Live! Simply the Best [Live]

Track Listings

1. Breakaway

2. Time Is on My Side

3. Hip Shakin' Mama

4. That's What Love Is All About

5. Thinking of You

6. I Needed Somebody

7. Medley: I've Been Loving You Too Long/Please Please Please

8. Hittin' on Nothin'

9. It's Raining

10. Second Line Medley: I Done Got over/Iko Iko/Hey Pocky Way

11. Wish Someone Would Care

12. You Can Have My Husband

13. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)

14. Simply the Best

Live! Simply the Best,Irma Thomas,Rounder / Pgd,Blues Music,New Orleans R&B,Pop,R&B,Soul

Tracks:

Breakaway
Time Is On My Side
Hip Shakin' Mama
That's What Love Is All About
Thinking Of You
I Needed Somebody
I've Been Loving You Too Long/Please...
Hittin' On Nothin'
It's Raining
I've Done Got Over/Iko Iko/Hey Pocky Way
Wish Someone Would Care
You Can Have My Husband
Oh Me Oh My(I'm A Fool For You)
Simply The Best

Customer Reviews:

Great live performance.......2006-10-12

This is one of the few "live in concert" recordings that really lives up to its name. Usually, the sound quality is extremely poor, or the artist gives short shrift to their old material, instead choosing to showcase whatever newer material they're promoting at the time. On this CD, the sound quality's very good, and Irma performs lots of her older songs that her fans love.

Really strong set from an underappreciated artist.......2006-06-28

If you listen to mainstream radio, you've probably never heard of Irma Thomas. What a mistake radio has made ignoring her work all these years! She's probably best known for her song "Time Is On my Side" which the Rolling stones made very famous and a fine version is on this CD.
Really the entire set is very good and this is an artist deserving of a huge audience. It's so much better than 90% of what you hear on the radio. There's real talent here- enjoy.

fantastic fun.......2006-01-17

Yes, Irma's timbre & voice have darkened somewhat since the '60's-- but I think the
husky quality is incorporated well. And while yes it's live so sound isn't completely pristine, it's till very good IMO. Most importantly they run through a whole host of
her most famous material and she just does it great! Very entertaining-- superb artist! If you want a more ballad side of the mature Irma, check out too her underated
"True Believer" album

OUR HOMETOWN GIRL.......2003-04-28

Irma's rendition of "It's Raining" is worth the price of the entire CD. I've always liked her friendly, smoky voice and the selection of songs is pretty good too, especially the aforementioned "It's Raining" and the too-funny "You Can Have My Husband (But Please Don't Take My Man)."

Huge disappointment........2002-10-22

Lousy sound quality. Irma has strained her voice beyond recognition. Irma should give her voice a rest and recover her famous timbre. Musically Irma is wonderful, but she is going the way of Maria Callas.

Average customer rating:

Funk Is It's Own Reward
Bootsy at his Best ! ! !

Live in Louisville 1978
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Manufacturer: Simply the Best
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005RTRP
Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

Intro-Maceo
Bootsy? (What's The Name Of This Town)
Rubber Duckie
Psychoticbumpschool
Pinnochio Theory
Hollywood Squares
Roto-Rooter
Very Yes
Can't Stay Away
Stretchin' Out (In A Rubber Band)
I'd Rather Be With You
Rah The Name Is Bootsy, Baby
Bootzilla

Customer Reviews:

Funk Is It's Own Reward.......2002-09-04

Bootsy Collins.....One of the greatest bass players of all time does an exceptional job on this rare import. The cuts were taken directly from the GMBC's Music Archives 0f 78'....Live and direct from the mixing board.

Most of the tracks were from Bootsy's 1978 album "Bootsy...Player Of The Year?" with the same band members...Bootsy,P-Nut,Maceo,Frankie Kash Waddy,Fred "JB" Wesley,Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson,Rick Gardner,Richard "Kush" Griffith,Gary "Mudbone" Cooper & Bootsy's big brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins. The cuts "What's The Name Of This Town","Hollywood Squares","Roto-Rooter","Bootzilla" & "Very Yes" are all here! There are also a number of other hits that were equally satisfying.

Let me be honest about my rating.....I would have given this album a 3-4 star rating ONLY because I am NOT a big fan of live albums but I just had to give it a 5 after hearing how great Bootsy's Space Bass sounds live. If you have never heard anything else live by this band or seen a concert, This will definately satisfy your hunger for raw,live funk/soul.

I scoured the planet trying to locate this disc and once I listened I was hooked! Like I said I don't really care much for live albums but something about this one just magnetizes your senses.

I have loved Bootsy's playing ever since he was with The Godfather James Brown & The JB's on through to his Parliament/Funkadelic thang. Great player of that thing called a Bass. His playing ranks up there with the best of them....."Larry Graham,Mr.Mark from Slave (extremely under-rated) and a few other well known but underated bassists.

Cop this disc if you love funk, Player Of The Year or any of Bootsy's stuff. Well worth every penny.

Peace

Bootsy at his Best ! ! !.......2002-04-26

Bootsy might have been the bad boy of the JB's (supposedly James Brown fired him because he dropped some acid one night and ran off the stage thinking his bass turned into snake...), but when it came to P-Funk, Bootsy sho'nuff had it together... There's a tightness in the Rubber Band that you're not going to find at a rockier more tripped out P-Funk show... The Horny Horns hit those high notes and the rhythm section is tight, poppin' and crackly - - musicianship aside the sound quality is fantastic (straight from the board and well mixed !) - - you really feel yourself gettin' bopped in the head when the bass, clav and horns hit on this recording... When you hear Bootsy's wacked out "space bass" you know there's a party going on - - He's great with the dance floor albums, but can deliver on slow jams just as funkily... and there are even some great solos on the CD too... (Check out Catfish's guitar solo on Very Yes, not to mention a screaming trumpet solo on Roto-Rooter - - and that's just the icing on the P - - oh yeah, and Maceo Blows !) - - Plain and simple, if you've haven't heard this recording, and like Bootsy you're missing Bootsy at his best...

The line up - - Gary "Mudbone" Cooper, Robert P-Nt, Catfish, Maceo, Richard Kush Griffith, Rick Gardner, Joel "Razor Sharp" Johnson, and Frankie "Kash" Waddy...

If you like this CD check out a bit of Chuck Brown (who's also been known to utilize the P-Funk horns) - - Check out THIS IS A JOURNEY and LIVE at the 9:30... Funk on bobbah...

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