Toto live with Phillinganes and Sklar - old class, fresh wind and a lot of new in luggage

After every studio album once live? This trend is an increasing number of "betagteren" bands, the longer the time between new studio albums is. Toto "Falling In Between Live" is the fourth within 14 years and shows no sign of anno 2007 tour-minute panic. 112 minutes 2 CDs have too many news and variations, as that could imply eternal recreations and thus possibly fraudulent intentions. New course, are the pieces of very strong album "Falling In Between" (2006). The tricky theme song and the lively, dynamic energy package 'Taint Your World "fit perfectly into the set list because they are not only written class pieces, but the earlier as now favored active musicians also offer whole new playing fields for their technical intricacies. The magical atmosphere of goose bumps "Bottom Of Your Soul" is very, very big ballads Toto class. The fourth brand new number in the group is "King Of The World", for the first time raises his soulful voice as lead singer in the stanza keyboardist Greg Phillinganes (see and hear also "Africa"). It is the first live CD with Phillinganes as Paich successor. Even the much guaranteed new, namely numerous jazzy virtuoso piano deposits including a longer solos in which he plays his entire class and among other things a beautiful keyboard adaptation of "Child's Anthem" is the best. One of the highlights of the show is also the acoustic set with the corresponding violently rolled-up classic "Stop Loving You" - already played on the previous tour, again and thus preserved here for posterity happy phonograms. It sings Tony Spinner, the high pitch is perfect. This gives the excellent Toto tour guitarist and backing vocalist finally a grand entrance. Even more New: Mike Porcaro was injured not there. Out of necessity is a virtue by one takes a very likeable as gifted bass legend Lee Sklar. He also sets its own accents here and there - you were listening only the minute-long jams for "Rosanna" or in the Instrumental Set of "Drag Him To The Roof" - in this grumbling is any Tuba pale. And one more reason to buy the recorded in Paris "Falling In Between" not fear: the song selection. As with include "Cruel", "Drag Him To The Roof" or incorporated into a medley of "I'll Supply The Love", "isolation", "Gift of Faith" and "Kingdom Of Desire" a few numbers here which are not self-evident and in some cases never to be found on a Toto live album were. For instrumentalists, there is the Phillinganes solo and Rosanna-Jam still around 12-minute voiceless track with the track "Luke Solo", "Hydra" (only keyboard) and "Simon Solo", said drum solo still from "Hydra" theme is accompanied, and thus is more of a soulful duet to a powerful finale grows back later with Guitar for Trio. And the non-instrumental: Bobby Kimball is not getting any younger, and sounds sometimes a bit prickly. But he does not sing wrong, unlike some questionable performances on tour in Germany. He has also meant that he was still 30 and will continue to try to intersperse all kinds of difficult virtuosity. That is what he does here, probably not aware of because of the live recording; he sings his parts securely held adventurous - and that still sounds pretty good. Not just good, but outstanding are again the polyphonic backings, even with Phillinganes a stunner. Here the guys nobody makes anything before. A fabulous live band that has lost none of its joy, no matter what occupation ...