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Saints & Sinners/John Dawson Winter III

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Yahoo!! Isn't that enough of a review? No, well here's a quick one then. All the songs from the vinyl are here. The remastering sounds great. I always thought saints and sinners sounded too tinny with not much bottom end. It has been corrected on this bgo offering. Sure beats paying 85.00 dollars for a japanese non remastered pressing off ebay.

I bought this to get the complete John Dawson Winter III recording. If you are looking at this re-release and you liked JDW III 35 years ago when it was originally released, buy it now, you will still enjoy it, I did.

For those not sure what the hoopla is about, this 2fer contains the last two studio albums Johnny cut marking the end of his rock n roll superstar era studio recordings. Johnny would go on to release two additional live rock superstar recordings "Captured Live" and "Together" with brother Edgar and gang (now also available again). The point is John Dawson Winter III has not been available for decades.

This recording rocks, many of the songs are performed live on "Captured Live". This is a rock and roll CD about rock and roll with some blues stuff. Every song is excellent, "Self-Destructive Blues" and "Pick Up On My Mojo" are tunes that I had forgot about over the past 35 years that truly stand out.

The sound quality is good and this release of Saints and Sinners does sound better then the stand alone CD (I own it too).

If you liked Johnny in his Rock n Roll heyday, buy this CD, you will not be sorry.

This is another well put together twofer from BGO who seem to specialise in such things.
I've owned the mid 70's "rock" albums from Johnny Winter on vinyl since, well, the mid 70's and I was never able to locate a CD version of JDW111 until now. Together with the BGO twofer Still Alive and Well/Captured Live you will have this period in the career of one of the great guitar slingers of the 70's and beyond well and truly covered.
Soon after this period JW returned to his blues on numerous albums. This early 70's period however has long been a favourite of mine. These two albums contain a mixture of original tunes by Winter and some of the usual suspects including Rick Derringer, Dan Hartman and brother Edgar etc, and covers of various other artists material including Jager/Richards, and even John Lennon and Van Morrison
The booklet included with this disc is informative but hardly gushing in praise, which makes for an interesting read.
All in all I would say this disc is a recommended means of acquiring two strong albums in a good value package.

I first heard "JDW III" in 1974 on LP, and had been waiting for it on CD for a number of years only to find it had been deleted. So, I was pleased to find it via Amazon coupled with "Saints and Sinners" which I hadn't heard before. It sounds just as good now as it did then. I think S & S will grow on me, but for a good Rockin' album you can't beat JDW III.

Been a long time comin' for JDW III on CD... a buddy of mine played me the vinyl several times & it smokes! This dual release is brilliant & sounds good. These songs show a hard rockin' Johnny--listen to the stinging leads...from the blues to arena rock--it doesn't get much tighter or better! Play it loud...

You can always depend on a Johnny Winter album to deliver good rockin' blues. This combo deal on two albums, Saints & Sinners and John Dawson Winter III does not disappoint, it is filled with Johnny's brand of texas blues, along with a few different sounding tracks, one a bit funk/jazzy, and one surprising country flavored tune. Although these records seem a bit more commercial/radio friendly than other JW albums, I enjoy the variety here. A great CD for your car cd player.

Albums were remastered quite well, but the one I bought this set for was John Dawson Winter III, which for some reason had gone out of print. It is a solid rock and roll recording with some different styles, but as always, Johnny always plays that fiery guitar before the song is complete. Go, Johnny, Go!

I started searching for John Dawson Winter III on CD when I got my first CD player in 1985. It has long been my favorite Johnny Winter set, and one of my favorite albums, period. This is Johnny Winter at his rocking best. I never understood why it was not available on disc. Frankly, I gave up my search a few years ago. I was absolutely thrilled to stumble upon this at Amazon. I was placing my order within seconds of finding it.

The sound is good. I say that because I have been disappointed by the sound on some imports and remasters in the past. And getting Saints and Sinners on the same disc at one low price is a bonus.

Thank you BGO records!

The blues man himself in one of the best selections of music to be combined. Saint, and sinners combined with John dawson III. I've been for the John Dawson album for years and the import I purchased was a bad mistake I was hesitent on my next purchase, but glad I did the audio cross from analog to digital very well done and the saints and sinners was just a bonus.
I am a very happy camper with my purchase. Highly recommend amazon when looking for something special.
Thank you,
German Chocolate Chuck

I can't add much more then has already been said, JDW lll has always been I really liked,just a little different for JW, The booklet does not have any info about JDWlll,which is dissapointing,also there is no info on the extra track off Saints and Sinners disc, other then that this is a very good sounding disc.