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Summary: Old Blues, New Media
Comment: Having loved the studio Super Session album, I of course had to immediately run out and buy the vinyl of this live version back in 1968. Being at the time, a 19 year old college kid in love with the blues, the double album took most of my money ($6?). But forty years later, I still love this totally unpolished and raw performance beginning with Bloomfield's heavily impaired introduction to the dropping of his guitar at the end. This album is definitely not for everyone. If you're looking for Steely Dan production values, you'll hate it. But if you love raw, spontanious, live, 60's rock-blues that you can pull out your guitar and play along with, treat yourself to a rare moment in time when Johnson was in office and Woodstock was still 9 months away.
Nowadays, compared to the double LP, the CD's seem pretty cheap!
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Summary: Great then, Great now!!
Comment: It was great when I bought it as a 2 vinyl set back in the late 60's and great when I caught up with it as a 2 CD set a few years back. I still have both and love to play the vinyl and the CD. Shame that some of the potheads are finally waking up and breathing fresh air and complaining. I have not been to a concert where there has been perfection.... and, all the better for it!!
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Summary: What exciting adventures!
Comment: Recorded over three nights in 1968, this is one of those great rock 'n' roll jam albums. The relationship between Kooper and Bloomfield is intuitive and symbiotic- the two of them know how to share a song, playing with and off of one another with finesse and warmth. It's wonderful to hear them tossing ideas back and forth- one of the album's coolest moments occurs during a cover of "Dear Mr. Fantasy," when, during the instrumental break, Kooper plays a quote from "Hey Jude," and Bloomfield echoes it during his solo. It's a pretty good indicator of the loose, playful feel that permeates this album. Of course, it doesn't hurt that these are two of the best players in the business, capable of melding blues and jazz into an expertly crafted rock 'n' roll framework. They also know how to jam, settling into loose grooves and letting loose with the best that they got. As a result, we get to hear Bloomfield's stinging lead guitar erupting beautifully over Kooper's lush organ constructions. It's not exactly earth-shattering, but it's still a wonderful listen. Perhaps it does occasionally slip into overindulgence (such as on the cover of Sonny Boy Williamson's "No More Lonely Nights," which features guitarist Elvin Bishop substituting for a temporarily absent Bloomfield. He isn't bad, but the song ambles its way past the twelve-minute mark without much in the way of innovative or inspiring playing. Still, it's got some great eruptions from Kooper), and it does start to lose a bit of energy towards the end, but it's still a great listen for any fan of blues or jam oriented rock.
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Summary: SONNY BOY AIN'T DEAD NO MO
Comment: I was introduced to this LP in high school 35 years ago and to find it on CD after all these years is a real thrill!
No high school dance I attended was complete until we heard "Sonny Boy... Is Dead And Gone." And yes, we DID dance to it.
If you were at SMH in those days you know what I mean.
All hail Al and Mike! I feel like a kid again!
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Summary: ...too bad!
Comment: Bought this album when it came out and was blown away by it...epecially "That's Allright Mama" and "Green Onions". I was seventeen. I thoght it was good but I also thight that there would be better music of this level to come as I got older. It's been nearly 40 years since and there hasn't...too bad!
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