Musicians: John Wetton: Lead vocals, Fernandes bass, Yairi acoustic, 12-string, grand piano Martin Orford: Keyboards, Flute and harmony vocal David Kilminster: Guitar, harmony vocal Steve Christey: Drums Tracklist: 1. Intro-Guitar Concerto / The Last Thing On My Mind (4:59) 2. Sole Survivor (6:50) 3. Book of Saturday (3:03) 4. Emma (3:19) 5. Tatras (5:00) 6. In The Dead Of Night (5:56) 7. Bygosh!! / Easy Money (10:28) 8. Rendezvous 6:02 (5:23) 9. The Birth Of Igor (3:10) 10. After All (4:34) 11. Starless (10:17) 12. The Night Watch (4:25) John Wetton shouldn't need a further presentation as he have played with a numerous of the big bands in the progressive and AOR genre. He have written himself into the music history with bands and artists such as Asia, Family, Steve Hackett, King Crimson, Roxy Music, U.K., Uriah Heep, Wetton/Manzanera and Wishbone Ash. Besides being a great bass player he has one of progressive rock's best voices. This album was recorded live in Bydgoszcz and Krakow, Poland in May 1998 on the Arkangel tour. Support act on those concerts was the Polish progressive rock band Quidam. Almost every period of John Wetton's career is represented here. Besides the new material from "Arkangel", there are classic tracks such as: * "Sole Survivor" from Asia's album "Asia" (1982) * "Book Of Yesterday" and "Easy Money" from King Crimson's album "Larks' Tongues In Aspic" (1973) * "In The Dead Of the Night" from U.K.'s album "U.K." (1978) * "Rendezvous 6:02" from U.K.'s album "Danger Money" (1979) * "Starless" from King Crimson's album "Red" (1974) * "The Night Watch" from King Crimson's album "Starless And Bible Black" (1974) Although there's many John Wetton live albums in the market, I think that this is definitely worth having. The production is outstanding for being a live album. If you've never heard John Wetton before this might be a good starter. Recommended! Released by GIANT ELECTRIC PEA (GEPCD1025) Giant Electric Pea web-site: http://www.gep.co.uk/ Giant Electric Pea e-mail: gepuk@classic.msn.com Official John Wetton web-site: http://www.geocities.com/paris/8099/wetton.html Official John Wetton INFOMaGaZiNe, c/o Gary Carter, PO Box 1041, Oxford, OX4 2YT, UK -Reviewed by Greger Rönnqvist- |