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Don't be misled by the title:
's
is not a live record by a turn-of-the-millennium reunion lineup but a classic-era live set recorded in Chicago on March 21, 1974, when the Welsh progressive-pub rockers were on an American tour supporting
. If only
had been able to get their hands on these tapes (which were bootlegged in the early '90s and officially released in 1998), this would have been a much more suitable live farewell than the bland and dispirited
. Strangely lacking any material from the brand new
album,
consists solely of five songs, ranging from a neatly concise three-minute version of the choogling
-inspired rocker
all the way to an epic 25-minute take on the live favorite
that seems like it's only, well, 18 minutes long. Even on that bit of outsized showboating, however, the playing is awesomely tight and the solos mostly avoid the usual pitfalls where eventually the guitarist realizes that he's just been playing scales for the last ten minutes. The best bits, though, are the
-like psychedelic stomper
and a ripping 15-minute take on the group's perennial closer,
that's probably the definitive collected version.
is straight-up, splayed-leg, head-bobbing boogie in a vintage 1974 style. Yet somehow, unlike many similar live albums by many similar bands, it doesn't suck. ~ Stewart Mason