Reunion Concert V.1

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
24 track reissue of the hit sibling duo's 1983 concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall. Contains live versions of their biggest hits, including 'Walk Right Back', 'Bird Dog', 'Bye Bye Love', 'All I Have To Do Is Dream', 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Cathy's Clown'. Also includes three medleys. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Album Description

24 track reissue of the hit sibling duo's 1983 concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall. Contains live versions of their biggest hits, including 'Walk Right Back', 'Bird Dog', 'Bye Bye Love', 'All I Have To Do Is Dream', 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Cathy's Clown'. Also includes three medleys. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Album Details

The Brothers Re-United at the Royal Albert Hall in Sept. 1983 Storming Through a Set of Hits Sounding as Good as Ever! this Reissue Presents Every Song They Sang Together on Those Two Special Nights Here on this Double CD Set.

Customer Reviews:

Highlights.......2004-02-02

This was recorded at the Everly Brothers reunion concert at Albert Hall on September 23, 1983. It was a really great show, with the boys singing almost all of their old hits, in great two part harmony. Seriously, this is an awesome concert, and all Everly Brothers fans should enjoy it.

Harmonium.......2003-11-05

The essence of perfect harmony has been distilled onto these two discs, capturing the live reunion in September of 1983 at London's Royal Albert Hall. Although it's a bit of a puzzle as to which concert actually got recorded (likely both), it really doesn't matter, because this is as good as it gets.

The single CD version omits far too many of the superb medleys, and in any event, why would you omit any of this concert? The brothers are singing better than ever, they're backed by a crack band of seasoned pros, and the recording is ALMOST flawless.

If there's any complaint, it's that the recording level is lower than it should be, but that's a minor problem at best.

All the hits are here, and in a lot of ways, they're performed better than the originals. Absolutely essential.

Don't mess with a winning formula.......2001-08-26

On holiday in the Spanish island of Ibiza a few years ago, I would walk down a quiet street every morning on the way to the local shop to buy a newspaper. I passed by a small tavern, which at 10.00am wasn't open for business but was being prepared for the day ahead. I remember the same music being played from within the tavern, reaching the street and filling the air with wonderful songs and harmonies. It was the Everly Brothers' greatest hits. The original recordings of classics such as All I Have To Do Is Dream, Walk Right Back and Bye Bye Love remain the best examples of male harmonising in popular music (with the Beach Boys a close second). The Everlys enjoyed years of tremendous success and are an acknowledged influence on artists that followed them such as Simon and Garfunkel. By 1973, the brothers - never the closest of friends - had become so distanced from each other that an on-stage disagreement, following years of arguing, saw the duo divide and pursue solo careers. Ten years later, they reunited and performed a much-anticipated reunion concert in London. Naturally, this was recorded and has been released on several record labels in the subsequent years. Was it worth the wait? The answer is yes, but with some reservations. The harmonies are as glorious as ever, remembering that in some cases, the now middle-aged brothers are attempting to duplicate their teenage voices from 25 years before. Where the CD is less impressive is when certain songs (Till I Kissed You, Love Hurts and others) require verses sung solo. There are attempts at noticably different phrasings from the original recordings during these segments. It doesn't work: in an effort to be different, inadvisedly high notes are attempted, and the feel is that there is a high degree of improvising, none too successfully. Back to these songs' choruses, they sound completely in tune and as good as ever. In pop music terms, this album amounts to Da Vinci repainting the Mona Lisa. I don't regret buying this album but I know that, like the Spanish bar owner, I prefer the original versions.

They sound as good on-stage as in the studio.......2000-06-15

The Everly's harmonies have always stood out, but never more so than live on stage. Add to their enormous talent the overwhelming emotion of a reunion, after years of not speaking to each other, and the result is electric.

After so many years of recording and touring together, it's no wonder that they're able to pick up vitually where they off. This is the sound of polished performers who'd honed their act for years. It might be a bit slick, but in a way that only such hugely talented performers can ever accomplish.

In the end, it's great to hear so many classic hits reanimated through the magic of live performance, and it's great to hear Phil and Don singing together again.

Fabulous harmony, superb!.......2000-04-08

Back in the early days, listening to the radio, it wasn't ever clear how absolutely beautiful these two brothers sound! No two brothers can harmonize as smooth, soft and mellow as the voices of the FABULOUS EVERLY BROTHERS! Excellent cd, I want the video of this performance. Another excellent cd is "songs our father taught us.