This year's Record Store Day spawned a
number of interesting releases. One of which was Complete
Columbia
from Memphis, TN cult legends, Big Star. On April 25, 1993 Big Star
reunited to play at University Of Missouri. The band hadn't played
together since early 1975, and given Chilton's inclination to dismiss
the band in interviews it was surprising to even drummer Jody Stevens
that the reunion ever happened. Fortunately, it did. The two students
who were in charge of the Spring Fling concert at the University Of
Missouri were huge Big Star fans and called Jody Stephens, at Ardent
Studios (where Stephens still works). He agreed to do the show if
Chilton would. To everyone's surprise, Chilton agreed.
The
Posies' Jon Aur and Ken Stringfellow, filled in the line-up to
replace the late Chris Bell on guitar and the (now) late Andy Hummel
on bass, respectively. The band played a great, if sloppy,
performance. Legendary music journalist Bud Scoppa, a huge fan of the
band, was at this time head of A&R at Zoo Records, recorded the
show and it was released to favorable reviews. The album cover
artwork is something of a reference to the Radio
City
artwork and even features a photo from William Eggleston (who also
took the photo that adorns Radio
City).
The RSD release is the first domestic vinyl release of the album and
contains six additional bonus tracks from the show. Upping the number
of tracks to 21 over the 1993 CD's 14. It's an excellent and
must-have release of any Big Star fan.
Here's The Video Review:
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