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This review is for the SACD version of an established classic album. The remaster was good, this is better. Must have an SACD player to play this disc as Sony has so far only released single layer SACD discs while all the other lables releasing SACD material are dual layer and therefore backwards compatible. They will play in a regular cd player. But why would you want to. This SACD has a wider and much deeper sound stage. Snare and kick drum attacks here are very sharp and articulated. Midrange guitar notes punch you right in the stomach while Stevie's voice has incredible presence compared to the regular cd version. The slower, bluesy tracks including Stang's Twang really make you sit up and take note of the detailed sound this SACD offers. As Hound Dog Taylor and SRV said, "Give me back my wig and let your head go bald".

They broke the mold when SRV learned to play the guitar. Often imitated but NEVER DUPLICATED the world will miss SRV and his unique guitar stylings.

The "expert reviewer" of this CD was an unfortunate choice. There are plenty of music critics who have given Stevie Ray Vaughan high acclaim. This is an incredible recording and remains one of my favorites after all this time.

Stevie Raye Vaughn's music style is the most soul shaking of the blues . I love him and I am very sorry he is gone .

SRV outdid himself on this album. His rendition of Tin Pan Alley and Cold Shot are profound. All of the songs on this album are superb. Very intense.

I like a lot, this kind of music, S.R.V. was called, the white jimi hendrix of rock, both rest in peace.

I like it

Unbelievable! By far the best blues album I've ever heard. His guitar playing gives goosebumps and the strings cry and scream. Strike me down, but I like SRV's version of Voodoo Child better than original Jimi. He is a true showman of Texas Blues. Blues fans will NOT be disappointed.

If you don't know what the hoop-la about Stevie Ray Vaughan was all about, you will after you listen to this. It kicks in with Scuttle Buttin', a cheeky, breakneck instrumental that will leave the guitarists amongst you wondering how on earth he did that, and continues to surprise and impress as it bounces merrily along its way. Outstanding highlights are the thermonuclear take on Hendrix's Voodoo Chile (and there are NO tricks - keen viewers are invited to check out Stevie doing this live on the jaw dropping "El Mocambo" DVD), the pulsing railroad boogie of the title track and the swaggering blues stomp of Thangs That I Used To Do.

I have a fervent respect for those who, stooped in the idiom of the blues, solve all their problems by sending their women "back to mama" and playing their guitar as loud as they can, which Stevie Ray does with interest on all of his albums, but none more so than this. So that's a plus, too.

To my mind the second side fades a little bit on the first. While certainly propped up by the smouldering slow blues of Tin Pan Alley, the other tracks are more dispensible: Cold Shot and Honey Bee don't really develop the trademark sound the band set out in Texas Flood, and Stan's Swang might be clever, fiddly jazz, but it still sounds like elevator music to me.

Nevertheless, the first side is worth the price of admission alone, and the second is by no means discreditable.

His best studio effort to date, the title track is easily his best composition to date, a very funky version of Voodoo Chile, but unlike other reviewers, it is not better then Hendrix's version, SRV overall performance is excellent compared to his other albums. He sometimes lacks originality and comps other people's licks (Albert King and Hendrix).