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MADE IN HONG KONG

Russell Signalness | BELLEVUE WA. | 04/26/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"THERE ARE SOME REAL GEMS ON THIS CD. "THE POLICE TOLD ME" AND "MADE IN HONG KONG" WOULD HAVE BEEN BIG HITS HAD BILLY NOT DIED. HE WAS THE BUDDY HOLLY OF THE 80'S."

Billy lives

call-me-ishmael | Pacific Grove, Ca. | 12/17/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD does have a few great songs on it but it is not the CD of Billy that needs to come out. Why this was released while the world still waits for the all time great Billy album that will spin your head around and tear out your heart is a story of itself that I can only guess at.
Billy's songs from when his cancer returned for the 3d time and written practically up until his final dying breath, especially Chemotherapy (co-written with his brother Lenny Rancher), Here's to You, the Big Picture, and others on Mr. Groove, the tape he made as he lay dying, rank as some of my favorite all time music and it is a crime that it is not published and available. I have no doubts that someday they will be. Those songs need to be heard.The songs on this CD, though essential if you ever saw and loved Billy simply because they are all you are going to get for a time, are mostly from record producers attempts to make Billy commercial."

While not the perfect Unreal Gods release it still rocks!

Dan Sause | Portland Oregon | 02/03/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a posthumous release that was put out as it was. Some extra mastering was done, but it basically this release stays true to the original recordings done in New York and L.A. Basically, this is a collection of live in the studio recordings (very little over dubbing) with two additional tracks that were recorded in Billy's' warehouse studio when Arista Records decided to put the band on hold. I have been listening to this CD for years and it still rocks. Check out full length tracks at last.Fm

Thanks for your support

Dan @ Locals Only Recordings"