Good times of old England : Steeleye Span 1972-1983
Steeleye Span
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Reviews (3)
At the barrier
d. 1. June 2022
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John Barlass
d. 1. June 2022
"Zappa/Erie isn't a collection that's likely to pull in many new Zappa converts, but for those already in the know, it's yet another fantastic piece of work from Ahmet, Joe, Don and the team at Zappa Records/UMe. These live recordings from yet another special period in the career of Frank Zappa are exceptional - let's hope there's still a lot more goodies in the pipeline".
Audiophile Review
d. 17. June 2022
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Mark Smotroff
d. 17. June 2022
"Simply called Zappa/Erie, this latest in the archive series is fascinating snapshot of - if you'll excuse me for referencing Ten Years After - a very specific space in time. Across six CDs worth of music culled from a semi-isolated north-western corner of Pennsylvania, we hear several different - and even rare - incarnations of Zappa's band ... As we've become accustomed from the Zappa Estate in recent years, the production quality of the Zappa/Erie set is very high both as a listening experience and a physical memento".
Mojo
2022 August
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Mike Barnes
2022 August
""We'll play you one hell of a show," Zappa announces at the start of the 1974 set (...) - and they do. this is as well played and recorded as one would expect, and Zappa's restless creative tinkering yielded revised arrangements of "Village Of The Sun" and a series of songs from The Mothers' 1966 debut 'Freak Out!'. The '76 concert (...) is equally impressive. But with '70s shows come the inevitable longeurs. Only 10 minutes of this music has been released before (...) and tellingly they were edited. But here we get the full versions, and 22 minutes of 'Dupree's Paradise' and 19 minutes of 'Black Napkins' proves too much of a good thing".