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Steve Howe - Mothballs Audio CD

A fair review of the Steve Howe "Mothballs" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Steve Howe reviews here, or go back to the Steve Howe tabs.

Steve Howe Band: Steve Howe
Title: Mothballs
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Release Date: 1998-05-12
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Maybellene - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 2: True to Me - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 3: Howlin' for My Baby - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 4: What to Do - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 5: Leave My Kitten Alone - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 6: Don't Know What to Do - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 7: On the Horizon - Steve Howe, The Syndicats 8: Stop Wait a Minute - Steve Howe, In Crowd 9: You're on Your Own - Steve Howe, In Crowd 10: Why Must They Criticise - Steve Howe, In Crowd 11: I Don't Mind - Steve Howe, In Crowd 12: Finger Poppin' - Steve Howe, In Crowd 13: So Bad - Steve Howe 14: You Never Can Stay in One Place - Steve Howe 15: Real Life Permanent Dream - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 16: Am I Glad to See You - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 17: Blow Up - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 18: Three Jolly Little Dwarfs - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 19: Revolution - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 20: My White Bicycle - Steve Howe, Tomorrow 21: Kid Was a Killer - Steve Howe, Keith West 22: Come Over Stranger - Steve Howe 23: Beyond Winter - Bodast, Steve Howe 24: Nothing to Cry For - Bodast, Steve Howe 25: Nether Street - Bodast, Steve Howe

Fine Recording, EXTREMELY Rare Material But DEFECTIVE DISC!!
The back insert claims six songs by Tomorrow (among them Real Life Permanent Dream & My White Bicycle) are included here. CONSUMER WARNING TO ALL PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS: The liner notes to this album claim that seven songs (including Hallucinations, Real Life Permanent Dream and My White Bicycle) released by the proto-progressive rock band Tomorrow (featuring Steve Howe on guitar) appear on this cd. In actuality, only FOUR Tomorrow tunes are actually on this disc; NOWHERE on my copy can one hear the tracks Hallucinations, Permanent Dream or My White Bicycle. Also strange is the fact that the liner notes claim this disc to be "An rpm production", bearing a copyright year of 1994, while the outer spine of the jewel case claims that the disc is released by BIG EYE MUSIC. Now, the topper here is that the DISC ITSELF bears the marking "LIMITED GOLD EDITION PURPLE PYRAMID CLP 0254-2" and features a copyright date of 1998. All of this leads me to believe that there is something definitely amiss here and that this Purple Pyramid disc may not be properly authorized for release by Steve Howe.

The recordings themselves are great. Included here are selections from Steve's work with The Syndicats, In Crowd, Tomorrow, Canto (INCREDIBLY rare) and Bodast, along with two very obscure solo singles released by Steve before he joined YES.

Purchase this disc only if you can deal with the fact that three songs which should (by all indications) be included here are not. Hopefully someone who knows the true story behind this particular compilation will read this review and fill us all in on where the complete, authorized version of Mothballs can be obtained. Until then, buyers should be aware that the music here is historically significant to all who wish to better understand the background and influences of one of the 20th century's greatest guitar virtuosos, but that this particular edition of Mothballs is seriously defective and is (more than likely) not an authorized release. .


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