[01] Year Of The Cat[02] On The Border
[03] Laughing Into 1939
[04] Night Train To Munich
[05] Roads To Moscow
[06] A Small Fruit Song
[07] The Candidate
[08] Intro - The Year Of The Cat
amazon: This album of various acoustic recordings is a mixture of live and studio material spanning Al Stewart's entire career, from 1970 ("A Small Fruit Song") to two songs from his import-only 1995 album "Between The Wars". In between are 2 live songs ("Year Of The Cat" and "On The Border") from "Rhymes In Rooms" and 1 ("Roads To Moscow") from 1981's "Live/Indian Summer". Also included are "The Candidate" from "Russians & Americans", and, finally, the live "Intro/Year Of The Cat", which clocks in at over 9 minutes. The "Intro" is a very nice piano segment that teases with hints of "Year Of The Cat" before finally launching into the song. It sounds like it might have been performed with the same band as on "Indian Summer". The back cover of the CD attributes "Intro/Year Of The Cat" to the album "Russians & Americans". The overall effect of listening to this rather odd compilation is not unlike hearing an unplugged concert.
(amg 4/10)
