Stevie Ray Vaughan - Solos, Sessions & Encores
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Free Music Review: Not As Bad As The Ratings Show
Hit: 4 Stars
I was shocked to see how few stars this product has received. I purchased it myself through amazon a little while back before there were the reviews, and when I came back to see what people had reviewed, I was amazed that the average review was 2 stars. While this certainly is not the best collection of Stevie Ray Vaughan material, it certainly is not as bad as the reviews make it out to be.
I also have to disagree with many people who say it's bad because it's the record companies cashing in... while this maybe be more or less true, it's still a decent collection of some hard to find (and great) material. I've read that many people said they already had half these songs... Not every music fan has the entire Stevie Ray Vaughan catalog... hell, I have all of his studio albums and some unofficial bootlegs, and I still only had about 3 or 4 songs out of the whole album already in my collection. For those of us that are fans of his music, you will enjoy this album. Especially if you want to hear how he interracts with other guitarists and musicians.
My personal favorite cuts would be The Sky Is Crying (With Albert King, B.B. King & Paul Butterfield), Goin' Down (with Jeff Beck), Oreo Cookie Blues [Live] (With Lonnie Mack) and Albert's Shuffle (with Albert Collins). It really is a good collection from Stevie's shortlived career, with material as early as 1978, to material as late in his career as 1988.
All in all, a good collection. There are a few tracks that don't really showcase Stevie's playing, that probably could have been better replaced (Let's Dance), but I think the point of this album was to showcase the versatility of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan. If you already have everything ever done by Stevie, you can skip this, since you've probably already come across the good tracks on this album. If you've got some SRV material but would like to hear a few of the other artists Stevie's performed with, get this album. It's not as bad as all the reviews make it out to be. I'd say probably 3.5/4 stars. I've heard better Stevie compilations, but this is still something that any blues fan should have.
Free Music Review: I never recieved this item!
Hit: 5 Stars
I,ve been doing business with Amazon for quite some time now and never
had any problem at all till I ordered this disk. Now, I do not know
whether it's the fault of the currier or some bozo in shipping but,
I'm really a big fan of SRV and would very much like the good people of
Amazon to look into this ASAP. It's a great company to conduct busines
through and I'm sure they'll serve my needs.
Curtis H.Mark
Free Music Review: Well, I like it!
Hit: 4 Stars
It isn't the BEST THING that's come out featurning SRV, but come on! It isn't a bad assortment of performances at all and I actually enjoyed it (listened for the first time today). I love when new stuff comes out and this one has things that I'd either not heard before, hadn't heard in a long time or hadn't heard in this version. I'm a crazy SRV fan for sure...but not that crazy!
Free Music Review: Rape me!!!
Hit: 1 Stars
Why do artists and listeners alike hate the record companies? It's because the jackals and weasels try to squeeze every penny out of you with quantity instead of quality. Avoid this and buy a CD Stevie would have wanted you to have. Peace.Free Music Review: someone should be ashamed!
Hit: 2 Stars
Talk about pillaging the legacy of the great Stevie Ray Vaughan! The record company takes a few previously unreleased tunes (which are available on bootlegs), tacks on a few more duets, and then prices it a damn near $20.00 with tax. There have been some excellent releases from Vaughan's vaults, but this is not one of them by a longshot. Save your money and pass this rip off up. Shame on whoever put this out.