Kansas – Two for the Show (30th
Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Legacy
www.kansasband.com
Rating: A
Okay, maybe I am not
the one who should be writing this review as I wrote the
liner notes to the new 30th Anniversary
Expanded Edition of TFTS and I am a self-professed
Kansas fanatic. That said I have to tell you that this
album is fricking amazing. Not the most professional
review you have ever read so far? You’re right. I am
tempted to gush about how damn talented Kansas are and
how this album shows that they are one of the most
unique and talented rock bands to come out of the 70's
but I am not going to do that. Instead I am going to
just report the facts.
The facts are that
someone at Sony found the original tapes in the vault
and pulled them out and listened to them. Not only were
the deemed awesome and worthy of a re-release and
remastering, they also discovered many tracks not
originally included on the original two album release.
The first disc contains all of the hits that were on the
original release including, of course, "Dust in the
Wind," "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Point of Know
Return." Hell, just the original album re-released would
have made for a great review. However, the real magic
here is the unreleased second CD recorded at the
same time as disc one but left on the shelf. On this disk
Kansas fans get live versions of
the classic songs "Child of Innocence," "Hopelessly Human,"
"Belexes," "Cheyenne Anthem," "Lonely Street," "Miracles
Out of Nowhere," "Spider," "Closet Chronicles," "Down
the Road" and "Sparks of the Tempest."
See, I told you this
album is a must-own. It is Kansas at the height of the
popularity touring the country in support of the album
Point of Know Return. What could be better? Maybe
a new Kansas album? Yeah, that would be better. But
until that happens this will more than suffice. The
bottom line here is that this is an important release
that chronicles Kansas first five albums and includes
tons of unreleased music to get the fan base excited.
So, quit reading this review right now and buy the
album. In fact, and I can ‘t believe I am going to
suggest this – leave Classic Rock Revisited and go to
Amazon.com and order this album. Do it now... what are
you waiting for... go on.
– Jeb Wright
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