I'm not usually a fan of live albums but good lord this is brilliant! It feels less like a big glossy concert recording and more like somebody set up some microphones around a band playing someone's party.
Cooke is an amazing presence, sounding like he is having the time of his life and keeping the audience in the palm of his hand the entire time. The audience are totally getting off on it, in one of of the more interactive live albums I've heard. A lot of call and response and just the sound of absolute jubilation.
Sometimes with the sound of the recordings, the non-stop nature of the show and the similar genres throughout it can be hard to discern individual songs... but it kind of doesn't matter, it just adds to that feeling of sitting in on some private jam session with the players just having a great time and everyone vibing off of it.
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