At This Moment

Billy Vera & the Beaters | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 7, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B000065VBX
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,554 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Country Girl-City Man

2. Spoken Intro

3. Room With A View

4. Heart Be Still

5. Poor Boys

6. Wrong When I'm Right

7. Oh, What A Nite

8. I Got My Eye On You

9. Ronnie's Song

10. You Can't Go Home

11. La-La For What's Her Name

12. Let You Get Away

13. You've Got Me

14. Papa Come Quick (Jody & Chico)

15. Is That The American Dream, Johnny?

16. Desperate Frame Of Mind

17. Waiting For You

18. At This Moment

Editorial Reviews

At This Moment is a compilation of previously unavailable live and studio performances, including songs from motion pictures and television that have often been requested by his fans for many years, as well as the studio version of his #1 hit 'At This Moment'. 18 tracks. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Swingin' live date plus soundtrack bonuses, June 3, 2002

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At This Moment (Audio CD)

Vera's 1981 live recording of "At This Moment" found fame six years later in an episode of TV's "Family Ties." It became both Vera's calling card of one-hit-wonderhood, and a shadow that obscured his diverse career of acting, music writing, and, as demonstrated here, fine live performances. This disc combines a dozen tracks recorded in 1995 (and previously anthologized on Pool Party's 1996 "Oh What a Night" release) with a half-dozen bonus cuts collected from various movie soundtracks.

The live tracks show Vera & the Beaters to be a potent, sax-heavy band with a flair for the Stax sound. Their take of Vera's 1968 hit "Country Girl - City Man" (co-written with the legendary Chip Taylor) offers a funky horn chart, and Vera's co-write with Lowell Fulson, "Room With a View" is a smokey blues, highly influenced by the singing of both Johnny Adams and Lou Rawls (each of whom have covered the tune). The bonus tracks include a previously unreleased studio take of "At This Moment," as well as rarities from the films "Blind Date," "Baja Oklahoma," "Rainbow Drive" and "Desperate For Love."

Though this disc seems primarily aimed at Vera's fans, it's a great spin for anyone who likes soul music (whether they've seen the Family Ties prom episode or not!). Vera's self-penned liner notes are informative in a way a third-party's could never be, and his music will please fans of the Stax sound and latter-day rock 'n' soul outfits like Wet Willie, the E-Street Band and Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul.

3-1/2 stars, if Amazon allowed fractional ratings.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic CD!, October 3, 2005

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Marva Mason (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At This Moment (Audio CD)

This CD brings back great memories of when I lived in L.A. in the early 90's and went to a club in Santa Monica every month to hear Billy Vera and his band! This CD is every bit as magical as the live performances. I play this CD in my car constantly. The music is pure magic!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic LA club band..., November 21, 2006

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J. W. Geddis "jwg3" (Los Angeles, Calif) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: At This Moment (Audio CD)

Billy Vera's been around the music scene in LA. The best of this collection, "At This Moment" is known by nearly everyone here. Not uncommon to hear someone talking in a group and start a sentence with "What would..." and then hear the rest of the group finish the sentence by singing Vera's most famous tune complete with air guitar. Fun to listen to... funner to see.