Movie DVD Store (UK) - The American Folk Blues Festivals 1963-1966 - The British Tours - Various Artists [2007]

	List Price: £14.99 Our Price: £11.98 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Universal Music Operations Starring: Various Artists
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Exempt Binding: DVD EAN: 0602517205888 Format: Colour Label: Universal Music Operations Manufacturer: Universal Music Operations Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Music Operations Region Code: 0 Release Date: 2007-05-07 Studio: Universal Music Operations Theatrical Release Date: 2007-04-24
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Two Sister Rosetta songs Comment: Bought it for the two Sister Rosetta tracks. (Whackily, on the DVD interactive menu they are under "Bonus Material" -- odd?) Surely a must for any blues fan, good quality production. Customer Rating: Summary: More Great Blues Comment: More AFBF material - this time from British concerts Anyone interested in Blues will have to buy this one. I wasn't aware that the 1964 show was recorded in the UK although I suspected it might have been when a Sonny Boy clip surfaced on YouTube. The cheering that greets Howlin Wolf is extremely heartwarming - he then proceeds to lay down Smokestack Lightnin - unavailable anywhere else on film as far as I know - and Don't Laugh at Me. Lightnin Hopkins is in there too while Sugar Pie Desanto does a couple of spirited performances Also from 1964 (but not part of the AFBF series) are two songs apiece from Muddy Waters and Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the Blues and Gospel Caravan from a now-closed railway station in Manchester. Muddy's performances are some of his best - many of his filmed performances are a little disappointing - along with the Reelin in the Years DVD of Muddy at Newport. Strangely for RITY they don't reveal what most of us already know - bass and drums are Ransom Knowling and Willie Smith - it must have been the tour where Otis Spann recorded one of his best albums There are also parts of the 1963 and 1966 festivals, which leads me on to my personal favourite - has to be Big Joe Turner in probably his best recorded performance doing "Oh Well Oh Well". I recorded this in audio when it was originally broadcast but it's strangely omitted from the 1966 bootleg which is in general circulation. So I couldn't believe my luck when it turned up here. He's in fantastic form and is clearly having a great time Another 5 stars for RITY More Reviews