INTRO/MISTER TRISCUITS

5.0 out of 5 stars August 1975, October 25, 2010 By Dark Star - The Other One This album 'Another Live' was recorded on the tour promoting Todd's Initiation album, features Utopia with two new members Roger Powell and John "Willie" Wilcox as well as featuring back up singers from David Bowie's Young Americans. Unlike most live albums, most of the songs on here hadn't been released on other records and there are no overdubs. The first half is made up of all new originals and starts off with a great song called Another Life by Todd and Ralph. I was always bummed that Utopia never played this song more as it's one of their best. The Wheel is a strong tune with Todd playing an acoustic guitar and this version has an almost carnaval feel to it. The Seven Rays is another very strong song written by Todd and John and has a cool instrumental section in which the keyboards are used to good effect. The second half opens with Intro which is an instrumental bit between Todd and Roger before giving way to Roger's Mr. Triscuits which Roger would later rerecord for Air Pocket. This leads into a nice cover of Something's Coming. Heavy Metal Kids is the first song on the album to have already made an appearence elsewhere in a studio version Todd. The band then does a cover of The Move's Do Ya which was also a concert staple of ELO (the group that evolved out of The Move). The release is rounded out with a stunning version of Todd's A Wizard, A True Star song Just One Victory. All in all, a true classic that has aged like fine wine. http://www.amazon.com/Another-Live-Utopia/product-reviews/B0000032P3/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R274OWPOHCB5V7