Live at the New York State Women's Prison

AMG Review of Live at the New York State Women's Prison

Andrew Hamilton
All Music Guide

The Moments first live LP highlights Harry Ray, Al Goodman, and Billy Brown's crooning ability and gospel/ R&B style, but the song selection disappointed fans. Nobody, including the incarcerated women, wanted to hear remakes of "More Today Than Yesterday," "Yesterday," "Wichita Lineman," or "The Letter" over their recent string of R&B singles. They also redo the Miracles' "Here I Go Again," and the Friends of Distinction's "Going In Circles," good efforts, but their material should have dominated. Only three Moments' songs appear, all on side two, and all in embarrassing short clips: "I Do," "Sunday," and "Not on the Outside." "I Do" in particular is so short its unrecognizable, all you hear is the fade. Collectables have released this on CD coupled with Look at Me. This probably sounds better in CD format - all Stang/All Platinum recordings do.