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Cover To Cover Anthology (Vol. 1-3)
Morse/Portnoy/George
InsideOut
Pubblicato il 16/07/2020 da Lorenzo Becciani
Songs
Cover To Cover:
1. Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
2. I'm The Man (Joe Jackson)
3. What Is Life? (George Harrison)
4. Badge (Cream)
5. Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
6. Day After Day (Badfinger)
7. Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees)
8. Tuesday Afternoon (The Moody Blues)
9. Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
10. I'm Free / Sparks (The Who)
11. Where Do The Children Play (Cat Stevens)
12. Feelin' Stronger Everyday (Chicago)
13. Rock N Roll Suicide (David Bowie)

Cover 2 Cover:
1. (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding (Elvis Costello)
2. Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)
3. Crazy Horses (The Osmonds)
4. Driven To Tears (The Police)
5. Come Sail Away (Styx)
6. Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Steely Dan)
7. Lemons Never Forget (The Bee Gees)
8. The Letter (Joe Cocker)
9. I Saw The Light (Todd Rundgren)
10. Teacher (Jethro Tull)
11. Southern Man/Needle And The Damage Done/Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
12. Starless (King Crimson)

Cov3r To Cov3r:
1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Yes)
2. Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
3. Life On Mars (David Bowie)
4. Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
5. It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
6. Baby Blue (Badfinger)
7. One More Red Nightmare (King Crimson)
8. Black Coffee In Bed (Squeeze)
9. Tempted (Squeeze)
10. Runnin' Down A Dream (Tom Petty)
11. Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz)
Songs
Cover To Cover:
1. Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
2. I'm The Man (Joe Jackson)
3. What Is Life? (George Harrison)
4. Badge (Cream)
5. Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
6. Day After Day (Badfinger)
7. Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkees)
8. Tuesday Afternoon (The Moody Blues)
9. Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
10. I'm Free / Sparks (The Who)
11. Where Do The Children Play (Cat Stevens)
12. Feelin' Stronger Everyday (Chicago)
13. Rock N Roll Suicide (David Bowie)

Cover 2 Cover:
1. (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love & Understanding (Elvis Costello)
2. Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs)
3. Crazy Horses (The Osmonds)
4. Driven To Tears (The Police)
5. Come Sail Away (Styx)
6. Rikki Don't Lose That Number (Steely Dan)
7. Lemons Never Forget (The Bee Gees)
8. The Letter (Joe Cocker)
9. I Saw The Light (Todd Rundgren)
10. Teacher (Jethro Tull)
11. Southern Man/Needle And The Damage Done/Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
12. Starless (King Crimson)

Cov3r To Cov3r:
1. No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed (Yes)
2. Hymn 43 (Jethro Tull)
3. Life On Mars (David Bowie)
4. Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
5. It Don't Come Easy (Ringo Starr)
6. Baby Blue (Badfinger)
7. One More Red Nightmare (King Crimson)
8. Black Coffee In Bed (Squeeze)
9. Tempted (Squeeze)
10. Runnin' Down A Dream (Tom Petty)
11. Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz)

In seguito ad una breve disanima verrebbe da dire che Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, OSI, BPMD), Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic, Flying Colours) e il suo fedele bassista Randy George non abbiano nulla da fare e amino chiaccherare su skype e registrare qualche cover mentre sorseggiano le loro bevute in piscina, vedendo qualche bel culo che passa loro accanto. Magari non sarà proprio così ma è palese che ‘Cover To Cover Anthology (Vol. 1-3), impreziosito dalla magnifica copertina a cura di Thomas Ewerhard, sia un prodotto pensato e confezionato solo per i fan più intransigenti ovvero quelli che vogliono tutto dei loro artisti preferiti. L’occasione è quella di ascoltare le versioni rimasterizzate dei primi due capitoli – in cui possiamo trovare rifacimenti interessanti come quelli di Joe Jackson, Cream, The Who, The Police e Neil Young - e godersi qualche cover nuova di zecca. Probabilmente non avevamo bisogno di un’altra reprise di ‘Life On Mars’ di David Bowie mentre sono molto intriganti le riletture di ‘Baker Street’ di Gerry Rafferty (cantautore scozzese un po’ maledetto che conoscono in pochi), ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ di Ringo Starr (tra le sue cose migliori come solista) e ‘One More Red Nightmare’ dei King Crimson (da ‘The Road To Red’ del ‘74).

 

 

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Discography
Cover To Cover (2006)
Cover 2 Cover (2012)
Cov3r To Cov3r (2020)