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Poplar Creek Music Theatre Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
 We Were There February 26, 2012
Written by rabbimeyer
"Our drummer, Bruford, would like to thank the two guys from Baton Rouge from two years ago ... and all the rest of you, too." And with that, KC launched Red. I just downloaded this show, I hope the banter is on there! Dave, Brian, Geo and cousin Russ were there, too, that strange night 28 years ago ... and thanks Auntie Grace, for letting us crash on your floor. I know you didn’t expect a bunch of heads at your place at midnight, but you were a trooper! Poplar Creek had sold "packages" that summer (four or five different shows grouped together and sold at a "discount") and, by my recollection, they packaged KC with Rick Springfield and some other pop acts to make for a strange collection (who’d you pair them up with to begin with?). So there were a number of folks there because they had the tickets, but no experience with the band. I trust Entry -> Larks Tongues ->Thela was a nice introduction. Elvis Brothers opened and having seen them as "just" a party band in Madison, I was quite impressed with their show, even having fun with us by "playing to type" (not). Fire in the City indeed. I was able to trade for this bootleg right when classes started in Madison that next fall (and thanks to the clerk at Wazoo Records in Madison for trading!) When friends who saw the next KC show (in Milwaukee) heard the tape, they were disappointed that they hadn’t gone to this show. And I am pleased that I am able to support the artists by purchasing the download here. If you have Absent Lovers, you don’t "need" Poplar Creek (and vice versa, I guess) but I think the Poplar Creek show was "better" and I’m trying to judge by quality, not because I was there.
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Good addition to the 80's canon Sun., Sep 24, 2006
Posted by: timohara
This is a very welcome release for fans of the Discipline line-up. The sound quality is a bit unbalanced and inconsistent, but is quite good for an audience recording. The enthusiasm of the crowd actually adds to the Read more
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Wow! Sun., Sep 17, 2006
Posted by: jimbugtm
Now here is an another outstanding performance by the 80s lineup. This is truly not to be passed up, not only for the live treatments of the Discipline tracks, which by that time were known quantities, Read more
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A Nice Treat Sat., Sep 16, 2006
Posted by: cuicawrangler
Having been lucky enough to enjoy the San Francisco shows a few days later, it’s very nice to have such an excellent recording of the band at this stage. This is already Read more
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I Wish I'd Been there To See It! Fri., Sep 15, 2006
Posted by: paulwelsh
How much fun is this? Not worth umming and ahhing over-buy it. The studio recordings don’t come close to conveying the humour and energy of gigs like this. Almost everything that can be conveyed by a recording is present Read more
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SATORI TAKES THIS DISC AWAY Fri., Sep 15, 2006
Posted by: dubhthaigh
I suspect that the reason I am so enamoured of this lineup (well and the double trio as well) is that I was thoroughly and completely unprepared when I walked into the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby with my best Read more
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11/21/81 roxy Thu., Sep 14, 2006
Posted by: doug1956
listening to the samples an free tickle,i find this to sound like a average fm tape rather than an audience. in other words you should buy this asap as i find the quality an restoration Read more
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Kcool Thu., May 25, 2006
Posted by: jljimenezs
I’m probably one of the few who actually love BEAT, as a matter of fact, for me it represents a Masterpiece of all time rock albums (in the case we agree to call BEAT a rock album of Read more
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Amendment Sat., May 20, 2006
Posted by: gregjames
Whoops! My bad, guys. Clearly I got caught up in my own nostalgia trip and superimposed my memories of the dancing beauties at the Place Des Arts onto the Crims at the Place Des Read more
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Place Des Arts Review Sat., May 20, 2006
Posted by: gregjames
Subjective Background: As an “under 40” Crimhead, this was the 1st version of the band that I heard and nothing was the same after that day. (For me, that day was in the week before Christmas in 1984 and I Read more
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The Sound is Fine! Performance is Better. Fri., May 19, 2006
Posted by: halbie
The sound quality of this release is fine and the performance stellar. This is 80s KC as a belting-it-out rock band with more energy on display than any of the other 1980s recordings that I have of Read more
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