Music Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio
Aud 4
Disc 2:
5. Everyday I Have the Blues (with B. B. King)
Geetarz Comments:
As usual, Mid Valley takes aim and knocks the ball out of the park with another stunning remaster that leaves all previous releases in the dust.
An audience recording but very listenable, probably the most so of any of the Dominos' audience recordings.
But the real treat here is in the jam at the end with B.B. King, on "Every Day I Have the Blues", which is wonderfully rearranged with a punchy R&B type feel.
Beyond the usual 17th generation or so cassettes clandestinely traded "back in the day", probably the first ROIO release of this show was "Garage" (Asteroid AR-07), which in comparison is just "Garbage". If you have a copy of that one, toss it in the dustbin as you won't need it any more.
The other competitor to this release, as of this writing, would likely be "Blues With the King" (no label), which is sourced from what is likely a higher generation tape source further from the master, but EQ'd differently that brings the guitar up front more. Personally I favor this Mid Valley release as it is of lower apparent generation (i.e. "closer to the source), and the mastering here strikes a good balance. In the end, they're your ears - YOU be the judge!
www.geetarz.org visitor Comments:
"After the Fillmore concerts this is probably the next best recorded release of D&D in concert. It does tail off a bit soundwise towards the end, but nonetheless is still very good. B.B. King joins them on the last track for a bit of a jam which all concerned seem to enjoy. Warning: this concert can also be found on an earlier release entitled 'Garage'. Do not buy this. The sound quality is so bad it's a wonder anyone had the nerve to release it in the first place." - DR