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30th Anniversary Special Limited Edition CD/DVD of The Steve Miller Band's landmark album. The CD is digitally remastered and includes 3 bonus tracks. The DVD features a terrific concert performance at San Francisco's Sh... more »oreline Amphitheater in 2005 with over two hours of music in 5.1 Surround Sound. Guest musicians include George Thorogood and Joe Satriani. The DVD also features a lengthy interview with Steve Miller, archive footage, never-before-seen photographs, and early demo recordings revealing the genesis of rock classics like Take the Money And Run, Rock 'n Me, and Fly Like an Eagle. In one special segment Steve Miller plugs in his Stratocaster to demonstrate how licks learned directly from the likes of T-Bone Walker, Les Paul and Chuck Berry influenced his own music and became some of modern rock's most recognizable riffs.« less
30th Anniversary Special Limited Edition CD/DVD of The Steve Miller Band's landmark album. The CD is digitally remastered and includes 3 bonus tracks. The DVD features a terrific concert performance at San Francisco's Shoreline Amphitheater in 2005 with over two hours of music in 5.1 Surround Sound. Guest musicians include George Thorogood and Joe Satriani. The DVD also features a lengthy interview with Steve Miller, archive footage, never-before-seen photographs, and early demo recordings revealing the genesis of rock classics like Take the Money And Run, Rock 'n Me, and Fly Like an Eagle. In one special segment Steve Miller plugs in his Stratocaster to demonstrate how licks learned directly from the likes of T-Bone Walker, Les Paul and Chuck Berry influenced his own music and became some of modern rock's most recognizable riffs.
CD Reviews
Great music ages well....
Albert G. Smith Jr. | Daytona Beach, Fl USA | 07/21/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I was 18 when this album came out and since that high school to college transition is the time when music is a big part of your life, it was great hearing this again. Going through the usual "upgrades" in media over the years, say 8-track, to album, to maybe cassette and ultimately to CD made it expensive to keep buying the same music over and over. This means that a lot of people will be playing "greatest hits" CDs, since it is reckoned to be the most economic way to go for many. The problem is that some great music will never be played on the radio, and therefore never be included on a compilation. So when I hit play on this new disc set, it was refreshing that 30-year-old music can sound so "new". There are some fine songs on this album that you just never hear on "classic rock" radio.
On the technical side, incase it was not so clear (it wasn't to me), this set has two discs. The first is a standard stereo CD of the album with 3 additional tracks. The second disc is a DVD which has the same album (minus the three extra tracks) in 5.1 audio. I was worried that I needed a SACD player to hear the 5.1 rendering, but no, just a digitally interfaced DVD player and receiver. Besides the audio-only album, the DVD has a very interesting interview with Miller talking about the album, and delving a bit into his youth (he got guitar lessons from Les Paul and T-Bone Walker in his house as a pre-teen!) and how he evolved as a musician. There is a concert performance from 2005 rendered in 5.1 that can be considered a "best of" of Miller's work. For blues aficionados, he does a set of some blues standards that show off a part of Miller many might not be aware of... great stuff for guitar fans. The concert was never meant to be a DVD product (as stated in the included booklet insert), but was simply recorded from the screens at a concert by the audio techs. While it was included in the 30th anniversary set, it is not state of the art vidiography, but it is not bad.
You get a lot of things for the price of this set, 2 discs, 2 audio versions of the album, the interview and the concert. This is a great re-issue for those of us that remember the `70s music scene. If you are hearing Steve Miller only on radio or on a "best of" compilation these days, you will enjoy the lesser known tracks that make up the rest of the album. In terms of sound quality, you have never heard this music sound as good as it is presented here.
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This is RIDICULOUS! what a deal! CD bonus tracks PLUS DVD
Richardson | Sunny California USA | 07/20/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Okay..
I'm dating myself...but I remember "the Joker" and thinking Steve Miller was cool...but that album....didn't really do much for me....then "Fly like an Eagle" came out...and Kicked my BUTT! It was an amazing slice of guitar pop and the follow up "Book of Dreams" which was recorded at the same time....wow...Steve was on a once in a lifetime roll!
30 years later...we are offered a fabulous sounding remastered CD with a few bonus tracks...which is great...
NOW ..the DVD is off the hook! A 2 hour concert....that's right..all the old chestnuts...surprise guests ...some cool blues jamming...WOW...and on top of that a "making of" portion of the DVD which is as good as the CLASSIC ALBUM series..with STeve talking about the history of the recording etc etc...just wonderful...and all for under $20!!
Trust me...if you have the CD and you're wondering if you should spring for the "30th Anniversary" edition...DO IT!! I'm watching Steve pick away on his acoustic while discussing James Cotton and "Sweet Marie"...how cool!!!"
Steve Miller only gets better with age...watch the DVD and y
Gilmour fan | Rochester, NY USA | 08/27/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"First off, before the "review", I'd encourage everyone who likes any form of rock, blues, swing, jazz, etc...to listen to this CD and more importantly, check out Steve Miller in the bonus live-in-concert DVD, before you write off Steve Miller--as many music reviewer snobs have--as some dopey guy with sunglasses who wrote "that Joker song", and calls himself a "space cowboy" and sings about `smoking and toking'. If your only knowledge of The Steve Miller Band is `The Joker'--as was the case for me several years ago--do yourself a favor and check this CD/DVD out!! Judging Steve Miller by only `The Joker' is like judging The Who by `Squeezebox', or Pink Floyd by `Mother'. (Giving the Grateful Dead their due), "jam bands" Dave Matthews Band and Phish are original, but they did not invent the "Jam Band" concept. After watching `Fly Like an Eagle', `Dance, Dance, Dance'(evoking images of Dave Matthews and Boyd Tinsley's many guitar/violin jams), `Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma' and `Tore Down', I think you'll agree Steve Miller deserves every bit of his "Father of the Jam Band" title.
(1) The CD: It was a great CD then, and even better now, with the re-mastered tracks. Masterful rock music only gets better with age. Miller was way ahead of his time in 1976(much like Pink Floyd were in '73 with "Dark Side of the Moon"'s groundbreaking sampling and looping effects), and you can hear it on 'Fly Like an Eagle's `Space Intro', with the echoplex delay effect used with the synthesizer.
(2) The 3 previously un-released demos of 'Take the Money and Run', Fly Like an Eagle' and `Rockin' Me' are a rare glimpse of how a brilliant composition usually starts out bare and unimpressive. Hearing an early demo of `Take the Money and Run' with the chord progressions of "The Joker" was interesting, and I'm glad he switched them up, as well as eventually upping the tempo on all three. The album was recorded and meant to be heard in quadraphonic sound, and as Miller says in the interview, with this release it actually can be heard the way he intended it to heard.
(3) The Special Guests: George Thorogood seemed a bit nervous and out of sorts on stage with Miller, but he slams the fans with some killer blues, metal-slide guitar riffs. Joe Satriani was restrained and aloof, but the guy is so ridiculously talented he had no problem "answering" Miller, adding blistering jams during 'Fly Like an Eagle' and 'Tore Down'. And who would ever envision, or in a million years picture Steve Miller and Joe Satriani jamming to an old Freddie King blues number?!
(4)With the live concert DVD, you get to see where this guy came from. And you also see that this guy can PLAY the GUITAR!! (I first witnessed this last year when I saw him in New York--only about 2 weeks before this concert was filmed--I knew his voice and the songs were great, but I never knew he was such a great guitarist). You see his strong blues roots going back to the mid-60's, when he was already leading a blues band at the age of 12!, getting lessons from T-Bone Walker and filling in for Chuck Berry at the Filmore West. This guy has the best resume I think of any guitarist I've ever seen. On stage, he takes that blues foundation and works it into his songs so well that they appeal to mainstream rock audiences, and at the same time are subtly supported by his mastery of blues fundamentals. Just listen to 'Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma', and you hear his distinctly original sound--his fusion of psychedelic blues with rock n' roll--slowly taking form, and coming to fruition with 'Fly Like an Eagle'. The only downside about the live in concert DVD, is that all the footage was taken strictly from the close-ups--projection screen images, so there are no far-away shots of the Band, stage, or fans. That's really the only downside, besides not playing 'Jet Airliner' and 'Living in the USA' - 2 of my favorite songs.
For goodness sake, this guy is in his 60's, and he still rocks! For a blues/rock guitarist, this DVD & interview(both firsts) in addition to the remastered CD are the best 20 bucks I've ever spent. Like another reviewer said, a "ridiculous", amazing value.
Oh yeah...Buy this DVD!!
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This Version Of Fly Like An Eagle Soars!!
R. W. Stuby | Corning,NY USA | 07/19/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have bee anxiously awaiting this one for awhile now. Let me tell you it was well worth the wait. This to me is Steve Miller's finest effort with Book Of Dreams running a close second. This classic was released in 1976. I was 13 at the time and I wore out the album. Well let me tell you this disc sounds far better than I have ever heard this album sound. The bass is very deep and clean, the mids and highs are clear and defined. The soundstage and imaging are incredible. This to me is one of the best,if not THE best sounding remasters of all time. A must have for fans of Steve Miller or good Classic Rock!! Go buy this now you won't be disappointed."
Steve Miller's masterpiece gets a 30th birthday fit for a ki
Blah | Blah, USA | 08/19/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Steve Miller released his tenth album Fly Like an Eagle in May of 1976.
This was Steve's first new album since the 1973 album The Joker put him on the map thanks to that album's title cut becoming a hit.
However, after almost eight years of being on the road, Steve burned himself out and he retired and bought a farm in Medford, Oregon and didn't record for almost two years. Then in spring of 1975, whilst writing songs and demoing, Steve got a call from Pink Floyd(one of rock's greatest bands) asking him to open up for them at Knebworth Park in England to 125,000 people. Steve upstaged Pink Floyd(whose set was marred by technical problems that day) and premiered the song Rock 'n Me which he wrote as a showstopper and a hit.
With the momentum going from his concert with Pink Floyd, he went in the recording studio with bass player lonnie Turner and drummer Gary Mallaber and recorded 20 plus tracks in 12 days. That could have made a double album but Steve played it safe and put out Fly Like an Eagle and then Book of Dreams(see review) a year later.
Would this album be a classic or redundant, read on and find out(as I did when I got the album in June, 1991 on cassette(with original vinyl track listing) and later CD).
We begin the album with winds ala echo-plex and the synthesizer laced Space Intro which was a great intro. Then the echo-plexed winds segue into the album's title cut which was a Top 5 hit in early 1977. The song developed from when it was called In the Ghetto in the early 1970s. The song has a great riff, great vocals and superb synthesizer effects which go throughout the track and the synthesizer echoed ending was superb and the beeps at the end were from the master tape. Next is Wild Mountain Honey which is a nice relaxing number which doesn't change key during the song but doesn't bore one. Next is the rocker Serenade which is a great rocker and had Steve singing all of the harmonies and just rocks. We then have the country-ish Dance Dance Dance which is country to the core and features some great acoustic work from Steve and dobro from John McFee. This track was not on the mid-1980s reissued LP or cassette for some reason but appeared on the original album, cassette(and the 1991 cassette reissue), 8-track and CD(remastered CD version as well). Next is a rockified version of Mercury Blues which is a great rocking version of the blues standard about the car and Steve made the track his own.
The album's second half starts with the rocking first single Take The Money And Run which was a Top 10 hit in the Summer of 1976. The song was a story of a man and woman trying to rob some cash and the song was chosen as a single after kids at an elementary school liked what they heard. The #1 hit Rock 'n Me follows and is a great rocker(see early in review for song's creation). Next is the remake of the late Sam Cooke's ballad You Send Me. This remake is superb with excellent electric guitar playing and harmonies all from Steve. This track, like Dance Dance Dance, was not on the mid-1980s reissued LP or cassette version for some reason but appeared on the original album, cassette(and the 1991 cassette reissue), 8-track and CD(and remastered CD) versions. The second of two instrumentals Blue Odyssey is next and is called a poor man's Space Intro but with great synthesizer work and the synthesizer used was ironically an ARP Odyssey synthesizer, hence the name. Then the echoplexed induced wind segues into the bluesy Sweet Maree which featured the legendary James Cotton on harmonica and staccato acoustic guitar with limited lyrics from Miller and is a showcase for Cotton's harmonica and Miller's bluesy electric guitar soloing. The album ends with the spacey ballad The Window which has a great synthesizer riff, excellent vocals and ends like the album began with a collage of echoplexed synthesizer and wind effects.
Fly Like an Eagle went all the way to #3 on the Billboard chart and sold 4.5 million copies, went Platinum right when released.
In 2006, the album was re-released with three bonus tracks which were an early live recording of Fly Like an Eagle from 1973 and demos of Take the Money and Run and Rock 'n Me. Plus, a booklet and a 2 plus hour DVD faturing a concert from San Francisco in 2005 which had guests George Thorogood and Joe Satriani and a documentary on how the album was made. The documentary is amazing and the sound of the CD is SUPERB!
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1