Tower of Power/Live Anthology 1973-1975

A live anthology series that thoroughly compiles Tower of Power’s live sound sources. The second edition is now available. An amazing 6-disc set, all soundboards, all great performances, this is an absolutely must-have title! The date is unknown, but in 1973, a valuable studio live performance at its peak. I’m glad that the excellent funk song Squib Cakes, which was included in Back To Oakland’s masterpiece album that would be released the following year, and the famous song What Is Hip?, which was born because of Lenny Williams’ vocals, were also played in 1973. The melancholy horns of their debut song You’re Still A Young Man, the best song from Tower Of Power, an emotional and painful farewell ~ So Very Hard To Go, and Down To featuring Garibaldi and Rocco’s strongest rhythm team. This young band works together to powerfully play their early signature songs such as The Nightclub and Soul Vaccination. Until Knock Yourself Out, which has become established as the closing song of the 70’s, this is Tower Of Power performed by the strongest members! The content is so rich that you can understand all the greatness of the band. Since it contains more songs than CD6 Richard’s Club of Live Anthology 1971-1973, this Record Plant is the best. Please enjoy the best performance on the wonderful sound board. Disc 1 Record Plant, Sausalito, CA 1973 1.Squib Cakes 2.What Is Hip? 3.Both Sorry Over Nothing 4.Down To The Nightclub 5.You’re Still A Young Man 6.Soul Vaccination 7.Clean Slate 8. So Very Hard To Go 9.MC 10.Just Another Day 11.Get Your Feet Back On The Ground The longest soundboard sound source in 1974, recorded with great sound quality recorded directly from the master sound source! There must be many TOP fans who consider this live performance to be the best. The spectacular beginning of the Oakland Strokes includes Garibaldi’s drumming, which has a pounding and galloping feel, excellent cutting, Bruce Conte’s exquisite cutting in Squib Cakes, and Chester Thompson’s Hammond competition. The powerful performance of Soul Vaccination, which surpasses the studio recording, You’re Still A Young Man, where the high-note trumpet evokes melancholy, So Very Hard To Go, where Lenny’s high-tone vocals are wonderful, and the moment this song starts, I get goosebumps. The funk directly descended from Sly is Man From The Past, and the final performance is at its peak, the horns of Emilio and others are divine, and the endless groove is probably the best performance of this song, the agony Knock Yourself Out. Maybe it was because of the play or because I was confident that it was a hit, but I also played What Is Hip? at the end! Disc 2 and Disc 3 are masterpieces that are always accompanied by the honor of great sound sources and great performances. Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY May 14th 1974 Disc 2 1.Intro 2.Oakland Stroke 3.Square Cakes 4.This Time It’s Real 5.Soul Vaccination 6.You’re Still A Young Man 7.Clean Slate 8.So Very Hard To Go 9.Got Your Feet Back On The Ground Disc 3 1.Time Will Tell 2.Man From The Past 3.Down To The Nightclub 4.Just When We Start Makin’ It 5.Knock Yourself Out 6.What Is Hip? 7. Outro Leader Emilio Castillo’s performance in Kansas on November 9, 1974, when he released his best album, Urban Renewal. It is a wonderful sound board sound source with a sense of realism. We play Warkin’ Up Hip Street, which is included in the last song of Urban Renewal, as a greeting, but this is the first time that we have played this song purely as the first song. And around this time, David Garibaldi, who plays the lower body, and Brent Byers, the conga player, are supposed to be missing, but the drums are David Bartlett, but I can’t help but think that this drum is Garibaldi. That rustling feeling is properly reproduced. In fact, the mixing is really great, emphasizing the sharpness of the drums and bass, and it seems like they’re confidently declaring that it’s Gari and Rocco. The vocalist is also Lenny Williams, and it’s a live performance during Urban Renewal by Golden Face. The cover version of Don`t Change Horses, which was recorded in Back To Oakland and is rare in live shows these days, is also a good song selection, and it’s a shame that Knock Yourself, which has a long jam, cuts out in the middle, but it makes up for it. It’s a great performance. Disc 4 Hoch Auditorium, Lawrence, KS November 9th 1974 1.Walkin’ Up Hip Street 2.Don’t Change Hours 3.This Time It’s Real 4.Willing To Learn 5.Give Me The Proof 6.Down To The Nightclub 7. What Is Hip? 8.So Very Hard To Go 9.Knock Yourself Out (Imcomplete) 10.You’re The Most When the masterpiece Urban Renewal was released, the keystone of the rhythm was absent, and the live performance was at the time of the first crisis of member change. Recorded on a soundboard. There is also a surprise, a funky intro of Auld Lung Syne’s TOP interpretation, which was performed on New Year’s Eve 1974, making it one of the top 5 live recordings. Ultra Sonic was live in 1974, and songs from Urban Renewal were not played, and this sound source will be connected as the next live. There is a play from Urban Renewal, which has many great songs, so it can be said that it is the performance with the best set list with all the results. As introduced in Oakland Stroke, Chester Thompson is leading the rhythm, and David Bartlett is probably playing the drums, but the rustling rhythm pattern is well created, and it seems like Garibaldi is back. It makes me wonder if this is the case. And the vocalist is Lenny Williams just before he left, and Only So Much Oil In The Ground allows you to listen to his original live version, so that part is also noteworthy. He’s making me listen to his rough throat. Willing To Learn, which is introduced as a song from the new album coming out in January, has a wonderful soulfulness, but this song is from Urban Renewal, and Urban Renewal, which was said to have been released at the end of 1974, was actually released in 1975. It means that it was entered and released. From 1974 to 1975, TOP had the best songs to perform, and at least the fans would want to listen to them just because they were sung live by Lenny Williams’ voice. Give Me The Proof, which is introduced as a new song, is also a valuable live play for the same reason. In addition, the spectacular Knock Yourself Out was played for 20 minutes, and even compared to Hubert Tubbs’s cutting vocals of Live And In Living Color, it is not only comparable, but is actually the best performance. Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA Dec 31 1974 + Jan 1st 1975 Disc 5 1.Auld Lang Syne/Intro 2.Oakland Stroke 3.It` Not The Crime 4.This Time Is Real 5.Only So Much Oil In The Ground 6 .Willin` To Learn 7.Don`t Change Horses 8.Give Me The Proof 9.So Very Hard To Go 10.I Believe In Myself 11.What Is Hip? Disc 6 1.Knock Yourself Out 2.Announcement 3.Your ‘re Still The Young Man 4.You`re The Most 5.Anouncing 6.Down To The Nightclub 7.Outro