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Personnel: Tommy Bolin (vocals, guitar); Mike Finnigan, Norma Jean Bell (vocals).
This is the acid test. When Whips and Roses was released in April of 2006, it was a revelatory collection, showcasing many high quality -- performance and sound-wise -- alternate takes and demos of material that appeared on Tommy Bolin's Teaser in particular. All of these cuts came from a box found by Bolin's brother John and given to producer Greg Hampton. That there is a second volume makes even the hardcore fan a bit wary. What's here will not disappoint the veteran Bolin collector, but it will probably put off first-time listeners (simply because there are a couple of really dodgy sounding live cuts at the end.) In places this is stretching it., but not too much. There are four different takes of songs from Teaser -- "People, People," "The Grind," "Homeward Strut," and "Lotus" -- and yet another outtake of the left-off "Crazed Fandango." In addition, there are six other tracks, most of which are jam band-oriented, including the 14-plus minute "Bagit Blues Deluxe," "Tommy's Got Da Blues" (which comes in at nine-plus minutes) and "Some People Call Me" (over 13 minutes). Right, total excess guitar hero stuff. It's in the songs themselves where Bolin really shines here, his virtually boundless imagination when it comes not just to playing, but to writing, arranging, and performing as well. If you dug volume one, then this is for you. ~ Thom Jurek Tommy Bolin Whips And Roses II Songs Whips And Roses II Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)  Nice Addition to the Bolin Collection
Interesting stuff here. As another reviewer noted; if you have the first one you will like this one.
The only negative is the complete lack of information regarding who else is playing on the various tracks (lots of nice pix tho'). Those familiar with Tommy will probably be close with their guesses. Clearly a lot of this material is from rehearsals and/or pre-production sessions for Teaser. David Sanborn's sax is unmistakeable on "People, People" for example. These versions of the Teaser songs are looser and more open as you might expect.
A few specific song comments are in order. Both "People, People" and "Lotus" appear to be from the same sessions. The vocals are highly processed (echo and flange?) and at certain points of each song are nearly inaudible.
I have no clue who's singing on "Sooner or Later" (Jeff Cook?). "The Grind" and "Crazed Fandango" are both good alternates to the other alternates already out there.
The first half of "Bagitblues Deluxe" is clearly the "Marching Powder" riff (as is Journey 2 for that matter), albeit in proto/early forms. "Spacey Noodles" is Tommy playing with the Echoplex. He liked to do this kind of stuff live as intros to songs.
Anyway, nuff said...check it out.
Submitted by tmc (white plains, NY) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 3 of 3 found this helpful. Capture the spirit of Bolin
Thanks to John Bolin,hear Tommy Bolin's music the way Tommy would have preferred it to be heard.Without the editing for radio play,extended jams of known Bolin material as well as unknown chestnuts shine as Bolin strips away all pretense and cuts loose with abandon.Like Hendrix before him,can't help but wonder what more he could have accomplished.Fave tracks are:Crazed Fandango,Lotus and People,People.
Submitted by arachnoman2002 (Independence,MO.64052 USA)
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If you aiready own Whips and Roses vol one then go and buy this album.There is some great guitar work on here Tommy Bolin was one of the greatest, but sadly overshaddowed in his short lifetime.
Submitted by andy (alnwick,northumberland.uk.)
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