Title:  Live
Company: Destiny
Catalog: DR-4001
Year: 1978
Country/State: Sacramento, California
Grade (cover/record): VG+ / VG+
Comments: writing on back cover

Selected as the opening act for a Fleetwood Mac/Kenny Loggins concert at the University of California Berkley, Brown originally planned to release the results as a live set. Unhappy with the resulting tapes (the crowd noises were apparently distracting), he piled his recording equipment into a van, drove to a local beach and recorded nine tracks in front of a curious and somewhat mystified crowd (love the back cover pictures). Released in 1978, "Live" wasn't half bad. Recorded without postproduction adornment you had to admit the guy had a great voice. Sure, as a one man band the sound was occasionally a bit thin, but you had to admire Brown's earnestness; 'Hawaii' and 'Mother Nature We're Guilty' echoing his deep seated ecological concerns. On the other hand, dog lovers were bound to get a kick out of 'My Dog Is Every Bit As Good As Me'. Spread across two sides, the material started to sound alike and Brown had an irritating habit of stretching his voice. Check out the bizarre performance on 'Motherless Child'). Still, for a vanity project it wasn't bad. (By the way, you could order additional copies at $6.35 a pop - not a bad deal, though the price has subsequently gone up.)

"Live" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Hawaii (Bobby Brown) -
2.) In Search of a Dream (Bobby Brown) - 
3.) Let Me On Board (Bobby Brown) - 
4.) My Dog Is Every Bit As Good As Me (Bobby Brown) - 

(side 2)
1.) The Waterfall of Love (Bobby Brown) - 
2.) Lonely Boy No More (Bobby Brown) - 
3.) Mother Nature We're Guilty (Bobby Brown) - 
4.) I Don't Want To Be No Macho Joe (Bobby Brown) -