Rain - Live, Christmas Night (Reissue) (1969-71/2005)

About the group Rain you can find even on the internet relatively little information. The supplement to “Live, Christmas Night” contains no information except the tracklist. Band members, location and time, composer credits: total absenteeism. But that is one of publications of the Reissue label radioactive records used to yes. What resonates on the 1971 Unsung Rain disc is a pure boogerock with rhythm & blues and rock'n'roll elements. Guitarist Helmut Getto trumps with impressive solos. In some ways, one even believes that two clappers are available. Gary Culotta (pno) has a hard time prevailing against this guitar power. The rhythm section (Ted Paris bg); Me Guerin (dr)) contributes the right dense groove. And Bard Morse completes all the music with his dirty vocals. Incidentally, the location was a hotel. From the audience reactions, the whole thing sounds more like a live in the studio session with invited guests. But be it. The music always speaks for itself. It starts with a powerhouse version of Chuck Berry’s “Tulane”. A perfect example of how you can revive a rock'n'roll classic with rocking drive. The R & B rammer “Billy Goat” - a band composition - contains a great guitar solo. With “Boogie with me mama” you can not help but rock with your foot. This beat involuntarily pulls the listener along. The old rhythm & blues classic “C. C. Rider” is also reactivated exemplary. In addition to a guitar solo to go down bassist Paris may show what he has on it. “Movin ‘on” is a slide guitar boogie. Singer Morse sounds on the song as if Mick Jagger had joined the band. “Tater pie” is a harsh blues-rock track that - almost inevitably at Rain - turns into a boogie. And even the blues classic “Built for comfort” at the end of the disc turns after a not too long time in a brisk boogie. With “Live, Christmas Night”, the American band Rain has recorded a nearly forgotten Boogierock blast.