Loggins & Messina - On Stage [Columbia Records PG 32848] (April 1974)

Released: April 1974
Country: US
Label: Columbia Records
Catalog: PG 32848
Pressing: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Genre: Rock, Soft Rock

Item# SR-COPG32848
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+


T R A C K L I S T:
01 House At Pooh Corner
02 Danny's Song
03 You Could Break My Heart
04 Lady Of My Heart
05 Long Tail Cat
06 Listen To A Country Song
07 Holiday Hotel
08 Just Before The News
09 Angry Eyes
10 Golden Ribbons
11 Another Road
12 Vahevala
13 Back To Georgia
14 Trilogy- Lovin' Me, To Make A Woman Feel Wanted, Peace Of Mind
15 Your Mama Don't Dance
16 Nobody But You




On Stage
Loggins & Messina


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Album Review

Bruce Eder [allmusic.com]

Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina's combined talents reached a kind of apotheosis in concert, all based on the same relationship they'd had in the studio -- Loggins' songwriting and singing, supported by Messina's performing and his long experience with Poco, came to a head on the tour leading up to this concert album, recorded at two East Coast venues in March of 1973 and at Winterland in San Francisco the following month. After a gorgeous yet subdued introduction by Loggins as a solo performer on a handful of numbers, Messina and the band take the stage and loft the proceedings into a bracing mix of folk- and country-rock. And they break those boundaries, soaring into psychedelic territory on the 21-minute ''Vahevala,'' which took up all of side three on the original LP. One would think that everything after that would be anti-climactic, but all involved are just as sharp on the fourth side of more modestly proportioned gems. As praiseworthy as the duo's playing and singing is, one must also credit the rhythm section of Larry Simms (bass) and Merle Brigante (drums), and Al Garth (violin, horns) and Jon Clarke (flute, horns) for their performances. This is a live album that hits on all cylinders, and its only flaw, if there is one, is actually a byproduct of one of its virtues: On Stage was recorded so early in their history that it only really represents the songs off the duo's first two albums (Full Sail wouldn't be out until six months after these shows). Otherwise, it could easily have copped the ''best-of'' designation in substance, if not actual name.