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Bobby Darin - Live! At the Desert Inn Audio CD

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Bobby Darin Band: Bobby Darin
Title: Live! At the Desert Inn
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Release Date: 2005-03-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro Monologue 2: Save the Country 3: Mack the Knife 4: Fire and Rain 5: Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll) 6: Monologue 7: Beatles Medley: Hey Jude/Eleanor Rigby/Blackbird/A Day in the Life 8: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher 9: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 10: Monologue 11: If I Were a Carpenter 12: Simple Song of Freedom 13: Finale Band Introduction 14: Encore: Chain of Fools/Respect/Splish Splash/Johnny B. Goode 15: Work Song [*] 16: Beyond the Sea [*]

Top Notch Performance
Darin's performance is top notch. This CD is a steal. He puts so much energy and feelings when he sings. The highlight I believe is the Beatles Medley. In addidtion to the Beatles songs cited on the CD cover, Darin also sings the 2nd verse of Something, one of the Beatles best love songs. The Beatles ballads have held up over time far more so then their rock n' roll tunes. Collectively the Beatles were great but individually none of them can compare to Darin as a singer.

Darin wrote many of his songs or made modern versons of old songs like Mack the Knife. I believe if he had recruited professional writers as Elvis and others did he would have had many more hits. While Darin is arguably the most versatile singer ever, I believe the swing songs is were Darin really excels. There seems to be a lot singers who can do the ballads but not many who can do those finger snapping numbers - at least not as good as Darin or a Sinatra. .


The Best.
Bobby jams. One of the best recordings ever made by the greatest entertainer who ever lived.


Bobby Darin Live at the Desert Inn
Bobby Darin was such a masterful entertainer, this was recorded lived at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas, has great songs on it and the monologue is tremendous. This cd is wonderful, for anyone who is a Bobby Darin fan or even if you are not, this cd is a must have. Bobby's rendition of Mack the Knife is as always perfectly done, he does a Beatles medley which could have only been done any better by the Beatles themselves, Your love keeps Lifting me Higher is just amazing. Very well done cd by the most extraordinarily versatile vocalist and entertainer the world has ever known.


"I Got Fury In My Soul, Fury's Gonna Take Me To The Glory Goal..."
From start to finish, this is Bobby Darin in prime form, even if his commercial success was a thing of past by this point (1971). From the moment Bobby Darin's roars onto the stage into Laura Nyro's "Save The Country," you know you are in for an incredible show.

For those who only know Bobby from "Beyond The Sea" and "Mack The Knife" are in for a big surprise. This is a very different Bobby Darin - a rougher, older, edgier Darin whose music matches his personality. This isn't the same Bobby Darin who did "Dream Lover" and "Queen Of The Hop" a mere 13 years prior.

At this point in his career, Bobby's music began to refelct the time. He does covers of contemporary hits of the day, among them, a moving medley of Beatles classic and bluesy take on James Taylor's "Fire And Rain. " He also does a completely new take on his signature hit "Mack The Knife. " Gone is the big band style vamp and Sinatra-esque vocal - this is a new, gritty take on the song, with a raw, powerful vocal by Bobby and powerful support by the horn and rhythm section.

The resr set is largely comprised of Bobby's folk material that he had been recording in the late 1960s', including the scorching "Hi De Ho" (an anti-Vietnam number with a stinging job at Spiro Agnew), a moving cover of Bob Dylan's "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight," a nicely done "If I Were A Carpenter," and his own powerful "Simple Song Of Freedom. " The encore medley is fantastic, and the bonus tracks are a worthy addition to this already excellent album.

The cd comes with a great essay by Ken Smith as well as excellent sound quality and is a wholly essential purchase for all music fans.


FAB - U - LOUS!


I know this review is short and simple but nothing else needs to be said. This cd is fabulous! Take these three words to heart, BUY IT NOW! So entertaining and worth every penny, even more pennies than I paid.


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