Whisky a Go-Go Revisited/I Know You Wanna Dance [Import, Original recording remastered]

Johnny Rivers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bgo
• ASIN: B000A7PP6W
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,039 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Snake

2. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

3. You Must Believe

4. Uptight (Everything's Alright)

5. Respect

6. In the Midnight Hour

7. Secret Agent Man [From the CBS TV Show "Secret Agent"]

8. Every Day I Have to Cry

9. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

10. Foolkiller

11. Run for Your Life

12. You Dig

13. C.C. Rider/Got My Mojo Working

14. Sunny

15. It's Too Late

16. A Hard Day's Night

17. When a Man Loves a Woman

18. John Lee Hooker

Editorial Reviews

More 60's Johnny Rivers, featuring versions of well-known songs with the Johnny Rivers stamp. Whisky A Go-Go Revisited features the legendary John Lee Hooker. The other album on this 2-on-1 CD is called And I Know You Wanna Dance. Remastered, slip-cased & with extensive notes. BGO. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great, but a few catches., January 3, 2006

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AnotherMusicExpert (Duluth, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whisky a Go-Go Revisited/I Know You Wanna Dance (Audio CD)

BGO has been wonderful about releasing all Johnny Rivers' LPs in 2-for-1 style. This was a surprise to see released, and a welcome one too, but a few things should be noted.

"And I Know You Wanna Dance" is in MONO, for some reason the stereo tapes were not used, and "Revisited" masters were obviously in rough shape as there are warbles and drop-outs throughout that section of the CD. Large booklet enclosed, but nothing in detail about these 2 albums, more of a JR bio.

The CD came with a wrap around it, simply the CD artwork, same as on the inserts. Perhaps they could have skipped this and lowered the price of the CD a bit more, accordingly.

Minor complaints aside...I'm still thrilled to have it in my collection.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music: 5; Sound: 2,5, January 25, 2008

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Leonardo A. C. Alencar "Leonardo Conde" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whisky a Go-Go Revisited/I Know You Wanna Dance (Audio CD)

Of all the 2x1 CDs from BGO this is the one I waited most. I think both titles are the best live albums by Johnny Rivers. But, unfortunally, the sound isn't that good...I have a mint vinyl copy of the stereo "And I Know You Wanna Dance" and the sound is gorgeous. OK, the mono version also sounds good, but why to choose mono when you have an available stereo version with good mixes. BGO told me that EMI (the owner of the masters) only had the mono master of this album. But if you have any collection that includes songs from this album you'll hear stereo versions. At least, this mono version bring us a bonus: a 6 minute version of the jam "You dig". I don't know how they got it, because the mono and the stereo LPs that I have this song has only 2 minutes...The sound of "Whisky a go-go Revisited" is a mystery to me. There are at least 4 masters available. 1)The CD "John Lee Hooker" released in Holland in, I think, 1990. This was dubbed from vinyl, but the sound hasn't drop-outs or inconstant volume, as it appears on the BGO source. 2) A French EMI CD 2x1 with this album coupled with "More Whisky a go-go" (a France only compilation). This master has the imperfections cited before and the song "CC Rider" is edited in the beginning (why?). 3) An italian version (I think it's a pirate CD) released few years ago with a poor sound, very muddy and with fade-outs in all of the tracks. 4) The Brazilian master; this master as never released on CD, but some of the songs were released in collections, and all of them has good sound, without the imperfections. It would be great if the complete brazilian master was released. The BGO CD was pressed with the French CD master, but with "CC Rider unedited in the beginning...All of these released are in stereo, but this album was also released in mono and it sounds very good. Instead of release of poor stereo master, It would be better if BGO had released the mono version...

But when it comes to the songs: GREAT ALBUM!!! BUY IT NOW!!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album - loaded with classic hits., January 18, 2007

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Serious Work - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Whisky a Go-Go Revisited/I Know You Wanna Dance (Audio CD)

I had the old 33 of "And I know you Wanna Dance..." album and bought this CD as soon as I heard about it. Just great...and lots of hits on it. Not as excited about the 2nd album on the CD. Rivers' version of I Can't Help Myself is a classic in my opinion and wish he did it on his tours - yes, he is still activly touring to sell out crowds. If you're a fan, or a new fan, buy it and enjoy a step back in time. If it was mono it didn't matter to me a bit.