LILLIAN AXE – One Night In The Temple (2014)

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Louisiana Music Hall of Fame members LILLIAN AXE will be releasing their thirteenth album, the acoustic live double CD / DVD “One Night In The Temple” next month, May 2014.
Lillian Axe chosen a creative approach for this show, as the performance took place in a real Masonic Temple which provided a special atmosphere for the recording.

Produced by guitarist Steve Blaze, “One Night In The Temple” features all Lillian Axe hits including True Believer, Show A Little Love, Crucified, Misery Loves Company, Ghost of Winter, The Great Divide, Bow Your Head, Waters Rising and the crowd favorite Nobody Knows.
Blaze reflects; “When I first had the idea of putting this show together, it was originally going to be a private 20 person show with acoustic guitars, vocals and no production, however, it took on a life of its own.”

Well, seems things took on a life indeed, as “One Night In The Temple” does not sounds like a ‘no production’ recording. Everything comes out polished and really well mixed.
The performances are quite organic, well rehearsed and the band feels having a good time. And also the lucky diehard fans attending the show.
Some songs are delivered in a truly ‘electric’ unplugged form, pretty energetic and vital. Perhaps the only downside are the spoken intro on all songs, but this is a promotional copy and I’m suspect the final mastering on the CD’s will be tweaked.

“One Night In The Temple” is a must have for Lillian Axe fans, but also a well worthy addition to your collection if liked the strong unplugged albums by Tesla, Dokken, etc. released in the past.
Recommended.

CD1:
01. Waters Rising
02. Death Comes Tomorrow
03. Ghost Of Winter
04. See You Someday
05. The Great Divide
06 Nocturnal Symphony
07. Sad Day On Planet Earth
08. Bow Your Head
09. Show A Little Love
10. Misery Loves Company

CD2:
01. Crucified
02. The World Stopped Turning
03. Dyin’ To Live (Shades Of Blue)
04. Until The End Of The World
05. The Day I Met You
06. The Promised Land
07. Nobody Knows
08. My Apologies
09. True Believer
10. Nobody Knows (Crowd Version)

Brian Jones (lead vocals)
Steve Blaze (guitar and vocals)
Sam Poitevent (guitar and vocals)
Eric Morris (bass)
Ken Koudelka (drums)

Pre-Order:
www.amazon.co.uk/One-Night-Temple-CD-DVD/dp/B00IO21SES
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