I had heard about this last week and immediately ordered it via Amazon. It showed up today and I have just finished watching it all. There is also some cool voice commentary overlay on the show as an extra from Cropper, Wayne Jackson and Rob Bowman. Let me tell you this is one incredible piece of music history. Booker T and the band, The Mar-Keys horn section, Arthur Conley, Eddie Floyd, Sam and Dave, OTIS!All this filmed in Oslo 1967. Great sound, excellent camera work. This is so exciting its scary. What a sound ALL those guys could make! This one is really for the ages and ALL Stones fans or music lovers need to get this. Buy it and crank up that sound system. Gonna make you smile, laugh, and cry with joy. This is music that moves you. Hard to believe how good Booker T and MG's were as a band. Jackson and Dunn could lay it down like no one else. All of these vocalists gave it 100%. They didn't call it soul music for nothing. Had to post this pronto. I am simply knocked out by this DVD.

Hey Rockman, we gotta get you a copy of this. It's like the Stones. You just don't wanna sit down.

Awwww geee ruley.... I hate to spoil ya gift but....5-6 down

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Its on my list.

There's a great tour of the old STAX recording studio if ever in Memphis...be sure to look it up!

Awsome DVD - Sam & Dave and Otis totally tear it up!

The Otis: Dreams To Rememeber doc is great, too.

As is Respect Yourself (the Stax doc).

All 3 DVDs arrived together from amazon last week. I've been on a Stax binge ever since.

kovach Wrote:
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> There's a great tour of the old STAX recording
> studio if ever in Memphis...be sure to look it up!


I totally agree. I went to Memphis and saw this place and Sun the same day (missed the Gibson factory there, though). I gotta say Stax was much better of a tour, such a great place.

The Gibson museum is very cool. I didn't do the tour, but I very much thought the museum was worth the time. Check it out next time. I didn't get over to Stax to visit, but got a cab ride past the old site. Memphis is a fine town and should be on the must do list for music fans.

filstan Wrote:
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> The Gibson museum is very cool. I didn't do the
> tour, but I very much thought the museum was worth
> the time. Check it out next time. I didn't get
> over to Stax to visit, but got a cab ride past the
> old site. Memphis is a fine town and should be on
> the must do list for music fans.


You must be talking about the Rock & Soul Museum inside the Gibson guitar plan. Yes, it is a good short overview of the whole music scene around Memphis, covering STAX, Sun, Hi, all the performers like Elvis, BB King, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee, etc.

filstan Wrote:
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> I had heard about this last week and immediately
> ordered it via Amazon. It showed up today and I
> have just finished watching it all. There is also
> some cool voice commentary overlay on the show as
> an extra from Cropper, Wayne Jackson and Rob
> Bowman. Let me tell you this is one incredible
> piece of music history. Booker T and the band, The
> Mar-Keys horn section, Arthur Conley, Eddie Floyd,
> Sam and Dave, OTIS!All this filmed in Oslo 1967.
> Great sound, excellent camera work. This is so
> exciting its scary. What a sound ALL those guys
> could make! This one is really for the ages and
> ALL Stones fans or music lovers need to get this.
> Buy it and crank up that sound system. Gonna make
> you smile, laugh, and cry with joy. This is music
> that moves you. Hard to believe how good Booker T
> and MG's were as a band. Jackson and Dunn could
> lay it down like no one else. All of these
> vocalists gave it 100%. They didn't call it soul
> music for nothing. Had to post this pronto. I am
> simply knocked out by this DVD.

Saw this as a bootleg years and years ago. It is absolutely fantastic. So glad it's finally getting an official release - thanks for the heads-up, filstan.

Well alright...

Must get this, and yes Memphis is an absolute MUST for all real music fans.

All this and Elvis and BBQ and Civil Rights history too.

Had a blast there early December 2005, crossing the pond to see our fav band, a big hello to all Glimmers.

kovach Wrote:
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> There's a great tour of the old STAX recording
> studio if ever in Memphis...be sure to look it up!


Stax was actually torn down in the eighties and recently rebuilt.

Their website is pretty cool, lots of info: [www.soulsvilleusa.com]