Yesterday & Today Live (CD)

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• Release Date: August 11, 1998
• Label: Metal Blade
• UPC: 039841701722
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106663724
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Yesterday & Today: Dave Meniketti (vocals, guitars, background vocals), Joey Alves (guitar, background vocals), Phil Kennemore (bass, vocals), Leonard Haze (drums, percussion, vocals).

Personnel: Stef Burns (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar); Dave Meniketti (vocals, guitar); Jimmy DeGrasso (drums).

Audio Mixer: Scott Boorey.

Recording information: San Jose Cabaret, San Jose, CA (12/29/1990-12/31/1990).

Photographers: Dave Lepori; Alex Solca.

Unknown Contributor Role: Michael Oliver.

Too many rockers have made the mistake of never providing an official live album, but thankfully, Y&T isn't one of them. Recorded at the San Jose Cabaret in San Jose, CA on December 28 and 31, 1990, this CD paints a most impressive picture of the Deep Purple-influenced heavy metal/hard-rock band. Heavy metal enthusiasts who never saw Y&T live will wish they had after hearing this excellent album, which brilliantly captures the Bay Area headbangers' vitality. Turning its attention to material from the 1970s and 1980s, Y&T is in fine form on gems that range from "Black Tiger," "Beautiful Dreamer," and "Winds of Change" to "Hurricane," "Midnight in Tokyo," and "I'll Cry." Yesterday & Today Live is as melodic as it is forceful. In fact, headbangers who like their metal/hard rock with a lot of melody should make a point of obtaining this album, which is without a dull moment. ~ Alex Henderson

Years before unleashing their critically acclaimed Earthshaker album in 1981, San Francisco's Y&T had enjoyed a brief, semi-covert existence in the mid-'70s, when they still went by their original name, the pre-shortening Yesterday & Today. Signed to the tiny London label, the quartet recorded two albums during this phase, the first of which was this eponymous 1976 debut. And although their name eventually changed, this album already boasted most of the sonic traits which would characterize the band's entire career thereafter, most notably, amazingly high musicianship standards all around and searing leads from main man Dave Meniketti. Highlights include the party-hardy anthem "25 Hours a Day," the emotional, atmospheric ballad "My Heart Plays Too," and the strutting tour de force "Fast Ladies (Very Slow Gin)." The excellent closer "Beautiful Dreamer" would also survive long into the band's latter days as a regular concert favorite, and sees Meniketti doing his best Sammy Hagar impression. Which raises the compelling theory that, in effect, Yesterday & Today actually bridged the gap between Montrose and Van Halen in the succession process of Californian hard rock. Given the quality of this debut, it's really a shame they didn't fare as well as either band. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

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