THE FEAR RECORD: Singer Lee Ving has re-recorded the truly amazing first album by his band Fear and now the updated 2012 results are now available from the fine folks at "The End" records. I was lucky enough to catch Fear back in the day (late *cof* 70's), when for some reason punk crowds showed their appreciation for a band by spitting on them. My own Fear experience was memorable less for the endless expectorations, and more because my pal and I arrived so early for the show that we found ourselves sitting next to Lee at the bar. Where we proceeded to "have a beer with Fear" (also the title of their second excellent album). Lee seemed like a good guy... good show, too.
A little A/B comparison between old and new recordings make it clear that the 2012 version is true to the spirit of the original, but has a much fatter sound. The ever-critical reviewers over at Amazon hate this release with a passion, but what the heck. The glorious thing about our media-savvy world is, you can still have both versions. Now if Lee would only release a few more live shows...
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