![]() My two favourite WIGWAM albums are "Fairyport" and "Being" with that trio of Pembroke, Gustavson and Pohjola sharing the writing and composing, and this is the last evidence of that as Gustavson and Pohjola would leave only months after this performance. I hate not giving this 4 stars being a big WIGWAM fan but I was disappointed with the direction they went for this live release. Posted Thursday, Ma| Review this album | Report (Review #22803)ģ.5 stars. So it's a good but controversial album, 75% of it being solid gold, and the rest 25% being very poor. The rest of songs are luckily excellent, including "Groundswell", an instrumental track written by the guitarist Pekka Rechardt, powerfully symphonic "Nipistys" by the bass player Pekka Pohjola, and the awesome "Grass for Blades" by Jim Pembroke, reaching the deserved monumental treatment lacked from Jim's solo recording. Sadly I found these as absolute rubbish, and they lower the artistic value of this album and the band as well from my own perspective. The cover version of J.R.Robertson's "The Moon Struck One" is an amazing version with extended jams and nearly remembered lyrics, but then there are also song like "Let it be", "Imagine" and a medley of Sonny Boy Williamson tunes. I guess they had some personal problems concerning these matters, along with possible desires from venue bookers, and all of the core members of the band were doing songwriting, having very different approaches towards this process. The Wigwam of the early 70's played lots of covers at their live gigs, as I have understood they felt being unable to perform satisfying versions of their own compositions on stage. This is a very recommendable album fromy Wigwam, though it contains few quite poor songs. Posted Sunday, Aug| Review this album | Report (Review #22801) One of my fav's from the Euro 70's prog era. without a question WIGWAM were something pretty special and Lots of improvisation here and these guys get into some pretty heavyĪnd tripped out grooves. What is amazing on this liveĬoncert is that only 1 track is from any of their previous studio albums ("Pig Storm" from Welts that kind of make your speakers resonate and vibrate. Again a lot of live energy is put into these tracks and I love the heavy deep organ ![]() The Beatles are borrowed for "Let Itīe" and "Imagine" which are very tastefully re-done with heavy organ grinds and guitar The Band's 1971 Cahoots album as a 4 mins song!. Mins cover version of "The Band's" "The Moon Struck One" which originally appeared on someone once suggested WIGWAM were the GRATEFUL DEAD ofįitting true to this state, WIGWAM open up side one with a shattering and explosive 17 Not really playing a lot of their studio tracks but instead improvising and building on themes WIGWAM were known for delivering some pretty crafty live shows often (vocals, organ), Jim Pembroke (vocals, electric piano), Pekka Pohjola (bass), Pekka Members included Ronnie Österberg (drums), Jukka Gustavson Released as a double vinyl album, this is some pretty amazing music recorded over 3 nightsĪnd according to documentation was the last live show for WIGWAM with their mark One Music From The Twilight Zone" captures WIGWAM at their creative height. ![]() Recorded only a few month before the known departure of Gustavson and Pohjol, "Live
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