Savoy Brown - Archive Alive! - Live At The Record Plant 1975 (1975)

Year: 1975 (CD 1998)
Label: Archives Recordings (US), ach 80014
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 50:51
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 285 Mb

From time to time, I'll read a review about Savoy Brown, obviously written by a non-fan, which will state that not only is the Chris Youlden version the best edition of this band (hard to argue that one!), but that it's the ONLY edition that recorded anything worth considering!!! All I can say to that is brother, open your ears, because you're missing a LOT of great music, including this disc! Recorded live at the Record Plant (thus the name) in 1975 by the Wire Fire band, an edition of SB not usually considered one of the best, this band nevertheless rocks with fervor and jams with a passion so intense, that the result is one of the finest live albums of Kim and Co's forty years in the business. How could this be?? Well, let's start with excellent sound quality, notably lacking from most other SB live albums; it doesn't hurt that The Record Plant is a famous recording studio noted for excellent acoustics. Next, a solid bottom from bassist Andy Rae and drummer Tommy Farnell. Then two, not one, killer soloists: Founder/guitarist/guru Kim Simmonds (he of the fabulous chops!) and the gifted keyboardist and songwriter Paul Raymond. Most of the songs are jams, each about 5-9 minutes long (just long enough for a nice, juicy solo; not long enough to be BORING), with an excellent mix of time-honored SB classics ("Tell Mama," "All I Can Do," and an amazingly good "Hellbound Train") and newer material ("Hero to Zero," and one of the albums true highlights, "Born Into Pain", featuring a mesmerizing riff from Paul Raymond!) Through it all, Simmonds and Raymond repeatedly goad each other to new heights; each of these masters made some of their finest music together. Neither sing as well as Chris Youlden or Lonesome Dave, but both manage enough passion to deliver the goods. In any case, search and search again for this overlooked gem, and be sure to plant it in your collection right away!!
(amazon.com/product-reviews/B01G4CT8K0) Review by chris meesey Food Czar. January 23, 2004

01. Tell Mama (05:50)
02. Born Into Pain (08:20)
03. Hero To Zero (06:24)
04. Hellbound Train (07:29)
05. All I Can Do (Is Cry) (08:26)
06. Savoy Brown Boogie (06:43)
07. You Don't Have To Go (07:36)

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