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My Music: Superstars of Seventies Soul Live

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Once again, another enjoyable concert from PBS. This event took place in November 2003 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Great line-up of artists with hits scanning years throughout the 70's. The Philadelphia sound is well represented here:

* The Stylistics (WITHOUT the GREAT Russell Thompkins, Jr. who was replaced by the much younger Harold "Eban" Brown who does a stand-out job and sounds incredibly identical).
* The Chi-Lites (WITH Eugene Record who died on July 22, 2005 after a battle with cancer).
* Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (WITHOUT of course, the GREAT Teddy Pendergrass on lead).

My personal highlight was a wonderful performance by George McRae (flying in from Amsterdam for the concert) singing his classic "Rock Your Baby". He doesn't disappoint. British Soul artist Maxine Nightingale is in top form singing "Right Back Where We Started From".

The others do a stand-out job and are very enthusiastic in their performances. It's all presented in 5.1 audio, 94 minutes long and 21 great tracks of fun.

Audio: 5 stars
Video: 5 stars
Performances: 4.5 stars

Yes this is another of those great PBS specials.Great to have this once in a lifetime concert on DVD.I believe there is a part two or another installment pending,I for one can't wait!All soul fans and lovers of real music should purchase this.
A few weeks ago this was changing hands for three times the price.Buy it now before it disappears and becomes a collectable item!God Bless PBS,Keep up these quality shows.
If only the BBC and other stations could put together such shows.
Highlights for me are Chi-Lites Feat Eugene Record,Manhattans,Bloodstone,Commodores McFadden & Whitehead,Geoge McCrae and Tavares.How do you top these acts? With the loss of so many soul artists this year these shows are an important lasting legacy.

great music,great artists and this is all about philadelphia superstars of the 70's.pbs has already released "rythm,love&soul which is according to me could be motown superstars of the 70's in as much as i rate "superstars of 70's soul" as philly groups and also "soul comes home" as stax.pbs must continue to keep up a good,and the likes of the whispers,o'jays and many more is needed.god bless pbs.

If you love 70s music this is an absolute must have! Bloodstone sounds better than ever! The ChiLites sound great! The Intruders sound fantastic! George McRae will also impress you! This is the best DVD concert PBS ever put out, don't miss out on this great concert, order it today!

THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE BEST LIVE 70S CONCERTS EVER.THE ENERGY WAS UNREAL.ALL THE LOVE.A REAL FEEL GOOD CONCERT..THIS IS PART ONE OF TWO...BOTH ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH PBS. PART TWO HOPEFULLY WILL BE RELEASED,IN THE NEAR FUTURE.5 STAR HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.A MUST TO OWN.

My favorite performance was by The Chi-Lites with the one time reunion of their original lead singer, Eugene Record. 2 years before his death and already looking a bit frail, Eugene suprised me with his potent and clear voice. He really impressed me. God bless his soul. I also loved Bloodstone with " Natural High ". Their original falsetto lead singer sounded sweet & clear just like in 1973. Heatwave also sounded very, very good. The rest of the performers like Patti LaBelle, The Emotions The Manhattans, etc.. sounded pretty good. Me being a Stylistics fan from the beginning, I missed their original singer, Russell Thompkins jr.. It just wasn't the same without him. While their new falsetto lead singer might have a bit more range, he just doesn't have the " Style " of Russell Thompkins jr.. He ( Russell ) will always be Mr. Stylistics.

Fantastic concert. This is the best soul collection ever in DVD. The video and sound quality are amazing. Buy it now.

The other reviewers have summed it up nicely - this is a quality, fun, and thoroughly entertaining DVD! Get this with "Old School Soul Party" and you'll have the ultimate collection of 70s soul hits!

this is just another reason why 70's soul was so Beautiful&Special. you could truly feel the love from the stage to the Audience. I want to say RIP to all he Greats who have since passed since this special aired. the music,feeling&overall Warmth was felt during this special.

This CD is great. It's like reliving the seventies again. I would recommend this one to all 'old school' soul lovers.