Hot Tuna Splashdown (Vinyl, Relix Records, 1984) ***
Genre: Grunt Records, San Francisco bands
Places I remember: Marbecks Records for Double Dose; Real Groovy Records for Splashdown
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Talking 'Bout You
Gear costume: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
Active compensatory factors: Double Dose is one of my favourite ever live double albums.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Talking 'Bout You
Gear costume: Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning
Side one is just Jorma on guitar and vocals. It's a brilliant start! He is on fire!!
Then the band comes out for the rest of the show and they are on fire as well!! Amazing versions of their staple live material. I don't care whether or not there are studio overdubs on his vocals - this is Hot Tuna at their live best!
The Relix album, Splashdown, is an FM broadcast from 1975. It is an excellent selection of acoustic Hot Tuna. Just Jack and Jorma on this one.
Police Dog Blues' inclusion of live news of astronauts returning from space is a little off-putting in today's context.
Candyman contains an amazing bass solo from Jack.
Where do they all belong? More to come when we get around to the CDs again.
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