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I BOUGHT THIS LIVE CD, AS I HAVE SEEN CHRIS AND NORMAN BEAKERS BAND ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND ALSO TO ADD TO MY COLLECTION OF FARLOWE ALBUMS TO WHICH THIS IS THE FIRST I HAVE PURCHASED ON CD. FARLOWE IS THE MASTER OF THE BLUES ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE ONLY KNOW OF HIM THROUGH HIS (OUT OF TIME) SINGLE IN THE LATE 60'S. ALTHOUGH ONLY THE FIRST TRACK IS CREDITED TO HIM AND THE OTHER 13 ARE COVER SONGS HE HAS HIS OWN PERSONAL STYLE WHICH MAKES THEM SEEM AS THOUGH THEY BELONG TO HIM.EVEN HIS FAMED OUT OF TIME IS BY JAGGER/RICHARDS, AND IT CAME TO BE HIS SIGNATURE SONG.MOST OF THE 14 TRACKS ARE GOOD EARTHY BLUES AND HE POSESSES ONE OF THE BEST VOICES FOR THE BLUES WHICH MANY OTHER BLUES ARTISTS SADLY DON'T. NORMAN BEAKER HAS BEEN AROUND ALSO FOR MANY YEARS AS HIS BACKIG MAN AND HE ALSO HAS AN EAR FOR GOOD BLUES GUITAR WHICH MAKES THIS LIVE RECORDING TOGETHER OUTSTANDING.ALL HIS FAVOURITE TRACKS ARE HERE WITH LONESOME ROAD--STORMY MONDAY--THE GUITAR DON'T LIE AND A STORMING VERSION OF HANDBAGS AND GLADRAGS COMING OVER AS THE OUTSTANDING TRACKS.8 OF THE TRACKS ARE OVER 6 MINUTES LONG AND YOU NEVER GET BORED LISTENING TO THEM BECAUSE THEY ROLL THROUGH UNTIRING, WITH SOME AWESOME BLUES/SOFT ROCK.RECORDED IN HUNGARY IN 2000 AND THE LAST 2 TRACKS IN OLDENBOURG IN 2004 THE ONLY GRIPE I HAVE IS WHY DO SO MANY GOOD ENGLISH BANDS RECORD ABROAD AND NOT IN SOME OF OUR GREAT ENGLISH VENUES WHERE THEY ALL STARTED.Read full review