Live at Montreux 1982 & 1985 (2CD/2DVD Deluxe Edition)

Gran edición de 2 cds + 2 dvds, además de ser importada y por ser una edición un tanto limitada, el precio está bastante razonable,... maestrazo Stevie Ray Vaughan!!!!

Always wanted this set, but the last 2 tracks on the second disc skip. No scratches on the disc either. Have tried multiple places and in computers, and no matter what they skip.

this is my forth time to owned it really love it. my first two were from winnipeg then third and forth from amazon.

Love SRV's live blues. He played Tin Pan Alley & Jimi Hendrix' Voodoo Child & they both blew me out of the water. EPIC! His tribute to Albert Collins was also very moving. Don't know what is better, this or Live at Carnegie. Any SRV fan should have both.

Quand on aime SRV, on est rarement deçu par ses prestations même si on retrouve ses classiques (Pride and Joy, Texas Flood, Mary Had A little Lamb, Woodoo Child...)car la prestation, le son diffèrent alors que le génie reste. Je conseille vivement l'achat de ce double DVD car d'un point de vue musical c'est le blues, le feeling ... tout y est. C'est d'un point de vue humain que j'ai comme une sensation de "mal à l'aise": lors du concert de 82, une partie du public est hostile à Stevie Ray (qui reste irréprochable)et on sent qu'il en souffre. Celui de 85 nous montre un SRV métamorphosé physiquement, avec un visage bouffi par les excès, mais une émotion et un feeling toujours au rendez-vous, avec des moments où on voit qu'il est heureux de jouer (en rédigeant ce mot, je regarde sur une moitié de mon écran Tin Pan Alley avec comme seconde guitare Johnny Copeland, un régal). Bref, près de 2 H 15 de bonheur. J'ai aussi Live At The Mocambo, un autre concert, plus intime, un son différent (j'aime particulièrement Lenny), une leçon de guitare blues!

Als Stevie Ray Vaughan mit seiner Band 1982 als einzigste Band ohne Plattenvertrag zum Montreaux Jazz-Festival eingeladen wurde, ahnte wohl kaum jemand, dass dieser Auftritt den Wendepunkt in Stevie's Karriere bedeuten würde: vom texanischen Local-Hero zum Weltstar.Dennoch verlief zuerst alles anders als erwartet: Stevie's Tour-de-Force auf seiner Strat schien den Bluespuristen wohl nicht authentisch und roots-orientiert genug und quittierten bereits nach dem Opener-Medley von "Rude Mood" und "Hideaway" seine Performance mit "Buuh"-Rufen.Stevie gibt alles, aber selbst bei seinen eindrucksvollsten Titeln wie z.B. dem Slowblues "Texas Flood", scheint es, als sei er bereits in Ungnade gefallen und habe keine Chance mehr auf "Wiedergutmachung". Tja, wie das Leben so spielt: für "Texas Flood" gab's im darauffolgenden Jahr einen Grammy für die beste Live-Performance. Da macht es auch nichts, wenn das Tempo innerhalb des Titels dramatisch schwankt.Vollkommen frustriert verläßt Stevie nach dem Set die Bühne.Was aber zuerst als Fehlschlag anmutete, war für Stevie im Nachhinein ein Volltreffer, denn er lernte in Montreaux David Bowie und Jackson Browne kennen.Bowie wollte Stevie für seine Welt-Tournee verpflichten und lud ihn ein, um für sein "Let's Dance"-Album Soli einzuspielen. Jackson Browne stellte Stevie und seiner Band sein Studio zur Verfügung.Da Stevie wohl nicht der geborene Sideman ist und er sein eigenes Ding machen wollte, lehnte er Bowies Angebot ab, spielte aber dennoch auf seinem Album das berühmte "Let's Dance"-Solo ein.Durch Jackson Browne's Hilfe konnte Stevie jetzt endlich ein richtiges Album einspielen. Sein Erstlingswerk "Texas Flood"...Alles weitere ist Geschichte.Drei Jahre später (1985) war Stevie bereits ein Star und hatte 2 weitere Alben eingespielt. Zusammen mit Reese Wynans an den Keyboards wurde die Formation abermals nach Montreaux eingeladen - dieses Mal aber mit anderen Vorzeichen:sie wurden empfangen wie Stars (waren als Headliner gebucht) und nach jedem Titel gefeiert. Stevie war wesentlich selbstbewußter in seinem Auftreten und hatte noch einen Kollegen aus Texas im Gepäck: "The Texas Twister" - Johnny Copeland, der auf zwei Titeln zu hören ist. Leider versaut er bei "Tin Pan Alley" - einem Moll-Blues - die mollige Stimmung dadurch, dass er permanent in Dur spielt, bis ihn Tommy Shannon darauf aufmerksam macht (hat der Mann überhaupt Ohren im Kopf?).Hier bekommt Ihr eine Doppel-DVD mit superber Bild- und Soundqualität. Lediglich beim zweiten Konzert geht die Orgel manchmal etwas unter, was aber dem Spass keinen Abbruch tut.Diese DVD ist Pflichtprogramm für alle Stevie- und Bluesgitarrenfreaks!!!

Well, first of all, the 1985 Montreux show is very good. The fact that several of the '85 cuts were released back in '86 on the "Live Alive" album is a bit of a drawback, but the performance itself is flawless. Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band perform superbly throughout the set, resulting in magnificent renditions of "Tin Pan Alley", "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love" and several more.But the 1982 show is the real revelation here. I have heard all the official live albums by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, and this magnificent performance outdoes them all.It is somewhat unpleasant to hear the crowd's reaction (unlike the 1985 show, Vaughan was met with indifference and even hostility when he first performed in Montreux), but the music is white-hot.Opening with two instrumentals, Freddie King's "Hide Away" and his own "Rude Mood", Stevie Ray Vaughan plays some of the very best and bluesist guitar you'll ever hear, particularly on a smouldering ten-minute version of "Texas Flood".He was sometimes accused of playing ten notes when three would have done the job, but that accusation certainly doesn't hold up on these fabulous recordings.Also, his vocal performance is superb. He rocks on "Give Me Back My Wig" and growls menacingly on "Dirty Pool", and the production is excellent. Sometimes a live album will suffer from the vocals being too low in the mix, but here the mixing is perfect. And Vaughan's playing on "Pride And Joy" and "Love Struck Baby" makes it hard to believe there was only one guitar player present.This is one of the very best live blues and blues-rock albums I have ever heard, and if you like the genre you can't go wrong with "Live in Montreux".

Well, first of all, the 1985 Montreux show is very good. The fact that several of the '85 cuts were released back in '86 on the "Live Alive" album is a bit of a drawback, but the music is excellent. Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band perform superbly throughout the set, resulting in magnificent renditions of "Texas Flood", "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love" and several more.Shemekia's dad, guitarist Johnny Copeland, lends a hand on the awesome 12-minute "Tin Pan Alley", and there is some amazing guitar playing on this 76-minute set. Copeland actually appeared on two more songs, including a great rendition of "Cold Shot", but those have been cut in order to keep the 1985 concert on one disc. You can hear it, and "Look At Little Sister", on the 2004 DVD issue of these two shows.But the 1982 show is the real revelation here. I have heard all the official live albums by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, and this magnificent performance outdoes them all.It is somewhat unpleasant to hear the crowd booing, apparently because of problems with the PA speakers rather than as a reaction to SRV and his band, but still... The music is white-hot, though.Opening with two instrumentals, Freddie King's "Hide Away" and his own "Rude Mood", Stevie Ray Vaughan plays some of the very best and bluesist guitar you'll ever hear, particularly on a smouldering ten-minute version of "Texas Flood".He was sometimes accused of playing ten notes when three would have done the job, but that accusation certainly doesn't hold up on these fabulous recordings.Also, his vocal performance is superb. He rocks on "Give Me Back My Wig" and growls menacingly on "Dirty Pool", and the production is excellent. Sometimes a live album will suffer from the vocals being too low in the mix, but here the mixing is perfect. And Vaughan's playing on "Pride And Joy" and "Love Struck Baby" makes it hard to believe there was only one guitar player present.This is one of the very best live blues and blues-rock albums I have ever heard, and if you like the genre you can't go wrong with "Live in Montreux".

This album is very good. He is a very good guitarist. His guitar sounds very different. In this concert he plays well. But his blues kinda turn into rockblues. The blues are hard. But it's ok. They are not that hard. I recomend it.

This recent 2 disk set is another great live release from the vaults by Legacy. The first disk contains Stevie Ray Vaughan's first appearance at the Montreux Festival in 1982. The second disk contains a later appearance at the festival in 1985. The set contains nineteen tracks (The songs "Pride And Joy" and "Texas Flood" appear on both disks). The first disk contains an interesting set list with the inclusion of some rarely played (by Vaughan) covers of Freddie King's "Hide Away", Hound Dog Taylor's "Give Me Back My Wig" and Albert Collins' "Collin's Shuffle". The set while short (approximately 42 minutes) provided fans and musicians alike a preview of what Stevie Ray Vaughan was about. He was unsigned at the time of this first performance and while he wasn't a hit with all the fans (some even booed him), he gained the respect of musicians like David Bowie and Jackson Browne who attended this show. The musicians enabled Vaughan to further his career by inviting him to guest on an album (David Bowie) and allowing him free studio time to record what would eventually become his first album (Jackson Browne). Stevie's playing was already developed by this time and is highlighted on the Grammy nominated "Texas Flood" from the "Blues Explosion" compilation album of this festival. Vaughan's slide playing is spotlighted on the aforementioned "Give Me Back My Wig".The second disk adds organist Reese Wynans to the band to flesh out the sound. The 1985 set is longer and contains the rare cover "Gone Home". Other highlights include the smokin' instrumental openers "Scuttle Buttin'" and "Say What!" Other notable cuts include the touching "Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love" and a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" which also contains bits of Hendrix's "Power Of Soul". Follow bluesman Johnny Copeland shares duties with Vaughan on the epic slow blues "Tin Pan Alley".It is great to have both of these shows together to compare Stevie's evolution as a player during the three year interval. A drawback for some purchasers may be the fact that 8 of these nineteen cuts are previously released on various other Vaughan disks. Five of the eleven cuts from the 1985 show appear on Vaughan's "Live Alive" disk. It is interesting to compare that live disk with this one. I purchased "Live Alive" when it was first released and it was the first Stevie Ray Vaughan disk I bought. While I miss cuts like "Cold Shot" "Willie The Wimp" "Look At Little Sister" and the covers of "Superstition" and "I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime", it is great to have a copy of rarely played numbers like "Hide Away", "Give Me Back My Wig", "Collin's Shuffle", and "Gone Home." This set also provides a contrast to the "Live At Carnegie Hall" disk with the many guest musicians and horn section. "Live At Montreux 1982 & 1985" shows the evolution of the stripped down trio or quartet versions of Double Trouble sans horn section and guests. This new set also presents the songs within the context of the actual concert set list rather than the more piecemeal approach of "Live Alive". Despite the fact that many of the cuts are previously released this set provides a good addition to Stevie Ray Vaughan's legacy.