Product Details

• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: ARHOOLIE
• VHS Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000001EG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #514,410 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent collection, February 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 60 Minutes With the King of Zydeco (Audio CD)

While the volume on this CD doesn't seem quite right, this is nonetheless an excellent collection by one of the all-time greats. Those who love zydeco should buy it...

5.0 out of 5 stars A "sound" collection of Chenier, August 4, 2011

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Ronald L. Levao "Ron" (Princeton, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 60 Minutes With the King of Zydeco (Audio CD)

This is a satisfying collection of Chenier's different styles, from uptempo dance numbers to slower blues. It's amusing hearing a Muddy Waters' riff on the accordion (one number sounds like "Sail On, My Little Honeybee")or a vocal that could have come off a Lightnin' Hopkins album (Hopkins was married to Chenier's cousin, I think). But his blues aren't his best feature; it's the infectious joy of dance tunes that make him special. I am mystified by the complaints over the sound (written, it appears, by the same patron at different times but unfortunately counted twice by Amazon and dragging down the rating.) The volume is quite adequate if not on head-banger level, and the fidelity perfectly clean, even on live numbers, so unless I have a different pressing (the catalogue number is the same), I'd say go ahead try this if you want a good survey of Chenier. I think it's more a 4- than 5-star album, but I want to correct the imbalance created by the improper double count of the unrealistic 1-star rating.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stinko recording volume, July 22, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: 60 Minutes With the King of Zydeco (Audio CD)

The volume on this CD is lower than on any other I own. Clifton is great, but don't play this with others, you'll be constantly adjusting the volume.

I twice wrote to Arloo the recording company - but they do not answer letters from unhappy customers.

I would not buy this cd or any from this company.