Shine on

Wow, what a classic rock sound and vibe. Mistriss Moonshine will take you to another place anytime you put it on. Great vocals, rock and blues band who too the time to craft some great songs. Storyteller songs with heart and commitment, played by awesome musicians and singers. This was a moment in time when the rock world really worked well. You can get lost in this album's set of songs and become a real Climax Blues Fan for life. This is how you classic rock.

Joe loved it. thanks

Climax Blues Band started as a straight blues outfit, but has evolved into more of a "pop" sounding group. I put their FM Live album right up there as one of the best live albums ever. This album, Shine On, has some really nice songs on it. Making Love and Mistress Moonshine are two of my favorites... not the blues, but strong songs. If you want FM Live, this might not do it for you. But, if you like Flying the Flag and their pop hits like Gotta Have More Love, you'll like this just fine. I happen to like it all and have collected all their albums.

Commercially speaking, this is where Climax started their downhill slide, but for me this is a much better album than the previous years Gold Plated which was hugely successful. A much more complete set of stronger songs where each department of the band's strengths really do shine. From the opening smooth but strong Makin' Love, driven unusually (for Climax) by acoustic guitar the wonderful harmonies around Colin Cooper's lead vocal set the tone for the album, but also Pete Haycock's guitar weaving through the song is quite magnificent. Mistress Moonshine is irresistibly funky, building slowly and again with harmonies of the highest quality, it's a song that is infectious and so pleasing. When Talking... is just the best 'ballad' Climax ever recorded, heartfelt yet still uplifting thanks to a brilliant sax solo, Climax at their best. Whatcha Feel is half the song it became when played live but still has a heavyweight funk feel to it that shows off just how good Climax were in this style...it soon became a live favourite, stretching out to 10 or 11 minutes, showcasing sax and guitar without becoming egotistical solo-ing, keeping the playing in context with the funk laid down by the song. The Gospel Singer proves just how versatile the band were, even within the context of an 8 track album. It is a genuine gospel blues - if only by the fact that Colin's vocals take you there, but in fact the whole effect is pure. Teardrops is (for me) the track that is the only slightly weak link on the album but even this is raised by a great sax solo. Like A Movie - on the face of it a simple, light, possibly commercially-geared offering (owing a little to Couldn't Get It Right in tone and pace) but a very pleasing song and again Pete Haycock's guitaring weaving around in an understated but technically brilliant way, making the overall sound of the track so good. And finally - throw to one side all the subtleties and melodic style and 'rock out' :-) Champagne & Rock and Roll is a wonderful way to finish the album, for a studio track it has full tilt energy and a really rough edged live sound with the band all obviously enjoying letting themselves go - a fitting tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd who the band toured with and risked life and limb with. Colin belts it out and Pete's slide guitar is awesome.The extra track Makin' Love edit is not exactly worthy, in fact it's a bit annoying tagged on the end of the album. What would have been nice might have been a track or two from the Warner Brothers Radio Show from Miami 79 (split between Shine On & Real To Reel CDs) generally available on bootleg but presumably the property of Warner Brothers as was Shine On (although 'a track or two' may fall a bit short - a full release would be most welcome as it's a superb live set).Still, this is Climax at their best in my opinion, their most complete album, as much as I love Real To Reel and Flying The Flag, Shine On is 'the one'.

I have this on vinyl, and its a frequent visitor to my turn table, and there's not a bad track on it. I've been waiting years for CD re-issue as my vinyl is starting to wear.It marked a departure from Climax's original blues sound, and is much more commercial sounding.Stand out tracks for me are champagne And Rock and Roll (written while touring supporting ZZ Top on a US tour), when Taking Is Too Much Trouble, a great Pete Haycock ballad (sadly Pete passed away a few weeks ago), and Like A Movie.A great more easy listening album, and my favourite Climax album of them all.

Very pleased with both the album and price already had the cassette but a cd is far more manageable. Any chance of bringing the price of Stamp Album down a bit that would be another for my CBB collection.

Loved this album back in the seventies and tried for years to get it on CD with no luck. SO pleased it is now finally available on CD. Every track is good, but my particular favorites are Watcha Feel and Mistress Moonshine. Highly recommended.

This is top class musically and vocally but that's what you expect from a CBB album

Another remaster of the "Climax" is in transit to my door....Looking forward to listening to this and reporting back myfindings...A few weeks a la "snail mail" and I'll be covered!Of course the UPDATE.....March 4th 2013...Some nice guitar lickson "Like a Movie". Another cool track is "Mistress Moonshine"...Of course this is the great Repertoire label's product. Worth it!

Climax Blues Band est un groupe que je connais bien et dont je possédais plusieurs vinyles dont ce 'Shine On'.Déjà, cet excellent album était, jusqu'à présent, quasi introuvable en support CD.Souvent déçu par les premières conversions analogique / numérique, j'attendais fébrilement la livraison.Aujourd'hui je suis ravi, RA-VI ! J'ai retrouvé sur ce 'remaster' la qualité du travail d'origine.C'est la seconde fois que l'éditeur 'Répertoire' me bluffe de la sorte en me faisant retrouver les émotions de la découverte du vinyle.L'orchestration d'une grande richesse et le mixage très pointu (type West Coast) sont ici parfaitement restitués, bravo.Dans la discographie du groupe, cet album est assez proche du 'Gold Plated', et si vous aimez Climax B. Band, ne vous privez pas de celui-ci.Pour info le groupe a commencé avec un pur répertoire blues réputé (Climax Chicago Blues Band puis devenu Climax Blues Band) et a laissé libre court à son inspiration en variant rock, funk, groove. Ceci nous permet de découvrir de vrais bon musiciens aux tonalité chaudes (Colin Cooper au saxo et chant), le tout porté par des riffs 'funky/groovy' (Peter Haycock à la guitare) à l'inspiration sans cesse renouvellée.Un seul titre en plus sur le CD qui n'est que la version radio edit (plus courte) du premier titre.La conversion analogique / numérique serait elle enfin sortie de l'adolescence pour entrer dans la maturité ?Matériel d'écoute : Platine Rotel RCD-06, ampli intégré Marantz PM6005 et enceintes Celestion A1 (sous 4 ohms).

Ein sehr gutes Album von dieser Band. Anspieltipps sind Mistress Moonshine, The Gospel Singers, aber auch die anderen Songs sind gut.

ベストヒットUSA(古い)のオープニングに、レコードジャケットがパタパタ倒れるシーンがあったのだが、並み居る名盤に混じって、このアルバムのジャケットもちらっと映っていたのである。名盤なのだ。しかしCDは売っていない。A lot of bottleやRich man等の古いものはあるんだけれども、このアルバムからSample and holdまでが見つけられない。なんだかんだで30年がたってしまったのである。それが最近アマゾンさんで発見して狂喜。レビューを見てCD化されていなかったことを知り呆然。見つかる筈がないではないか。で、即購入。30年振りに聴いたのだがやっぱり素晴らしい。音も最高。お勧めは、いつになく陽気に歌うColin Cooperが印象的な1.Makin Love。Peter Haycockが渋く決めるバラード2.When talking is too much trouble.珍しく女性バックコーラスを入れたColin Cooperの低くて渋いヴォーカルがカッコいい4.The gospel singer。Colin CooperとDerek Holtのデュエット、ファンキーな5.Whatca feel。Derek Holt作ではI Love youと双璧の6.Teardrops等捨て曲無しの計8曲(ボーナストラック1曲プラス) 買って損はしません。