![]() ![]() It was first released on Deram Records in 1971. “Bright City” was Andersons first solo album for which he additionally wrote all the material. He joined the band in 1968 and stayed with Hartley for some three years, during which time the\d hard, became However it seemed that Miller and Keel didn't always get on too well and Miller left the band in 1971. Miller Anderson, the Scots born singer, guitarist, and songwriter, came to fame with the Keef Hartley band, which established him as a well respected frontman. This does not hurt the reproduction but is an added bonus for those who have seen these shows. This is because of the intent to adhere to the original progression of the shows. The disc has a different song sequence than what you may be used to. Many of those discs are in the "Grand Funk Remasters" series. They went on to produce fantastic studio discs that cemented the status of the band forever in the annals of rockdom. Grand Funk have had their share of troubles and came out of them stronger. With the rigid bass of Mel Schacher and the utilitarian Guitars/Keys/Vocals of Mark Farner, Grand Funk also produces the timeless "Heartbreaker", "Mean Mistreater", "Inside Looking Out", and other GFR classics that have defined the era's concept of great rock music and what it was all about. Mixed with socially conscious lyrics, GFR became the voice of an age.įrom the drum solo sweat machine of "T.N.U.C" where Brewer toils forever with a fevered intensity and produces the drum solo of all time that has never been beatened. ![]() Listen to any of the tracks and you realize that Farner and the boys understood what great music was and better, how to produce it. Secondly, Grand Funk was the essence of Rock. With an energy level of a nuclear reactor, the disc captures the heat of the times and documents it for all time. That love dedication is revealed on this album of material recorded during mid June,1970 at several Florida arenas. Listen to the extraordinary "Inside Looking Out" and the change is unreal. But to hear Farner's vocals as cleanly as we do here along with his guitar leads is a plus. The drums' pounds are good but a little distant. Schacher's bass is clearer and produces the growl that it was meant to. ![]() It realizes the textures of the show by emphasizing the instruments. The remaster of "Live Album" is a grand art, it opens up the sound. ![]() Recorded at Sarasota, Florida on JJacksonville, Florida on Jand West Palm Beach, Florida on June 24, 1970. "Live Album" was one of the discs that was played over and over because of its intensity and the great songs of GFR. The power trio of Mark Farner, Mel Schacher, and Don Brewer entered the 70s with all the thunder of a great storm when they released "Live Album". Thus starts out one of the quintessential live recordings of all time. ![]()
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