Bad Company Live In Concert 1977 & 1979

A few samples:

 

Ordered my copy today! I hope there might be vinyl option down the road.

 

This is a must have. Hopefully vinyl or HiRez options are in our near future.

 

Why is this a must have? What makes this a better performance than Live Albuquerque 1976? I know that it has a different tracklist with rare gems, but are the performances that good?

Live Albuquerque 1976 is a powerful album.

 

Sounds good, but I'm not blown away yet. I need to hear more individual songs to make up my mind.

 

This is available on HDTRACKS at 96/24 now.

 

I was excited about this release when it was announced but after listening through all the song clips on iTunes this morning, I'm not all that impressed. I don't care for the clean/bright guitar tone and none of these tracks really come off as being better or more exciting than the studio versions. I'll be interested to read what others have to say once they get a chance to listen.

 

The guitar tone does sound weak on some of the tracks and Rodgers does sound a bit drunk as well. I'm waiting to hear more.

 

Because I want it Sorry....that's the best I can do.

 

Plus, it is available at a decent price. Isn't the 1976 show out of print and expensive?

 

Yeah, it appears to be out of print and was selling for 30 bucks on Amazon only a few years ago. I'm not a Bad Company completest to say the least, but this new one piqued my interest for some reason. I'll probably grab the 24/96 tonight from HdTracks.

 

Just when you thought you've seen it all.

English boys wearing cowboy hats for the Texas crowd.........

 

The Albuquerque show may have a better set list and ever so slightly better performance but this set is still very good and the sound beats the hell out of the Albuquerque set. I prefer the Wembley disc as Paul Rogers is on rhythm guitar to flesh out the arrangements. I've always liked Bad Company and they were good at what they did but they certainly stuck to a formula in the studio and on stage that worked for them. I'm not sure there are any big revelations to be found on any of their live recordings but they were a solid band. I'd recommend this easily if you like the group.

 

Ok, i've listened to it and I've changed my mind. Its really good..this is the sound of Badco live..a bit different from their studio work.. it sounds like the music that I heard at the concerts.

The 77' show is probably them at their most hard rocking. They sounded almost 'heavy' on that tour. The 79' show is quite different, a lighter, brighter, cleaner sound, more professional, but quite tasteful and still rockin'.

 

R.I.P. Boz - you were a GREAT bassist.

 

Yeah, I want to hear this through my Klipsch's. This is real live classic rock.

 

Sounds and LOOKS fine to me.



Always love to see "new" releases with the Swan Song logo.

 

Listened to the first CD this morning. I thought it was pretty good.

 

Am I right in thinking that Live 1977 - 1979 has been newly remixed from the multi-tracks? Also, does anyone know who mastered it?

 

I'm not sure, but Martin Birch recorded/engineered the 79' concert.

 

Thanks, but I was hoping that someone who's already bought the album would know by reading the credit notes.

 

The Deluxe Editions of their first two albums that were released last year (2015) were made available in 24bit/96kHz on HDtracks, so it's a good possibility that this album will be released in high rez as well.

 

It's fine, although I found myself skipping to the next track far too often.

 

Mastered By:

Jon Astley at Close To The Edge 2016

Mixed from the original mult-tracks by Richard Digby Smith 2016

@Andrew Smith

 

Thanks for that, so it has been newly mixed. Jon Astley at Close To The Edge also mastered the Deluxe Editions of Bad Company (S/T debut) and Straight Shooter that were released in 2015.

Richard Digby Smith also newly remixed all the content on Disc 2 on both of these Deluxe Editions.