SLOUGH FEG - Made In Poland - Live In Warsaw 2011 (2LP) - POL Megadisc DOUBLE WHITE & RED VINYL Press (+24-page BOOKLET) - LISTEN

Well, sometimes dreams come true! This is a recording of the concert organised by Megadisc - on 2 August 2011, during the tour promoting the CD "The Animal Spirits". Released in a run of 500 copies, the vinyl version is a minute and a half longer, newly mastered, and as a result sounds brighter, more expressive and slightly more dynamic! 72 minutes of music have been released in a gatefold, laminated sleeve with a changed front - on two clear vinyls: white and red - like the Polish flag! In addition we have enclosed (slipped in loose) a 24-page booklet (30cm by 30cm on top-quality coated paper with a stiffened cover taken from the CD version) containing 90 large, colour photos from Warsaw - most of them unpublished on the CD. I admit that the whole thing looks simply stunning - like an outstandingly 'lavish' album from the mid-70s! I do not recall a 24-page, colour booklet in any live record! Released exclusively by our own, Polish Megadisc (the band itself decides on its live recordings, hence this possibility!) - the ninth in the official discography, and the first live album of THE BEST METAL FORMATION OF THE LAST 25 YEARS - on double vinyl! I remind you that California's Slough Feg play traditional, melodic (in the positive sense of the word), strongly eclectic, heavy rock/metal with an old sound (for two lead guitars) in the style of the early recordings of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy! Since 2006 I have been a staunch (even manic) fan of this San Francisco quartet and I genuinely consider them an exceptional formation - simply perfect! "Made In Poland" is a 100% official recording, released in close cooperation with Slough Feg, of a fantastic (lasting 105 minutes in total) concert that (organised by Megadisc for an audience that was small...) took place at Progresja in Warsaw. The record contains 72 minutes of excellent, traditional metal - and what is more sounding SENSATIONAL! The concert itself was very well amplified (it is worth stressing that the musicians played on specially imported, old, classic Marshall, Hiwatt and Mesa Boogie sound equipment and on old drums that once belonged to Acid Drinkers!), but the quality of the recorded material exceeded my wildest expectations! Mike Scalzi's vocal sounds wonderful, very mature (the guy probably did not sing out of tune once!), both guitars play their parts loudly, clearly, in the old style and with great separation for each channel, and the drum sound is a true revelation - you can hear almost every hit, even the quietest! How different this sounds from the typical "cardboard shoebox" - the dull sound characterising 90% of live albums released today! I admit immodestly that I cannot recall a better recorded live metal album! "Made in Poland" (a title that is both a patriotic outburst and a kind of tribute to Deep Purple's "Made In Japan" - my favourite album of all time...) stylistically strongly resembles a combination of Thin Lizzy's "Live And Dangerous", UFO's "Strangers In The Night", Scorpions' "Tokyo Tapes" and Judas Priest's "Unleashed In The East"! Yes! Those four heavy rock monsters of the late 70s - each with the parts of two lead guitars in the main roles! I am not exaggerating in the least! Besides, "Made In Poland" sounds as if it had been recorded somewhere between 1977 and 1981 - with numerous passages sounding as if they had been made even earlier! At the same time, hand on heart, I must write that in my opinion the Slough Feg live album is no inferior to any of the above titles either in the quality of the compositions or in performance! ATTENTION! NO OVERDUBS WHATSOEVER were used on the record apart from the editing of the audience noise and some individual sounds (tuning) or announcements. Personally I consider this vinyl a great musical event and at the same time a real treat for lovers of juicy, guitar-driven playing with a clear melody, but as the publisher of the record I am probably not very credible. AN ABSOLUTE MUST!