DUST IN THE WIND

I know that from time to time, bands do not always have the control of all the compilation albums released by record companies. They often do not decide to release it nor do they select the tracklist.

The original recordings for this album were done in 1989 fir the radio show "King Biscuit Flour Hour Presents". This average live album was already published a long time ago but with a different title. It is not the first time that Kansas is doing this. First time was with "Live At the Whiskey" and "Live: Dust In The Wind" (released in 1998 and only be different in the sense that it had three numbers less).

They do pretty much the same here. It is exactly the same concert as The King Biscuit One but repackaged. The tracklist has been rearranged maybe to fool a little more the potential buyer. I guess one can only be furious about such a practice. To fool the fans to such extent is really bad. Actually, the original album was not all that great (two stars), so if you do not have it and you see this one, you might decide to buy it but it is not really a must have (neither for Kansas fans nor for the casual listener).

The worst of the story (and ClemofNazareth describes it very well in his review for "Greatest Hits Live, 2003) is that Kansas will re-issue the same tracklist again under this name. If it were not sufficient as he says, another "DVD - Audio Format" called "From The Front Row...Live!" also released in 2003 will feature the same concert (with additional bonus pictures) !

This might well need to be published in the Guiness Book Of Record. Selling four times the same stuff under different names (of which three editions in one year) ! Shame on you Kansas.

You can read the full review for this one under the "King Biscuit ..." entry. One star (I will also rate the other two with one star but with no comment).

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