| Product Summary | | Label: Rhino Records | | UPC: 00081227985875 | | Release Date: 9/15/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 211900910 | | Item#: M4QUQ5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25050 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Psychedelic Stuff [Original Mix] - (with Chris Bell) ~ Big Star |  | | 2. All I See is You - (with Icewater) ~ Big Star | | | 3. Every Day As We Grow Closer [Original Mix] - (with Alex Chilton) ~ Big Star | | | 4. Try Again [Early Version] - (with Rock City) ~ Big Star | | | 5. Feel ~ Big Star | | | 6. Ballad of El Goodo, The ~ Big Star | | | 7. In the Street [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 8. Thirteen [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 9. Don't Lie To Me ~ Big Star | | | 10. India Song [Alternate Mix], The ~ Big Star | | | 11. When My Baby's Beside Me [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 12. My Life is Right [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 13. Give Me Another Chance [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 14. Try Again ~ Big Star | | | 15. Gone With the Light ~ Big Star | | | 16. Watch the Sunrise [Single Version] ~ Big Star | | | 17. St 100/6 [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 18. Preacher [Excerpt], The ~ Big Star | | | 19. In the Street [Alternate Single Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 20. Feel [Alternative Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 21. Ballad of El Goodo [Alternate Lyrics], The ~ Big Star | | | 22. India Song [Alternate Version], The ~ Big Star | | | 23. Country Morn ~ Big Star | | | 25. Back of a Car [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 26. Motel Blues [Demo] ~ Big Star | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. There Was a Light [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 2. Life is White [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 3. What's Going Ahn [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 4. O My Soul ~ Big Star | | | 5. Life is White ~ Big Star | | | 6. Way Out West ~ Big Star | | | 7. What's Going Ahn ~ Big Star | | | 8. You Get What You Deserve ~ Big Star | | | 9. Mod Lang [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 10. Back of a Car [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 11. Daisy Glaze ~ Big Star | | | 12. She's a Mover ~ Big Star | | | 13. September Gurls ~ Big Star | | | 14. Morpha Too [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 15. I'm In Love With a Girl ~ Big Star | | | 16. O My Soul [Alternate Version] ~ Big Star | | | 17. She's a Mover [Alternate Version] ~ Big Star | | | 18. Daisy Glaze [Rehearsal Version] ~ Big Star | | | 19. I Am the Cosmos - (with Chris Bell) ~ Big Star | | | 20. You and Your Sister - (with Chris Bell) ~ Big Star | | | 21. Blue Moon [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 22. Femme Fatale [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 23. Thank You Friends [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 24. Nightime [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 25. Take Care [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 26. You Get What You Deserve [Demo] ~ Big Star | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Lovely Day [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 2. Downs [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 3. Jesus Christ [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 4. Holocaust [Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 5. Big Black Car [Alternate Demo] ~ Big Star | | | 6. Manana ~ Big Star | | | 7. Jesus Christ ~ Big Star | | | 8. Femme Fatale ~ Big Star | | | 9. O, Dana ~ Big Star | | | 10. Kizza Me ~ Big Star | | | 11. You Can't Have Me ~ Big Star | | | 12. Nightime ~ Big Star | | | 13. Dream Lover ~ Big Star | | | 14. Big Black Car ~ Big Star | | | 15. Blue Moon ~ Big Star | | | 16. Holocaust ~ Big Star | | | 17. Stroke It Noel ~ Big Star | | | 18. For You ~ Big Star | | | 19. Downs ~ Big Star | | | 20. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On ~ Big Star | | | 21. Kanga Roo ~ Big Star | | | 22. Thank You Friends ~ Big Star | | | 23. Take Care ~ Big Star | | | 24. Lovely Day ~ Big Star | | | 25. Till the End of the Day [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | | 26. Nature Boy [Alternate Mix] ~ Big Star | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. When My Baby's Beside Me - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 2. My Life is Right - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 3. She's a Mover - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 4. Way Out West - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 5. Ballad of El Goodo, The - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 6. In the Street - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 7. Back of a Car - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 8. Thirteen - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 9. India Song, The - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 10. Try Again - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 11. Watch the Sunrise - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 12. Don't Lie To Me - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 13. Hot Burrito - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 14. I Got Kinda Lost - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 15. Baby Strange - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 16. Slut - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 17. There Was a Light - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 18. St 100/6 - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 19. Come On Now - (live) ~ Big Star | | | 20. O My Soul - (live) ~ Big Star | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Personnel: Andy Hummell (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards); Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Chris Bell (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, background vocals); Jody Stephens (vocals, drums, percussion); Steve Rhea (vocals, drums); Thomas Dean Eubanks (vocals); Jim Dickinson (guitar, keyboards); Lee Baker, Steve Cropper (guitar); Charlie Owen (steel guitar); Noel Gilbert (violin); Peter Spurbeck (cello); Carl Marsh (reeds, woodwinds, synthesizer); Andrew Love, Wayne Jackson (horns); William Eggleston (piano); Ken Woodley (organ); Terry Manning (keyboards, drums, background vocals); Morris "Tarp" Tarrant, Richard Rosebrough (drums); Lesa Aldridge (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Geoff Emerick; John Fry . | | Audio Remasterers: Dan Hersch; Andrew Sandoval. | | Liner Note Authors: Bob Mehr; Robert Gordon; Bob Mehr; John Fry ; Alec Palao; Robert Gordon. | | Recording information: Air Studios, London, England; Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN; Shoe Studios, Memphis, TN. | | Photographers: Roni Hoffman; Maude Schuyler Clay; Maldwin Hamlin; Lisa Margolis; David Bell; Carole Manning; Carole Manning; Michael Dale O'Brien; William Eggleston; Maude Schuyler Clay; Lisa Margolis; Maldwin Hamlin; Michael O'Brien; Andy Hummell; William Eggleston; David Bell . | | As the object of intense devotion for so many fans, it's fitting that Big Star receive a box set designed for the intensely devoted: four discs containing every song the band cut in the '70s, often present in slightly alternate mixes or versions in addition to the originals, a clutch of solo songs from both Chris Bell and Alex Chilton, as well as a handful of pre-Big Star cuts by Icewater and Rock City, all topped off with a live disc culled from a three-set stint at Memphis' Lafayette's Music Room in January of 1973, not long after Bell left the band. Excepting subsequent reunions in the '90s and 2000s, no corner of the band's career remains untouched on KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY and rarities are abundant, with 55 of its 98 tracks previously unreleased. This is a staggering statistic but it's also misleading, for 20 of those cuts are from the live disc and the rest are either alternate mixes, alternate versions, or demos -- there are no unheard songs, aside from an excerpt of Rock City's "The Preacher." Of these, only a handful are markedly different either in their lyrics or attack, with all finding the songs and even arrangements essentially intact, even in their demo form. Consequently, KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY contains fewer revelations than it initially appears, which isn't to say it lacks any: the earliest demos for BIG STAR 3rd are by and large lighter in tone than the album (although there's no way "Holocaust" ever could seem cheery), a testament to how much a song can change during the recording process. | | In a way, all of Big Star's career is a testament to the recording process. They were a creature of the studio, not stage, having free rein at Ardent Studios, where they stayed up into the next morning tinkering at the same set of songs. This resulted in the crisp, sterling sound of #1 RECORD and the deliberately looser RADIO CITY, as well as the sliding, sprawling mess of 3rd, but it didn't result in outtakes -- it resulted in alternate mixes and instrumental scraps, the stuff that enthralls fetishists, sometimes justifiably so. Those are the listeners who will find KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY most rewarding, but anybody who has loved the band will find something to cherish here, whether it's the crackerjack live show -- which provides roaring covers of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Hot Burrito #2," T. Rex's "Baby Strange," and Todd Rundgren's "Slut" (revived 20 years later on their reunion concert), as well as a startlingly effective take on "The India Song" -- or merely the context of the set, which tells the story of America's greatest cult band this side of the Velvet Underground in a complete and affecting fashion. | | As the object of intense devotion for so many fans, it's fitting that Big Star receive a box set designed for the intensely devoted: four discs containing every song the band cut in the '70s, often present in slightly alternate mixes or versions in addition to the originals, a clutch of solo songs from both Chris Bell and Alex Chilton, as well as a handful of pre-Big Star cuts by Icewater and Rock City, all topped off with a live disc culled from a three-set stint at Memphis' Lafayette's Music Room in January of 1973, not long after Bell left the band. Excepting subsequent reunions in the '90s and 2000s, no corner of the band's career remains untouched on Keep an Eye on the Sky and rarities are abundant, with 55 of its 98 tracks previously unreleased. This is a staggering statistic but it's also misleading, for 20 of those cuts are from the live disc and the rest are either alternate mixes, alternate versions, or demos -- there are no unheard songs, aside from an excerpt of Rock City's "The Preacher." Of these, only a handful are markedly different either in their lyrics or attack, with all finding the songs and even arrangements essentially intact, even in their demo form. Consequently, Keep an Eye on the Sky contains fewer revelations than it initially appears, which isn't to say it lacks any: the earliest demos for 3rd are by and large lighter in tone than the album (although there's no way "Holocaust" ever could seem cheery), a testament to how much a song can change during the recording process. | | In a way, all of Big Star's career is a testament to the recording process. They were a creature of the studio, not stage, having free rein at Ardent Studios, where they stayed up into the next morning tinkering at the same set of songs. This resulted in the crisp, sterling sound of #1 Record and the deliberately looser Radio City, as well as the sliding, sprawling mess of 3rd, but it didn't result in outtakes -- it resulted in alternate mixes and instrumental scraps, the stuff that enthralls fetishists, sometimes justifiably so. Those are the listeners who will find Keep an Eye on the Sky most rewarding, but anybody who has loved the band will find something to cherish here, whether it's the crackerjack live show -- which provides roaring covers of the Flying Burrito Brothers' "Hot Burrito #2," T. Rex's "Baby Strange," and Todd Rundgren's "Slut" (later revived 20 years later on their reunion concert), as well as a startlingly effective take on "The India Song" -- or merely the context of the set, which tells the story of America's greatest cult band this side of the Velvet Underground in a complete and affecting fashion. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Cheryl Pawelski; Chris Bell; Jim Dickinson; John Fry; Alec Palao; Andrew Sandoval; Big Star |
Engineer: Warren Wagner; John Fry |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/15/2009 | | Original Release Date : 2009 | | Catalog ID : 85875 | | Label : Rhino Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 300m : 24s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227985875 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (p.70)
- "The spare demos, crystal-clear concert recordings, and handsomely produced liner notes are a fan's delight..."Billboard (p.37)
- "[A] treasure trove of rare gems, including material by pre-Big Star groups Rock City and Icewater..." Q (Magazine)
(p.122)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Exhibiting strong Anglophile leanings, and pick'n'mixing the usual '60s suspects, their brisk, guitar-encrusted power-pop was an unlikely product of a city better known as the home of Southern soul." |
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