I just got The River Sessions live CD today and gave it a listen. I
agree with the person who said the mixing on the CD is bad. George is
too loud and everything else (insturments and Helen) are muddy and hard
to hear. I don't know if it was recorded that way or what, but it's just
awful.

The performance is pretty lackluster too, and George sounds kind of
ragged (and his random yelling into the microphone for no apparent
reason gets old fast).

For the most part the songs are played note-for-note as they are on the
album(s). Tracklisting is:

I'll Tumble 4 Ya
Take Control
Love Twist
I'm Afraid Of Me
Time
Boy Boy (I'm The Boy)
You know (I'm Not Crazy)
Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
White Boy
Church Of The Posion Mind

The only interesting thing about the album is that they did Church Of
The Posion Mind before it was recorded for the (at the time unreleased)
Colour By Numbers album...

So, I'm trying to figgure out why this was released now in 2005; instead
of back in 1998 or 1999 for the Culture Club reunion/new album. Not
quite striking whille the iron is hot, are they?

I guess I'm glad to have it just for the sake of having it in my
collection but I don't think I'll be listening to it very often and I
recomend it for diehards only or for those who havn't heard a Culture
Club live show from the early years before.

Why couldn't we have gotten the "Kiss Across The Ocean" concert on CD
instead, which at least has more variety and a better performance? Oh
well.

-Paul.