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Joe Walsh
 You Can't Argue with a Sick Mind $6.98 I still have my original scratchy vinyl and would say I wore it out as much as any during the summer of '76. I think a friend also copied it to cassette and thus it became an outdoor party soundtrack that year as well. I loved this recording and the versions of the songs seemed so alive. Listening to it now I think I could do without the disco beat of Walk Away. But Joe or his producers definitely had the pulse of what the young rock audience wanted to hear and delivered a quality live rock performance that wasn't a total commercial sellout, and that was exactly what I wanted to hear. BUT... no one has mentioned here that this performance could also be seen as well as heard, as it was filmed for the TV show Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. I can't recall which I heard first, the album or TV show, but I remember when I did tune in that late night, just to prove it to my nerdy self that it was in fact the same performance, I actually was able to somewhat sync up my record player with the picture! It would be great to see the video released someday. At a time when VHS recorders were just being introduced at $900, I doubt too many people taped it, although I think I downloaded a torrent awhile back with a rough copy. Good times!  The Definitive Collection $18.98 Where is Problems at ? Think Ill stick with the Confessor than with this slapped together, not thought out, what can I get rights to rip off.  So What $11.98 I just wanted to give the heads-up to anyone considering buying the 2006 Universal Japan version of So What thinking that it was a sonic upgrade from the present US version. It's not. In fact, it is identical to my 1993 MCA CD. I read the review of the 2004 Universal Japan mini-LP issue and figured if it was remastered, as the author claimed, the newer replacement for that now discontinued version would be the same master. All I can tell you is that I wasted my money. |
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