Live in San Francisco [Live]

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Emmit Powell and the Gospel Elites for years have been the top gospel group in the Bay Area..Their must is know all over the country and they have traveled and played thought our Eupope and Asia.Emmit Powell in his own right is the number one gospel announce in the Bay Area.

Live in San Francisco, Music, Emmit Powell & the Gospel Elites, Contemporary Gospel, Folk, Gospel, International, Pop

Thursday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
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Classic blues set

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALBERT WAS THE GREATEST WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, BUT REMEMBER THE RECORDING IS FROM 1968!"

May be Wednesday's Show was better

F for sound

Everybody Can Enjoy

Thursday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
Albert King
Manufacturer: Stax
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Live Wire/Blues Power

Blues at Sunrise: Live at Montreux

Blues at Sunset

In Session

ASIN: B000000ZKQ
Release Date: 1990-08-06

Tracks:

San-Ho-Zay
You Upset Me, Baby
Call It Stormy Monday
Everyday I Have The Blues
Drifty Blues
I've Made Nights By Myself
Crosscut Saw
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Ooh-Ee Baby

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Classic blues set.......2007-05-29

Here is the legendary Albert King demonstrating why he managed to influence artists like Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. If the word "stinging" applies to blues playing, then let it settle-in here: Stormy Monday Blues, I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town, a couple of numbers associated with other "Kings", San-Hozay (Freddie King) and You Upset Me Baby (B. B. King).
San Hozay (wish they kept that one up for at least four minutes!), Crosscut Saw and Oo-ee-Baby (the closer) are uptempo and are as cleanly performed as they are mixed. To me, blues *today* is a bit bottom-heavy, and the lead vocal lacks presence. Listen to this historic set and learn what a true blues set and *recording* should sound like.

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALBERT WAS THE GREATEST WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, BUT REMEMBER THE RECORDING IS FROM 1968!".......2007-02-13

If you're one of "Shaq's, The King Of The World Blues Reviewer's" loyal fans, you already know that Albert King is my all-time favorite electric blues guitarist. If you're not one of my existing fans, but want to know the "truth" about all the criteria that you should consider before spending your hard earned "blues" dollars, you should thank me after this review! What you should know is, that this "live" performance was recorded on June 27, 1968. It was released in 1990. Was Albert great that night? Hell yea! He was great! But... the recording technology was from 1968! If you're a modern day blues fan, that hasn't had experience with how great Albert was, you may be disappointed by the lack of 21st century sound quality. But that is not Albert's fault! If you're an electric blues, collector and aficionado, with experience in the difference in technology over time; then, this CD would be rated a 5 star. But simply because of the lack of clarity, I rate this a 4 star. Albert is the "KING" of kings, of blues. If you're willing to really turn up your CD, or if you are satisfied with simply hearing the greatest "string bender" of all-time, in lesser sound quality, than is available today, this is a classic CD for you.

May be Wednesday's Show was better.......2006-10-23

This is a good blues album that show cases one of the greats doing a typical live show. While I love Albert King and live blues music something is missing for me on this album. Sound quality is not great and is backing band is nothing special on this album. Check out In Sessions or Live Wire for better material for Albert King, one the great blues guitarist of all time.

F for sound .......2006-01-25

Well this is a total F for sound. I have 3 dif 3 cd players, home, port, and car, and yes they are good ones, car is a Q45 with a Bose. I bought this CD because of the reviews I read here, what is everyone smoking? or is there not that good of stuff avail from Albert? I don't own any other CD's, but I do know about him from the SRV Sessions VHS I have had for a few years, and it sounds pretty good.

This CD sounds like a taper recorded it, from that last row in the back or something. I have both SF CD's, the both sound the same.

Can someone email me please and let me know what Albert King CD's. If any, have good clear sound.

What I have that is great for Live shows is Cream Reunion DVD and CD, and Roger Watters in the Flesh DVD and CD, great sound.

Everybody Can Enjoy.......2005-07-01

Some guys play guitar to impress girls. They play some cool sounding licks and are rewarded with oohs and aahs. Other serious guitar players impress other guitar players, but their talent surpasses the mortal mind, and they might not appeal to a wide audience. Albert King is a guitar players' guitar player that everyone can enjoy.

More than a few of history's great guitar players have admired Albert King's talent. Yet his "soul" (as he calls it), song selection and sex-appeal delight blues fans everywhere. If you're a serious guitar player or just a blues fan who has never picked up an instrument, then you'll like Albert King. He still has a following from a brief trip to Argentina shortly before his death. Even Latinos like this guy!

And as with all blues, Albert King is at his best LIVE! On stage where he is energized by the encouragement of the crowd, with no suit-wearing producer calling the shots, the Night Prowler truly shines.

If you like the blues, you'll LOVE (!!!!) this CD. The song selection is good. Albert King is hot. The crowd is enthusiastic. What a great recording of a great performer.

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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Wow!
Everyone Should Whistle
An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master
Beautiful, moving concert
... and I love Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001)

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ASIN: B000059LFF
Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

Wednesday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium

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RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALBERT WAS THE GREATEST, BUT MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO SHAQ'S REVIEW!"
F for sound
Awesome live blues guitar
Hot Blues!
Live proof that Albert King's blues guitar voice is unique.

Wednesday Night in San Francisco: Recorded Live at the Fillmore Auditorium
Albert King
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ASIN: B000000ZKN
Release Date: 1990-08-06

Tracks:

Watermelon Man
Why You So Mean To Me
I Get Evil
Got To Be Some Changes Made
Personal Manager
Born Under A Bad Sign
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RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "ALBERT WAS THE GREATEST, BUT MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO SHAQ'S REVIEW!".......2007-02-13

If you're one of "Shaq's, The King Of The World Blues Reviewer's" loyal fans, you already know that Albert King is my all-time favorite electric blues guitarist. If you're not one of my existing fans, but want to know the "truth" about all the criteria that you should consider before spending your hard earned "blues" dollars, you should thank me after this review! What you should know is, that this "live" performance was recorded on June 26, 1968. It was released in 1990. Was Albert great that night? Hell yea! He was great! But... the recording technology was from 1968! If you're a modern day blues fan, that hasn't had experience with how great Albert was, you may be disappointed by the lack of 21st century sound quality. But that is not Albert's fault! If you're an electric blues, collector and aficionado, with experience in the difference in technology over time; then, this CD would be rated a 5 star. But simply because of the lack of clarity, I rate this a 4 star. Albert is the "KING" of kings, of blues. If you're willing to really turn up your CD, or if you are satisfied with simply hearing the greatest "string bender" of all-time, in lesser sound quality, than is available today, this is a classic CD for you.

F for sound .......2006-01-25

Awesome live blues guitar.......2002-08-29

Albert was at his best live...This is awesome guitar playing and Albert's singing is awesome as well. One listen to this and one realizes that Albert King is truly THE master of the blues guitar. ALL songs are excellent! "Don't throw your love on me so strong" is the VERY BEST BLUES GUITAR PLAYING I've ever heard and that includes SRV, Hendrix and the rest of King's followers. He was the BEST!!! Thursday Night and Live Wire/Blues Power are also MUSTS!!!

Hot Blues!.......2002-08-16

Albert King recorded this CD on Wednesday June 26, 1968, one day prior to his more popular and better known release, "Thursday Night In San Francisco". This disc represents the first day that Albert performed at the Filmore as the headliner. Prior to that time, he had appeared as the opener for Jimi Hendrix and John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. Albert's "best" performance that evening, as well as the next day, (according to Stax anyway) was originally released by Stax on the "Live Wire/Blues Power" CD. The songs contained on both, the Wednesday and the Thursday CD were thought to be a cut below and were not included. Fortunately for us, Stax took another look at the material, albeit 22 years later, and released the remainder of the material as it occurred on two separate discs. In order to gain a full understanding as to what occurred on those two nights, King fans should purchase all three of these excellent recordings. As with the other two discs, King's performance is outstanding.

Live proof that Albert King's blues guitar voice is unique........1998-12-24

This album is typically overlooked by blues fans, even Albert fans, but it's a note-perfect document of how to deliver a live blues performance. Albert has such total control of the blues guitar vernacular unique to him that he can ply a range of emotions through a subtlety of pitch, dynamics, and timing that is probably unmatched. The uninitiated listener mistakes this control for repetitiveness, but the flawlessness of Albert's delivery makes his blues guitar voice undeniably compelling nonetheless. All the evidence is on this record.

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East meets West dance party
the big jam session
Frightfully disappointing
Nice fusion
Genre b(l)ending monster live set.

Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove
Tabla Beat Science
Manufacturer: Palm Pictures (Audio
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ASIN: B000069B11
Release Date: 2002-07-09

Tracks:

Taaruf
Sacred Channel
Nafeken
Ap Ke Baras
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What do you get when you mix tablas and turntables? One answer is Tabla Beat Science. This double-CD live effort proves that Indian classical and modern electronic-based music can cohabitate, particularly when the talented likes of tabla great Zakir Hussain and sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan (both exponents of Indian classical music) combine with bassist Bill Laswell, drummer Karsh Kale (both involved in modern world music fusions), and several other guests. Laswell is an expert at organizing these kinds of musical mash-ups, but he's done something special here: his dubby bass lines sound great next to hyperpercussive tabla beats, and the voices of Khan and rising Ethiopian siren Gigi meld together particularly well on such tracks as "Nafeken" and "Mengedege." The tunes here are more jam-oriented than on the group's studio album Tala Matrix, but this only further illuminates the trancelike quality that brings these different schools together. Live in San Francisco at Stern Grove is a prime example of what can be accomplished with an open mind and formidable musical skills. --Tad Hendrickson

Customer Reviews:

East meets West dance party.......2007-02-14

As far as live discs goes,well, this is pretty lively. The interchange and interaction between musicians is very intense, sometimes to the point of a frenzy. This disc is probably not for everyone but if you have a penchant for Indian music that has a modified electronic groove, then get on board. The mixture of sitar, tablas,exotic voice, electronica and thumping bass lines, coupled with a wild DJ spinning some crazy beatz results in a CD that is idiosyncratic. In other words you are unlikely to hear something quite like this. The songs are extended jams that require a free mindset to this type of fusion, that is part jazz improvisation , part dance groove, part meditative spiritual bliss and pure out of this world music. For example, "Taaruf" comes in at a whoping 16:07, begins mellow and slowly escalates into frentic beatz than cascades back into a spiritual nirvana and back into feverish beatz driven by the tablas. The whole two disc set comes across as some sort of experimental fusion that is well received either because of everyone being in awe of the musicianship or the strange blend of fusion. I like this jam session overall but find I can only take it in parts not the two discs back to back. I guess you had to be there. If you like experimental electronic grooves mixed with Indian instruments than you will probably like this spacey disc. Pretty wild but good stuff for your collection or to throw into your next party. You definitely will get the what is that?

the big jam session.......2006-06-05

I was lucky enough to be part of this recording and the rehearsals leading up to it. Reviewers who bemoan the lack of melody at this performance have a legitimate complaint. But this is due to the totally new format these musicians were working under. If you pull together a band of virtuoso jazz musicians who have never played live together before, they will speak a common language of standards and form (head, solos, head, done) that will allow them to work as unit playing melodic tunes. The repertoire is deep and the shared knowledge is broad. Not so here, these guys are making it up as they go, they are blazing the trail and it's obvious.

That is not to say that there is nothing here, there is. These are amazing musicians engaged in a long improvisation of texture and rhythm. I tend to think of it as watching the surf. To some, it may seem monotonous, but to me, each wave is different and the overall effect is hypnotic.

The audience ate it all up. 10,000 people on their feet and dancing to these world beats. I remember one moment in particular where the band had laid back and let Zakir take a solo, Zakir's solo was reaching a climax and Laswell jumped back in. He owns the frequency band below 80Hz and you could feel the concussive power of his bass in your gut, it passed through your body like you were made of jello and washed over the crowd which responded with an estactic release of mass joy. Amazing.

The day leading to concert was spent in a rehearsal hall, working out about 6 different songs. These weren't so much songs as structures for improv. We shared burritos from the Mission and had a few laughs. These guys were fun and total pros. It was an experience I won't forget.

Frightfully disappointing.......2006-02-25

I picked this CD up on a whim; the cover looked really cool (i mean come on- robotic shiva holding an MPC2000xl, pitchfork/sitar, a dhol, and spinning some vinyl?) I shelled out quite a pile of cash. (20 dollars) When I opened it to find 2 CD's, I was quite relieved. Must be a great live session, I thought. I love Ustad Sultan Khan, Zakir Hussain, Karsh Kale and Bill Laswell.

Apparently, not altogether.

The CD was disappointing at best. As an earlier reviewer said, there were absolutely no real melodies. What you get, instead, is a series of common time taals (tin-taal) and some random sarangi riffs. Random improv singing, a few basic/uncomplex synth patches here and there, and a DJ engaging in a scratch battle with the tabla. That was the weirdest part. I'm all about spinning as an artform in itself, but it has to be integrated. The basslines were okay, but only lighly peppered throughout. Had kind of a moogy wah to them.

Now this isn't to say the artists aren't talented- clearly, this album demonstrates the opposite. They just haven't collaborated under a driving force. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that Tabla Beat Science is really only the name for the collaboration under Bill Laswell. That would be my closest speculation for the lack of continuity and themes in the album.

How on earth did the audience (the "live" part of the CD) experience this concert? I wonder- did they hand out cartons of "fancy" cigarettes and lawn chairs and offer complimentary hats at the end? Was it part of a larger ensemble? Was it background music for an extended Quilting Circle?

Nice fusion.......2005-10-02

Zakir hussain, dj disk, midival punditz make a excellent fusion
between indian, hiphop and drum n bass sometimes.
It s a powerfull live we re having here !!
A nice mixe well completed.

Genre b(l)ending monster live set........2005-04-08

Tabla Beat Science was (is?) a unique collaboration-- a crossing of electronica and traditional Indian musics in a largely improvised fashion. If this sounds interesting to you, read on, otherwise you're more likely to be happy skipping this one.

From the first song, you'd have no idea this is anything other than a traditional Indian album, Ustad Sultan Khan's sarangi soars over tabla performance from Zakir Hussain (and maybe Karsh Kale as well?), its a very traditional setting-- the playing is fantastic, but its nothing out of the ordinary for over fifteen minutes. Then something changes. Kale sits at a western drum kit, kicks in a monster beat and is joined with a dub-ish baseline courtesy of Bill Laswell. Electronic sounds and rhythms highlight the music (courtesy of DJ Disk, MIDIval PunditZ, and Fabian Alsultany).

The album really continues along this trend-- the music is engaging, gripping, powerful, and well conceived, and the musicians are very clearly having a blast playing it. It drifts in and out of traditional musics of various forms, but never quite settles on anything except being very heavily groove oriented, even when Laswell assumes a more esoteric stance. Occasionally vocals (courtesy of Khan and Gigi Shibabaw) join the fray, and it sounds to my ears like musicians come and go during different pieces. The emphasis for the most part is on the tabla, and Hussain delivers the goods like no one can.

I actually find the second disc far more engaging than the first, it includes a great vocal piece and an all out turntable/tabla war that is not to be missed. It may seem gimmicky to some, but try to avoid stereotypes and expectations about the turntable-- take it as a percussion instrument and you're bound to be intrigued. I really can't say enough good things about this record, my only regret is that i never got to see this band live.

Otis Rush Live and In Concert from San Francisco

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Not the best of 'live Otis Rush'
Otis Rush's Soundtrack to his first DVD
RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "I GOT AN ELECTRIC "RUSH" WHEN I FOUND THESE GOLDEN BLUES!"

Otis Rush Live and In Concert from San Francisco
Otis Rush
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Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

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It's My Own Fault
717
I Can't Quit You Baby
Feel So Bad
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Not the best of 'live Otis Rush' .......2007-04-21

This cd is taken from the dvd from Bluesexpress: Otis Rush, live part 1. So nothing new for the Otis Rush fan. The accompanying band is too big giving a too sophisticated feeling. It shows Otis Rush in his later years, still going strong but for an even stronger and more intimate Otis Rush I recommend "Live in Europe", the best album of Otis Rush ever. Also "Live at the Wise Fools pub Chicago" is better then this bluesexpress performance.

Otis Rush's Soundtrack to his first DVD.......2007-04-11

Well like Albert King, Otis Rush is an unorthodox guitarist, he plays his axe upside down. This CD is also a bit upside down. Unlike his Montreux release with Eric Clapton last year, this set is a new release of Rush's Blues Express concert in San Francisco (Part One) which was released a couple of years ago on DVD. The interesting thing about that is that Part Two never has been released. This set has one tune that is not on the DVD "Feel So Bad". The sound quality is great and the tunes are largely the same as most of Otis' other live albums (except the Wise Fool's Pub release in 2005 a gem from the Delmark vaults).

The absolute highlight of this set is the Band. They are great and really enhance Rush's sound, its the best band he ever played with (I have all of Otis' released material going back to Cobra and Chess Records). The keyboardist is fantastic and he can also be seen with Buddy Guy in his Montreux set released last year. Bobby Murray, who played with Rush on his best ever "Live" release "Tops" is on hand (he is from the Bay Area) to play on "Mojo Working". Overall the sound is great. Otis is 65 years old on this disc and still playing good. His signature "lazy vibrato" is fabulous and his is still playing his Gibson 335/355 guitars.

The tunes are Rush's standard fare but they have the Big Band enhancement. "All Your Love" (I Miss Loving- often tagged onto the title so it isn't confused with Magic Sam's "All Your Love" from West Side Soul) is a definate highlight. It features the arrangement of this song that he used after his "Live And Awesome" (1996) release. It is his best interpretation of his signature tune, the one he wrote in a car on the way to the Cobra recording sessions. And the song most of us first heard Eric Clapton play blues with John Mayall. B.B. King's "It's My Own Fault" is another superb slow blues outing, recorded by Rush many times (also a highlight of the Montreux DVD!). All in all this is an excellent Blues CD from one of the two remaining West Side masters. A very good documentary on the latter styles of Otis Rush as he hasn't been playing much since the Chicago Blues Festival in 2002 due to a heart condition.

RICK SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "I GOT AN ELECTRIC "RUSH" WHEN I FOUND THESE GOLDEN BLUES!".......2007-01-24

This weekend (1/20/07) I was hankering for a new infusion of great electric blues, to add to my extensive collection. I went to my local CD/book store (name withheld to protect amazon.com) and was amazed to find, that their tiny, blues section, was even tinier! It didn't even have the cardboard blues sign up anymore. There weren't even any monthly new release CD's displayed. So as I truly got the blues, I just, as a last ditch effort, started thumbing through, every CD, at "WARP" speed, with one foot almost out the door. Like a sign from heaven, I noticed a multi-colored CD cover with, Otis Rush on it. I gulped, and silently said to myself, "I haven't seen this before!" and since half the head sets, at the un-named retail location, were broken in half, and the other half didn't work, (and the ones broken in half, one half ear set, didn't work) I took a chance and bought this CD without hearing nary a note! I zoomed home and put it in my stereo. Now, if you're one of Shaq's loyal blues review readers, you know the first thing you're worried about on a live CD, (The release date on the CD was 2006, and yet I never heard of it. The concert was December18, 1999, a date you could not find out, unless you bought the CD and opened it!) Is the sound quality? (See prior Shaq reviews!) Well, the sound was loud and crystal clear! The second thing, Shaq is worried about, is "YOU CAN'T GET THE BLUES IN 2-3 MINUTES!" Well, there are 7 songs with a total playing time of 52 minutes! Hoo! Haa! Every single song on this is great. The music, the voice, the feeling with the crowd! Whoever released this CD below the radar should be fired! This CD is an instant electric blues classic! I am told by amazon.com that I am the first person to review this! If that's the case, this review should break the record for the most "THIS REVIEW WAS HELPFUL!" votes! I have played it twice already, all the way through, to make sure I wasn't dreaming! I'm not. In fact as I wrote this review I pinched myself. Ouch! I have already called a blues-friend of mine, and said go buy this. You should too! SUMMARY: IT'S LOUD! IT'S CLEAR! IT'S LIVE! THE GUITAR STRINGS ARE BENDING! AND THE VOICE IS CLEAR! YOU ALL HEARD IT HERE FIRST! SHAQ SAYS A FIVE STAR CLASSIC!

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Early Big Brother
Pre-fame live album from 1960s legends

Live in San Francisco 1966
Big Brother & Holding Company
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Big Brother And The Holding Company
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I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama

ASIN: B000065UJK
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

(Come On Baby) Let The Good Times Roll
I Know You Rider
Moanin' At Midnight
Hey Baby
Down On Me
Whisperman
Women Is Losers
Blow My Mind
Oh My Soul
Ball And Chain
Coo-Coo
Gutra's Garden
Harry
Hall Of The Mountain King (bonus track)

Customer Reviews:

Early Big Brother.......2003-02-03

Chronlogically this was recorded before their first album on Mainstream Records in 1967. Some of the tracks here also appeared on that first studio album. So how is it? The Monterey performance was a little more polished but this disc is a nice addition although the playing is a little more ragged. The track "Coo Coo" appeared on the "Cheap Thrills" album with new lyrics as "Oh Sweet Mary". If you have all of Janis's other discs I would pick this one up; you won't be disappointed and it is interesting to hear the band in their formative stage.

Pre-fame live album from 1960s legends.......2002-05-29

Recorded somewhere in San Francisco (the liner notes don't say where) in the Summer of 1966, these thirteen live tracks document the bond that Joplin had formed with Big Brother after only a couple of months practice. Big Brother drummer David Getz's liner notes (written in the mid-80s, perhaps for the original vinyl issue of this material) provide an evocative description of how the band's early communal living helped forge their unity as performers.

By the time they released their second album ("Cheap Thrills") two years later, the band would have more original material, but at this point in their career they were still relying heavily on R&B and blues standards. Covers include "I Know You Rider" (a favorite of the Grateful Dead), Shirley & Lee's "Let the Good Times Roll," Howlin' Wolf's "Moanin' At Midnight," and Jimmy McCraklin's "Blow My Mind." Joplin's take on Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton's "Ball and Chain" was still developing into the full-blown showstopper she'd deliver a year later at the Monterey Pop Festival, and the single "Coo Coo" is presented in early form.

The band would later be recorded in their more famous form on "Live at Winterland '68." This earlier tape shows off the band's formation, including their transition to, essentially, a backing band for Joplin. Though she's front-and-center for the lion's share of the vocals, her presence is occasionally diluted by other band members' vocals.

The tape, from a source uncredited in the liner notes, is hissy, though very listenable. A bonus track, recorded at San Francisco's KQED in April 1967, provides a higher-fidelity 7-minute instrumental freakout on "Hall of the Mountain King." Most of this material was released in 1984 on a Rhino Records LP titled, "Big Brother & the Holding Company Live," and by other labels as "Cheaper Thrills." An import CD of the latter is available from the UK on Acadia, but it costs more and offers no extra material.

Tracks:

Intro
Time
Devil's Side
Crush Of Love
Satch Boogie
Announcement
Borg Sex
Flying In A Blue Dream
Ice
Cool
Circles
Until We Say Goodbye
Ceremony
Extremist
Summer Song

Tracks:

Intro
House Full Of Bullets
One Big Rush
Rasberry Jam
Crystal Planet
Love Thing
Bass Solo
Mystical Potato Head
Always
Big Bad Moon
Begin Of Encore Section
Friends
Surfing With The Aliens
Rubina

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There's a scene in the film adaptation of Amadeus where Austrian emperor/neophyte music critic Joseph II criticizes a new Mozart opera by simply blurting, "Too many notes!" Which brings us to Joe Satriani. The San Francisco-based virtuoso has earned his place in the rock guitar pantheon through hard work--even if he often seems to have mistakenly thought he was getting paid by the note. This collection (which tellingly grew from a modestly scaled TV project into one of rock's most problematic conceits--the double-live album) offers a sweeping overview of Satriani and his oeuvre, but that's a decided good-news, bad-news proposition. Fans and guitar clinicians will no doubt be awed by his technique; others may ponder why once in a while Joe can't express himself in 3 notes instead of his usual 349. Even the familiar swagger of "Satch Boogie" gets mired in a blizzard of 128th (or whatever) notes. But Satriani is to instrumental guitar rock what Evel Knievel is to off-road cycling, the Undertaker to thumb wrestling, and Howard Stern to civil discourse. Pick through the swirling flurries and mounting drifts of arpeggios and scales and there's enticing evidence of some real soul behind his shades. But too often Satriani simply blows past them as he plays to the back rows. Nobody's going to mistake it for Mozart--except maybe Emperor Joseph II. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Great CD set and so is the DVD version of this same performance!.......2006-08-26

If you like Joe's music this is a must have double CD set. Both the CD and DVD versions are wonderful and are identical musically. I like the fact that the songs are very similar to the versions played on the radio even though they are live. If you want to learn how to play guitar the DVD version of this is a must because the video is so close you can see exactly what Joe is doing when he plays. Good luck copying this though. There's a good reason why Joe is recognized as the master axe man shredder. It's impossible to copy Joe even when you can see what he's doing!

magic.......2006-04-07

I had owned the DVD for this concert and had watched it often before acquiring this CD, but I still have to say this CD will evoke very fond memories for me. My first full listen to this CD was in the car driving home from Denver after seeing Satch in concert on his Super Colossal tour. It was mind-blowing to listen to this concert blasting out of my speakers while I was still basking in the glow of seeing and hearing the master live and in person. What can I say about this collection? It sounds great, the sound quality is superb, as is the song selection (some old, some new, spanning a fantastic career.) To me, instrumental music lends itself to a more enjoyable live performance. With lyrics, a song has to follow a specific structure to fit the vocal performance. But with instrumental rock such as this, and with a guitar genius who is not afraid to improv in the first place, the music is taken to a whole new level. How many guitars does Satch set on fire when he's playing like this? I especially love the playful beginning to Summer Song, where Satch and bass player Stu are bantering back and forth with their respective guitars. Wonderful, perfect, magnificent....plug in your favorite adjective here. Just get this CD. If you're not thoroughly blown away by this performance, check your pulse.

Great, but..........2005-01-21

I love this album and would actually suggest it over the electric Satriani anthology, but after seeing his "An Evening With Joe Satriani" live show at the Fillmore I was expecting more from this performance. I guess these sound to much like the recorded studio tracks. During other live performances he has basically gone crazy with 20 or 30 minute jams and had improvisations in just about every song. I was especially disappointed with Always With Me, Always With You which he turned into an amazing 6-10 minute song on his latest tour by adding a huge and excellent new section at the end. On this it is just the basic song. Many other songs are the same way. Perhaps he had to conform more to his normal playing because they were filming it. I don't know.

By far, the best rock guitar to date.......2004-05-06

Satriani is the state of art, about playing guitar. He is an outstanding musician and over all , he owns a powerful creativity.
This double album offers some good examples of his musicianship. The extremist is one of the best tracks, but seen as a whole, you are rewarded extremely, because Satriani never let you down.
I haven't the DVD yet, but it must be worthy to have it.
In Film and arts I've watched Joe at least six times. Satriani has a strong presence in the stage, and considering the prodigius Steve Vai, I'd rather set both of them in the pantheon of the guitar rock in this moment. Anyway Satriani and his talented pupil Vai are the alha and omega in the craft playing rock guitar.
And for those who still think the rock is dead, listen Satriani and you'll change your mind faster than the first track of any CD finishes.
Don't miss this album.

Sorry if that score offends some but..........2003-12-31

It is when listening to this album that I realise just how important it is that the rhythm guitars can be heard clearly. The song choice is fairly good, and the songs are played well, with real energy... but some of the studio recordings of some of the songs are more impressive, which isn't right.

The main reason for this is the grossly undervolumed rhythm guitar, people don't realise, even with instrumental virtuosic music, just how important the rhythm guitars are, a lack of it destroys the whole band persona kind of feel for EVERY single song... Don't get me wrong, good album, if you like Satriani, buy the album.... just don't expect too much, the album is overhyped.

Kids Rock for Peas
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Relegating the Wiggles to the Dustbin of History

Best kids music--ever!

Kids Rock for Peas
The Sippy Cups
Manufacturer: Snacker Disc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Putumayo Kids Presents: Folk Playground

ASIN: B000CAKSM8
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Baby, You're a Rich Man
Who Loves the Sun
Bike
Low Rider
Introducing Super Guy
Flying Machine
Bennie and the Jets
She's a Rainbow
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
I Wanna Be Elated
Dear Prudence
Jungle Boogie
I'm a Believer
Give Peas a Chance

Customer Reviews:

Relegating the Wiggles to the Dustbin of History.......2007-01-27

After being a DJ when The Clash was putting out London Calling, seeing the Gang of Four for a $1 admission fee at The Bayou in Washington, DC and interviewing The Edge of U2 in St. Louis, MO when they were playing a club show prior to opening the next day for J Geils (1982), it's hard to get excited about children's music for your kids many years later. You can't exactly take your kid to a Minor Threat or X show in a bad part of town (but my kids do like the B-52's). So all these years later, my wife dragged me to the Tom Chapin show for the third year in a row, and while he was pleasant and the songs were nice, it was getting a little old. Justin Roberts CD's are pretty good mostly because my kids are having a good time but don't think that I am going to be camping out for concert tickets any time soon. The Wiggles were fun to watch with my kid on TV but let's face it, the lyrics stink. And the Wiggles aren't nearly as entertaining as Rocko's Modern Life or Spongebob. The theme song from Fairly Odd Parents smokes any Wiggles tune. So what were the suits at Disney thinking?

Fortunately, in the long run, quality triumphs over all else. And the Sippy Cups have quality and plenty of it. Some reviewers think that their music is more appealing to adults than kids. Not so Joe. I have been to see the Cups and the kids are up dancing and having a good time. In fact more people danced at the Sippy Cups show than the last time I saw REM at Shoreline Ampitheatre a few years back. The Sippy Cups are basically the first band to be unafraid of taking a back catalogue of nearly forty years of rock history and introducing it to your kids. Shouldn't your kids know something about the Velvet Underground? I guess one of the best ways to describe the Sippy Cups and especially their show is as though the Talking Heads decided to do a children's benefit show and have the kids watch it. So even though I have been dropping all these references to the past, it is merely descriptive. What is certain is that as the Sippy Cups evolve, they will certainly be as original as the Monkees were in their day. So when you see them on the telly, think about all of the corporate types who will be kicking themselves for not having jumped on the Sippy Cup bandwagon when they had a chance.

You really don't want your kid to be listening to the Pussycat Dolls and Paris Hilton when he or she gets a little older, do you? The Sippy Cups will help you prevent that unfortunate outcome.

Best kids music--ever!.......2006-12-30

I hate kids music, and until The Sippy Cups came along I refused to play it anywhere except in the kids' rooms. This CD has earned a place in my iPod! Excellent, amusing covers of adult tunes. Check out their website, [...], to buy the CD (or go to CDBaby) until Amazon starts stocking it.

Mixed Live Ruby Skye, San Francisco (Includes Bonus DVD in 5.1 Surround Sound)

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I'll pass
This Is House Music
Funkalicious Dan!
It's not perfect, but it's funky fun
Dan fan since '94

Mixed Live Ruby Skye, San Francisco (Includes Bonus DVD in 5.1 Surround Sound)
DJ Dan
Manufacturer: Moonshine Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000BWVNV
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Ya Underwear - Get This!
Chunk A Funk - Dave Armstrong
Release The Tension - Dave Armstrong
Star Trunk Funk - Mike Balance
Dig It - Bimbo Jones
Release - JJ Flores
Rock U - Laurent Konrad
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Customer Reviews:

I'll pass.......2007-02-24

Do not like the mix at all. This is the first comp of Dj Dan that I have purchased. I will have to listen to more Dj Dan selections before making a decision on him as an artist. It is probably only that I am a massiv trance fan, over house muz any day.

It is for sale on eb*y for .01 right now! Look for bidpulse.

This Is House Music.......2006-01-18

I have to agree with the reviewer here who says many of Dan's mixes seem to come in a few measures later than one would expect . Perhaps Dan is just going against the grain by not seamlessly mixing these tracks. Maybe he knows some people would take certain songs and burn them onto compilations and would like a song to have a full stop at the end. Who knows. It is only slightly jarring, after all, and doesn't necessarily ruin this mix. I'm crazy about this cd. It is full on hard house. Great four-on-the-floor beats, simple vocal lines and effects spinkled throughout. What I like best is that there are no pop singles remixed with a club beat, as so many other mix cd's seem to have these days. It is pure, unadulterated, underground house music.

Funkalicious Dan!.......2004-11-29

Please keep in mind that I like funk/disco/keep your moving house and this what this cd is about!

Finally Dan is back! In his keep yo body moving fashion. This CD, much like Funk The System in which it keeps you dancing the whole time! If you want something to jam to then you should pick this bad boy up!

It's not perfect, but it's funky fun.......2004-06-27

While I appreciate the spectacular funky house/funky techno record selections DJ Dan is consistently able to put together, I've never quite been able to truly admire his mixing abilities, whether I am seeing him live or listening to one of his recordings. Dan's "Mixed Live at Ruby Skye" is no different - while the records themselves are sure to keep you grooving, there just isn't ever any real flow between the tracks. While the beat matching is consistent, every record feels like it was brought in a measure or so too late to really mesh well with the previous record. Perhaps I am just a bit more concerned with fluidity between tracks. But despite the jarring nature of some of the mixing, I cannot not recommend this CD, which contains some fabulously funky beats. So rock on, Dan - I'll probably keep listening.

Dan fan since '94.......2004-04-03

Though this album is mixed live, it is by far one of my least
favorite cds by Dan. This cd does not do justice to how he
normally spins live. Taking into consideration, that 70 mins
is not enough time to tell a story and being limited to only
a certain number of records that can be licensed, this cd doesnt really get going till track # 6. Having said that, his "Roundtrip" cd is by far the best he has put out and that was made at home !!As always i give Dan an A+ for his mixing skills . I have seen Dan spin dozens of times and he never ceases to amaze me. Tru Dan fans know what i'm talking about. I love the fact that the dvd is in 5.1 Surround !!

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Threadbare
free jazz and tradition
Challenging,passionate music of the sixties

Live in San Francisco
Archie Shepp
Manufacturer: Grp Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000065KM
Release Date: 1998-03-10

Tracks:

Keep Your Heart Right
Lady Sings The Blues
Sylvia
The Wedding
Wherever June Bugs Go
In A Sentimental Mood
Things Ain't What They Used To Be
Three For A Quarter, One For A Dime

Customer Reviews:

Threadbare.......2004-12-21

I'm not much of a Shepp fan, though I like _Four for Trane_; I picked this one up (four stars in the _Penguin Guide_) in hopes it'd begin to win me over. Hmmmmmm. As usual for Impulse! discs the original LP was very short--a bit over half an hour--& given that the feature for Shepp's charming but off-kilter pianoplaying (the Paul Robeson-associated tune "Sylvia") & a plummyvoiced poetry-&-music recital occupy nearly 9 minutes of the album together, I can't imagine that I'd have been too happy if I got this album in its original incarnation. But the CD reissue adds an unreleased "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" & the shapeless but energetic 33-minute free blow "Three for a Quarter, One for a Dime" (originally released as an album in itself) so no complaints about running time.

It's not exactly a primo rhythm section. There are two prevailing schools of thought about the drummer, Beaver Harris: either he's pleasantly loose, or he's just sloppy & hamfisted. I don't mind him, really, but the limping dull-toned bass accompaniment (courtesy Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell, sometimes together but often taking turns) is just plain terrible: they make a hash of the complex changes to "Lady Sings the Blues", & manage even to sound ineffectual on the blues "Wherever June Bugs Go". (One of the bassists--which one?--often spends ages stuck on the same four descending notes.) Tempos are sometimes unsteady and this never exactly swings, so on the whole I'm happiest on the one free piece, "Three for a Quarter", where they just go for it, even if it's just a shapeless bash & Shepp won't shut up. Shepp's winning card is always going to be his splendidly hoarse, rasping sound on tenor: plenty of it here, & also a few striking moments, like the calculated affront of the hyperactive intro to "In a Sentimental Mood". But the best player on the date without a doubt is trombonist Roswell Rudd, whose sharp commentaries cut effortlessly through the general bleariness & at-sea-ness.

This one really requires a sympathetic ear--maybe if you're already won over by Shepp it sounds great, but to these ears it's pretty unremarkable.

free jazz and tradition.......2001-09-16

Three of these eight tunes are standards; it may seem curious for a free jazz recording of the late sixties,no ? It was recorded February 19,1966, and I was three days old.Archie Shepp's music of that time isn't easy to listen to;more difficult than Coltrane's music.But there is always links to the tradition,and to the great ancesters.In this record,there are outstanding musicians: Beaver Harris on drums,rather a colorist than a drummer,just like Sam Woodyard in Duke Ellington's band;Don Garrett on bass,who played with Roland Kirk and Coltrane,and who does fine job,even if he doesn't reach the level of Cameron Brown in his 70's efforts with Shepp;and Roswell Rudd on trombone,an heir of Tricky Sam Nanton and Dickie Wells.In this record, Shepp pays tributes to two great composers,Duke Ellington ("in a sentimental mood" and "things ain't what they used to be",althouth this one was written by Duke's son,Mercer),and Herbie Nichols ("lady sings the blues",a tune Nichols wrote for Billie Holiday).Shepp also plays a great ballad on piano,"Sylvia".There are shadows of Teddy Wilson and Duke in his piano playing.Shepp's version of "in a sentimental mood",a haunting tune written by Duke (Duke recorded it with Coltrane a few years before),is outstanding.Listening to him,we can hear Hawkins,Ben Webster, and all the history of tenor sax.You can call it "free jazz",if you wish;to me it's only a great hour in the jazz history,recorded at a time when things were not easy for black people in America (are they now???).This is strong,brutal,offensive music,but most of all, living music,with urgence and violence, a beautiful human cry that,35 years later, is always as vital as it was,February 19,1966.

Challenging,passionate music of the sixties.......1999-01-14

Archie Shepp has always been a musical hero of mine. His tenor can sound as beautiful as any tenor sound in jazz as it does on TROUBLE IN MIND and GOIN' HOME (1979). But it can also be raw and passionate as it is on LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. This music is of its time but still worth listening to fuelled as it is by anguish, anger and a profound sense of injustice at being black in America. Charlie Parker said " if you don't live it it won't come out of your horn" and Archie Shepp was one of the great exemplars of that saying - he spoke to and of the sixties through his music as much as Martin Luther King did in his way. This is challenging music -it's not sweet music. It's passionate, proud and intelligent music. It is music which says ATTENTION MUST BE PAID. There are two full LPs on this 20 bit remastered and bautifully packaged CD. Both were recorded at BOTH/AND CLUB in SAN FRAN on Feb 19, 1966. The second LP was originally issued as a continuous 33 minute work which divided into two parts, formed side one and two of the LP and is now presented as it should be in one piece. With Shepp are some of the most renowned musicians of the "new" music as it was called in the sixties including Roswell Rudd on trombone and Beaver Harris on drums. Donald Garrett and Lewis Worrell are the bassists. These are master musicians who have chosen to play this music. One track is recitation by Shepp called THE WEDDING backed only by the arco bass of Worrell. The listener may be surprised by the consummate articulation and rich voice of Shepp the actor. I was. This music is also of rich historical interest and anyone even vaguely interested in the evolution of American society into a more just and civilized one, will find this music enriching with being ponderous. It is not just entertaining music. I'm glad I purchased this album.

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