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    Posted: April 24 2004 at 19:47
The New Tony Williams Lifetime (to give them the name they started with) album "Believe It" is out on Monday on CD - but arm twisting got me my copy today.  Two bonus tracks are a real joy, one a rework of "Mr Spock"  known here as "Letsby", w
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Points: 237 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 24 2004 at 23:59
Tony Williams Lifetime rules.
On A Dilemmia Between What I Need & What I Just Want

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"Believe it" is probably the best record Tony Williams ever released and one of the best jazz-fusion CD. It's a shame that the follow-up "Billion dollar legs" was so poor in term of music quality compared to his predecessor.  
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Points: 5243 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 27 2004 at 13:40
You have to wonder whether the record company made them release a "pop" album or if they collectively had a gigantic brain fart? "You Did it to Me Baby" brlaphfff.
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Points: 12812 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 29 2004 at 11:01

Remember this was the period (end of the 70's) when most of the major jazz rock and jazz funk groups were under contract to the mighty Columbia (I include Epic here too)  or Warners. So either company pressure to be more commercial (e.g. IMHO

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Man, I can't wait to grab a hold of this when it hits the States!

 

RE: Million Dollar Legs. Yup, THE MAN mad e them do it alright, here's a review I wrote of said abomination on another prog forum:
People are puzzled why I don't dig the Stones, well, I listened to the Stones, I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and--I Can't Get No Satisfaction!

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Points: 12812 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2004 at 10:57
Did you find the reissued "Believe It" in the US,  Owl?
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