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Release Date: 3 November 2003
Format: Audio CD
Label: Bgo
Average Rating: 4 out of 5
As heard on Absolute Radio...
This release features the track '
Hold your head up', as heard on Absolute Radio.
Total reviews (4)
Argent were one of those bands that made good albums that sold always better abroad than over here UK, along with TYA they were constantly on the road, this has captured them at the height of there game. and I for one remember seein em live in the early 70`s and the sold out tours just say it all! this is hard rock,prog rock and dam fine rock. A great introduction to Argent!If you are feeling curious check out,Russ Ballards solo work ,He always hits the spot!To think he wrote `god gave rock and roll to you`, since you`ve been gone`..slightly overlooked I`d say.
Rating: 5 out of 5
I bought this album when it was first released and the album is completely worn out with use and i am planning to buy it in cd form to recapture memories and to enjoy these tracks again. It was the band that got me interested in live music with this album.
Rating: 5 out of 5
As evidenced by this album, Argent were a sort of poor man's ELP, with a little more electric guitar and substantially more vocal harmonies. The trouble is that they were primarily a studio band. This album -- a double live LP -- was given mediocre reviews even on its initial release. The sound quality has not improved with the transfer to CD. The drums sound particularly tinny. Even though Argent are playing to a home crowd on many of the tracks -- at the City Hall, St Albans -- there seems to be little or no interplay with the audience. I can remember that venue staging wrestling tournaments that were more exciting -- although there was probably slightly more improvisation in an Argent concert.If you want a much better live album, which is far better recorded, with much better drumming, get ELP's WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS, which was recorded around the same era.The only good reason for getting this album is because Argent's IN DEEP album has been deleted. That contains the studio versions of 'It's Only Money' parts 1 and 2, which are infinitely superior. They are both good tunes. Unfortunately you also get 'God Gave Rock and Roll to You', which has always sounded ponderous to me.
Rating: 2 out of 5
I bought this album when it was first released and the album is completely worn out with use and i am planning to buy it in cd form to recapture memories and to enjoy these tracks again. It was the band that got me interested in live music with this album.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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