RUDE BOOTLEG

Recorded live at the Reading Rock Festival in 1986, this official "bootleg" features the band in its classic line-up at the start of a short, relatively succesful part of their history. Of its 8 songs, 5 are tunes of their first real album A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window, which wasn't released until two years later and which would give them a hit single with Is This The Life. That studio album would be a much better introduction to this band than this one. Although it's a nice performance it has more emphasis on the noisy side of this band than on their prog side. Prog lovers may like the excellent versions of Big Ship and Is This The Life as well as the epic The Whole World Window, the only live version of this great song legally available.