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| Disc: 1 |
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| 1. Pretty Smart On My Part |
| 2. The Doll House |
| 3. I Kill Therefore I Am |
| 4. William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park And Escapes Unscathed |
| 5. My Life |
| 6. The Scorpion Departs But Never Returns |
| 7. The World Began In Eden But Ended In Los Angeles |
| 8. Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore |
| 9. Another Age |
| 10. Rehearsals For Retirement |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Mona Lisa |
| 2. I Ain't Marchin' Anymore |
| 3. Oakie From Meskogee |
| 4. Chords Of Fame |
| 5. Buddy Holly Medley: Not Fade Away/I'm Gonna Love You Too/Think It Over/Oh Boy/Everyday It's So... |
| 6. Pleasures Of The Harbor |
| 7. Tape From California |
| 8. Elvis Medley And Encore: My Baby Left Me/I'm Ready/Heartbreak Hotel/All Shook Up/Are You Lonesome... |
| 9. A Fool Such As I |
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
ROR 5 Stars w Gunfight as an entertaining curio,
By Tad Nastic "Tad" (place USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rehearsals for Retirement / Gunfight Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)
"Rehearsals for Retirement" is probably Och's most personal album. Considering his demons, then, this may be somewhat harrowing an experience for some listeners. Owing to later events, one senses the "retirement" he's singing about wasn't only referring to a possible career change. The music, however, is the best of his career--ranging from beautiful to rocking. As for the lyrics, ROR captures his typical sarcasm, this time around dealing with the underwhelming results of the 1968 Democratic convention protests. Evidently, though, the event was life-changing for socially-conscious Ochs, and, thus, accounts for much of the disillusionment he also sings about here. Overall, I doubt fewer more significant "primal screams" have ever been recorded.
As for the gold-suited wearing Ochs' of "Gunfight," it's an entertaining as well as interesting concert to hear. In my opinion, it contains the best version of "Tape From California"--it rocks! Those who didn't like Ochs' wardrobe at the time, nor his choice of covers, were just short-sighted in my opinion, and missed the humor. In short, a good album and not quite the "beginning of the end" a lot of people read it as. How I understand it, Ochs' vocal chords were damaged shortly before he died and, thus, doomed his career more than any lack of interest on the public's part (though there was plenty of that, too, in 1976). Too bad the movie was never made that was intended to star Sean Penn. Och's career deserves to be better known--"Rehearsals for Retirement" ESPECIALLY deserves a listen. Ochs, perhaps to his misfortune, was a performer who believed in the causes he sang about. And, of course, much of what he sang about is still relevant today. However, unlike Ochs, I still have hope (partially thanks to people like Ochs, ironically--not for his death [Gandhi and MLK serve as better martyrs for those who need one], but for his ability to capture a shared sentiment in song). In short: Buy this. I don't like the double package either--each album is strong enough to carry its own. However, from my own experience, I was grateful for the opportunity of hearing Gunfight for the first time, which was initially released only in Canada and was long out-of-print.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great music, terrible packaging,
By A Customer
This review is from: Rehearsals for Retirement / Gunfight Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)
Why these albums are sold together I'll never know. Perhaps it's to punish those of us who managed to buy the edition of Gunfight at Carnegie Hall formerly sold by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. This seems to be a trend with Phil Ochs' music- those of us who bought Live at Newport were similarly taken when Vanguard decided to issue another CD (The Early Years) of some new material and all of the Newport recordings. I hope that Michael Ochs (or someone) can get the record companies to stop ripping off Phil Ochs fans- it doesn't help build fan loyalty.Gunfight at Carnegie Hall is one of the best live albums of all time. While there may be problems with Phil's playing and his voice, the passion in his performance is clear. The gunfight title is apt, as there is clear tension between the audience and Phil at the beginning, but then his energy wins them over. Why there hasn't been a release of the entire concert is beyond me. (Although one can catch "School Days" on the American Troubadour CD.) Also, the sound quality on this CD is noticably inferior to that of the MFSL disc. Rehearsals for Retirement is also very good. "Pretty Smart on My Part" is a real highlight. Since this is the first time the album has been available on CD, it's worth it to buy the set for this recording, even if you already have Gunfight. I just wish it hadn't been necessary to buy both albums!
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated classic/fascinating curio,
By Adam K. "adam k" (London, London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Rehearsals for Retirement / Gunfight Carnegie Hall (Audio CD)
I stumbled onto Phil Ochs about thirty years too late, buying a discounted version of "American Troubadour", and have been hooked ever since. His later work, especially, touches and captivates me --- Leonard Cohen as sung by Buddy Holly. It was actually on the US election day that I walked into a shop in Soho, London, and found this cd release, and was thrilled beyond belief. It is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the great, underrated albums of the 60's, a bitter and reflective twist on the flower-power era. Still retaining something of his sense of humour, it's an elegiac epitaph for Phil and for his generation."Gunfight at the Carnegie Hall" is interesting, if only for its history, but it only reflects a fraction of the actual length, and fairly straightforward covers of rock n'roll standards are as ordinary now as they were baffling then. It still has a stunning live version of "Pleasures of the Harbour", but this can be found on "American Troubadour", anyway. I've tried listening to the comments shouted up from the audience, but they're very hard to hear, so you don't even get the combative atmosphere that you get from Dylan's "1966 Live" cd -- it just sounds like a show that didn't go down too well. Still, this is well worth buying for "Pleasure of the Harbour" alone. SO BUY IT!
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