I rate the sound quality of this CD is a MINUS 5. It's awful. Also, you get no feeling that this was one concert but actually several pieced together as if the producers were trying to make it seem like one. It seems like a hodge-podge of random live songs. It's just terrible, period.
October 17, 2007I love this cd,the main reason why is because you hear the spinners sing no female background singers on this one.Sadie is very well done live by mr wynn and the super song mighty love you can feel the energy comming off the track great work!.One thing though the classic love don,t love nobody could have been mix better without the fade.A scale from 1-10 it is a 10 enjoy!
December 23, 2006 |  | The Spinners with the Immortal Phillipe Wynne - Live ! |  |
I saw The Spinners with the great Phillipe Wynne in a small venue in the DC area in late 70's, and this album/CD captures their live performance. Now that Mr. Wynne has passed, we can only enjoy his preacher like singing "live " on this album. Sadie and Mighty Love will bring tears to your eyes and you won't be able to resist singing along while dancing. I have the album, all used up and scratched from playing it so much over the years. My kids, now adults, loved this group too. I'm buying the CD so I can once again go back to that great show, which also had the beautiful Miss Nancy Wilson performing too! What a treat that was!
December 10, 2006 | | Great Live Performance by a Great R&B Group | |
The Spinners at their best, singing one hit after another and a few lesser-known but nonetheless worthwhile tunes as well. Their live performance is energetic and the quality of the recording is exceptional, picking up all the harmonies and subtle tonal ranges sometimes lost outside of a studio. A great CD for Spinner fans as well as a great intro into one of the best R&B groups of the 1970s-80s. Two pet peeves though: 1. The number in which they impersonate other singers is distracting. 2. There's a fade in, fade out right between one of the songs. This is from the original LP when one side of a "live concert" record "filled up" even though a song wasn't over. It's too bad that couldn't have been eliminated on the CD.
October 14, 2005| | | Captures the essence and excitement of a Spinners concert | |
If you've seen the Spinners in concert, this is it! They're tremendous entertainers and are really warm to the crowd. Plus, their vocals are always top notch and their backup band is always tight.
On this CD, they bring it all home. "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" and "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" soar with faster renditions. Phillipe Wynne does some excellent imitations of Al Green, Sam Cooke and Otis Redding on "How Could I Let You Get Away," and "Sadie" and "Love Don't Love Nobody" smooth out the album as long ballads.
The Spinners are my favorite group and I usually just drop five stars on their albums. This one, in my opinion, has a flaw in the Medley of Superstars. It's unique in that you hear the Spinners do other acts, like Tom Jones, Diana Ross and the Supremes and Elvis Presley. I guess in the old days they even wore wigs when imitating the Supremes! That must have been fun and I think that's what they were trying to capture here. However, since we don't have the visual, I would've rather heard some of their many other great songs like, "I'm Coming Home," "Ghetto Child," "It's a Shame," and "I'll Be Around."
Despite those omissions, this album stands up with the best of any live production. If you like great vocals and exciting tunes, get this CD! January 12, 2002
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