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Boz Scaggs - Greatest Hits Live Audio CD

A fair review of the Boz Scaggs "Greatest Hits Live" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Boz Scaggs reviews here, or go back to the Boz Scaggs tabs.

Boz Scaggs Band: Boz Scaggs
Title: Greatest Hits Live
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Release Date: 2004-08-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Lowdown 2: Slow Dancer 3: Heart of Mine 4: It all Went Down the Drain 5: Harbor Lights 6: Jojo 7: Ask Me 'Bout Nothin' But Blues 8: Breakdown Dead Ahead 9: Look What You've Done to Me 10: I Just Go 11: Georgia 12: Miss Sun 13: Lido Shuffle 14: Runnin' Blue 15: Loan Me A Dime 16: We're All Alone

Boz - Better Than Ever
Well-recorded with a tight band at the Great American Music Hall. A stunning album. You will find all the usual hits that you seek. The biggest and most awesome surprise in on disc 2, a track entitled "Runnin' Blue". A full-blown big band blues tune, this will check the quality of your speakers and your ears, nearly a reference quality track, and from a live album at that. A super treat to listen to, put it on and rock. Very, very well done. Just fantastic!.


A surprising disappointment
As many artists will, Boz takes a new direction with most of the songs in these performances. Although I am a Boz Scaggs fan - I was surprised to find this set of CDs to be a disappointment. His interpretations are well outside the bounds what what I had expected. Unfortunately I don't think these new directions benefitted the recordings in most cases. Its a shame because I really do (otherwise) like his style.


A revelation
'Silk Degrees' is, of course, a classic, and everything he's done from 'Some Change' onwards has been terrific. I don't know why it is, but until recently I hadn't owned any live albums by Boz Scaggs. I recently bought the excellent remastered version of 'Silk Degrees', and was very impressed by the three live bonus tracks. This led me to buy this 2CD live set dating from 2004.

And I have to say it is a revelation. Scaggs and the band are far more jazz-flavoured live than on many of the studio albums. The five songs originating from 'Silk Degrees' are excellent, but a big surprise here was to find myself really liking some tracks I didn't particular enjoy in their original studio format.

The best tracks on Disc 1, for me, are 'It All Went Down the Drain' and 'Ask Me Bout Nothin But the Blues', though it should be stressed that the overall quality is remarkably consistent. The second disc is even better than the first. 'Runnin Blue' is an excellent eleven-minute epic, and my favourite track of the lot is 'Loan Me A Dime' - the studio version (with the legendary Duane Allman on guitar) is a very hard act to follow, but Boz and the band deliver an excellent (and even longer -almost sixteen minute) version of the song here.

Throughout this live set, Scaggs and the band are on top form. I particularly liked Drew Zingg's guitar work, and the trumpet and sax contributions, too, work really well. All in all, a real top-flight album. I can't recommend it too strongly! .


Boz Scaggs Greatest

It was a great concert and this CD brought it all back. The week before I bought this item I attended his concert. Have listened to it often and it is his greatest hits. Well worth the cost.


PERFECT AND PERFECT....
Now I've bought the CD to listen it in my car, in my house in everywhere I go. I've firstly bought the DVD. It's a CD for listening all through the day. I was impressed by the quality and talent of Boz and his Band in the DVD and I continue it in this fantastic double CD. It's the best performance live I've already seen. Boz is in his best performance, the Band is perfect, the quality of recording is also perfect. All in all, everything is perfect. Even if you don't know Boz Scaggs, you'll be very satisfied buying this cd. Absolutelly Perfect!.


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