The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration revisited - encore

Thanks to George Morton:

“You’re way too harsh on The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration. There are some great musicians on the album. When you dismiss it as “the middle-aged poprockocracy indulging itself… show biz schlock for the younger consumer… the night it became obvious that Dadrock was spiritually bankrupt…“, you surely can’t mean people like Clapton, Stevie Wonder and George Harrison? And the music on the CD is just wonderful. Are we talking about the same concert here?”

Well, George is welcome to his opinion. But the musicians he names were exactly those I had in mind when dismissing the release. And sure, there is some great music. But why spend time listening to pale imitations when the real thing is so readily available?




Gerry Smith