Bring On The Music - Live at The Capitol Theatre: Vol. 2

The service from Amazon was top rate as normal.The CD is perfect.... packaged correctly...so no damage.Also the delivery arrived on time... considering the Easter holidays were last weekend.I have never been let down by Amazon

Excellent album yet again from The Mule great 👍 addition to any vinyl collection do yourself a favour you won't be disappointed

Good qualiy pressing. I'm not going to review the music because it is purely subjective suffice it to say the vinyl plays well with no noise.

If you like gov’t mule you can’t go wrong with this release.!

Love the music they are making

Good Album

After a couple of years listening to Gov't Mule, I came to grips with the fact that live albums are the meat and bread of the bands catalogue. They release these quality live releases so frequently that it's really quite hard to avoid them. What's great about these albums is that they usually have different set lists, lots of improvisations and plenty of their own musical themes through out. Some will be more mellow, others will be bluesier, jazzier and others will rock harder. It makes the whole experience more interesting and exactly why I didn't hesitate to pick up the new release, Bring On The Music - Live at The Capitol Theatre 2.Bring On The Music - Live at The Capitol Theatre 2 is a double live album recorded on April 27th and 28th, 2018. The record was mixed by Geordie Johnson and mastered by Greg Clalbi of Sterling Sound. The 5.1 mix was handled by Ryan Smith, also of Sterling Sound. The album features a great list of songs from the unique opener Hammer & Nails, the laid back jam, Thorazine Shuffle, the classic Blind Man in the Dark as well as other more well known songs like, Revolution Come Revolution Go. It's a good sounding heavy hitting set with a lot of dynamics and style contrasts. The production has been handled very well with the band sounding very powerful and raw in sound. The mastering thankfully isn't too loud and is one of Gov't Mule's better sounding live albums.If you're in any way doubting the bands performance from these shows, don't. Gov't Mule do what they do best and do it with excellent precision and expert musicianship. Every beat and groove is solid, every melody is beautiful and every note has a point, even if it was completely improvised on the spot. Technically speaking, it brings absolutely nothing new to the table, especially if you have many of Gov't Mule's previous live albums. But that isn't what we look for in these kind of albums. We want consistency and professionalism, you get those qualities in droves here.My only real gripe with Bring On The Music - Live at The Capitol Theatre 2 is the simple fact that the packaging isn't very good. The record comes with two CDs and two DVDs. Because of this, I was expecting to see a fat boy case when it arrived in the post. Unfortunately this was not the case. Instead of coming in one of those grotesque but practical monstrosities, the album is packaged in one of those annoyingly tight cardboard sleeves. It feels like you're going to rip them no matter how gentle you are. This is quite literally the only complaint I have from owning this record. It's otherwise a fantastic live album and a product any fan of the band would want. I also recommend this for fans of '70s blues rock. It's very much in the same vein as guys like Hendrix, Rory Gallagher and The Allman Brothers Band (for good reason). You just can't go wrong, in my opinion.

There is nothing wrong with the quality of this product: the sound and picture is clear and the music is great. However, I recommend that you check the track listing carefully for all the versions of this product. There are two gigs presented here, the first recorded on April 27th 2018 and the second on April 28th. The problem for me starts with the way the packages are put together. For example, the tracks listed on this page refer to the DVDs (and there's no indication whether Disc 1 is April 27th and Disc April 28th - though I assume so but read on ..) however, the two CDs included have a different track listing - so zoom over the actual back cover picture to be sure. For me, I find this annoying as when I buy a CD / DVD package I assume that they will dovetail. What is in fact more annoying is that there is a 2 CD set available which does appear to contain all the DVD tracks but has to be purchased separately! I can't understand that. Also, be aware that the DVDs have interviews with the band members interspersed between the songs. I don't like that but others may be happy.What is even stranger still is that the vinyl versions of these gigs have different track listings again with songs that appear neither on any of the CDs nor the DVDs! So, if all of this really does come from the same gigs then we are by no means getting the full sets in any of the formats presented. That's a cheat, if you ask me. For your information here are the vinyl track lists: (* on either CDs or DVDs but not both, ** no neither)Vol 1 - Railroad Boy, Fool's Moon*, Revolution Come, Revolultion Go, Traveling Tune (Alt version)*, Lola Leave the Light On**, Blind Man in the Dark* Thorns of Life*, Time to Confess, Beautifully Broken, The Man I want to Be and Mr ManVol 2 - Thorazine Shuffle, Mule*, Pressure Under Fire*, Broke Down on the Brazos*, Endless Parade*, Drawn that Way*, Forsaken Savior*, Stone Cold Rage*, Life Before Insanity*, Larger than Life* and Bring on the MusicThese tracks come with an MP3 download but as far as I can see are not available on CD.