Soul Vaccination: Live (Sl) [Super Audio CD - DSD, Live]

Tower Of Power | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2000)
• Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Super Audio CD - DSD, Live
• Label: Sony
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B00004YC0E
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,940 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Soul with a Capital 'S'

2. I Like Your Style

3. Soul Vaccination

4. Down to the Nightclub [Bump City]

5. Willin' to Learn

6. Souled Out

7. Diggin' on James Brown

8. (To Say the Least) You're the Most

9. You Strike My Main Nerve

10. Can't You See (You Doin' Me Wrong)

11. You Got to Funkifize

12. So Very Hard to Go

13. What Is Up

14. You're Still a Young Man

15. So I Got to Groove

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

"All I wanted to do was to get to Sacramento to play the topless bars," recalls tower of power founder and tenor saxophonist Emilio Castillo about his band's early days in the late '60s. Clearly, the funk horn ensemble has accomplished much more than that. A major influence on fusion and smooth jazz, the 10-piece band has recorded albums for Epic, Columbia, and Warner Bros. and continues to tour the summer jazz-festival circuit. Tower's new album, Soul Vaccination: Tower of Power Live, features 15 of the band's most popular songs as recorded during a 1998 world tour. Half of the tunes were recorded at the Fillmore in San Francisco, where the band performed frequently back in the day. However, Castillo remembers during Tower's first gig at the club, the fans really weren't sure what to expect. "There we were, all wearing velour shirts that were so worn out they had no more velour on them," he recalls. "When we brought the horns out on the stage, the entire audience started to walk out. Then we hit the first note of the James Brown tune 'Open the Door,' and it was as if everyone said, 'About face.' We started grooving as if our lives depended on it."

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A 30th Anniversary Live TOP Album, July 9, 2001

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Stephen M. Horvath "rhythmman" (Pottsville, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Vaccination: Live (Sl) (Audio CD)

Tower of Power celebrated their 30th anniversary with SOUL VACCINATION: TOWER OF POWER LIVE. The 15 tracks on this album span tunes from their second album, BUMP CITY, up until their last studio album of the 90's, RHYTHM & BUSINESS. From the first notes on Doc Kupka's bari sax on "Soul With A Capital 'S'" listeners can't help but dance. Classics such as "What is Hip," "Soul Vaccination" and "So Very Hard To Go" have changed over the years getting even funkier and fresher than ever. If you own the orignal albums your money will not be wasted on these newer versions of old tunes. Jesse McGuire's trumpet solo on "Willing to Learn" is one of the best trumpet solos that I've heard in any genre and I've seen many a trumpeter's jaw drop the first time that they hear that solo. My favorite song on the album would have to be "To Say The Least You're The Most." Doc's sax is even more prominent than the original recording! Overall, this is an album that should not be missing from any collection. If you've been thinking about buying a TOP album and don't know which one to get, this is the one. If you loved TOP in the past and want to know what they've been up to in the 90's, check this out. It's simply one of the best.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is not what I expected from an amazing new audioformat, August 5, 2001

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Coen van der Zee (Wieuwerd, Friesland Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Vaccination: Live (Sl) (Audio CD)

I own several cd,s that sound better than this sacd. Together with this one ,I also ordered Willy Nelson sacd, this is realy the best audio recording I ever heard. Better than lp,dts, 24bit dvdaudio. What went wrong with this sacd? It sounds sharp,not as far so dynamic as James Brown Live at the hal ..dtsdvd. Also it souns dull in the higherfrequencies overall a cold recording. I know this is a liverecording but they can sound good to. If you own a sacdplayer and want to try out this amazingsounding new format do not buy this one. Unless your a fan.

Greetings : Coen from The Netherlands.