Bring It Back Alive [LIVE]

Outlaws

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 24, 1989)
• Original Release Date: 1978
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Arista
• ASIN: B000002VCE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31,043 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
One of the better known southern rock bands of the 1970s, The Outlaws enjoyed some moderate success with hits like "There Goes Another Love Song." Following in the tradition of practically every band who had a contract at that time, The Outlaws released an obligatory live album in 1978. Their harmonies, both vocal and guitar, held up pretty well on stage, as evidenced by the before mentioned "Love Song," and "Freeborn Man," as well as "I Hope You Don't Mind." "Hurry Sundown," another Outlaws classic gets an equally fine treatment. But of course, the real meat comes at the end of the show with "Green Grass and High Tides." Taking a cue from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird," The Outlaws wrote an epic of their own. "Green Grass" starts as an up-tempo country croon, but it's not long before they let the hammer down. As was de rigueur, the band pulls out all the era's stops, throwing drum breaks, dueling guitar leads that go on for about three days, and several false endings into the pot before The Big Finish. It's a great documented moment of a band at the height of both its own powers, and those of an entire era. --Steve Gdula

Product Description
Exclusive K2 24-bit remastered pressing comes packaged in a paper sleeve. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars POUND FOR POUND, January 30, 2003

By	M. R. ZOGLIO (CROFTON, MD) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Pound for pound, this is one of the best live albums ever produced. Period. That I've owned the 8 track, cassette, and CD version of it (besides dating myself), speaks volumes. It ranks right alongside Skynyrd's One More From The Road and the Stones' Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (the two of which I've also had multiple versions of) as a live album you can listen to from beginning to end without skipping any tracks. A fitting testament to the Florida Guitar Army - The Outlaws.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guitar work!, June 6, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This is one awesome live album. Not just for the great Outlaws standards, but especially for the fantastic guitar breaks. I've listened to BIBA hundreds of times since I got in on vinyl 20 years ago, and it still gives me a thrill. If you like southern rock at all, you must own this CD!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Came Back Alive (barely), June 7, 2004

By	Andrew G. Wiggin (Concord, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

The Outlaws were definitely a concert band, so this cd (or "album" for us old folks) is a hot item.
In 1979, there were so many of us who wanted to travel 3 hours to see The Outlaws at Tanglewood (on the New York border of Mass.), that we chartered two greyhound busses, plus tons of carloads. Though the weather was clear and warm, it had rained for days before. So when more beer was in people than in the kegs, the fights broke out -- many fights even right in front of the stage! The place turned into a mud bowl. The band kept a playin. I remember most of it.
It's amazing how merciful God is to let so many of us live through our 1970s foolishness. Now maybe it's time to hear the music all over again with a clear mind, and blessed to be alive.