Magic Sam and Shakey Jake Live at Sylvio's, 1968

Raw real and righteous . Sam was a genius of the slashing single string style. You can smell the smoke and whisky

I work near where Sylvios was back in the day. Sad those blues bars are pretty much all gone replaced by new warehouses and condos. We're very lucky to have these live recordings. It sounds as if you are there that's how great this is.

A+

Hey, a Magic Sam bootleg that sounds great! Recorded by an Belgian amateur with excellent equipment for the 60's, we hear a great barroom show with decent fidelity and instrument separation. I don't note any lack of bass (electric?), and it's well balanced. Only fault is that nearly the entire set is cover material, recent and older hits by Little Walter, BB King, Freddie King, Albert Collins, and Muddy Waters. Shakey Jake is Jimmy Harris (not Big Walter Horton, who sometimes went by Shakey Horton). Two tunes are added from the soundtrack of one of the American Folk Blues DVD's (Sam playing solo two of his own tunes on an electric guitar borrowed from Earl Hooker). Disc is packed into a cardboard folder with no inner sleeve- a bit hard to remove without fingerprints or scratches.

I'm a Magic Sam fan, but listen to the samples, guys. "Sound quality" is a contradiction-in-terms on this one. For Magic Sam completists only. (Are there any?)

Excellent CD.

Samuel Maghett aka Magic Sam was the real deal. An incredible blues guitarist with his own playing style & a vocalist blessed with a great soul voice. This CD recorded at Sylvio's club in 1966 captures the raw feel of the live performance with 16 tracks including what became his best known song All Your Love [later covered & recorded by Fleetwood Mac] & one bonus track of All Your Love recorded in Europe in 1969.

1969のライブの音源をCD化したあのROCK BEATから驚きも新たにまたまた出ました！サムのライブ音源！今回は1966年10月のセットでSYLVIO'Sと言うライブハウスのようです。今回はハープにSHAKEY JAKEを起用していてサウンドに色をつけています！1)からジュニアパーカーのJUKEをアグレシブにブローしています。サムのギター　ボーカルも2)で4)5)6)でたっぷり聞けます。音の方もこの年代にしては良いです。全編クラブギグの雰囲気が出ていて最高です。女性客の黄色い声援も入り絶好調のサムの姿目に浮かびます！とにかく素晴らしいライブです！全ブルースファンなら持っててあたりまえの1枚です！！

This is a live cd probably recorded during 1966 in Chicago with Shakey Jake on harmonica and the ocasional vocal sharing the stage with guitarist Magic Sam. These are raw blues but good nonetheless. There are 3 bonus tracks recorded in Europe during the American Folk Blues Festival.John Walsh