Sound....Sound.....Sound????
Rocky G. Marron | paxton, illinois USA | 02/23/2001
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is not meant to be critical of releases by the artist but I now own two albums by this artist and plan to own more...I think I will stick with his solo releases now (which is about all that is left). My previous review was of "Just Like This"... and compared to this release I would recommend it highly. The main reason for this recommendation is SOUND. The CD itself indicates that the sound is not of professional quality throughout the disc. Their are many fadeouts during the songs and the stuff recorded live with Ian Hunter is of especially poor quality. Ok but enough of the bad stuff. Overall this is a wonderful ducument of Mick Live, and some of the recordings are still very enjoyable...however .... if you have a choice maybe try something else by Mick and come back to this later. Overall, I would say sound-wise the disc gets worse as it goes along but overall again the disc is quite listenable."
It's Showtime!
Rocky G. Marron | 07/15/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's Showtime for the former David Bowie: Spider's From Mars guitarist Mick Ronson. Showtime is a great album for any fan of the great guitar players of the seventies. This album show cases how great of a performer Ronson really was as a guitarist and solo artist. This album is a compilation of some of his best solo work live. From the the wham bam slammin'rockin' cover version of The Velvet UnderGround's White light/White Heat to the very tender, beautifilly played instrumental Sweet Dreamer, this album showcases his many talents as a player, singer and arranger. I think Ronson ranks right up there with all of those classic "Guitar Gods" like Clapton, Hendrix, Beck and Page. And this Live album proves it. In particular the Classic instrumental, Slaughter on 10th ave. would blow everyone away."
Track Listings (14) - Disc #1