Keith Richards - Live At The Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988 (1991)

Album Review:

Recorded on December 15, 1988, during the tour for Talk Is Cheap, Live at the Hollywood Palladium is a loose, groove-laden affair, featuring the best from Keith Richards' first solo album as well as some Stones classics – mostly tunes he took lead vocals on. Opening with "Take It So Hard," the first thing that hits the listener is the lack of the gloss that was probably the only drawback to Talk Is Cheap, which is a very good thing, because while the album was still leaps and bounds more real than, say, Dirty Work, this live collection is loose without ever getting away from the band, and has an organic feel not present in the Stones' work since the early '70s. Rockers like "Whip It Up" and "Struggle" swagger, while Sarah Dash shines on "Make No Mistake" and "Time Is On My Side." Richards even manages to get into the reggae groove without sounding too clichéd on "Too Rude." Live at the Hollywood Palladium is a solid live album that stands head and shoulders above most of the Stones' live records, and is easily a must-have for any serious Rolling Stones or Keith Richards fan. –by Chris True, allmusic.com.


Album Details:

Artist: Keith Richards And The X-pensive Winos
Album: Live At The Hollywood Palladium, December 15, 1988
Label: Virgin Records America, Inc.
Catalogue #: CDVUS 45-262 439, 0777 7 86262 2 2
Matrix: 786262 4
UPC: 077778626220
Format: CD
Type: Album, Live
Country: Europe (Made in Holland)
Release Date: Dec. 10, 1991
Number of Discs: 1
Language: English
Time: 1:07:31
Rating: 3 stars (allmusic.com)
Genre: Pop/Rock
Styles: Hard Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll


Tracklisting:

01. Take It So Hard (KR/Steve Jordan) - 4:28
02. How I Wish (KR/Steve Jordan) - 4:05
03. I Could Have Stood You Up (KR/Steve Jordan) - 4:30
04. Too Rude (Lyndon Roberts/Sly Dunbar/Robbie Shakespeare) - 7:45
05. Make No Mistake (KR/Steve Jordan) - 6:30
06. Time Is On My Side (Jerry Ragavoy) - 4:30
07. Big Enough (KR/Steve Jordan) - 3:48
08. Whip Ut Up (KR/Steve Jordan) - 5:35
09. Locked Away (KR/Steve Jordan) - 5:48
10. Struggle (KR/Steve Jordan) - 4:35
11. Happy (MJ/KR) - 7:08
12. Connection (MJ/KR) - 2:30
13. Rockawhile (KR/Steve Jordan) - 6:20


Credits:

Artwork By - Margo Chase Design
Backing Vocals - Sarah Dash (tracks: 5 to 8, 13)
Bass - Charley Drayton (tracks: 2, 4 to 13)
Drums - Steve Jordan (tracks: 2, 4 to 13)
Engineer [Cornerstone] - Richard Hasal
Engineer [Hit Factory] - Gary Tole
Executive Producer - Jane Rose
Guitar - Waddy Wachtel
Guitar, Vocals - Keith Richards
Keyboards - Ivan Neville (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 10, 12, 13)
Mastered By - Ted Jensen
Photography - Paul Natkin
Producer - Don Smith , Keith Richards , Steve Jordan
Recorded By, Mixed By - Don Smith
Saxophone - Bobby Keys (tracks: 3 to 5, 7, 8, 11)


Lineage:

SilverCD -> EAC (Test & Copy Image & Create CUE Sheet > Uncompressed / Secure Mode / Offset Corrected / WAV 1411 Kbit/s / 44100 Hz / 16 Bits / 2 Channels) -> FLAC frontend -> FLAC (compression level 8) -> AvaxHome


Extra info:

- Cuesheet files included (WAV & FLAC).
- EAC extraction LOG file included.
- Codec used for lossless compression: libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
- Samplerate: 44100 Hz Stereo / Bitrate: 16 bits.
- MD5 checksums included.
- Full artwork, 300 dpi, jpg format in highest quality.
- All tracks accurately ripped.