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| | Naked City Live, Vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989 | | | Music Artist : | | Naked City | | Music Style : | | Experimental Rock | | Record Label : | | Tzadik | | Release Date : | | 2002-05-07 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Batman
2. Latin Quarter
3. You Will Be Shot
4. Shot in the Dark
5. Skatekey
6. Erotico
7. Snagglepuss
8. I Want to Live
9. N.Y. Flat Top Box
10. Inside Straight
11. Chinatown
12. Igneous Ejaculation
13. Ujaku
14. Blood Duster
15. Hammerhead
16. Speedball
17. Obeah Man
18. Den of Sins
19. Demon Sanctuary
20. Way I Feel
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 A lot like the studio version, but looser in a good way
Submitted on: 2008-08-24 |
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John Zorn's Naked City is a jazz/hardcore group (or you can call the combination 'avant garde') with several studio discs and one live disc. This is from a 1989 show, the same year the self-titled "Naked City" CD came out. Unsurprisingly, a lot of the same songs are on both discs. It's impressive that the manic jump-cutting done live is just as tight as the studio disc. Drummer Joey Baron gets a lot of credit for that. The jump-cutting is tight, but there are other ways for the musicians to loosen up. Wayne Horvitz bends the notes on his keyboard quite a bit on "Shot In The Dark". The longer songs ("Erotico", "Inside Straight", "Chinatown", and "The Way I Feel") are the loosest and jazziest. Bill Frisell fans will appreciate his longer improvs. Another difference is that Yamatsuka Eye isn't on this disc. John Zorn can get the saxophone to scream just as well as Eye's vocal cords can shred themselves.
Like the first Naked City studio disc, this is a good album. If you have to pick one, you might get the studio one. Buy it, then wait a while, and get this one for an encore. |
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 Nothing less than expected (which is saying a lot)
Submitted on: 2005-07-20 |
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This album, recorded live shortly before the recording of Naked City's debut at John Zorn's then-base of operations the Knitting Factory, is the first volume (and we're hoping for more) of live Naked City material to be released as part of Tzadik's archival work.
If you're unfamiliar with Naked City, the band is John Zorn (alto sax), Bill Frisell (guitar), Fred Frith (bass), Wayne Horvitz (keys), and Joey Baron (drums) and was a compositional and arranging worshop for Zorn. Any genre was fair game, sometimes several at once-- effortlessly blending jazz, hardcore, and a thousand other styles into the mishmash that this material is. Performed with style and personality by some of the best musicians around, it is certainly something to hear.
This live record is essentially the first album performed live-- seventeen of the twenty cuts here are from the Naked City debut, with three additional pieces (Zorn's "Skate Key", from Naked City's "Radio", Morricone's "Erotico", which Zorn recorded on "The Big Gundown", and John Patton's "The Way I Feel", which Zorn recorded as a sideman for Patton). The material is usually looser than the album versions of the tracks, with some of the solo space less filled and several of the pieces extended from their recorded versions ("Inside Straight" for example). The performance works well as a whole, but the gems are the arrangements we haven't heard before, in particular loose jam "The Way I Feel".
As good an introduction to the band as any other (although I'd still recommend the debut Naked City album) over this, and is essential for fans. Highly recommended. |
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An essential Naked City album
Submitted on: 2003-10-28 |
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| For the most part, this is a live version of Naked City's self-titled debut album. You get to hear this amazing band jump from one musical style to another (always aggressively) without any hint of studio tinkering. When you hear it, you'll wonder "Could they really be THAT good?" Yes, they are. The differences between this and the self-titled album are important. They play one track from their album "Radio" (Skate Key) and they play a beautiful cover of Ennio Morricone's "Erotico." (That song is on Zorn's tribute to Morricone, "The Big Gundown," played by a different set of musicians.) The final major difference is the finale, a cover of John Patton's "The Way I Feel." At over 10 minutes in length, the song gives half of the band members a chance to play a solo. You get to hear the band wind down from an intense night, working out new musical ideas against each other in front of an audience. This is one of the best Naked City albums --- and that's saying a lot. Released almost 10 years after their last album, it could have been a cynical attempt to make a little cash from Naked City fans. Instead, it's a nearly flawless album that works as an introduction for those who haven't heard the band before, a little gift for dedicated fans, and a re-introduction to what makes them so great. |
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One of the best bands of the last century!
Submitted on: 2003-10-01 |
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| Amazing musicianship on all levels... Do yourself a favor and pick up this recording... An early peak into Naked City. One can only hope Zorn releases more live NC material like this... Frisell and Baron are certainly the highlights of this material. The intensity is stunning... How 'bout a live DVD in the future??? |
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Naked City Live!
Submitted on: 2002-11-03 |
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Being a long time fan of Naked City I always wondered if they would ever release a live album. Well, as you can see my prayers have been answered in the form of this magnificant album. The sound quality on here is so good, that at some points you could swear that you are listening to a studio recording. I found it interesting to hear the "grindcore" songs done live....I can't imagine what it would have been like if I was there. Anyway, if ya dig Naked City then pick this baby up.
Standout songs: Erotico, Batman, The Way I Feel......awwww well the whole thing is excellent! |
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