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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
A top quality live recording of the Fall at their stunning, swaggering best. Formed mainly from the 'Extricate' & 'Frenz Experiment' sets as well as an inspired take on The Monks' lost classic 'Black Monk Theme'. 12 tracks. 2001 release.

Tracks:

Tom Dooley - The Kingston Trio
Try To Remember - The Brothers Four
Mr. Tambourine Man - Roger McGuinn
Green, Green - Randy Sparks & The Minstrels
Michael - The Highwaymen
Madrigal - The Smothers Brothers
Baby The Rain Must Fall - Glenn Yarbrough
There's A Meetin' Here Tonight - Glenn Yarbrough
Where Have All The Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - Roger McGuinn
Greenfields - The Brothers Four
This Land Is Your Land - Randy Sparks & The Minstrels
Generic Up-Tempo Folk Song - The Limeliters
Eve Of Destruction - Berry McGuire
Greenback Dollar - The Kingston Trio
A Worried Man - The Kingston Trio

Album Description

Live album capturing historic reunion of folk music legends performing their signature songs. Features seminal folk artists such as The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough, Roger McGuinn and The Brothers Four performing their signature songs live! Recorded May 21-22, 2002 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

They Still Sound Wonderful!.......2007-03-16

This is a great folk-music CD. It is actually a live concert, recorded just a few years ago. Unlike so many "reunion" concerts, these acts feature the original voices and arrangements, and it sounds great! It's amazing that these people are performing 40 years after the songs were popular, and they still sound terrific! Even the Smothers Brothers repeat their unique humor... I had forgotten how wonderfully crazy they were! This is a very enjoyable trip down memory lane.

What happened to my favorite song here?.......2003-09-01

I came here to review the 2-CD set called "This Land is Your Land" that I got from PBS when this concert aired. Well, this LOOKS like the same CD, but is it? It's got the same cover and it's put out by Rhino, but my copy has another song between "Greenfields" and "This Land is your Land" -- and that's the song that made me want the CD in the first place. The missing song is called "Just Americans" by Randy Sparks and the Minstrels. When I heard this song on PBS, I literally cried. It's the only one of the plethora of "post-9/11" songs that I can relate to, because the words celebrate the diversity of America rather than assuming you have to be a redneck in a pickup truck in order to be patriotic. It even makes specific mention of Jewish Americans like me: "We wear yarmulkes and turbans and occsionally a crown, we wear straw hats and ballcaps when the home team is in town...") In my opinion, this song ranks right up there with "This Land Is Your Land" as the one of the finest of modern folksongs. It was also a high point of this concert.

So where is that song on this CD? Is the omission of "Just Americans" a typo here, or was it edited (censored?) out of later editions? For that matter, if this is a single CD "short version" of the PBS concert, then I would recommend getting the full 2-CD set instead. Mine has a total of 25 songs, including my favorite, "Just Americans."

Great music... disappointing package.......2003-07-10

The television show on Public TV was great, and this CD is just a part of the show that was recorded live in 2002. Although most of the songs on the CD were originally done in the 60's, many of the songs sound like the originals. If you enjoy 60's folk music, you won't be disappointed with the music on this CD. Unfortunately, the packaging is poor. Other than the list of artists and their songs, there are no liner notes or pictures of the artists. The inside of the booklet is completely blank. I've seen better booklets in budget CDs, and this was no cheap CD (costwise, at least). Rhino records usually has excellant liner notes. If the CD would have had a decent booklet with info about the artists and the songs, I would have given the package 5 stars. At least the music is great.

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2

Average customer rating:

excellent live material although not SNL's best
FIRE THE CLOWN, THAT DID THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Attention: Neil Young Freaks
YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME
A rare set of performances

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: One Way Records Inc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Musical Performances, Vol. 1
Live On Letterman : Music From The Late Show
Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Woodstock 94
Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

ASIN: B00001QGNV
Release Date: 2001-10-15

Tracks:

Rape Me - Nirvana
No More - Neil Young
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Doll Parts - Hole
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Been There Done That - Dr. Dre
Creep - TLC
Tennessee - Arrested Development
Acquiesce - Oasis
When I Come Around - Green Day
Nobody's Fault But My Own - Beck
I'll Stand By You - Pretenders
One Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Reminisce - Mary J. Blige
Any Time, Any Place - Janet

Amazon.com

While Volume 2 of Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances claims to draw on 25 years of history, all but one track is taken from the 1990s. The exception is Neil Young, who performed "No More" all the way back in 1989. A rundown of the rest of the tracks reads like a roster of the 1990s always-on-the-radio club. The delights on this disc are few and far between. Beck's George Harrison impression on "Nobody's Fault But My Own" is a great turn for the man associated with funky stoner grooves, but longtime fans of the show will remember George Harrison dueting with Paul Simon in the late 70s. That moment is neither here nor on Volume 1. If the companion volume strove for a bit of balance between the past and present, Volume 2 is shamelessly tailored for sales, and not as an archive. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

excellent live material although not SNL's best.......2007-01-18

If you're a fan of any of these artists, get this CD. Sound quality is superb.

FIRE THE CLOWN, THAT DID THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-02-20

NO FEAR, NO SPECIALS, NO DEVO, NO LEON REDBONE, NO ZAPPA, NO B-52's, NO PRESERVATION JAZZ HALL, NO FULL BOWIE COVERAGE, NO BLUES BROTHERS!!!!!

RAP & OTHER WATERED DOWN CRAP FROM THE LATE 80's can take a flying LEAP!!!
WE WANT the AVANTE-GARDE/DADA PUNK/NEW WAVE of L.A./N.Y. during the reagun dictataorship!!!!

(...)

JUST ANOTHER CASE WHERE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN"T DESERVE TO BE IN THE POSTION THEY ARE IN, IS GIVEN AN OPP TO DO SOMETHING THEY HAVE NO IDEA of WHATS GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attention: Neil Young Freaks.......2005-07-27

Rockin' In The Free World may have been the more incendiary performance but No More is a very, very cool song from the Freedom record that seems to have fallen through the cracks. This is a nifty live version.

I picked this set up used for about 2 bucks, I certainly would not have paid full price but I sure have enjoyed putting this Neil Young song on mix tapes.

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN' ME.......2003-10-08

One of the greatest if not the greatest live performance I've heard or seen is not presented on this CD. That's right the greatest. I don't know or have ever really know anything about Neil Young, but his live performance of ROCKIN'IN THE FREE WORLD on SNL almost put tears to my eyes. Utterly speachless. It was'nt that it was such an emotional performance or anything, but that the fact was that this old fart would have rocked Kurt Cobain's or anyone elses young butt. Trully a powerful and insperational song.

Get the DVD it's the only official release of the song.

A rare set of performances.......2002-09-08

Sorry that the majority of other reviewers focused on what performers were NOT included vs. reviewing the actual merits of this compilation. There are some excellent performances here. Neil Young, Pretenders, Beck, REM and Alanis are superb...all very well recorded. I like the incredible variety-there is no better CD for a long car ride. Highly recommended.

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Musical Performances, Vol. 1

Average customer rating:

OK, OK......it's not the compilation of your favorite SNL's..........
Lame
Where is DEVO? B-52's? DVD showing Bowie/Nomi etc?! Cheap!
Zzzz...
Let the people choose...

Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Musical Performances, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: One Way Records Inc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Musical Performances, Vol. 2
Live On Letterman : Music From The Late Show
Tibetan Freedom Concert; New York City, June 1997
Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Live From 6A : Late Night With Conan O'Brien

ASIN: B00001QGNN
Release Date: 2001-10-15

Tracks:

Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes - Paul Simon
If I Ever Lose My Faith In You - Sting
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Round Here - Counting Crows
Why - Annie Lennox
Secret O' Life - James Taylor
Who Will Save Your Soul - Jewel
Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz
Honey Bee - Tom Petty
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
What Would You Say - Dave Matthews Band
Only The Good Die Young - Billy Joel
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - David Bowie
I Love L.A. - Randy Newman

Amazon.com

Volume One of the Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances is a lot like the show itself--some bits work, some don't. What works is Elvis Costello's infamous performance of "Radio Radio," a direct middle finger to those at his record label who insisted he perform the less controversial "Less Than Zero." Paul Simon's "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" is a faithful but even more delightful reading of his finest post-Garfunkel hour. The Grateful Dead's performance is noteworthy simply for the fact that it's the Dead. Other than that, Volume One is sorely dependent on showcasing rote readings of really famous pop songs. That's passable for newer artists like Jewel or the Dave Matthews Band, but even Eric Clapton sticks to playing the tired and sappy "Wonderful Tonight" in a performance some dozen-odd years after the song was a bona fide hit. --Jason Josephes

Customer Reviews:

OK, OK......it's not the compilation of your favorite SNL's.................2007-01-22

...........but this is fantanstic live material with crystal perfect sound. Matthews, Lennox, Jewel and Sting are absolutely outstanding in their performances' and the rest is good too. And you're getting it at a nice price.

Lame.......2006-07-18

Where`s FEAR? Oh yeah, the only thing SNL is afraid of showing. Not-so-commercial hardcore punk with a drunk bunch of skinhead fans destroying the place. Not only does FEAR kick some serious a**, their (not quite) 15 minutes of fame was the best thing ever to come out of SNL, thanks to Belushi. Wait, that makes it 2. Oh well.

The Costello performance is great though.

Where is DEVO? B-52's? DVD showing Bowie/Nomi etc?! Cheap!.......2005-04-23

This is such a waste. Back in the day, before cable and DVD and the Internet - you'd stay up late to catch the latest hip rockers on SNL - at that time, the ONLY place to see those up and coming bands play live - so what do we get here on this supposed "Best of" CD? The SAFEST, SOFTEST, LAMEST choices imaginable! Save for BOWIE's amazing take on SCARY MONSTERS, this sucks big time - and even Bowie is robbed of the stunning VISUAL performance he gave - who can forget him and the late great KLAUS NOMI in their mannequin-like cases singing immobile? Also, where is DEVO circa JOCKO HOMO?! Where are the B-52's doing their seminal ROCK LOBSTER? THE CLASH doing Straight to Hell?! etc. I could go on and on...They should have divided it up by GENRE - one for punk/new wave, one for old fogies, one for rap/soul, etc. Instead, this CD serves no one. A real missed opportunity! Where is the DVD of all the LIVE performances? SNL (Broadway Video) OWNS these clips, so there is NO reason except...GREED?!

Zzzz..........2004-02-18

Aimed for the baby boomer segment of SNL's audience such as myself (Volume 2 is aimed more toward Gen Xers), this may allow listeners to hear some of their favorite artists on the car CD player without having a multidisc changer, but that's about all it's got going for it. Ranging from the pleasant (Paul Simon's "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes," with a terrific arrangement and vocal backup) to the awful (who decided Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight" would do anything but put us to sleep?), most of these live versions stick closely to the original arrangements, but sound cheesier because of the inherent limitations of setting up the band on stage (Randy Newman's "I Love L.A."). Sting, Annie Lennox, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Billy Joel -- it's like a reunion of rich classic rock stars.

The one exception is Elvis Costello's driving "Radio, Radio," which, of course, had the fake-out open (the first 15 seconds from "Less Than Zero," before he abruptly switched gears, making him part of SNL legend). Note to Lorne Michaels: that ain't "Alison" he was playing, contrary to your recollection in the liner notes.

Speaking of which, considering these performances from a TV show, what dork in Dreamworks' design department decided not to use a single image from the shows in question for the CD booklet? No wonder this puppy headed straight for the cutout rack.

Let the people choose..........2003-10-26

There are so many great performances not included on Volumes 1 and 2 that I don't even know where to begin but here's a short list just off the top of my head: Jackson Browne (1977, Running on Empty, The Pretender); The Band (playing a three song set!); Nirvana (killer version of Smells Like Teen Spirit); Suzanne Vega (Luka); 10,000 Maniacs (first appearance in 1987); Neil Young (Rocking In The Free World); Pearl Jam (Alive); Keith Richards (1987 solo album). I could go on for an hour...