- Audio CD (1 Oct 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Charly UK
- ASIN: B000003664
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | DVD
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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67,848 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #30 in Music > Blues > Jump Blues
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
If you like Weather Report - and I do - you'll probably like this music, though purists may say that it's late, missing Pastorius, and perhaps a bit mechanical by this stage (and certainly the medley of their most famous tracks does seem a bit like "they're expecting these so we have to deliver"). The energy and atmosphere are still there, and this a valuable - though very short - document of a unique moment in the history of music.
That's the good stuff. On the bad side, this has to be the worst-produced DVD I've ever seen, bar none. It appears to be a straight burn-to-disc of a Japanese TV recording. The picture is 4:3 as you'd expect, and of remarkably poor quality, badly pixellated, the colours often over-saturated. However bad the original recording, it's impossible to believe that it could not have been substantially improved by modern methods. The soundtrack has several dropouts near the beginning, and seemed to me to be poorly synchronised with the video track. There are no extras of any kind whatsoever. There isn't even a menu! - the film starts automatically, and restarts from the beginning as soon as it's over. The publishers, Jazz Door, should be truly ashamed to have issued so poor a product.
If you're a Weather Report maniac you're going to want this along with everything else. But if you're only going to get one DVD, don't make it this one. The Live at Montreux title is much better produced, longer - and probably musically more interesting as well, showing a great band more or less at their peak.
That's the good stuff. On the bad side, this has to be the worst-produced DVD I've ever seen, bar none. It appears to be a straight burn-to-disc of a Japanese TV recording. The picture is 4:3 as you'd expect, and of remarkably poor quality, badly pixellated, the colours often over-saturated. However bad the original recording, it's impossible to believe that it could not have been substantially improved by modern methods. The soundtrack has several dropouts near the beginning, and seemed to me to be poorly synchronised with the video track. There are no extras of any kind whatsoever. There isn't even a menu! - the film starts automatically, and restarts from the beginning as soon as it's over. The publishers, Jazz Door, should be truly ashamed to have issued so poor a product.
If you're a Weather Report maniac you're going to want this along with everything else. But if you're only going to get one DVD, don't make it this one. The Live at Montreux title is much better produced, longer - and probably musically more interesting as well, showing a great band more or less at their peak.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Essential CD for lovers of all 20th century music
20 Mar 2001
Format:Audio CD
Wynonie "Mr Blues" Harris is perhaps the most overlooked charector in the whole history of rock n roll music. The suave, hard drinking, womanising blues shouter was at his peak in the late 40s and early 50s. Chock-full of double entendres and hard driving beats this collection of some of his most popular sides for the King lable, this collection is essential for anyone with a love of good music. The influence that Harris had on music cannot be overstated. The small R&B combos Harris worked with set the ball rolling for the rock and roll revolution which he was not deemed to be part of (too old, too wise, too risque, too whisky soaked for a majority white teenage audience). 50s Rock n Roll seems sanitised by comparison. It is often said that Rocket 88 by Jackie Brenston with Ike Turners Kings Of Rhytmn was the first Rock n Roll disc....perhaps so, but without these foundation recordings, it could be argued that the record would not have been made. In Jamaica of the 40s & 50s, disks such as Bloodshot Eyes received heavy play on the soundsystems of Coxsone Dodd, Duke Reid, Tom the Great Sebastian etc. Wynonie Harris was a major influence on the fledgling Jamaican music scene, especially upon artists such as Laurel Aitken and Derrick Morgan. Whereas in the States, Rock n Roll supeseded this type of R&B, the influence upon Ska is there for all to see. Perhaps Reggae would not be the same without Mr Harris. Sad to say that Wynonie died of cancer in 1969 in relative obscurity and lack of wealth. These recordings are a celebration of him at his peak. Anyone who prides themselves upon their record collection should not do so without a copy of this! Great party music brimming over with licentiousness....ESSENTIAL!!!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Primitive, Raw, Rock&Roll Essential
21 Oct 2000
Format:Audio CD
You want good rockin' tonight? Every track on this Wynonie Harris album will provide it and stun you with its powerful rhythms, licentious lyrics, and voluminous vocals. Wynonie called himself "Mr. Blues" with great presumption but also with funky accuracy. I dare you to listen to listen to "My Baby's Pudding" without simultaneously dancing and laughing. Learn about the true meaning of the phrase "Rock&Roll" recorded at a time when Alan Freed was a mere blip on the radio airwaves. This is the music Elvis grew up with and so can you!
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