Look Down

6. Moonage Daydream

7. White Light/White Heat

8. Suffragette City

9. Once Bitten Twice Shy

10. Ressurection Mary

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

A seriously impressive array of stars (Willy & The Poorboys feat. Bill Wyman, Mick Jones & Big Audio Dynamite, Steve Harley, Roger Taylor, The Spiders From Mars feat. Def Leppard & Bill Nelson, Ian Hunter, Roger Daltrey, & more) turned out to pay tribute to the late & extremely talented Mick Ronson. Recorded at London Labbatts Apollo, April 1994. Disc three is visual only, it features 'It's A Kind Of Magic' & 'All The Young Dudes'. Includes 28-page full color booklet. 24 tracks. Standard double jewel case. Pilot/Alchemy. 2003.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Fond Tribute!, December 11, 2002

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Chuck Potocki (Crown Point, Indiana) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Memorial Concert (Audio CD)

I FINALLY found this CD after trying to get it for nearly 2 years, and it was WELL worth the wait! This is a very fond and heartfelt tribute to a man so revered for his immense musical talents, but in some strange way, still didn't get ALL of the respect that he was so deserving of! The biggest letdown of this tremendous album is the conspicuous absence of David Bowie; I feel his not appearing on this album a show of GREAT disrespect! What was Bowie doing then that was SO important that he couldn't afford the time to pay tribute to the man that he owes his entire CAREER to? How sad that is!

Well, no matter...the treasure trove of talent that DID appear on this album MORE than makes up for Bowie's absence; everyone from Joe Elliott and Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Roger Daltrey of The Who, Roger Taylor of Queen, and Ian Hunter from Mott The Hoople and the Ronson/Hunter projects of the 1970's. Also appearing were the original Spiders From Mars (Mick "Woody" Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder) in a reunion set, as well as a brief appearance by another of my guitar heroes, Bill Nelson! Everyone involved turned in great performances, especially Ian Hunter, who contributed the lovingly personal song "Michael Picasso" to Ronson's memory; I'm sure there wasn't a dry eye in the entire theater that night!

Some of the "surprise" appearances on the album come from ex-Rolling Stone Bill Wyman (performing with his side project, Willy & The Poor Boys), Mick Jones and Big Audio Dynamite, and also Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel, turning in a wonderfully rousing version of his classic "Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile)". Wrapping things up on this generous 3-CD set is the tour-de-force finale "All The Young Dudes", played by all of the contributing musicians; a very fitting show closer!

As tribute concerts go, this along with the Freddie Mercury tribute held the year before (which turned out to be Mick Ronson's final appearance) are the cream of the crop; they don't get any better than this! "Memorial Concert" is a limited edition of 5,000 copies and will more than likely go out of print again like the original 1997 issue. For old and new fans of Mick Ronson, this is a MUST HAVE; you'll enjoy it immensely, and it's a great way to remember a wonderful man and musician!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars it's the music, December 21, 2005

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THE Uncle Todd (Cleveland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorial Concert (Audio CD)

I had been leary of getting this CD only for the fact that I thought the sound quality would suck---it doesn't. But what it does do is pay tribute to one of the most underated guitarists/producer/arranger in my rock realm. This CD is fantastic on a number of levels. Sure Bowie is missing from this (on tour perhaps but a slight nonetheless), but the other musicians make up for it.

CD1 is the weak part--I'll be honest. That's why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars. Some great artists--Gary Brooker, Mick Jones, Bill Wyman, Steve Harley and Dana Gillespie (the years have not been kind to her --sorry) but the music just doesn't fit with what I thought the show could've been.

CD2, though, is worth the price of admission! The Spiders From Mars segment is the best of the bunch (except for Ian--more later).

Who knew that Bill Nelson from Be-Bop Deluxe was a fan?!?! They motor through Width, Ziggy, Moonage, White Light, Suffragette, and a great Angel #9. Find Pure Praire League's second album that has Amie on it and you'll find Angel #9 and Mick Ronson all over the LP.

Ian is also one of my musical heroes, and he doesn't fail. A live version of Resurrection Mary (only on the Artful Dodger CD--out of print) is a great treat. Michael Picasso WILL bring you to tears or close to it. It's the same version as on Ian's double best-of CD except for the intro which is priceless and so moving--talking to 'Mick's Mum' in the audience. Dudes ends it (fittingly) in a Mott style free for all. The back photo says it all-- Ian, his daughter Traci, Joe Elliott, Maggie Ronson and her daughter Lisa and bunch of others.

Should Bowie have been there---yes

Is the Cd any worse without him--no

Buy it!

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rest In Peace, Mick, September 28, 2001

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Brent (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Memorial Concert (Audio CD)

Well...I suppose this could have been worse, what with the inclusion of "performances" by The Rats, Glen (ex-Sex Pistol) Matlock, Mick Jones & BAD, & Steve Harley, whoever he is. But then, wait...Mick Ronson did so much for SO many people, whether production or performance...and they're all represented here, too. (Thank God Johnny C Mellonbrain wasn't represented). There's Gray Brooker doing a quiet, acoustic piano version of his own/Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade of Pale," which segues into Bill Wyman's post-Stones Willie & The Poor Boys, "Mystery Train," the very same song Elvis did 40 years earlier. There's Roger Taylor doing Queen's "It's A Kind Of Magic," (which HE wrote, but his vocals are nowhere in the same league as - duh - Freddie's), and then a performance by the Spiders From Mars, the group that, with Mick, was David Bowie's band during his Ziggy days - although it's kind of an insult to drag out Def Leppard's singer & "lead" guitarist to fill in for Mick & Dave. And what show either by or about Mick Ronson would be complete without Ian Hunter? Ian does a creditible version of "Once Bitten," but his tribute to Mick, "Michael Picasso" WILL bring tears to the eyes of even the most jaded listener. Then Roger Daltrey (!) performs "Baba O'Riley,"& "Summertime Blues." And, of course, the show's "grand finale" is yet another version of "All The Young Dudes." There's also a CD-ROM showing Tayor's "Magic" and, of course, "Dudes." All in all - still: a great tribute to a GREAT Man. RIP, Mick.