Mr. Bill wrote:I played it last night for a well versed friend of mine. He said "go grab Zep I and play 'How many More Times'" after he heard it. We then kind of laughed a bit - not in jest. In respect.
A few things about the recording we concluded:
Alex was clearly the leader. Most young fans sometime see Al as the third, but at this time it was Al's stage. It's interesting that only a couple short years later that both Geddy and Neil progessed to his level on ATWAS. That was our first impression. Al's playing is superb. I've heard better drumming and better bass playing (and certainly singing - although it's really entertaining)!!! I know some may disagree, but it's how we felt. It also left us guessing that maybe Alex gave something up for Rush to be. That's a discussion I won't get into, but we talked about it a lot.
Not only the Page influence, but you can clearly hear Hendrix, Beck, Cream and even early DP influences. Especially on TGR, FD and BB.
The quality is fantastic.
This has been a real treat and I hope no one gets in shit. That would be a shame. So I'm just gonna shut up about it now.
INdeed you are very right, alex did get something up for when he plays, it matters not what, he's just so relaxed, no stress, never has to cut lose. Although i've not heart any better of the bass playing although i search, he probly could ahve been bigger.
And as for freedom of music, that was a cool site, all it was was bootlegs too. damned atlantic