Forgotten songs

The aim of this blog is primary to make available songs released in vinyl and never issued on CD, or only as bonus tracks on reissues, or on CDs expensive and rare, or in cheap compilations among other "hits", or with awful cover sleeves, or without some tracks featuring on the vinyl version. I'll take some of them out of obscurity and into the blogscurity. Additionally, I'll post new music from sludge, doom, noise, post-rock or black metal bands that need to be listened to and supported.

1/29/12

Family - Live at the Paris Theatre (1973)

This concert was recorded by the BBC in January 1973 during a set at the Paris Theatre. It was the beginning of the Mk VII line-up of the band, with Tony Ashton on keyboards. Any usual Family fan can be surprised when listening to this concert. When they are electric, they sound like Procol Harum (when they are electric too) due to the organ of Tony Ashton, and when they are accoustic, they sound like the Faces (Ronnie Lane's ones). Of course, with Roger Chapman, they still sound like Family. The group is tight and compact and is no more this experimental semi-prog outfit. The concert was done some days after their sublime "My Friend The Sun" single (unfortunately not a hit). If there's a problem in this concert recording, it's this stupid idea to add fake audience shouting and clapping, always the same between all songs, and this is really unpleasant. However, enjoy it here.