From Here to Eternity: Live [Live]

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Amazon.com's Best of 1999
The Clash were the only first-generation punk band capable of (or perhaps interested in) tailoring their up-from-the-gutter firepower to suit arena-size audiences. Here, at last--a decade and a half after their demise--is proof of their substantial stage skills. --Steven Stolder --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Touted for many years as the greatest live band in the world, the only surprise about this live album is that it's taken so long to appear. Recorded between '78 and '82, it captures the London punk torchbearers in all their fury--Strummer spitting out vocals like every breath is his last, the guitars of Jones and Simenon taut and abrasive. Even after all this time, songs like their debut album's scathing "Complete Control" and the dub-fired "Armagideon Time" blister out of the speakers, sending... read more --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

From Here to Eternity: Live [Live]

From Here to Eternity: Live
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Live
  • the best
  • A Fantastic Live Album.
  • Awesome!
  • One of the Most Important Albums Ever Produced
 From Here to Eternity: Live
The Clash
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001X593
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

  1. Complete Control
  2. London's Burning
  3. What's My Name
  4. Clash City Rockers
  5. Career Opportunities
  6. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  7. Capital Radio
  8. City Of The Dead
  9. I Fought The Law
  10. London Calling
  11. Armagideon Time
  12. Train In Vain
  13. Guns Of Brixton
  14. The Magnificent Seven
  15. Know Your Rights
  16. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  17. Straight To Hell

Amazon.com's Best of 1999

The Clash were the only first-generation punk band capable of (or perhaps interested in) tailoring their up-from-the-gutter firepower to suit arena-size audiences. Here, at last--a decade and a half after their demise--is proof of their substantial stage skills. --Steven Stolder

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Touted for many years as the greatest live band in the world, the only surprise about this live album is that it's taken so long to appear. Recorded between '78 and '82, it captures the London punk torchbearers in all their fury--Strummer spitting out vocals like every breath is his last, the guitars of Jones and Simenon taut and abrasive. Even after all this time, songs like their debut album's scathing "Complete Control" and the dub-fired "Armagideon Time" blister out of the speakers, sending streams of scouring guitars and tight, chunky reggae rhythms into the atmosphere. Two complaints: no "White Riot," and no songs from Give 'Em Enough Rope, the underrated second album. Instead we have material from the sprawling Sandinista and disappointing Combat Rock. These are minor flaws though. Buy Live: From Here to Eternity for the first 12 tracks alone. From the angry, articulate dub of "London Calling" to the full-on force of "I Fought the Law," this is punk at its pinnacle. --Everett True

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Live.......2007-05-12

Always cool to hear songs you like live. Especially if you've never seen the band live. Lots of energy, more so than studio stuff. This has Magnificent Seven, Guns of Brixton, London Calling.

5 out of 5 stars the best.......2006-12-30

if you are a clash fan this is one of the greatest albums you could own. so do your self a favor and buy it. start to finish, outstanding!!!

5 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Live Album........2006-12-26

For those of us who are too young to experience The Clash in concert, this is a must have. "From Here To Eternity" is a brilliant representation of how great they truly were, both live and in general. Every performance on this cd is bursting with an insane amount of energy, from "Complete Control" to "I Fought The Law" to "Should I Stay Or Should I Go", not to mention a scorching "The Magnificent Seven". The sound quality and liner notes are excellent, and overall this cd is most definitely a must have for your collection.

5 out of 5 stars Awesome!.......2006-05-21

This is an awesome album! Best songs: London Calling, I Fought The Law, Career Opportunities, Train In Vain, and Rudy Won't Fail. Still, only bad part is the lead singer's voice cracks a couple times and sometimes you can't hear the guitars very good. Still awesome.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Most Important Albums Ever Produced.......2006-04-26

This disc will always serve as proof when people like myself that grew up during the 1980s make the statement that the Clash was the greatest rock band ever. This disc has several of their many great songs recorded live and larger than life. The versions of "Capital Radio" and "Whiteman in Hammersmith Palais" are not to be believed. However, what is so incredible about this album is that all of the songs are so incredible. The sound quality is excellent and the playlist is first rate. I say the Clash is the greatest band ever, if you disagree, listen to this album and get back to me.
From Here to Eternity: The Live Box Set
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ahead of their Time
  • Clearing The Vaults
  • Where are the demos?
  • Same Old, Same Old
 From Here to Eternity: The Live Box Set
New York Dolls
Manufacturer: Castle
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007W0KJW
Release Date: 2006-04-17

Tracks:

  1. Trash
  2. Milk Man
  3. Puss 'N' Boots
  4. Intro/Personality Crisis
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  6. Looking for a Kiss
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  17. Puss 'N' Boots
  18. Looking for a Kiss
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  2. It's Too Late [False Start][Version]
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  5. Hoochie Coochie Man
  6. Great Big Kiss
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  8. Chatterbox
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  10. Showdown
  11. Mystery Girls
  12. Jet Boy
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  14. Intro/Personality Crisis
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  17. Great Big Kiss

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  2. Frankenstein
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  4. Don't Start Me Talking
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  6. On Fire
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  9. Ain't Got No Home/Dizzy Miss Lizzy
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  17. Personality Crisis
  18. Don't Mess with Cupid
  19. Great Big Kiss

Album Description

3 CD set. Combining both studio demos and live recordings, this three CD box set defines the early history of the the New York Dolls' recorded output by offering a near complete document of their '73 studio sessions. The live recordings are taken from shows recorded in Paris in December '73, Vancouver in '74 and New York City in '75. Some hardened fans consider the demo recordings superior to the subsequent Mercury albums. Castle Music. 2005.

Album Details

Triple CD Box Set that Assembles Live Recordings that Define the Early History of this Ground Breaking Punk Group that Could Invariably Only Come from New York. The Live Tracks in the Set were Recorded at Shows in Paris in December '73, Vancouver in '74 and New York City in '75.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Ahead of their Time.......2006-12-17

As a Dolls fan, I bought this item as soon as I saw it. The song selection
is excellent, and is an amazing career overview. The only down side(although
not for me) is the sound quality. If that would deter one from buying this,
your not as big a Dolls fan as you may have thought you were. A must have for any serious fan of The New York Dolls.

3 out of 5 stars Clearing The Vaults.......2006-06-26

According to the placemat on my table at Lim's last night, 2006 is the Year of the Dog. Well, at least they got the first two letters right because even though we're only about halfway in, it appears Year of the DOLL may be closer to the truth. Based on all of the Stooges swag dusted off and cleaned up for consumption by the great unwashed masses last year though, the Chinese nailed it when they christened 2005 the Year of the Cock.

Early track listings for this swanky mini box trumpeted the inclusion of studio demos allegedly superior to those versions ultimately released on the two much-maligned albums which make up the Dolls official discography but like Jimmy Hoffa back in 1975, they've gone missing somewhere between concept and reality. Has anyone checked the Meadowlands?

What we get instead are three discs worth of shows which, with the possible exception of Vancouver (1974), have all been available on various boots and dodgy, semi-official releases over the past 30 years, packaged a hundred different ways under wrappers like "Panic In Detroit," "Paris Le Trash," "Dolls Live: Dallas '74," "Live At My Father's Place," "Hootchie Cootchie Dolls," "Seven Day Weekend," and "Red Patent Leather." For what it's worth - perhaps an afterthought - Castle even throws in three songs from a 1984 Heartbreakers gig in Sweden with Sylvain Sylvain masquerading as Walter Lure, previously available on Receiver Records' "Sad Vacation."

Extra credit to whoever untangled the snarl of licensing rights as well as to whoever has to figure out the distribution of royalties.

True believers in the healing powers of digital technology will be dismayed to learn that it has proved worthless in cleaning up the sound of those dusty old vinyl sides they may have laying around the basement. It's all as boomy, flat, and muffled as ever, even the Detroit show, culled from a WABX-FM simulcast, but it will do in a pinch. Hand-held cassette recorders held high above a sea of tottering, jean-jacketed chunderheads fortified on Quaaludes and cheap wine were never meant to take the place of a soundboard.

But the performances shine BRIGHTLY nonetheless, like the best night of your life crammed into 60-minute blocks of the sound of five guys, with not inconsiderable chemical assistance, not so much reinventing the wheel as fitting it with shiny chrome mags and raised white lettering. Set lists will read like the back of the hand to the faithful aside from the occasional non-LP track and cover like "Lone Star Queen," "Great Big Kiss," "Don't Mess With Cupid," and "Daddy Rolling Stone." Nice to have all of this in one spot, thereby freeing up the vinyl versions for sale on ebay.

Frankly - and I never thought I'd say this - I'm tapped out of adjectives for the New York Dolls, much as I was in 2005 with The Stooges. Reviewing albums by either band without using words like "raw," "fuzz," "proto," "primal," "punk," "drugs," "crash," or "burn" - ad nauseum - is no longer within my wheelhouse.

"From Here To Eternity" clears the Dolls' plate just in time to welcome the dawning of a new epoch. Bring on the new album! I'll meet you there, alright?

2 out of 5 stars Where are the demos?.......2006-06-14

First of all, the track listing is wrong from what appears on the Amazon site as of 6-14-2006. It's not even close. Second, there are no demos on this. Am I missing something?? I preordered this to get the demos and all we have are live recordings. The sound on this is awful, very similar to the Stooges live recordings. If your familar with those, you know what I mean. I would have given it one star, but it is still a interesting listen, as I love The New York Dolls. I'm shocked they would release this the way it sounds. It appears to be a attempt to make money without putting a dime in cleaning up the sound on this. The Vancouver show is the only decent recording on this release.

2 out of 5 stars Same Old, Same Old.......2006-06-14

Nice packaging and liner notes but this is mostly the same old stuff that has been floating around on boots or semi-legitimate releases for years.

Unfortunately there was no magic remastering applied so the crummy sounding stuff still sounds crummy.

One bright spot: I had never heard the Vancouver material before and it is pretty darn good, very listenable.
From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set
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    		From Here to Eternity: The Live Bootleg Box Set
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    3. Puss `N' BootsDetroit WABX Radio `73
    4. Intro/Personality Crisis
    5. Bad Girl
    6. Looking For A Kiss
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    From Here to Eternity: Live
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      		From Here to Eternity: Live
      The Clash
      Manufacturer: Sony Japan
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0002ZEZK4
      Release Date: 2005-01-18

      Tracks:

      1. Complete Control
      2. London's Burning
      3. What's My Name
      4. Clash City Rockers
      5. Career Opportunities
      6. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
      7. Capital Radio
      8. City of the Dead
      9. I Fought the Law
      10. London Calling
      11. Armagideon Time
      12. Train in Vain
      13. Guns of Brixton
      14. Magnificent Seven
      15. Know Your Rights
      16. Should I Stay or Should I Go
      17. Straight to Hell

      Album Description

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      Album Details

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