SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Live - UK Picture Disc LP - Prog Glam

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THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND

Live

UK Picture Disc LP released on Samurai Records.

Although the Sensational Alex Harvey Band showed off plenty of sonic firepower on studio outings like Next and Tomorrow Belongs To Me, they were always at their most ferocious in the concert arena. As a result, Live is an especially rousing and engaging addition to the group's catalogue. Since the set list is almost entirely composed of time-tested favourites, it also one of their most consistent albums. The album's contents are taken from a single night's performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, and this gives it a sonic coherence that other live albums rarely capture. A totally committed performance from the band seals the album's appeal with its thrilling combination of heavy bombast and tight arrangements that carefully deploy keyboard shadings to flesh out the guitar-heavy sound.

The proceedings start powerfully with "Faith Healer," an ominous rocker whose thunderous riffs take on a new level of muscle in the live arena. Other highlights include "Give My Compliments to the Chef," a sci-fi-influenced tale of societal breakdown that slowly but surely builds into a hard-rocking frenzy, and the group's cover of "Framed," which transforms the classic Leiber-Stoller tune into a twisted psychodrama where Harvey debates with the audience over his innocence. However, the finest track on the album is a cover: the group's surprisingly subtle version of the Tom Jones hit "Delilah" tones down the original's fevered psychodrama to create a waltz-like tune with a tongue in cheek circus atmosphere. This track is also notable because it was released as a single and became one of the group's biggest hit singles in Europe. To sum up, Live is a double-triumph for the Sensational Alex Harvey Band because it functions both as a strong live souvenir for the group's fans and also as a solid introduction to the group's highlights for the novice.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

Fanfare (Justly, Skillfully, Magnanimously)
Faith Healer
Tomahawk Kid
Vambo

Side Two

Give My Compliments To The Chef
Delilah
Framed

Released on 'Samurai Records'

Catalogue No. SAH 117 PD

Disc is in EX condition

Plain Sleeve

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