Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - The Soul Years

Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - The Soul Years


Starring:James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Ike & Tina Turner, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin
Studio: Standing Room Only
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Easily the best of the five discs packaged together in host Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine Boxed Set, The Soul Years features riveting performances by some of immortal black musicians who helped define the decade of the 1960s. Taking nothing away from their rock & roll contemporaries, the fact is that many of the soul and R&B artists of that era (along with their musicians, producers, and songwriters) were more experienced, more professional, and simply more entertaining than their rock counterparts. The live turns by the likes of Aretha Franklin (a febrile "Respect"), Otis Redding ("Try a Little Tenderness," recorded not long before his death in a '67 plane crash), Ike and Tina Turner ("River Deep, Mountain High"), and James Brown (check out the Godfather of Soul's dancing on "I Feel Good"), among others, are galvanizing and charismatic. Even lip-synced numbers by (Little) Stevie Wonder and the Temptations have their charm, as do some brief interview excerpts (Brown in the early '80s: "I'm 54 now... hope I don't look it... but I feel good!"). At 42 minutes, there isn't enough of this stuff--but what there is is great. --Sam Graham
Description
In the mid-sixties, a smoother style of Rhythm & Blues emerged to take the music world by storm. From the catchy tunes of Motown, to the gritty sounds of Stax, Soul music became the sound of the times. Includes full song performances of I Feel Good/ James Brown, Try A Little Tenderness/ Otis Redding, Respect/ Aretha Franklin, My Girl/ The Temptations, Stand By Me/Ben E. King, Fingertips/ Stevie Wonder, River Deep Mountain High/Ike &Tina Turner, Hold On I'm Coming/Sam & Dave, When A Man Loves A Woman/Percy Sledge.
Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - The Soul Years
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • Total waste of money
  • Great for what it is
 Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - The Soul Years
Starring: James Brown , Stevie Wonder , Ike & Tina Turner , The Temptations , and Aretha Franklin
Manufacturer: Standing Room Only
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0001I54MK
Release Date: 2004-04-27

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Easily the best of the five discs packaged together in host Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine Boxed Set, The Soul Years features riveting performances by some of immortal black musicians who helped define the decade of the 1960s. Taking nothing away from their rock & roll contemporaries, the fact is that many of the soul and R&B artists of that era (along with their musicians, producers, and songwriters) were more experienced, more professional, and simply more entertaining than their rock counterparts. The live turns by the likes of Aretha Franklin (a febrile "Respect"), Otis Redding ("Try a Little Tenderness," recorded not long before his death in a '67 plane crash), Ike and Tina Turner ("River Deep, Mountain High"), and James Brown (check out the Godfather of Soul's dancing on "I Feel Good"), among others, are galvanizing and charismatic. Even lip-synced numbers by (Little) Stevie Wonder and the Temptations have their charm, as do some brief interview excerpts (Brown in the early '80s: "I'm 54 now... hope I don't look it... but I feel good!"). At 42 minutes, there isn't enough of this stuff--but what there is is great. --Sam Graham

Description

In the mid-sixties, a smoother style of Rhythm & Blues emerged to take the music world by storm. From the catchy tunes of Motown, to the gritty sounds of Stax, Soul music became the sound of the times. Includes full song performances of I Feel Good/ James Brown, Try A Little Tenderness/ Otis Redding, Respect/ Aretha Franklin, My Girl/ The Temptations, Stand By Me/Ben E. King, Fingertips/ Stevie Wonder, River Deep Mountain High/Ike &Tina Turner, Hold On I'm Coming/Sam & Dave, When A Man Loves A Woman/Percy Sledge.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Total waste of money.......2007-01-01

I had so looked forward to receiving this as I was 16 when all this stuff was happening and dearly love all this music. This DVD is atrocious. Grainy black and white images of mostly lip synched performances, but the worst part is the sound. Terrible, like badly compressed AM radio sound. I have a good stereo rig and was not expecting audiophile quality, just hoping it would be close to CD quality. It is not. We could not even sit through the whole disc without skipping ahead hoping at least a couple songs would be worthwhile. They weren't. Don't be fooled by the 5.1 surround, it is just surround of the same terrible sound as the stereo channels. I cannot believe they released this, it is pure rip off.

4 out of 5 stars Great for what it is.......2004-08-04

Sadly, DVD's of classic Soul performances in their prime years (1950s to the mid 70s) are very scarce. Ed Sullivan's DVD on the subject,a few documentaries on the major players with incomplete performances, and this are about the only domestic non-bootlegs that are currently available.

That said, it consists of lip-synched (although in the case of Otis, Aretha, and Sam & Dave it's hard to tell) performances of some of the major players from the 1960s. While it ain't exactly Shindig! or stuff done live at the Apollo, it's still a lot of fun. Little Stevie Wonder does an interesting performance of "Fingertips" for some really cute inner-city cheerleaders circa 1963 (watching this clip as a child made me want to play the harmonica in the first place). James Brown does some slick moves in "I Feel Good" while Sam and dave do a rocking sanctified church performance of "Hold On, I'm Coming." Ike and Tina do an interesting version of "River Deep,Mountain High" which combines their version with the Supremes/4Tops remake. Check out Aretha getting the "Holy Ghost" (hardcore Soul and Gospel fans will know what I mean) during "Respect." Overlall, it'll make you shake a tail feather.

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