Nektar - ...Sounds Like Swiss CD/DVD

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 Rottenprogger wrote:

Just pre-ordered swiss...I mean this. Can't pass up classic live Nektar, especially in a nice looking package like that!

Hi,

If I had not been "there" and had their albums and then helped cement their status, a millimeter or so, I would think that album is worth while. However, I would still listen to it in order, because hearing RECYCLED first, is not a good way to see the sequence and design of their shows and the showcase of their abilities. Just Remember that DTE is material that was around for a few years, even in concert, and is not quite a "new" material album for the band. I think the band by that time was already coming down and exhausted from touring and not taking time off, and the record company wanted to take advantage of the material they already had.

The only odd one for me, was their version of "Marvelous Moses" on Recycled, which was nice, but not half as good as the original that they did in concert, and so far, I have yet to hear any of these recordings of that piece, and it was also much longer, if I remember correctly almost 15 minutes, and on par with "Preacher" and "Odyssey" from SLT.

This is my take, and Mo might say something about this that could be different, as he seems to be the one person that remembers a lot of these old shows, and their first time in LA. Their show at the Santa Monica Civic should have been put to disk/vinyl, not that it was as good or better than the other Live albums, but it would show how much of the later material was already on their shows even if ATITO and RTF were the majority of the show, but only 75% if I remember it right. That leaves a whole almost 30 plus minutes of material that we don't know what it was. At least I didn't.