PATTI SMITH : LIVE AT CBGB'S

Disc One (67:44)

1. Glass factory
2. redondo beach
3. song for jim morrison
4. kimberly
5. dancing barefoot
6. space monkey
7. privilege (Set me Free)
8. 25th Floor
9. cold turkey
10. for your love
11. revenge

Disc Two (59:04)

1. Frederick
2. seven ways of going
3. poppies
4. all along the watchtower
5. spider and fly 1985
6. so you want to be a rock and roll star
7. 5-4-3-2-1
8. twist and shout
9. my generation

Label : The Swingin' Pig

Venue : CBGB's, New York City, New York, USA

Recording Date : August 11, 1979

Quality : Soundboard Recording (A-)

Review (Tony Rzepela's) : An excellent quality recording of a mess of a show, the group's second that day after a Central Park concert. Patti's voice is ravaged, and a lot of the tracks are sung by her colleagues in the Patti Smith Group - mostly the songs that had appeared at other 1979 shows, such as "Cold Turkey", "Twist and Shout", and "All Along the Watchtower". It was probably a bad time to try out some of the more ambitious pieces, too. She's tired, high (although manages to sober up before the end of the first disc), and occasionally bitter. To her credit, she does grasp that something isn't quite right. A vital document, but for completists/enthusiasts, and certainly not a worthy introduction.