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Soul to Soul (DVD with Soundtrack CD)
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Soul to Soul (DVD with Soundtrack CD)
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by Wilson Pickett, Ike Turner, Les McCann, Roberta Flack, and Tina Turner
Sales Rank: 37436
Price:$21.99
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Album Details
Actors: Wilson Pickett, Ike Turner, Les McCann, Roberta Flack, Tina Turner
Directors: Denis Sanders
Format: Compilation, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Region: Region 1 U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 2
Rating: 
Studio: Rhino / Wea
DVD Release Date: August 24, 2004
Run Time: 95 minutes
Average Customer Review:
  8 customer reviews
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Product Review
Explosive performances by Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, Santana, the Staple Singers, and others power Soul to Soul, the filmed documentary of a 1971 concert by American artists in Accra, Ghana. There's some great music here, with versions of "Land of 1000 Dances" (Pickett), "When Will We Be Paid" (the Staples), and "The Price You Gotta Pay to Be Free" (jazzmen Les McCann and Eddie Harris, who also feature the amazing African musician Amoah Azangeo) that are as good or better than anything found on other concert films from the period, including Wattstax and Woodstock. But witnessing this predominantly black group of Americans as they respond to being in Africa for the first time is fascinating and moving as well (check out the uncontained emotion of Ike Turner, just one of the nine folks who supplied voice-over commentary for the DVD, to see just how profound an experience it was), to say nothing of the sometimes bemused, often ecstatic response of the African audience. 5.1 surround notwithstanding, the sound can be a little dodgy, but the remastered, restored film, which includes plenty of non-concert documentary footage (including a trip to a seaside "castle" from which slaves were shipped across the Atlantic) looks good, and what's on the film looks first rate. --Sam Graham
Product Description
On March 6, 1971, some of the greatest artists in popular music history traveled from the United States to Ghana, West Africa, to take part in a 14-hour musical celebration, Soul To Soul. Over 100,000 enthusiastic locals gathered for this unique cultural exchange between two continents. This award-winning film combines classic concert performances with scenes documenting the artists getting in touch with their roots as they return to the cultural motherland. SOUL TO SOUL chronicles this historic event and is considered by many to be one of the greatest music films of all time. Now available for the first time on DVD, this 2-disc set features the 95-minute, full-length feature film, newly remastered and restored from the original 35mm negative by the Grammy Foundation. The second disc features a remastered and expanded original soundtrack (also making its debut on CD), including performances not featured in the film.
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Listener Reviews & Comments
When this film came out back in the 1970s, Roberta Flack was proud and happy to appear in it. She was the undisputed star of the film, taking away even from the grdaneur of Tina Turner. I wonder why she has now refused to let her performance be shown on the DVD version. She can still be glimpsed from above and below on several occasions, and she stil looks glamorous. Maybe it has something to do with her recent weight loss campaign, but I miss her and her astonishing voice, which could bring the African birds right out of the trees. There are still some amazing moments of culture shock in the film, which has never looked better by the way. Some of the US musicians and their R&B seem like they are hurting the ears of the Ghanaians, and yet at other times all, audience and performers, are in the right groove. Check out the incredible JOLINKOMO by the Voices of East Harlem for example. Tina and Ike sizzle their way through I SMELL TROUBLE. And Santana turns in an inspired JUNGLE STRUT, with the real life jungle wafting its scents from not too far away. Eddie Harris and Company also do HERJORLER and it sounds like liquid magic. God bless the enterpreneurs who delivered this package back from Movie Heaven. And it's a great bargain with the CD thrown in!
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Soul to Soul (DVD with Soundtrack CD)
by Wilson Pickett, Ike Turner, Les McCann, Roberta Flack, and Tina Turner
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