Rolling Stones El Mocambo 1977 - Review
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- The Rolling Stones have finally released the legendary El Mocambo 1977 club shows on CD. This long awaited grail is everything I could've hoped it would be...and more. It's one of the great live albums of all time.
While to me the Mick Taylor era will never be equaled- this is as close as you're going to get. The band is sharp, and they didn't just perform a "greatest hits" show, which gets really stale after a while. Superb set, great sound.
Yes. And the best Ronnie Wood as ever played with the stones in my opinion. He really had something to prove at the time. Big shoes to fill. And he did a great job as clearly heard on this album.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Indeed. Woody never sounded better with the Stones-or even as good-as this show as far as I'm concerned. His solo on Little Red Rooster is eerily Taylor-like, though more subdued.
Excellent album. Just listened to it in its entirety. This is their best live album.
Thanks for watching and commenting. For me Ya yas is perfection but Mocambo setlist is a dream come true for me and it’s certainly the most fun listen. I’ll take them both to a desert island. Thanks again.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I agree Ya Yas is best ever - I do think Ronnie Wood needs a bit more credit though - I know you said he's great on this - and I know Mick Taylor is obviously a blues virtuoso - and their best albums are in his era. But his energy, and even just his playing and love of playing re-energizes the Stones even to this day. It not just lead vs rhythm -its just guitar - that makes you move
@@deand7348 absolutely true. Stones would have been long gone without Woody saving the band and being the middle man between mick and Keith.
But I do wish woody would have maintained the high level of lead playing he did in 75 and 76. The weaving is great but sometimes a little more would be nice. Thanks for watching and commenting
I listened to it and as you said Alan, it's fantastic overall. It goes to show that now the Stones are starting to see that they have to really take the "hidden" material out and the theatre shows, because the classics are very worn out. The great thing about this record is how fresh it sounds. The band sounds looser, probably because they were just trying to get the feel for the 1978 tour, so there was no pressure. A great homage to Charlie too, he was fabulous in this show.
Yes. I would love to see them start releasing more of their legendary club theater shows. There’s a.bunch of them with great set lists. Thanks.
I really love your review!!! I could not agree more with:
1) The sound of this recording. As sharp as hell. No only the band was ON FIRE, as you mentioned, but also the remasterization was PERFECT. For example, it's absolutely impressive how the rhythm guitar can be hear in Crackin' Up (and also the piano at the end), in comparison with the Love You Live version, which I think is the same version.
2) The outstanding set list of songs.... OMG!
3) The concept of being almost live. I mean, you can hear plenty of dialogues between the stones, which makes you travel directly to El Mocambo.... the one that you mention that Charlie is a jazz drummer, but also the one that Ronnie invites people to his room... haha. And many others.
Thanks for the review!
Hi Manuel. Thanks for watching and your amazing comments. I really really appreciate it. So glad you mentioned Crackin' Up. Yes to my ears sounds almost identical to Love You Live, yet so much better on the new El Mocambo album. I know some people are complaining that the mix on the new release is to big - sounds like recorded in an arena vs a small club sound. But not to me. I love the big sound. Sounds fantastic and so exciting to me. And yes the Charlie comment is hysterical...love it. Anyway, thanks so much again.
We've finally got it!! I agree with everything you've said! This stuff is of legend!
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@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Where did you get that jewel cased version of Brussels?
@@ExileOnMyStreet originally I made it from the bought download. Then bought another bootleg of it for the art.
Their magical Live Years from 1969 up until 1982......
They were certainly a very different band back then. I also loved Steel Wheels, voodoo lounge and bridges tours. Massive shows. Great staging. Tight big band. Great also but in a very different way. Thanks so much.
New subscriber. I'm a hardcore Stones fan but I'm embarrassed to say I haven't listened to it yet. Can't wait to hear it.
It’s exactly as I described. It’s not really the Stones. It’s all Jagger. But a great vocal performance. Hope you like it.
Love it - Yea I agree - Black and Blue tracks are great (also always loved Love You Live!!)
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Best Post Taylor era live album !
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Some Girls Live in Texas is tops
To me it's Bridges to Buenos Aires
@@manuelrobledo8072 definitely a great one. Incredible crowds down there. Never seen anything like them. Don’t think I could handle being in that crowd. Thanks for watching and commenting
I think “Brussels Affair” is the best live recording of the Stones ever. That version of “Midnight Rambler” is sublime. After that, I’d say that the 1995 European shows were great. “Gimme Shelter” from the Amsterdam show is the best version ever. But for historical reasons I’d give it to “Ya-Ya’s” with 1995s “Stripped” following closely for best live recordings.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Totally agree - love your choices. And I still listen to Stripped - really good later release - I may be in a minority but I love the Stones version of Like A Rolling Stone - a highlight of their laterday live shows to me.
Then you cant have Some Girls Live in Texas because i haven't stop playing that since it came out ive been driven to tears abt how good that one is.
@@bcsemotorworks2462 I think Some Girls Live in Texas is excellent. I’m not sure of the need to compare it to Mocambo. But if I had to I way prefer Mocambo. Especially because of the set list.
I never liked "Love you Live" but I always wanted to hear the entire El Mocambo sets.,,this collection is really cool.! Great to hear so many deep cuts in such an intimate setting. Thanks for the review.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I always liked KYL. As a fun live album. Just a fun listen. But yea. El Mocambo is in a different class. An all time classic. Approaching Ya Yas greatness imho. Thanks again
That YA YA album is the best live rock album with Live at Leeds a possible contender.
@@blakelycreative3171 I think that may be my next video. My favorite live albums of all time
@@blakelycreative3171 YA YAS is overdubbed-not TOTALLY live
I think it is there best live Album! Hand of Fate could best best live thing since Midnight Rambler live! Love Worried About You is one of my favorite songs and they make it even better live!
Thanks for watching and commenting. Don’t know if it will beat YAYas for me. But yes it’s an amazing live album. Thanks again
Great review..thanks. I have a question; who plays harp on Mannish boy? If its Jagger its strange cause its there while he is singing..Or is it an overdub?
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Love You Live had many overdubs including the El Mocambo side. Lots of guitar and backing vocals and yes the harmonica on Mannish Boy. So yes the harmonica is overdubbed. If my memory is correct on Love You Live I believe Around and Around was truly warts and all so I imagine a lot of the new el Mocambo would be truly live as well. Thanks again
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow
Thanks for your reaction..
Ik thought the new release was pure live..but now I understand is has the same overdubs as love you live..but still IT sounds different than love you live...
@@itsonlyrockandrol100 it’s hard to know for sure. Sounds to me like by far the majority of the new Mocambo is pretty raw and untouched. Clearly it was remixed remastered. Has an almost arena sound to it versus a small bar dry sound. But I personally like the big sound. I can’t imagine the stones now doing overdubs on it. So I would think any overdubs would’ve been done at the love you live time. So to me it’s very much a “live recording “ even with some touch ups possibly done in ‘77. Thanks again.
I absolutely love this live album and have it on cd and vinyl. I too noticed some overdubbing on certain tracks.
Love your review! This really is a great live album with an awesome selection of songs - fresh and, as you said, fun.
Thanks so much. This was #1 on my most wanted Stones live list - and it really delivered. A fantastic listen.
Great review, I also think the sound is unusually good, very clear. Route 66 is on constant loop here!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Really appreciate it. Some people have complained but I love the big sound of this album.
Love the release...this makes the "love you live" album just a sampler...this is the real deal to get for all stones fanatics..
Thanks so much. Yes this is a super special release. Love it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow too bad Wyman did not get the photocredit...infact the real stones sound died when Wyman left the joint
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow unless they show Darryl in the band pics....of course Darryl plays solid bass, not the bass stones sound needed..just my opinion..with chuck on keys and Bernard on backing vocal..the real Darryl Jones era began in the early 90s. Even tho chuck was with them since 1982 Leeds..after Stu died and Wyman left, they became more of a regular sounding act...
@@TheRollingStonesswhen wyman left,the roll left
Your well educated excitement is contagious .
Thanks so much.
For my money, This is the best Rolling Stones Live album ever released. It's raw and daring and full of atmosphere. Billy Preston seals the deal!
...it's certainly the most fun Stones live album...at least to me. Thanks again Tom.
Love the El Mocambo release. They seem to be having a great time playing in a small club. It would have been great if they released both nights as a deluxe version so you had the option of buying both nights or the 2nd night. I read the 1st night had a shorter setlist.
Supposedly the first night was pretty rough and the second night was far superior. They added the missing tracks from the first night so we pretty much have all the songs. In all pretty great release. To me best stones live release since stripped. And up there with YA Yas as my favorite .
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow YA YA deluxe set should have released the concert with the songs in the correct order and take the songs on the 2nd CD and insert them in the correct placement as played during the concert. Unfortunately, the Stones don't own those recordings, so there is nothing they can do. The 1969 Oakland concert, which I have as a bootleg CD, is a better representative of their live act. Fidelity may not be as good, but you get the complete concert and the songs in the correct order.
love u live was stolen on vinyl. so i bopught the cd of this. and its amazing. it rocks cheers alan. stones are one of me all time faves.
I've always been a fan of Love You Live. To me a loose, bit campy but fun live album and Ronnie Wood was playing solid lead back then (his first tour with the Stones). But El Mocambo takes it to another level. A great archive Stones live release - probably the best.
Huge Stones fan. I'm not really of fan of Ya Ya's or Brussels Affair and I think they sound tremendous on this release. Maybe it was the small size of the venue or how well this was recorded and mixed - def the unique playlist is a contributing factor in why this comes off so well but I've personally never heard them better live.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Definitely the set list is the highlight of Mocambo for me. The performance rocks and it sounds fantastic but it’s the setlist that makes it unique and super special to me.
Love Jagger's phrasing of "oh no's" on Let's Spend The Night Together! Very soulful
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Great review Alan, glad I found you. Greetings from Oz
Thanks so much really appreciate it.
Haven't bought but will after hearing your great review - thank you! Was at the ElMo that night but couldn't get in so hung outside with all the other crazy Stones fans - amazing, electric night! Toronto fan at 16 in '66 🌴
Thanks for watching and commenting - I think you're gonna love El Mocambo. Such a fun release - great performance and amazing set list (at least for me). Must of been so much fun just hanging around there even if you couldn't get in. Must have been electricity in the air that night. Thanks again.
Nice touch Alan with the B Wyman , Sticky Fingers restaurant T Shirt. Got to agree with a lot of your comments, I also think Ya Yas is something else especially when it came out I thought WOW ! El Mocambo played it last night and only just stopped dancing around the room !
Thanks for noticing Valerie. You’re the only one lol. Was a highlight of my trip to England years ago. Unfortunately Bill wasn’t there. Mocambo sure makes me dance to. Thanks so much.
Great album,great review
Thanks so much
awesome review, and -- judging by others' comments -- you've got me enthused to get it. I'd've probably got it any way (stones my all-time fave group). did you say it was made in n. Korea? that mention was a little mumbled and couldn't quite make out what you said.
Hello - thanks so much for watching and commenting. Yea, if you love the Stones, and you said they're your favorite band, than El Mocambo is a must. It sounds great - has an area type sound mix even though in a tiny club. Some people are complaining about that, but I love the mix. The playing is great, it's super fun and the set list (if you like deeper Stones cuts) can't be beat. The CD I bought had a sticker which said made in Austria. I store owner (I bought it at local record store) said they were made in Austria which is partly responsible for it's high cost for a simple 2-CD set. I've no idea why they would have to make in Austria. Thanks so much again.
Alan, I agree that LYL is a great listen. E l Macombo is a grail that hits it out of the park.
Thanks for watching and commenting Jimmy - really appreciate it.
Just ordered my copy of El Mocambo. Cheers.
Good purchase - last time I checked the price was way down from when I bought it. I hope you'll love it. I still do.
Billy Preston's last performance with the Stones. The next year it was Ian McLagan with Stu on the keys.
Yes. Completely different sound. 78. Lean mean punkish Stones.
Good review, man. Well done! I've just subscribed. This may be the best club gig by a rock band I have ever heard. Only 45 years late! When the Stones were recording Exile in 1971, Andy Johns, an engineer on it, handed Keith a guitar one day so he could join in a version of "Bitch" other band members were starting in on. Andy said he knew when he heard him play why Keith was so vital to the band. I always wondered what he heard. Now I know - it's on Route 66 (I think the boot version I know is from the first show and Keith's playing is even more urgent and funky, but whatever). Bill's bass throughout is great - they really lost something when he left in 1992. And now Charlie has died and Keith can't play so much any more, which is a different story, but this was a club gig during their glory years. And I agree - Ronnie was great on the '75 tour. I love the '78 tour too - they had the weaving down by then - I'm sure you know Handsome Girls and the whole Detroit gig from that tour ...
Thanks so much for your kind comments and watching and subscribing. I really appreciate it. Great Andy John’s story. I have many boots from the 78 tour. Weird your in a way. Certainly unique in the Stones live history. Some shows I’ve heard are not very good. Others amazing. Handsome girls is a favorite boot Box set. Absolutely tremendous. The official Texas release is great too. Thanks so much again. But yea I love Mocambo. Especially the set list.
love your enthusiasm about the music!
Thanks so much - I really appreciate it. I really am and have always been pretty passionate about this stuff. Thanks so much again.
Where did you get THAT version of the Brussels Affair?
A bootleg
Both this album, and your review of it Alan, were an absolute joy. It's just wonderful....not 100% perfect of course, but then nothing ever is (unless you're Michelangelo carving a statue of David).
Here's a penny for my thoughts on the album, in the hope that people won't be too bored by them.
Bottom line, the deal here is that Bob Clearmountain remixed the tapes from the Love You Live sessions, and the end result is a whole lot funkier and dirtier than what we got in 1977. For sure, side 3 of LYL, the club side, was a novelty, bookended as it was by live material from stadiums in Paris and Los Angeles over the previous two years. It was possibly also a sop to sniping UK punks, who felt the Stones had become irrelevant and overblown stadium bores.
Trouble was, there was something just a little bit squeaky clean about side 3. A whole lot of fun, of course, and a breath of fresh air compared to some other parts of LYL, but still.......
For those who complain that listening to the blues is like watching paint dry, the opening track (Mannish Boy) was guilty as charged; Around & Around managed to sound like a toytown version of Chuck Berry; and Little Red Rooster, fine as it was, was completely lacking in the sly barnyard menace of the Stones' original cover. Happily for all though, Crackin' Up (track two) was a revelation, and wonderful by anyone's standards, so it really ought to have been a single release back in '77, surely?
Anyway, here we all are, forty-five years later, and Bob Clearmountain has completely reimagined/reconceived/reconfigured our hearing of this live set. Some of Jagger's onstage patter has been removed, for a variety of reasons, but no serious harm is done by that. Lets take a peek at the track listing:
Honky Tonk Women: the opening track on all the live shows '75 thru '77. I'm not sure why, as it seems rather plodding and pedestrian compared to the '69 thru '73 live versions, and can only surmise that the band were finding their feet, so to speak, and settling into a groove for their show that was about to unfold.
All down the Line: In my view, the 1973 version of this song (Brussels) totally kills this later version from 1977. Mick Taylor wasn't always better than Ronnie Wood, by any means, but in this instance he really was, and his beautifully melodic lead knocks Ronnie's incessant twirling into a cocked hat I'm afraid. For me anyway.
Hand of Fate: superb as track 2 on Black & Blue was, it didn't really achieve any real traction live in shows over the following years, and nor did Hey Negrita, which really was superb. So it just about passes muster here, I guess, if not a great deal more.
Route 66: you look at the back of the album cover, and see this track listed, and think 'Amazing, the Stones going back to their roots'. Trouble is, it's not quite as exciting as it ought to be, although I gather that there are rawer and funkier versions out there from the same time period. Knebworth perhaps?
Fool to Cry: sugary and schmaltzy as hell on Black and Blue, and none the worse for that either, but live, it just seems to fall flat as a pancake. Who can blame Keith Richards for falling asleep whilst performing this song?
Crazy Mama: at last, we're cooking! I'm afraid I didn't take to this final cut on Black & Blue at all (nor the first track either, sadly) and felt that the Stones were quite unnecessarily coming over all Led Zeppelin, with less charm than a juggernaut driving through a quiet country village. Let's forget all that however: this new rendition has a whole new lease of life breathed into it and is magnificent.
Mannish Boy: this Muddy Waters cover benefits infinitely from Clearmountain's fresh mix. The '77 version was a bit of a yawn, but this is terrific.
Crackin' Up: just great, just great - one of the freshest things the band has ever done.
Dance Little Sister: the studio version was supposedly recorded in a toilet back in '74, or at least, that was Richards' intention, to make it sound as if it had been. Trouble was, it came out feeling just a little bit contrived. But here, thank goodness, it breaks free of its studio shackles and is a marvellous thing to behold.
Around & Around: much better here than on LYL. Dirty, rocky, and fun.
Tumbling Dice: I'm told that at least 50 versions of this song, if not 100, were recorded back in Nellcote, and I'm not by any means certain that that the final product on Exile was the best one to have chosen. And exactly the same goes for All Down the Line too. The band seem to have nailed Dice in '73, with its lovely horns at the end, and again in '75 in LA, although on Love You Live it sounded rather unexciting. I'm afraid I can't get too worked up about this Mocambo version either.
Hot Stuff: this really comes alive in a way that it didn't on Black & Blue. Great.
Star Star: I guess the Goats Head Soup version is the definitive one, although the band made a pretty fine fist of it at the LA Forum in '75. This version doesn't do anything particularly special for me, however.
Let's Spend the Night Together: a lot of fun, albeit not quite as much fun as on the 1981 (Hampton Virginia) live set. But still, it shows that looking backwards (into your back catalogue) can be a way of going forwards too.
Worried Life Blues: words just fail me; it's superb. Indispensable as all the other guys are, it's a very much a case of no Keith, no Stones, and this song proves that to the hilt.
Little Red Rooster: dirty, murky and thrilling. A great improvement on Love You Live's rather sanitised version.
It's Only Rock & Roll: there are some terrific versions of this around (both Paris and Earls Court '76 for example) but this isn't one of them, in my book. Sorry.
Rip this Joint/Brown Sugar/Jumping Jack Flash: I have a feeling that '77/78 is when the Stones should have started to drop some of the old live warhorses, but here, thanks in very large part to Billy Preston, they sound as good as new. All three are tremendous fun cuts....a lot of fun, so thanks Billy for your contribution.
Melody: a lovely jazzy track on Black & Blue, and something of a departure for the band at the time. Unfortunately it's one of those songs that doesn't achieve anything live that hadn't already been achieved in the studio; so it's a fun and interesting addition to the set, albeit a rather forgettable one for me.
Luxury: this is a rather jagged and rough-hewn rendition of that super-smooth and silky song from 1974. And as much as I enjoyed the song back then, this new version is a lot of fun too, with all its gawky stops and starts, which have a certain insouciant charm to them - for all that it shouldn't work on paper.
Worried About You: beyond magnificent. What else can I say? A bit like the live version of You Can't Always Get What You Want, but with more highways and byways in amongst it than that. Of course it wouldn't have made sense to release this version before the official studio edition came out in '81on Tattoo You, and if they had released it as part of a live set before that date, then Mocambo would have had to have been a double album. Something the public doesn't always want, unfortunately.
So as a whole, this album is unquestionably up there with '69 (at the Garden), Leeds '71, Philadelphia '72, Brussels '73 and LA '75. (I ought to include Hampton '81 in that list, if only 'Still Life' had been better-edited!). Sorry for those of you who feel '78 should be in there - you're probably right.
And sorry to you too Alan, this is your forum, your show, and I'm stealing all your thunder, going on like this! My apologies, and all my best wishes.
You’re not stealing my thunder at all. This is an incredible analysis. Certainly deeper song by song than I did and I appreciate that. I was looking at the forest vs the trees so to speak. I’m a fan of LYL because I saw the stones in 75 and it was life changing. I also thought it was the best or most exciting guitar playing by Woody. He sounded like he had something to prove and was playing dynamic lead guitar. The band is loose and fun and powerful. To me El Mocambo is like that but better because of the incredible set list. It’s a wonderful listen overall. And I love Clearmountan’s production. Like you said it’s not small and squeaky clean. It’s big and loud and powerful. And yes Crackin Up is amazing. Was the highlight on LYL as well to me. Thanks again.
Listen one more time and you will see you'r wrong
The whole album is awesome......Love You Live was always my favorite Stones live album....nothing beats Woody and Keef guitar weaving....and this release is absolutely fantastic.....none of this massive separation of rhythm and lead like a million other bands........I'd rather hear that 75 LA Forum From the Vault over any bombastic Claptonesque lead assaults concerts with Taylor....never mind Love You Live and this incredible set.....
Thanks for watching and commenting - really appreciate it. I love Love You Live - I always thought it was the most fun Stones live album, love its looseness and the playing is hot. But to me, I especially love El Mocambo (and Love You Live) because I think it's the best Woody ever played - at least as far as playing lead guitar. But I love great melodic lead guitar, and to me nothing beats Mick Taylor's Stones legacy. But this was supposed to be about El Mocambo and I think its amazing - probably the best Stones live album besides Ya Ya's - to me anyway.
Great performance of Mick Jagger and Billy Preston on all the songs. Ronnie Wood is pretty decent with good guitar solos except on the blues numbers
Thanks for watching and commenting Vincenzo.
STFU- you must be tone deaf
Great review! I concur this is an incredible listen. I think I’ve spun it a dozen times already. Agree the set list is such a treasure. Absolutely love the selection of songs and the production is unreal. So clear. Wyman sounds incredible and Jaggers interactions are great. This is up there with Ya Ya’s and Ft.Worth 78 for me.
I’m from Toronto, and I remember as a little boy all the talk about the free concert for the blind the Rolling Stones had to play up here. I really didn’t understand what was going on,but it’s my earliest memory of hearing about this band called the Rolling Stones lol. A couple years later as a teen I was addicted to them! Cheers
Great channel! ✌️🇨🇦❤️
It’s such a great story how from a negative- Keith’s bust how The stones and Toronto have built this amazing relationship to this day. It’s awesome. Thanks so much again. I really appreciate it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I just realized I said “deaf” instead of “blind” lol😂. I had to edit that. Cheers 👍
@@OutOnTheTiles I knew what you meant. Lol.
I love that album. One of the best Stones live albums. I have a friend who was at that gig. Get You Ya Ya's Out is number one to me always. L.A. Forun ( Los Angeles 1975 ) from the vaults series is also good. Funny, I'm a punk rocker but Stones is my all time favorite bands. Cheers from Finland!
That’s awesome. Stones got punky on Some Girls for sure. Best Alan.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow That is absolutely true!
I love Love you Live!
Very good review and you are right, nothing beats Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out. But Live At Mocambo 1997 is number two, just before Brussels Affair.
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Love You Live buries the infantile overblown Get Yer Ya Ya's Out....... never mind this awesome set.....I'll take Woody and Keef all day long ...guitar weaving.....
@@larrynolletti4594 woo - well it's all opinion, you all know I think Mocambo is fantastic....but you think Ya Ya's is infantile overblown?..wow....I think it's the 2nd greatest live album of all time by anyone. Well we're all entitled to our opinions - thanks again....
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I'd rather hear Brussels Affair or Leeds over Ya Ya's.....I paid for both of those deluxe sets thru the nose to get those discs.....I love all phases of the Stones but I prefer Woody live anyday especially between 75 -82...I will say that Taylor was a great live blues player solo....absolutely excellent....but I never thought the Stones needed a virtuoso for their brand of music.....Woody is all the lead I need and this set proves it.........I listen to Jimi....Johnnny.....Rory.....Leslie.....E.C....SRV....and many others for my wailage.....find it to be intrusive with the Stones....thanks...
Love this album. Agree about Bill missing from the photos. What's that all about? I didn't think it was expensive for a 'double album'. Still, Ya Yas will always be the best, but this comes a close second.
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I think it is just not cool to leave out Bill Wyman .It is not the first time Mick and Keith wield their control but when you consider contributions by the Stones that have left over the years and then not to acknowledge then that is a real shame.
@@valeriewilliams1520 I thoroughly agree. Thanks for watching and commenting.
There’s an shmcd release of this does anyone know if it has superior sound to the standard red book cd?
I've no idea. To me the CD sounds really good. I like the mix a lot, though some didn't because they felt it sounded more like an arena vs small club. But not me. I find it very exciting as a live album.
It’s the only side of "Love You Live" I ever listen to. Can’t wait to get this.
You’re gonna love it then.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I see the sealed prices for the vinyl copies on eBay are outrageous. Going for the CD, and hoping the Walmart I work at gets a vinyl copy. I’ll buy the record at retail but I ain’t spending $200+ for it.
Cheers!
@@jmad627 Cds are good enough for me.
I saw the Stones @ MSG 1975, and they lived up to the hype when they came down 5th Ave on a flatbed playing Brown Sugar. I bought El Mocambo when it was released and I can't stop listing to it. The unique thing that stands out is there's no sax or horn section playing with the band and Ron Wood replaces all of the horn parts with his guitar solos and he sounds great in the place of Mick Taylor. Bill Wyman stands out out on bass and the whole band was amazingly tight !!!
Absolutely. That was my first concert ever. I was 12 - Stones at MSG 1975. I'll never forget it. My sister took me. Walked in and I was like where's the stage - the lotus was folded up. No opening band - just a steel drum band circling the arena. Then the lights down, Fanfare For The Common Man, The stage starts opening up like a flower and the Stones appear with Honky Tonk Women. And great long set list of new songs and classics. Yes, Woody had something to prove and played excellent lead guitar. Afterwards they switched to the weaving....but sometimes it's nice to hear some real lead guitar work. THANKS!!!!
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I was 15 going on 16 on 6/26/1975 @ MSG. My friend worked as a vendor in the garden and sold me that ticket for $9.50 in the blue seats. I've been a Stones fan since the mid 1960's, I saw them at Shea 1989. But seeing them for the 1st time while they were still in their prime and when I was a kid was one special memory that will last with me forever. 🎸
@@franktheo2055 So I'm not making this up... I was at the 6/26 show as well. They played six shows at the Garden in '75. At the time that was incredible. I also saw them at Shea in '89 - saw two of those shows. They played 6 at Shea as well. The attendance on the Steel Wheels Tour was insane
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Small word isn't it ? Nothing From Nothing & Going Around In Circles with Billy Preston & Jagger swinging around the radius of MSG's sealing by one foot on a long rope. And on and on.. I saw Keith & The X-Pensive Winos @ Brendan Byrne arena and my seat was where the faceoff dot on center ice would've been at a Devil game. It was 12/18/1988 on Keith's birthday he had Johnny Johnson on the piano playing Run Rudolph Run & I could Have Stood You Up. We're pushing 60 & what's left of The Rolling Stones are pushing 80. And when I was a kid I always looked forward to a new Stones release and I still do,, LOL ! Go Figure ?!
@@franktheo2055 yep. Awesome
Little Red rooster is a different cut than love you live first off. Too much compression on the mix but overall a very good record it's just a shame they didn't do it right after the 76 tour, I think there was a gap of eight months or something which is a shame they probably would have been much better but still worth buying
Thanks for watching and commenting. Yes I know it’s a different Little Rooster. I meant that it was one of four songs that appeared on LYLs Mocambo side. I was actually happy with Love You Live when it came out and still find it very enjoyable. And now with this release on top of it I’m very happy indeed.
great record of this classic show
Thanks so much
Just listen to Crackin Up on Love You Live to compare. Great 1977 tracks, but a pity about the 2022 reverb.
I'm gonna listen closer and A/B the two. Many people are complaining about the reverb, but I kind of enjoy the large sound on the El Mocambo release. I know it loses some of the "club intimacy" soundwise, but I enjoy the big sound / to me just a great live album especially because of the set list and the performance is so hot. I wish they would play this set in an arena - that's what I want to see songwise. Thanks again.
Great review Alan! BillyPreston was great; weaving voices with Mick.
Thanks so much
Billy Preston was a genius. Such a shame he died so young.
I actually got to meet Billy Preston once when he was with Ringo All Stars at the Concord Hotel. I. Have a picture he’s holding my young son. He was so nice. Told him I saw him with the Stones at the Garden in 75 and I loved his live album with mick Taylor and other stuff. Was really nice guy. Love a lot of his solo stuff as well.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I haven't seen the Beatles new GET BACK documentary yet but I'm looking forward to seeing some footage of Billy in it.
Considering there are some great photos online for this gig they could have put more effort in the booklet and the fold out sleeve. Bit of an insult not including Bill in the photos as he contributed so much to the sound of the band. Agree that this is a great live show of the Stones at their best. Why is Brussels Affair not available as a stand alone release? Next ? A 1972 box set would be nice.
Yes I totally agree with you regarding the booklet and Bill's absence in the photos. I don't understand that at all. I don't know the inside information - some say Wyman doesn't want his photos in there...but that really makes no sense to me. Regardless, I think it's wrong. The physical copy of Brussels is in the Goats Head Soup box, which I love, but it's expensive. I agree should be a stand alone, but I guess they wanted to add "more value" to the expensive box. But by now, yea, it should be a stand alone. I have tons of '72 tour bootlegs of various qualities. That tour had a pretty stagnant set list, so I don't know if a box is required, but certainly a great live release is warranted as the sound of the Ladies & Gentlemen Eagle release was awful. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I saw the Goats box set but its not my favourite album so didn't want to pay out for it. I did get the Tattoo You box. Maybe a 1972 3/4 cd set with the best shows and show highlights? I agree with you about the small club shows. I closet i came to a club was seeing them in Memphis in 99 at the Pyramid. My only indoor show. The El Mocambo is hard to beat, I've been playing it regularly. Charlie sounds great , they should have put him on the cover.
Yes, if only they played Hey Negrita instead of Melody (ouch) that would be the icing...
Thanks for watching and commenting. I agree that Hey Negrita would've been a nice addition....but I LOVE Melody live - the interplay with Preston for me is a highlight of the album....so I'm sure glad Melody is there...Just my opinion though . Thanks.
Hey Alan, nice review; I'm with you totally! I got the new release of El Mocambo jut a few days ago and I can't stop listening to it. That's awesome: as you said, deep cuts, great rendition, Mick's voice is terrific! on certain numbers (like Crazy Mama) he has that growl, that edge which he has unfortunately lost thru the years. Now, there's something I'd like to ask you: if you compare the four songs from side 3 of Love You Live to the tracks on this new record...I mean...I dunno...they sound different. Take Little Red Rooster: on LYL the guitars are different, expecially Ronnie's. Same thing happens on Mannish Boy: the LYL version seems a little longer and on Crackin' up Ronnie's solo sounds a trifle different. Only Around and Around sounds completely equal. Did you get my same feelings or am I just growing older?
First thanks so much for watching and commenting. Little Red Rooster on LYL is definitely from the other night March4th so completely different recording. The other 3 songs are from the same recording. May sound a little different do to Clearmountain great remastering job and perhaps they did some subtle overdubs. Crackin Up to me sounds like LYL and I love that version. Thanks again
There's nothing I like better than tales of the Stones playing secret private gigs like El Mocambo in 1977, as long as there's a bootleg. I'd like to hear the Toronto material before it was mixed or from another source altogether because the official release always sounded sterile to me. The Stones parted ways with Billy Preston after Toronto, thank God! I honestly enjoy the 'Melody' duet on Black & Blue, but the high-profile presence of Preston with the Stones at Knebworth nauseated me. Jagger went backstage for a 2-song costume change, so what did the Stones do, let Keef sing You Got The Silver & Happy? Negatory in that category: the remaining Stones become Preston's back-up band for Nothing From Nothing plus some other excruciating tune of his. Fair enough, I wasn't at Knebworth and didn't have to endure it, my reaction was to seeing the video. Although introduced as a member of the band, photos from the El Mocambo gigs wisely masked Billy's presence, there are no duets, and only his piano is in the mix. The most egregious detriment of Preston's association with Jagger was the effect it had on his singing. In 1976 & '77 in particular Jagger hammed up his vocals. He could always get campy with dialect and intonation, but there were times (when Preston was around) it got so exaggerated it bordered on clownish. If you listen closely to Jagger's El Mocambo vocals you can hear it, at Knebworth too. Fortunately the Some Girls albums changed that, an album largely of songs about gritty NYC. And Mick was back to snarling lyrics again in the studio and onstage. He lived in the Big Apple with Jerry Hall then and judging from what he used as lyrical fodder (yeah, on East 53rd Street they spit in my face OR people dressed in plastic bags, directing traffic OR I been sleeping after dark I been walking Central Park) it seems like New Yawk New Yawk toughened him up some.
Yes his vocals were very campy on the 75 snd 76 tour though much of it was cleared up with overdubs on Love You Live. With that said I love how every Stones your up until the recent ones really are quite distinct sounding. Sometimes sounding like a completely band. Do I enjoy the flavors Billy Preston brought to the band especially the occasional funky clavinet. .
A good review Alan. Can I ask you what the white double binder is on shelf? The one with (I think) Taylor and Keith on the spine? Wyman is surely one of the stars of this show. The guitars are awesome too. Wood still very self assured.
Hi. Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Of course. I have a pretty large Stones collection. Over 400 albums and around 25 box sets. Those two are favorites of mine. They were pretty expensive in their time as well. They were produced by a company called Vinyl Experience Ltd - British - I'm in the US by the way. One is a Mick Taylor box and the other Ronnie Wood. Each comes with a 72 page book (mostly photos) and signed photos (Mick Taylor and Ronnie Wood in each corresponding box). They each have two sliding trays which pull out with CD's. Each CD is the Collectors Edition with original album packaging Digitally Remastered of the following CD's. These are the Virgin Records CD's which in my opinion is the best version of these albums - they sound extraordinary. Taylor Box is Sticky Fingers, Exile, Goats and IORR. Wood box is Black & Blue, Some Girls, Emotional Rescue and Tattoo You. I've only seen these two boxes once in my life in the US and I picked them up....Glad I did. The Virgin Collectors Edition CD's were sold individually as well and I also have them outside the box and like I said they sound amazing - my favorite version of all those Rolling Stones records releases. Thanks so much again and thanks for asking.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow Thanks for the GREAT reply Alan. I agree that the Virgin pressings, to this day, are the best. I can't recall: did they do remasters of the early stuff too? IMO the UK versions (Decca) are always better. I probably have several hundreds Stones discs too. All the boots up to about '99, when they added the extra touring leg onto the B2B tours. After that they became too corporate for me. "Mocambo" is f*kin superb. So glad they finally put it out. Now we need a good '70 recording from the overlooked tour. Just curious: what do you think of 'Bridges 2 Babylon"?
@@palacerevolution2000 In 2002 Abkco did an amazing job on all the early Stones albums, including Metamorphosis, which for whatever reason is a personal favorite of mine. The original versions were in thick cardboard digipak format with certificate of Authenticity. The discs were DSD and SACD which for me is great, because i have an SACD player. They are amazing. As for Bridges, well, I hated the cover lol. I like the album though at the time thought it was a bit of a letdown compared to Steel Wheels and Voodoo Lounge. I LOVE Anybody Seen My Baby as was expecting a big hit with hit, but that didn't happen. The album lacked a classic ballad which the previous two had with Out of Tears and Almost Hear You Sigh. The album was disjointed as it does sound like a Mick album and Keith album done separately combined, which is kind of what it was. The ending with two Keith lead vocal songs back to back (and three in total) was a bit much, as much as I love Keith. But when I listen to it now, it's fine, but certainly no classic. Also I was never a big fan of Saint Of Me, though that worked well live and is much better on No Security. Also Out Of Control is a great song (I call it a later day Midnight Rambler live epic), but it's no much better live on No Security than on Bridges as well. Sorry if I'm rambling - Anyway thanks so much - what do you think of Bridges?
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow By all means - ramble on. I agree on 'Metamorphosis'; also like it. And I think Side 1 and 2 are distinctly different. Side 2 being a lot more Stonesy; and also having version 3 of 'Memo" on there. Reason I asked about B2B, because among Stones-hardcores there's quite a difference in opinions on the latter day stuff. Everyone agrees pretty much on the previous albums, but post '89 it varies. Myself I think b2B is by far the best. Going song by song there are many very strong cuts; and they took that whole album on the road basically, and played the sh8t out of it. 'Steel Wheels' was a comeback, tour was good, but it doesn't really have songs that have held up. "Voodoo" is my least favorite of the entire Stones catalog. I am not a fan of Don Was at all. What is especially frustrating is that we heard 'Brew', 'Stew' and 'Residue', which showed us what was in the can. Could have been a great album. 'Bigger Bang' is IMO just a bunch of Jagger demos. Now, I apologize for rambling. Just good to bump into a big Stones fan, not on one of the fan sites. have you had a chance to see Flipside's clips on various albums? They are like mini movies; extremely well done.
@@palacerevolution2000 great "talking" with you. I definitely know where you're coming from. At the time, I thought Steel Wheels was a great compact - great mix of styles and mostly really excellent songs - though I thought even then that Mixed Emotions was not a great singe nor song - should have had a good guitar solo in there. I thought Voodoo was better and some great ballads - Blinded By Rainbows, Out Of Tears - really liked Love Is Strong though strange choice for a single. Bridges I thought was the most experimental...I really liked it - I'm a sucker for Stones ballads and Bridges I thought lacked a great one...Always Suffering was OK. I wouldve dropped How Can I Stop - one less Keith lead vocal maybe. I saw the show twice and thought it was fantastic - loved the B-Stage and yes the Stones were still pushing new material and did play the shit out of it....for the better. Out Of Control is epic - a true classic to me. I do not know Flipside but definitely will search it out. By the way I really like Brew And Stew (but don't have Residue). Anyway, thanks so much again - fun "speaking" with you. Very best, Alan
Worried about you is awesome!
Yes and four years before released. So cool.
It was a great show with a few failed experiments and miscues. What's funny is that the "warts 'n' all" presentation actually makes it endearing. I wish that they could nail "Luxury" live but I don't think they ever really will. No matter, this is good stuff for the fans. I agree with the reviewer that the deep cuts were brave attempts to do something different.
Thanks for watching and commenting. Endearing is a good description. I love their failed experiments as you say. To me more fun to listen to than umpteen versions of the same warhorses over and over. Luxury starts off really rough but they plow through it. It’s a valiant effort and enjoyable as warts and all and I’m thrilled it’s there. It’s better than the rare appearance on the 75 tour I have on bootleg. For these rarely played tracks are always the highlight.
Was very fortunate to be there the first night. I think there’s only a few included from it.
Wow - I've seen the Stones pretty much every tour starting from 1975, but never in a small place - just arena's and stadiums and never up close. I can't imagine what it must have been like to see them in a club so close. Yes this recording is from the 2nd night with some bonus tracks at the end from the first night. Apparently the 2nd night was much better musically....but there's a big difference seeing it live vs listening at home. I imagine must have been the experience of a lifetime. What I would give to see the Stones back then in a small place playing deep cuts....Congrats! And thanks for watching and commenting.
Great review, and accurate!! 👍🏾👍🏻🎸🎸
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Robert. I really appreciate it
i remember being about 14, digging the hell out of yaya's, the excitedly getting love you live and being really effn disappointed. Everything felt too fast (although yaya's was particularly groovy) and messy .. it was about then that I realised the relevance of Mick T.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting. Really appreciate it
Great review!
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it
I like Love you live, good album, but still life is better
I saw 3 1981 shows and they all were fantastic. Especially one in NJ with Tina Turner. The final show Ppv television broadcast where Keith hits the guy on stage was fantastic. So to me the official live album Still Life was anticlimactic. Good performances but the album is just ok to me. Love 20 flight rock into going to a Go go.
rip-rawwwring video. good job
Thanks so much - really appreciate it.
I am a casual Stones fan and this blew my mind. If you are a serious Stones fan don’t think just buy.
Thanks for watching. It’s great that you love it if your just a casual Stones fan since the setlist is so unique. Perhaps your a bigger stones fan than you think.
A bar band returned to its roots.
Great work really, I think at the same level with Get yer Ya Yas out
Thanks so much. I guess time will tell. I never tire of Ya Yas. But z Mocambo sure is a great listen. And to me do much fun and can’t beat the set list. Thanks again
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Why was Keith disturbing Heroin? Not making enough in his day job? lol
It’s crazy that he was such a big user that the quantity he had qualified as for distribution. Luckily with their money and power it got squashed.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow OK so he wasn't actually a drug dealer at least lol
That is Stones by far
Indeed it is - love it - didn't disappoint in the slightest.
Come on guy, don't refer to it as an album...Mick Taylor, best Stones' guitar, ever...
Thanks for watching and commenting Jeff - appreciate it. Not sure I understand what you mean? If it's not an album...what is it?
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow He's commenting on the fact they are CDs, not vinyl albums. I refer to my CDs as albums myself.
@@noahbody9747 oh. Thanks for the translation. So he’s saying there are no cd albums. The decades when vinyl was dead and thousands of albums were released on cd. But they’re not albums? There’re what. Lol. Ok then.
Stop with Bill Wayman sitt. Bill don’t want to be on this realeses. Simple like that. And all Woody diss
Thanks for watching. I actually said this time period is the best Woody ever played with the band and it’s awesome.
@Mike Barooshian yes. I miss bill Wyman too. But he had been threatening to leave since the early 80s. It is what it is. Thanks again
@Mike Barooshian Of course it's all opinion. I wish Wyman never left. But I believe he left after Steel Wheels / Urban Jungle because he felt they had reached their ultimate live success and there was no where else to go. Those tours were the biggest ever in it's time. Six sold out nights at Shea Stadium etc - the attendance numbers were beyond belief. And like you said Wyman wanted to write, do solo stuff, photography, metal detecting and more. He knew his writing style (and singing) would not fit within the Stones framework. I do think he could have done solo stuff along with staying in the Stones if he wanted to, but he had been threatening to leave for a long time. Personally I'm glad the Stones continued. Voodoo Lounge, Bridges To Babylon, Bigger Bang were all great tours (I especially loved the B-Stage Arena Shows). And The No Security Tour was a personal favorite of mine. I would've loved Wyman to have been involved but he chose out. They were still amazing tours and some great new music too. Anyway, just my opinion and all this has nothing to do with the greatness of El Mocambo, so let's celebrate this amazing release.
The treatment of bill Wyman is disgusting, his contribution to the band is immeasurable. Fancy being cancelled by your so called bandmates, at least he is in good company with Brian Jones.
Obviously I’m not privy to what’s really going on. But on the face of it I totally agree. His pictures missing etc. terrible. But I’ve heard stories that Wyman doesn’t want his pictures on these releases etc. personally seems far fetched to me. But again on the face of it I totally agree with you. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth. But from all my studying of this industry and bands. It’s not unique. Most bands seem to be pretty brutal throughout their histories. Seems to be not much true brotherhood in this industry. For only one example check out the Allman brothers. Brutal. Thanks again.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow First of Alan you did a great review of a landmark release. Secondly i agree with you, its not called a shit business for nothing, Springsteen once said trust the art not the artist and i think that sums it up nicely.
@@malcolmbillington2864 never heard that one but well said. Thanks so much again.
Jones Taylor Faithful better
Thanks for watching
I Dont like rolling stones.
It's all personal taste, but I don't know how anyone cannot like The Rolling Stones. Their discography is huge and they play every kind of music....ballads, blues, funk, soul, rock, country yet always sounds like the Stones. I mean, to me, they have some songs that are impossible to not like. Perhaps you haven't investigated them enough. At least try a greatest hits compilation - like Hot Rocks or something....
Here's my review:. A rip off. FU R Stones Inc!
Thanks for watching. Wow. Obviously we all have different opinions. To me the best release and most important live release in decades. I do think it’s priced to high which may have effected sales. Oh well.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow It's £90 in the shops in UK. Even for quadruple vinyl that's just silly!
@@boogiewoogie9770 yes. I paid 30 dollars for 2 cd set. Also expensive. But musically well worth it for me though yes overpriced too. Thanks again for watching.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShowFor a major label release it just sucks imo. Enjoy! Good review btw.
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I take it that you either didn’t like my video or the album or both. Oh well.
Bill Wyman is the most underrated guy in music history.
Mick Taylor is the most overrated guitarist.
Nothing fits better in the Stones than Ron Wood.
Thanks for watching and commenting. We all like what we like which is great. I never thought Wyman was underrated He was perfect for the Stones. And Wyman Watts we’re always incredibly well respected. Often considered the best rhythm section in rock. And for me I love Keith and woody but the Stones at their greatest was with Taylor. Ya yas. Sticky. Exile goats. The epitome to me.
For what it's worth I saw them 4 times. 1969 + 72 with M. Taylor. 1975 + 78 with R. Wood. 1975 had Billy Preston and his percussionist Ollie Brown with them. It was two very different versions of the same band. All the shows were great . " Charlie was good every night" 🥁. Best Wishes
@@jimfritz9503 thanks for watching and commenting. Yes two
very different bands. I actually love the fact that the stones sounded so different on every tour. Up until the modern era after Bridges to Babylon where not much difference anymore. I wish I saw them in person in 69 and 72 but I was born in 63 so too young.
@@TheAlanRosenbergShow I think tickets were around $6.50 each. Huge money back then. Stevie Wonder opened for them in 72/ Chicago.
@@jimfritz9503 amazing right. 6.50 was considered a high price then. Even with inflation probably the cost of parking now.