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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0886973083628 Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks, Live Label: Sony Legacy Manufacturer: Sony Legacy Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Sony Legacy Release Date: July 01, 2008 Sales Rank: 4092 Studio: Sony Legacy
Album Description: Previously only available as a single CD, 'Two For The Show' is receiving a lavish upgrade on the occasion of its 30th Anniversary. Includes a second disc featuring two previously unreleased live tracks recorded between 1977 and 1978.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Buyer Beware - this is not the 2 CD re-issue version
According to the Editorial review and some of the Customer reviews, I was led to believe this was the re-issued 2-CD verion. What I got was the original single CD version. "Two for the Show" was one of the greatest live albums of all time! I would like to give it 5 stars, but the audio quality of this CD is not that great, and 2 songs are omitted from the double album for space consideration. All that said, for $6.99 - I can't complain...
Rating: - Should've remixed ALL of this, but it's still good
It's a good package, but I'm wondering why they didn't remix the first disc. Disc one is essentially identical to the single-CD release of this album from years ago ( including the omission of Closet Chronicles ). The mix sounds a bit flat, and pretty much monaural...again, no different from the initial CD release. Then you get to side two of mostly unreleased tracks, and the stereo is wonderful! Kerry and Rich's guitars are panned left and right, which makes for a BIG difference in imaging. They had to go back to the original multi-track tapes to cull out the gems for disc two...I'm just ... Read More
Rating: - Don't be misled by bad reviews
This is a review for the remastered and expanded edition of Two for the Show, released in July 2008. Note that all the reviews rating this album as a 1-, 2- or 3-star record were written long before this remastered version was released. In all cases the reviewers appear to be rating the original version of the album.
The remastered version's sonic qualities far exceed that of the original vinyl, which I owned as a teenager back in the seventies. That said, the original was still one of the finest live albums of its day: great sound quality, realistic example of what the band sounded ... Read More
Rating: - Best Live Album Ever
I remember beating this record to death when I was a kid. I also remember cursing the music gods when this came out on CD and was trimmed to fit on 1 disc!
NOW....it's all here and then some! "Closet Chronicles" is back with 10 other tracks recorded during the same shows but until now were unreleased. The tracks include a killer drum solo from Ehart, which is one of the most underrated drummers ever, and a great version of my all time favorite, "Miracles Out of Nowhere".
This has got to be the BEST sounding live rock album of all time. The band is tight in the groove and yet ... Read More
Rating: - Finally!
This album (album, does that date me?) does not disappoint. The expanded material is long overdue, and very much welcome. It's a great insight into the unique entity that is Kansas. You don't have to be a Kansas die-hard to enjoy it, just be open to rock music that is a little more intelligent and orchestral than you might be accustomed to.
I had no problems playing or putting this on my iPod.
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