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Summary: now THIS is a glimpse at a legend!!
Review: ...skip the 1981 DVD..and buy THIS...if you want to see why all those English cats bow to the mighty MUDDY! Waters stinging slide guitar and powerful vocals are well displayed on this wonderful collection. Many signature songs "Got My Mojo Working", "Honey Bee" , "Blow Wind Blow" get a real workout.
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Summary: Great picture,horrible sound
Review: A chance to see Muddy Waters perform live is always welcome,however upon putting this disc in my machine i was extremly shocked at the sound quality.I have some of this footage from other sources (Japenese Laserdisc and foreign rebroadcasts on private vhs tapes)and they sound great,I have no idea how the producers of this disc have massacred it,but it was a GREAT dissapointment when I know what it should have been.Be warned if you purchase this.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: I am a huge Muddy Waters fan. I own about 30 albums of him but this DVD is just terrible.The sound quality is so bad that it's a painful experience to listen to it. I wouldn't even recommend this to die hard blues/muddy waters fans. If you buy it you going to be frustrated and probably watch it 1 or 2 times and then never watch it again. The producers/engineers should be ashamed. What were they thinking? Avoid this one. If you want check out Muddy Waters In Concert 1971 or Blues Masters instead.
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Summary: Muddy's Mojo Still Works For This Blues Fan
Review: I own about a half-dozen Muddy Water's CDs (and sure, the audio quality might be a little better on the CDs), but I just love this DVD for allowing me to see what I missed seeing growing up -- Muddy Waters. Small things I enjoyed seeing include: the Orange tube amps on Call Me Muddy Waters creating a sound that others still try to duplicate today, the slide guitar work on Country Boy, old-style microphones, the sharp dressed 1950-style younger Muddy on Blow Wind Blow, and an older bell-bottommed wide-collared 1970-style awe-inspiring legend leading a classic rendition of Mannish Boy. Other treats for the observant eye are a veritable littany of legendary sidemen including on harmonica Carey Bell, Paul Oscher, and Jerry Portnoy.....guitarists Pee Wee Madison, Bob Margolin, and Luther "Guitar" Johnson....for pianists the legendary Otis Spann and PineTop Perkins...and drummers S.P. Leary and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. This DVD is practically a must-buy for listeners ....and visually-starved blues and Muddy fans.
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Summary: Very disappointing. No effort to remix the music
Review: I would only recommend this DVD to hard-core blues fans. It is only because I am such a fan of the Blues that I gave 3 stars. Yes, Muddy Waters is a true blues legend, I would never dispute his talent. However, the producers of this DVD did not make any effort to remix the sound. Every song, even those from the late 70's, sounds like the band is playing in a tin can. There are better blues DVD's to buy before this one. Also, there is absolutely no information with this DVD. If you want to know who the band members are, you are out of luck. Muddy Waters deserved MUCH better than this DVD offers. If you are interested in a quality re-mixed DVD, then I highly recommend "Blues Masters". Muddy in on this DVD and the sound is outstanding.
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Summary: Buy only the VHS tape and not the DVD
Review: Muddy Waters is Muddy Waters regardless of the quality of the recorded sound. He is the MASTER. The producers of this tape could have spent some time getting a better recorded mix. The VHS tape has liner notes where the DVD doesn't. This is living history. The MASTER at work. This is recorded documented proof that a blues band can work with three guitar players at the same time. A "MUST HAVE" for any real true blue BLUES fan.
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