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| Live (Includes Bonus DVD) | 
 enlarge | Artist: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $11.22
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 6765
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79770
UPC: 015707977029
EAN: 0015707977029
ASIN: B0002DRE36
Release Date: August 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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It doesn't get any better than this! June 19, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you've ever seen BBVD live, then this CD/DVD is the next best thing to recapturing that experience. If you've never seen them before, then you must find out just how much you have been missing. Guaranteed, it will turn you into a hard-core swing junkie, jumpin' and jivin' with the rest of us!
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy = BIG FUN June 24, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The first word that comes to mind when I think of BBVD is FUN.
I first heard this band on the radio. I was hooked immediately...and so were my wife and children. I bought two of their CDs from Amazon.com: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Save My Soul. And we've been listening to --and singing along with-- them ever since.
My toddlers tend to sing BBVD songs in public...without inhibition! It's only slightly embarrasing to stroll the grocery store with three kids screaming out the lyrics to Go Daddy-O. But I really can't blame them. The music is contagious!
Just last week, my wife and I caught BBVD live at the House of Blues in New Orleans. It was an incredible performance that kept the crowd smiling. We had so much FUN! BBVD = FUN! There is no other way to say it.
I admit that I was hesitant to purchase this CD / DVD at first, since I already owned most of the songs. But, after seeing them live, I bought this CD the very next day...and we love it.
There is just something about a live performance, even when you're listening to a recorded "live" performance. On stage, BBVD generates some serious energy, and you can't help but be pulled right into it.
The sound quality on both the CD and the bonus DVD is excellent, and the video on the DVD is crystal clear. As a matter of fact, the DVD provides a better view of the band than the one I had "live" at the House of Blues. The music content on both the CD and DVD is the same, though the DVD has extra features like a short film on the band's beginnings. For a two-disc set, the price can't be beat.
If you are into swing, or just need a good dose of happy music, treat yourself to this Live performance of the Kings of Swing. Their fun music can't be beat!
Awesome, awesome, awesome! January 24, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've been into BBVD since day numero uno, and this was, indeed, a long awaiting - and glad we waited - CD/DVD release. This is loaded with the energy and style that only they can do & I remmend you get it.
great live recording October 22, 2004
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
dont usually like live cds, but his one sounds great for being live, no new sounds tho. roceording of the dvd is good quality, but thier live show does not make a great watch for dvd, its one of those things you have to be there to love. still a good cd with most of their best songs on it. if your only going to buy one bbvd cd, i guess it should be this one (as you will want the rest of them after you hear this one)
And no one swings as hard to the big bad voodoo band... October 4, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is one of the best bands that I have ever heard. I stumbled upon them by accident and came to prefer their swing style over my preferred rock music. My absolute favorite album produced by BBVD is Live. Most typical live albums have a lack of quality due to studio recording for the mainstream pieces, but this album does not. Their revival of Big Band era music not only produces crystal clear songs, but also ignites the fire in all people that love swing dancing and jazz. As all fans can justify, never does their passion disappear from album to album. The vivacious vocal performance of Scotty Morris, the drumming of Kurt Sodergren, and the sax sounds of Andy Rowley keep me in musical awe. Each concert is performed entirely with spirit, as is most true swing music. The impact of the Live album is great seeing as how it was the first live album produced by the band in its near 16 year run. Mixing old and new musical equipment, the booming sound leaves listeners alike baffled that this is a live album. Two particular songs from this album, Mr. Pinstripe Suit & So Long, Farewell, Goodbye, are representative of the trademark sound that this band produces. Mr. Pinstripe Suit allows the listener to feel the passion of all the instruments, such as the sax sections, the trombone, and the ever distinctive trumpet playing of Glen Marhevka. This piece also represents the bands style of wearing full out pinstripe suits and fedoras while performing at every concert they have done. So Long, Farewell, Goodbye has the ear of every listener because this is the common exit piece of BBVD at every show. Their total passion and heart is expressed though this upbeat tune which also has the audience up and participating in the piece. Lyrically, all of the music by this band coincides with a great deal of Big Band where love is the central focus. The popular music of this area does not leave much for being romantic and lyrically brilliant, that is why BBVD is the band for me. BBVD had the power to shift your perceptions on jazz and put them in a new gear which has me listening to other such great bands like Royal Crown Revue, Brian Setzer Orchestra, and the Toasters. BBVD seems to share a ton of similarities with Royal Crown Revue in that they have the same passion in playing music compared to artist that just lip sync their music because of their sheer lack of devotion to music. The album that introduced me to BBVD was This Beautiful Life and it is a very great album which will let you sample some of the bigger hits of the band. Trust me, I was not a jazz type person, but this band had the power to change me into a jazz loving person.
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