Steve Hillage- Live in Germany CD/DVD
(Voiceprint VPDVD32)
Steve Hillage- Live in Germany CD/DVD
(Voiceprint VPDVD32)
From Aural Innovations #37 (Sep 2007)
This concert has been around a bit in the past as it was taken from Germany
TV in 1977 but this is the complete concert, including the 3 songs not broadcast
and the first 1000 copies come with the concert on a CD (74 minutes). This is
really classic Steven Hillage band material. Steve had a fabulous 7 piece band
at this time with three keyboard-synth players, drums, bass and rhythm guitar
and of course Steve himself.. The set opens up with Salmon Song. Hurdy Gurdy
Glissando is a strange and spacey intro to the real cover song and Steve really
plays some great guitar as the track builds up into a long jam before they break
into Hurdy Gurdy. Next up is the 14 minute long Solar Musick suite from Fish
Rising… Really nice… Now they switch and go to the Lunar Musick
Suite from their current album that they are touring on called L. This track
really highlights what a great band he had on this long GONG like track.. Cool
old spacey analog synths as well.. It’s all too Much (George Harrison
song) is played very differently but is great. The Encore is Elektrick Gypsies…
The DVD also contains an interview with Steve Hillage. Great stuff..
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Reviewed by Scott Heller