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(More customer reviews)The "lost" SAHB album is an interesting artifact, and one every SAHB fan should hear if not own...but I strongly recommend absorbing The Impossible Dream first.
Often times, the early work in progress offers raw and exciting versions of what ultimately makes the final album (a perfect examble is the out-take of Cheap Trick's "Stiff Competition" included as a bonus track on the Heaven Tonight disc). In this case, however, the orginal effort appears at times clumsy and struggling to define itself. The "finished" versions of "Hot City", "The Man In The Jar", and "Long Haired Music" from The Impossible Dream are vastly superior--I suspect because the band had a year or so to hone the tunes in front of live judges/audience.
The liner notes are fantastic, as it's mostly Chris and Ted commenting as they listen to this album for what has to be the first time in 35 years. Their mostly critical comments are dead-on, and support the reason the band shelved this album and went back to the drawing board with this material.
The huge exception here is "Tomahawk Kid", this early version puts the version from Impossible Dream to shame and is much closer to the version on the Live album. This tune alone makes "Hot City" worth acquiring.
As an aside, it's fantastic that the band even re-recorded "Hey You" for Impossible, so complete was the re-work.
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2009 archive release containing a previously unavailable studio album by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band recorded in 1974. Deluxe Package includes: a high quality strong cover (5mm capacity wallet) with previously unseen shots of the band and track list on the rear and an inner sleeve with photo montage. The 20-page high quality booklet contains previously un-seen photos and liner notes from the band with their comments and more. Fully authorized and approved by the band. Great quality, direct from the production master tape and now fully re-mastered. 11 tracks. MLP.
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