Release Date: 21 November, 2000
Audio CD
Tracks
- Thunderbird [#] - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- I'm Cryin' [#]
- You're Gonna Miss Me Baby [#]
- They Call Me Guitar Hurricane [Live]
- All Your Love (I Miss Loving) [Live]
- Come on, Pt. 3 [#]
- Letter to My Girlfriend [#]
- Lenny [#]
- Don't Lose Your Cool [Live][#]
- Crosscut Saw [Live][#]
- Manic Depression [Live][#]
- Texas Flood [Live]
- Collins' Shuffle [Live][#]
- Pride and Joy
- Love Struck Baby [Live][#]
- Hug You, Squeeze You [Live]
- Don't Stop by the Creek, Son - Johnny Copeland
- Ask Me No Questions - Albert King
- Scuttle Buttin'
- Couldn't Stand the Weather
- Empty Arms
- Little Wing/Third Stone From the Sun [Live][#]
- If You Have to Know - Lonnie Mack
- These Blues Is Killing Me - A.C. Reed
- Boilermaker [#]
- Change It
- Shake 'N Bake [#]
- Mary Had a Little Lamb [Live]
- I'm Leavin' You (Commit a Crime) [Live][#]
- Rude Mood/Pipeline [Live][#]
- Sky Is Crying [Live][#] - Jimmie Vaughan
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [Live][#]
- Lookin' Out the Window [Live][#]
- Look at Little Sister [Live][#]
- Willie the Wimp [Live][#]
- House Is Rockin'
- Crossfire [Live][#]
- Wall of Denial
- Dirty Pool [#] - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Going Down [Live][#] - Jeff Beck
- Rude Mood [Live][#] - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Pride and Joy [Live] - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Testify [Live][#] - Stevie Ray Vaughan
- Long Way From Home - Vaughan Brothers
- Tightrope [Live][#]
- Cold Shot [Live][#]
- Things (That) I Used to Do [Live]
- Let Me Love You Baby [Live]
- Leave My Girl Alone [Live]
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Rating 4.5
A model box setThis exceptional box set, which comes with a large, well-illustrated and well-written booklet enclosed in a "book binding" which holds all four discs, is one of the best of its kind. "SRV" doesn't just feature the hits, but, like a good box set should, it genuinely adds to the legacy of Stevie Ray Vaughan, featuring literally dozens of previously unreleased live recordings, alternates and outtakes.
"SRV" includes three compact discs with almost four hours of music, and one DVD EP which contains six previously unissued songs from the 1989 Austin City Limits show, in Dolby stereo and surround mixes, and with interactive menus.
The music on the three CDs span 1977-1990, and includes instrumentals, cover versions, and originals, showcasing both Stevie Ray the bluesman and Stevie Ray the rock singer. Almost all of his best songs are here, including "I'm Cryin'", "Pride And Joy" (live and studio versions), "Empty Arms", "Cold Shot", "Dirty Pool", "Love Struck Baby", and a superb live rendition of "Texas Flood". And "Look At Little Sister" is here, too - both on CD III and on the DVD. In fact, the only really significant omission is Vaughan's rendition of Doyle Bramhall's "Life By The Drop".
The band's excellent 1980 recording of Otis Rush's hit "All Your Love (I Miss Lovin')", from the album "In The Beginning", is also here (magnificent, syncopated drumming by Chris Layton), as is Vaughan's reading of Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Child". And the rare or previously unavailable cuts include Albert King's "Crosscut Saw", "Hug You, Squeeze You", the outtakes "Boilermaker" and "Shake 'N Bake", and the funky, piano-driven "Don't Stop By The Creek, Son", where Stevie Ray acts as a sideman to Johnny Copeland.
This is a rare thing - a box sets which both manages to include (almost) all the artist's best material, and add something new and genuinely interesting even to those fans who already own all the artist's previously released albums.
Magnificent!Who is it for??Its sometimes hard to understand record companies. Who is the customer that this is targeted for? If its for the SRV fans, we already have all the albums, so there is no need to add cuts from the studio albums we already have. If it is for the casual fan, the recording quality of some of the live cuts will scare some people away, since some of the live cuts have a bootleg quality that appeals basically to the SRV fans mainly. The packaging is beautiful, the box is really thick, they went the extra mile. The booklet is very well done also. The DVD is way too short, considering that you are being charged for it full price, it was not thrown as a bonus. It is very good, but it could have been better.An audio memoryBittersweet for those us who remember the nights at Antone's and his last concert in Austin, when we didn't know it would BE the last. I'll never forget the day we lost him, and think of him every time I go home to Austin. Stevie Ray lives in his music, and our memories. Rest in Peace, man. |
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