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THE BEST OF THE SOLOS
2005-11-24
This is easily the best of all the Who solo albums and quite honestly, better than some of the who band recordings. Now I know this is going to make Who fans crazy (I have been a Who fan since 1965 ) but when this came out around the same time as Who's Next, I liked this better and I still do. This solo album is all John and he shines. The songs are incredibly well written and the musicianship is all John except for guitar and drums. Only one of the these songs was done by the Who, Heaven and Hell, and it is totally different here. It's amazing how John got this big, almost heavy metal sound with absolutely stunning melodies. If you're a Who fan and have listened to all of their cds and need more, definitely get this. The songs on this album are more attuned to his earlier who work, albeit a bit heavier. I'm not really sure what happened to John after this album, because all his solo work just went downhill. Loss of melody and vitality. The demos are ok and Cinnamon Girl is your bar band take, but the original songs from the LP are stunning.......
THUNDERFINGERS LIVES
2005-11-16
The WHO had it all backwards, the drummer and the bass player were the two lead players. Beyond all the glorious noise these guys made on record and on stage and the production of Kit Lambert, we rarely got to hear how great John Entwistle was as a musician.
By 1970 John had just too many songs stored up and needed another outlet to being on the B side of the Who's latest single. So he began his first solo LP in November. Cy Langston was recruited from the Who's roadcrew for his guitar ability that sounded much like Pete Townshend. The rumor at the time was it WAS Pete working under an allias, but Dave (Cyrano) Langston was a real person. Jerry Shirley from the great group Humble Pie had some time- off and was drafted to sit behind the drumkit, so begins 'Smash'. "My Size", the opener sounds like a Love Song for a anger-mangement class, it's heavy and a great begining with all the Power Chords in the right places, The Who should have played this in concert it would have fit well. "Big Chicken", is about the Demon Alcohol while "What Are We Doing Here", was based on an incident in Canada when again the member's of The Who were hassled for the length of the hair (John was in a suit, and never dressed like stinkin' Hippy). The mix on this one is a bit different than on the original release. "What Kind Of People Are They?" has a super horn section supplied by John. "Heaven & Hell" is way close to the version recorded by The Who, and was the show opener for that band in 1970-71. Side two of the LP started off with the great tune "Ted End", that has a real Beatles type charm to it. This would have fit in on "Abbey Road" quite nicely. On "Your Mine", John gets to play The Devil himself , with Lyrics Cousin Kevin would be proud of. "No. 29" is a drum based rocker that has the fastest runs on Bass Guitar heard on record (up till this point in time). The closer "I Believe In Everything", sounds cherrful untill you check out the lyric sheet and see that John is being sarcastic again. Nine Bonus Tracks are added to this release with Neil Young's, "Cinnamon Girl" Given John's, 'Heavy' treatment of Production AND it's SLOWER than Neil's version. "It's Hard To Write A Love Song", "The Haunted Can Be Free" and "World Behind My Face" are O.K. tunes but being Demo's you tend to wonder what they could have sounded like given the full band treatment. Who Freaks will be very happy to see these Tracks getting an Official release. And to my knowledge the Bootleggers never got their hands on these ditties either. An early take of "My Size", is included and it's got the Bass mixed right up front with the guitars more in the background and a different vocal take, it's track one mixed in reverse but still interesting. The last four cuts are demo's of "What kind Of People", "Big Chicken", "No. 29" and "Ted End", with John playing all the parts. This recording along with "Whistle Rymes" are John Enwistle's Best Releases. There are five pages of notes on the making of this masterpiece and all the lyrics are here as well. JOHN LIVES....FIVE STARS
Eternal OX
2005-11-11
I was a lad of 16 when this album was first released and it has always been one of my favs. Over the years, I was tempted many times to pick this up on CD but never got around to it.
When I read that this was being re-released yet again, this time w/ 9 bonus tracks, I had to have it. The original LP has held up very well, but it is a little shocking to hear some tracks (What are we doing here, in particular) with a different mix (read the CD booklet to find out the reason). The bonus tracks are great. While many of them are rough demos,it is great to hear John in this way as he was always a perfectionist changing his parts until they met his criteria. It really makes you appreciate his tremendous talent and humor. Although Cinammon Girl has been previously released it is a real treat to find it included in this package. Essential OX. RIP John, in Heaven and Hell or wherever you may be, because I Believe In Everything.  Read for more: http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%3FASIN=B...
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