Diddley, Bo - Bo-Diddley's Beach Party Recorded Live - New LP

God might have made the world in 7 days, but Bo and his band made the modern world when they recorded this album in 1963. This is the greatest album ever recorded on this planet. -- winch (green noise) Bruce Eder: "A blistering live album, especially in mono, cut by Bo Diddley and company in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on July 5 and 6, 1963. This album contains 30-plus minutes of the best live rock & roll ever issued on record. Diddley and company are "on" from the get-go with a killer instrumental erroneously credited as Chuck Berry's "Memphis" (which it isn't), that's a showcase for Diddley's attack on his instrument and a crunching assault by the rest of the band (all in that shave-and-a-haircut-two-bits beat), cymbals on top of an overloaded bass, and what sounds like every rhythm guitar in the world grinding away. And even that instrumental seems to "talk" to the audience, telling a story. Once Diddley's voice comes in on "Gunslinger," the picture is complete, and perfection