"Heavier than Air: Rarest Eggs” is a compilation of live material of the underrated rock trio Budgie. The album is a collection of all radio appearances the band made. This release is absolutely essential for every fan of the band since it’s the first official live release along with the “We Came, We Saw…” cd that was released in the same year, 1998. The 25 songs are covering the era from 1972 to 1981. The sound quality is different from song to song since they were recorded at various concerts, but besides the John Peel Show 1972 (tracks 11, 12 and 13 from CD1) which have a very bad quality the quality is really good.
The album includes many of Budgie’s greatest hits and proves that the trio also was a fantastic live band, which delivered energetic performances.
My favorite tracks of the albums are the performances of the band’s best-known hit “Breadfan”, the riff monster “Hot as Docker’s Armpit”, the melodic “I Turned the Stone”, the dramatic “Young is a World”, “You’re the Biggest Thing since Powdered Milk” and “In the Grip of a Tyrefitter’s Hand”. My favorite Budgie song remains “Parents” from the “Never Turn Your Back on a Friend” album and also the live version of this song is really great.
Since I haven’t heard much from Budgie besides the “Never Turn Your Back on a Friend” and the “In for the Kill” album this collection of live recordings has introduced me to some of other great songs from the band and I definitely will listen to more albums from this great and underrated band soon.
HEAVIER THAN AIR: RAREST EGGS contains previously unreleased tracks from sessions and live recordings between 1972 & 1981.
Includes liner notes by Burke Shelley, Paul Cox and Steve Pittis.
Unknown Contributor Roles: John "J.T." Thomas; Tony Bourge.
Heavier Than Air is a double-disc set containing nothing but previously unreleased Budgie songs. There are both live recordings and studio outtakes on the collection, with the live cuts outnumbering the studio material by a wide margin. There's nothing particularly revelatory here, and it is certainly just for Budgie fanatics, but they'll likely be pleased by this well-assembled set.
Tracks Listing
CD 1
BBC In Concert at the Paris Theatre. 19/10/1972.
01. Rape Of The Locks
02. Rocking Man
03. Young Is A World
04. Hot As A Docker's Armpit
05. Recorded in 1976
06. Sky High Percentage
07. In The Grip Of A Tyrefitter's Hand
Friday Rock Show, 18/12/1981.
08. I Turned To Stone
09. Superstar
10. She Used Me Up
John Peel Show, 25/2/1972.
11. The Author
12. Whiskey River
13. Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman
CD 2
Recorded live at the Global Village, London, UK, 9/3/1974.
01. Breadfan
02. You're The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk
Recorded live in Los Angeles, USA, 3/7/1978.
03. Melt The Ice Away
04. In The Grip Of A Tyrefitter's Hand
05. Smile Boy Smile
06. In For The Kill / You're The Biggest Thing Since Powdered Milk
07. Love For You And Me
08. Parents
09. Who Do You Want For You're Love
10. Don't Dilute The Water
11. Breaking All The House Rules
12. Breadfan
Line-up / Musicians
Burke Shelley - bass, vocal
Tony Bourge - guitar
Ray Phillips - drums
Pete Boot - drums
Steve Williams - drums
John Thomas - guitar
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I downloaded this years ago and only now have had time to go through and listen before burning a copy. At least some of the tracks here don't seem to be what they are meant to be. For example the first 4 tracks on disc two are supposedly live recordings - they certainly just sound like studio versions, though I haven't got around to comparing them directly to the album versions to see if they're identical. (Maybe Peel sessions in studio?) The 1978 show seems to actually start at track 5, which is unmistakeably live in contrast to the two previous tracks supposedly from the same show, which sound completely different and have no trace of an audience. Also it's a shame there are gap faults in some of the tracks on both discs. Oh well!
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder if this copy has in fact been pieced together from other sources, with tracks that are supposed to be live replaced with studio tracks because someone was missing the correct tracks? This is because I can't find any other reviews of this that mention the stuff I mentioned.
ReplyDeleteBy the way I may have downloaded it from surfingtheodyssey.blogspot.com rather than here - 4 years ago so I don't know for sure - so if your copy is actually "as advertised" then my apologies for getting confused. The guy at that other blog certainly does rarely post things that are cobbled together with mislabelled tracks (such as the bonus tracks on his Wasa Express posts).
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