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Warren Zevon - The Record Plant July 27th, 1978 (1978)

Track listing:
  1. [Intro] 0:18
  2. Johnny Strikes Up The Band 3:01
  3. Tenderness On The Block 4:09
  4. Mohammed's Radio 4:56
  5. Excitable Boy 3:49
  6. Werewolves Of London 5:08
  7. Accidentally Like A Martyr 4:32
  8. [Band Intros] 1:50
  9. Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner 4:37
  10. Poor Poor Pitiful Me 4:27
  11. Lawyers, Guns And Money 4:59
  12. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 4:40

Notes

Date: July 27th, 1978
Venue: The Record Plant
Location: Sausalito CA
FM Broadcast


Personnel
Rick Marotta - drums
Stanley Sheldon - bass guitar
Waddy Wachtel - lead guitar
[There's also an unidentified rhythm guitarist.]

Reviewer: SHNizzle
Subject: Better Than The Roxy
If Zevon at his apex for you was the "Excitable Boy" then this is the show. The sound is richer and fuller than the Roxy Show and the band is cooking. I had this on real to real before I lost my tape player somewhere during a 70's college move. The FM source shows from the Record Plant in Sausalito in the late 70's were the stuff of legend and this Zevon has a rightful place amongst them. I am pretty sure that I recorded this from a Sunday night KSAN (the jive 95 in SF may it RIP).

This is Warren the LA Outlaw, buzzed to the gills, at his wisecracking, song writing best. The band of Wachtel, Sheldon and Marotta (plus one other??anyone know?), thumps when need be (awesome "Lawyers") and plays tastefully,soft and sweet as well (listen to "Tenderness on the block"). The live album that Warren cut in the early 80's and the "Ronin" project that Wachtel produced about the same time was just a copy of this band without substance. So don't hesitate, download this bad boy, you won't be dissapointed.

This is the Warren I will remember, perfect hair and tongue frimly planted in cheek.
AWOOOOOO!!!!