RICHARD LLOYD
''REAL TIME''
1987
58:46
1. Fire Engine/3:33
2. Misty Eyes/3:48
3. Alchemy/3:25
4. Spider Talk/4:08
5. Lost Child/5:30
6. # 9/3:31
7. The Only Feeling/4:32
8. Soldier Blue/4:18
9. Field Of Fire/9:23
10. Pleading/4:35
John K. /Guest Artist
Steve Katz /Producer
David Leonard /Guest Artist, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Richard Lloyd /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Ed Shockley /Drums, Guest Artist, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
Recorded live on April 21 and 22, 1987 at CBGB's in New York, this is much more than a live best-of album by the "other" star to emerge from Television. Richard Lloyd has always stood -- undeservedly -- in the shadow of Tom Verlaine, sort of a Gene Clark to Verlaine's Roger McGuinn, and for reasons difficult to fathom, his solo career has never taken off. Lloyd's and David Leonard's guitar playing is in absolutely top form here, and his voice makes a fine instrument, at least on-stage, whether he's covering an old Thirteenth Floor Elevators number like "Fire Engine" or his own "Alchemy." Highlights include the killer ten-minute "Field of Fire" (on which the two guitarists more or less rip the envelope with their extended duet jam); the vocal and lyrical showcase "Pleading" makes for a perfect follow-up number and for a fine presentation of Lloyd's singing (as well as the crunchy, twisting post-folk-rock guitar that he helped perfect in Television). The sound is excellent throughout.
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Richard Lloyd was the rhythm guitarist for New York punk legends Television; he released the solo album Alchemy in 1979 and then dropped out of sight due to drug addiction, returning in 1985 cleaned up and with a new record, Field of Fire. The follow-up, a live album recorded at CBGB's and titled Real Time, appeared in 1987. Along with ex-Voidoids guitarist Robert Quine, Lloyd next helped bring Matthew Sweet to prominence on a series of albums starting with 1991's power pop classic Girlfriend; after the follow-ups Altered Beast and 100% Fun, both guitarists departed.
In addition to teaching, Lloyd returned to his solo career, forming a backing band that included bassist Peter Stuart and drummer Chris Butler. A new studio album, The Cover Doesn't Matter, was released in early 2001. Lloyd revisited his second solo album, Field of Fire, in 2005, completely redoing it, and the results were issued as 2007's Field of Fire on Reaction/Parasol, which included both the original and redone versions of the album. The all-new Radiant Monkey arrived that same year. In 2009 Lloyd completed work on the Jamie Neverts Story, an ambitious collection of Jimi Hendrix covers.
''REAL TIME''
1987
58:46
1. Fire Engine/3:33
2. Misty Eyes/3:48
3. Alchemy/3:25
4. Spider Talk/4:08
5. Lost Child/5:30
6. # 9/3:31
7. The Only Feeling/4:32
8. Soldier Blue/4:18
9. Field Of Fire/9:23
10. Pleading/4:35
John K. /Guest Artist
Steve Katz /Producer
David Leonard /Guest Artist, Guitar, Vocals (Background)
Richard Lloyd /Guitar, Producer, Vocals
Ed Shockley /Drums, Guest Artist, Vocals (Background)
REVIEW
by Bruce Eder
Recorded live on April 21 and 22, 1987 at CBGB's in New York, this is much more than a live best-of album by the "other" star to emerge from Television. Richard Lloyd has always stood -- undeservedly -- in the shadow of Tom Verlaine, sort of a Gene Clark to Verlaine's Roger McGuinn, and for reasons difficult to fathom, his solo career has never taken off. Lloyd's and David Leonard's guitar playing is in absolutely top form here, and his voice makes a fine instrument, at least on-stage, whether he's covering an old Thirteenth Floor Elevators number like "Fire Engine" or his own "Alchemy." Highlights include the killer ten-minute "Field of Fire" (on which the two guitarists more or less rip the envelope with their extended duet jam); the vocal and lyrical showcase "Pleading" makes for a perfect follow-up number and for a fine presentation of Lloyd's singing (as well as the crunchy, twisting post-folk-rock guitar that he helped perfect in Television). The sound is excellent throughout.
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Huey
Richard Lloyd was the rhythm guitarist for New York punk legends Television; he released the solo album Alchemy in 1979 and then dropped out of sight due to drug addiction, returning in 1985 cleaned up and with a new record, Field of Fire. The follow-up, a live album recorded at CBGB's and titled Real Time, appeared in 1987. Along with ex-Voidoids guitarist Robert Quine, Lloyd next helped bring Matthew Sweet to prominence on a series of albums starting with 1991's power pop classic Girlfriend; after the follow-ups Altered Beast and 100% Fun, both guitarists departed.
In addition to teaching, Lloyd returned to his solo career, forming a backing band that included bassist Peter Stuart and drummer Chris Butler. A new studio album, The Cover Doesn't Matter, was released in early 2001. Lloyd revisited his second solo album, Field of Fire, in 2005, completely redoing it, and the results were issued as 2007's Field of Fire on Reaction/Parasol, which included both the original and redone versions of the album. The all-new Radiant Monkey arrived that same year. In 2009 Lloyd completed work on the Jamie Neverts Story, an ambitious collection of Jimi Hendrix covers.
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