The Best of Soul Train

Was hesitant about buying this because of numerous reviews regarding the show not being recorded in it's entirety, the Soul Train line not being on every episode and too many commercials. However, I was happy and grateful to have the chance to see even PARTS of this legendary show I grew up watching on Saturdays during my teens because it wasn't available for decades. I decided to take a chance on this 3 DVD set and am so glad I did! I think Time Life did an excellent job putting this compilation together. It's true you won't see the Soul Train line and Word Scramble on every episode like we did growing up, but those haven't been left out; you'll still see some of them. It's also true that you won't see entire shows. But you will see some fantastic performances from great artists and portions of different shows. While the guest artists perform, you'll see the Soul Train dancers doing their thing and all of those outfits from back in the day. You'll see Don Cornelius at his smoothest, finest, doing what that brother did best. If you're anything like me, the Afro Sheen and Ultra Sheen commercials will make you laugh rather than annoy you. At the very least they'll put a smile on your face because it was simply good to just see all of that again. In fact, I think this entire DVD set will put a smile on your face. It may not remind you of a perfect compilation, but I promise it will remind you of some really happy times.

I thought it was a set as in the description- and I won't blame the seller, Goodwill- they refunded my money as soon as I alerted them- but it was just one used disc- the first of a box set.Now if it was the full set with a booklet, Id have been happy, cause i watched Soul Train on Saturdays noon for years when i was young! I love the dancers, their fashions were still better than what we have today- women werent afraid to wear sexy feminine clothes- and either were the men!) and I that old school soul music is still the best era of songwriting, harmonies and....just SOUL!It was nice to see the show again, even though very edited.

Soul Train was always a part of my Saturday line-up back when I was a young girl. It's how I kept up with all of the latest dances and fashion. It was also one of the few ways that I could catch a Jackson 5 performance and interview. So, there it is. The big draw for me was that this DVD set features the J5!!! I also got excited about the Ultra Sheen/Afro Sheen commercials. Those took me back and all of it is just an exciting trip down memory lane. Yep, it's true, the episodes aren't full episodes. I happen to think that this is a good thing. I love the dancers, but after I viewed for awhile, I realized that I didn't need to see a full 45 minutes of these people, per episode. No, Thank You. Everyone knows that the way you viewed things as a child (in my case a tween) is not the way you view things as an adult. Some of the dancing is now outlandish and comical to me and even some of Don's interviews (for lack of a better word) were downright cornball. For me, I saw just enough of the dancers and just enough of the interviews, though I wish some would have been longer than others.There certainy should have been more Soul Train lines. That was part of the weekend draw. That's how you could really focus on and select your favorite dancer. One of my favorites was the Asian girl with hair almost down to her calves, saw her. Still, it was fun to see Don looking dapper, I never realized the quality of his suits. Some of them still look good today. Don was cool. I was okay with the focus being on the guests. And even though the purchase was all for the J5, it was so good to see Teddy Pendergrass again, looking too delicious. I couldn't appreciate that when I was 13. Then there was Marvin, Aretha, Stevie and Smokey and the Isley Brothers.Then, there were moments when the dancers just danced and that was done just enough. I also liked how for the most part each artist stayed within their own segment and you didn't have to skip from episode to episode trying to find all of your artists perormances, though there were some exceptions to this. I enjoyed this set of 3 disc, I give it 4 stars only because there weren't enough soul train lines and since you aren't seeing the show in its entirety some of it can feel a bit abrupt; but this hardly discounts the set. I've even thought about getting the 9 disc set, but there is not enough detail mentioned about which artists are featured, so I'll wait for more reviews. All in all, I am happy with this purchase.

Love it ....a time when I just loved the music that was around. Such great music legends. Can still bust a move to these tunes...if you love music then this is Soul train at its best!

EXCELLENT

Great

As an American living in England, I am delighted with this 3-DVD box set of Soul Train. It brought back a lot of 70's soul music memories for me and the old TV commercials were fun to look at again. Just loved it!

The "Best of Soul Train" DVD collection is awesome bringing back great memories of the hottest soul acts of the 70's such as Marvin Gaye, the O'Jays , the Temptations, the Four Tops , Smokey Robinson, Lou Rawls and the Spinners.I especially enjoyed the indepth interviews included in the bonus extras with Brian McKnight, Smokey Robinson and the innovative creator and executive producer of this long running series Don Cornelius. It was interesting to see the various graphics that were used for the opening introduction of the show as it evolved over the years.