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Originally Posted by golddustwoman77
Have you purchased the CD and DVD sets yet? I was wondering if they were as fabulous as the rave reviews that I have read about them. After I read those reviews, I went to Borders and looked at the sets. Nice packaging, but I just wanted to hear more about them first before I purchased them. You know how reviews can be.  I wanted to hear it from someone I know and trust. |
I got the CD (and also was also able to find a "nearly-good-as-official" sounding soundboard bootleg, from just ONE of the nights, too). OMIGOD! Don't hesitate...get back to Borders and drop the cash-ola! WORTH EVERY PENNY AND THEN SOME!! These guys are over 60?!?! You'd never know it by listening to them. The only difference between how they sound NOW as to THEN is that they sound like they're playing TOGETHER AS A UNIT now instead of just taking off on stoned-out, self-absorbed, never-ending solos (which I used to love, but then I was in the same condition)...they complement each others solos, they intertwine their solos with each others playing. It is just so weird to think that they HAVEN'T been playing together (except for the 3 song performance at their R&RHoF induction) for the past 37, that's right THIRTY-SEVEN, years!!! They sound like they HAVE been rehearsing 8 hrs a day, 7 days a week for the past 37 years.
I've seen clips (on-line) of two or three whole songs from the DVD...LOOKS great!!! On the DVD you get an extra song ("Sitting On Top Of The World") that is not on the CD...as well as bonus alternate performances of 6 songs from their set from other nights of the 4 night stand.