International relevance: **
The second of two live Dice discs on the
Japanese Belle Antique label, the other being ”Live 1977”, and
this the weakest of all available Dice albums. Compiled from four
different sources, the sound quality varies. Only the last four cuts,
billed as bonus tracks, are of studio quality but they're also the
musically worst. No specific date is given, late 70s I guess, but the
band sounds like a faceless FM radio band on these demos, like a mix between Kansas and
Steely Dan.
The live portions are audience tapes of so-so
quality, and Belle Antique has tried to cover up their limitations
with added reverb. It still sounds like audience tapes though, I've
heard worse, but the tinny sound soon gets fatiguing.
”Live 1977” was a motivated
release, but ”Live” looks more like an attempt to squeeze water out
of a stone. For Dice completists only.
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