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STEVE HILLAGE: LIVE AT THE RAINBOW 1977
Steve Hillage: Live at the Rainbow 1977
Psychedelic/Space Rock
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There's been a flurry of Steve Hillage live recordings released in
recent years. So many it makes me wonder if he doesn't have a label like
Gonzo Multimedia in his back pocket. Okay. So here's another one to add
to the soup. Live at the Rainbow 1977. And I'm beginning to wonder if the point has not already been made.
Steve Hillage: back in the day.
Getting down to the facts, the Rainbow was the last stop on Hillage's
1977 UK tour. Both He Miquette Giraudy had already left Gong two years
prior, and this tour was in support of his Motivation Radio album
of the same year. While he doesn't play the entire album, he plays most
of it, including Octave Doctors, Light in the Sky, Radio, Motivation,
Saucer Surfing, and Searching for the Spark. That's six out of nine,
boys and girls.
And
this is likely the only reason to add this live album to your Hillage
collection. That is if the other 25 live recordings you have don't
include any songs fromMotivation Radio.
Otherwise you have the usual and popular Hillage tunes: Electric
Gypsies, It's All Too Much (actually from George Harrison), The Salmon
Song, a part from the Solar Musick Suite and, of course, Donovan's Hurdy
Gurdy Man. Damn. I hate that song. I don't care who sings it. Oh yeah.
Another reason to get this live album: this sound clarity is amazing.
Almost too amazing that I'm wondering if somebody was messing with the
original recording. It's hard to believe something nearly 40 years old
can sound this good. Hillage fanatics rejoice. You're going to love this
live album.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT GONZO:
 | Live at the Rainbow 1977 CD - £9.99 |
 | Live in England 1979 CD - £9.99 |
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