THE DREAM SYNDICATE
''THE COMPLETE LIVE AT RAJI'S, DISC TWO''
MAY 2004
93:16
RYKO RECORDS
DISC ONE
1/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
F. Lewis/4:53
2/Still Holding on to You
Steve Wynn/4:15
3/Forest for the Trees
Steve Wynn/4:25
4/Until Lately
Steve Wynn/7:09
5/That's What You Always Say
Steve Wynn/4:47
6/When You Smile
Steve Wynn/3:44
7/Burn
Steve Wynn/5:52
8/All Along the Watchtower
Bob Dylan/2:39
9/Tell Me When It's Over
Steve Wynn/3:52
DISC TWO
1/Merrittville
Steve Wynn/7:46
2/The Days of Wine and Roses
Steve Wynn/8:22
3/The Medicine Show
Steve Wynn/8:51
4/Halloween
Karl Precoda/6:55
5/Boston
Steve Wynn/7:35
6/John Coltrane Stereo Blues
Karl Precoda / David Provost / K. Smith / Steve Wynn/12:11
Peter Case/Additional Personnel, Harmonica
Paul B. Cutler/Guitar, Vocals
Dennis Duck/Drums
Mark Walton/Bass, Vocals
Steve Wynn/Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
On tour in support of their final album, 1988's Ghost Stories, Dream Syndicate recorded a limited-edition live album, 1989's Live at Raji's, that quickly became something of a holy grail for fans. Especially in comparison to Dream Syndicate's previous live release, the curiously flat This Is Not the New Dream Syndicate Album...Live EP from 1984, Complete Live at Raji's (an expanded double-disc set featuring the full concert) is truly remarkable. Covering the band's entire career, reaching all the way back to 1982's groundbreaking Days of Wine & Roses (over half of which is represented), the set list is a well-chosen blend of Steve Wynn's twisted character studies and the band's neo-psychedelic guitar rave-ups. The second disc in particular focuses on the latter side of Dream Syndicate's sound, consisting entirely of half-a-dozen different jams in the seven- to nine-minute range, all of which feature only the barest minimum of aimless noodling in favor of some impressively noisy solos and some of Wynn's most raw-throated singing, especially on a near-violent climax to "The Days of Wine and Roses." The whole thing is capped off with the definitive version of "John Coltrane Stereo Blues," Dream Syndicate's own "Sister Ray," which had never quite been captured in its full glory on tape before. Dream Syndicate were already kaput when the first release of Live at Raji's came out, but this expanded edition shows that unlike many of their so-called Paisley Underground contemporaries, they went out at the peak of their powers.
''THE COMPLETE LIVE AT RAJI'S, DISC TWO''
MAY 2004
93:16
RYKO RECORDS
DISC ONE
1/See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
F. Lewis/4:53
2/Still Holding on to You
Steve Wynn/4:15
3/Forest for the Trees
Steve Wynn/4:25
4/Until Lately
Steve Wynn/7:09
5/That's What You Always Say
Steve Wynn/4:47
6/When You Smile
Steve Wynn/3:44
7/Burn
Steve Wynn/5:52
8/All Along the Watchtower
Bob Dylan/2:39
9/Tell Me When It's Over
Steve Wynn/3:52
DISC TWO
1/Merrittville
Steve Wynn/7:46
2/The Days of Wine and Roses
Steve Wynn/8:22
3/The Medicine Show
Steve Wynn/8:51
4/Halloween
Karl Precoda/6:55
5/Boston
Steve Wynn/7:35
6/John Coltrane Stereo Blues
Karl Precoda / David Provost / K. Smith / Steve Wynn/12:11
Peter Case/Additional Personnel, Harmonica
Paul B. Cutler/Guitar, Vocals
Dennis Duck/Drums
Mark Walton/Bass, Vocals
Steve Wynn/Guitar, Vocals
REVIEW
by Stewart Mason
On tour in support of their final album, 1988's Ghost Stories, Dream Syndicate recorded a limited-edition live album, 1989's Live at Raji's, that quickly became something of a holy grail for fans. Especially in comparison to Dream Syndicate's previous live release, the curiously flat This Is Not the New Dream Syndicate Album...Live EP from 1984, Complete Live at Raji's (an expanded double-disc set featuring the full concert) is truly remarkable. Covering the band's entire career, reaching all the way back to 1982's groundbreaking Days of Wine & Roses (over half of which is represented), the set list is a well-chosen blend of Steve Wynn's twisted character studies and the band's neo-psychedelic guitar rave-ups. The second disc in particular focuses on the latter side of Dream Syndicate's sound, consisting entirely of half-a-dozen different jams in the seven- to nine-minute range, all of which feature only the barest minimum of aimless noodling in favor of some impressively noisy solos and some of Wynn's most raw-throated singing, especially on a near-violent climax to "The Days of Wine and Roses." The whole thing is capped off with the definitive version of "John Coltrane Stereo Blues," Dream Syndicate's own "Sister Ray," which had never quite been captured in its full glory on tape before. Dream Syndicate were already kaput when the first release of Live at Raji's came out, but this expanded edition shows that unlike many of their so-called Paisley Underground contemporaries, they went out at the peak of their powers.
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