I love it. It's a fantastic recording. I finally got a copy off eBay about a year ago now. I have never seen it in the stores. I have heard that it wasn't a major release. But it's easily my favourite recording of Meat Live, much better than Storytellers and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and the other official releases.
> So I dusted this live album off today and listened to it
> for the first time in, of, 5 - 8 years, I'd wager. And,
> shit, I forgot, its a really fucking good live album. I'd
> forgotten how good IDAFL live was back in the '93 - '95
> period. Meat sounds terrific, the arrangement is full and
> vibrant, and Patti sounds wonderful, too. And of course,
> Jim was playing with Meat for these shows, and it made me
> think.... Jim must have been quite proud at the time,
> not just of Meat, but of himself, of the material, of the
> shows they were putting on. It was SPECIAL! And damn it,
> WHY couldn't they have gotten right back on the horse and
> done another one, while the stars were still aligned and
> the sindow of opportunity was still there? Such a shame.
>
> And a question: I recall reading somewhere back in the
> day that the FCOL and Good Girls cuts on this album are
> not pure live recordings; that they were perhaps recorded
> live in studio or something, or had quite a bit of studio
> re-mixing done to them. Does anybody have the scoop on
> this?
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