Dali's Car

by

Brian Eno

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This live album was recorded while Eno was still playing his eccentric brand of progressive rock music. The muscular backup band he formed, Maxwell's Demon, keeps things moving with a lot of force. The sound quality is generally good, except on "Fat Lady of Limbourg" and "Third Uncle," which were obviously taped by someone sitting in the audience at the show (although even these tracks are quite listenable). Hearing Eno singing the classic "Fever" is easily worth the price of the CD. Overall, however, the high price of this import means that it is not a great introduction to Eno, if you haven't heard him before.

These six tracks have been bootlegged many times, as "Dali's Car," "Music for Palaces" (disc 1), "Music for Fans Vol.1" and other names. Tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6 were recorded 19 February & 26 February 1974 in BBC studio Four. Tracks 3 & 4 were recorded live at the Reading Festival (with the Winkies), 26 August 1974.

The other disc of Music for Palaces (Music For Fans Vol.2) includes Seven Deadly Finns, Later On, R.A.F. and The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

The tracks are all interesting from a historical perspective, but not great fidelity. Don't pay a lot of money for them -- you can always download them for free with a little work -- and that doesn't reward bootleggers.