What Music DVD Are You Watching?

Last night....

Jeff Wayne's musical version of - The War Of The Worlds - Live on stage.
Quite superb and a bargain at £5 from FOPP.

Live 8 Concert



Hired the set - not sure whether I will actually buy it, although there are some definite high points, the temporarily reformed Pink Floyd being one of them.

Problem is that there is some padding, and the high points are too short - great to hear Comfortably Numb with both the right voices though.

M

Picked up Beatles - Help

newly remastered, looking forward to seeing it this week.

Eric Clapton - Crossroads 2007

watched the first disk last night. eighty-one year old BB King makes an appearance towards the end of the first disk. lots of good guitar playing on this one.

Found this posting on Steve Hoffman's site. I don't think it is accurate - my version of Pulse just has Dolby Digital:

I Like these live performance DVD videos - ALL have very good sound tracks @ 24bit/48K or better:

KT Tunstall "Eye of the Telescope"

Roger Water's "The Wall, Live in Berlin"
Pink Floyd "Pulse"

Eric Clapton "Live at Montreux"
Eric Clapton "& Friends in Concert"
Eric Clapton "Live in Hyde Park"
Eric Clapton et al "Concert for George"
Eric Clapton "24 Nights"
Eric Clapton "Live On Tour 2001"
Eric Clapton, et al 2 disc "Crossroads"

Fleetwood Mac "The Dance"
(Christie McVie )

The Band "The Last Waltz"

... "Blues at Montreux" 3 disc:
Clarence Brown
Bobby Parker
Buddy Guy

... Van Morrison 2 disc:
"Live at Montreux 1980"
"Live at Montreux 1974"

Bonnie Raitt "Road Tested"

Martin Scorsese Presents "The Blues" 7 discs
Overall -
"Red White & Blues" disc

Peter Gabriel "Secret World Live"

Simon and Garfunkel "Old Freinds Live on Stage"

... Not that great: mistakes I have made ...

Simon and Garfunkel "The Concert in Central Park" - bad source, bad sound track

Cyndi Lauper "Live ... At Last" - a good show, a bad sound engineer

Blind Faith "London Hyde Park 1969" - video and sound not good enough for commercial release.

John Mayer "Any Given Thrusday" except that almost all tracks sound the same, tiring to listen to after the fourth of fifth track (Mayer is much better on "Crossroads" w/ Clapton backing him.

Steve Miller Band "Fly Like An Eagle" - Sloppy live performance, not yet ready for prime time (The CD is good as it ever was ).

Willie Nelson & Friends "Outlaws and Angels" - a big drunk including the stage hands and engineers, not worth it more than once.

Roy Orbison "Black and White Night" - performance - sound - song selection ... but I hardly ever listen to it anymore, maybe its me.

Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert

DTS 5.1 / DD 5.1

Great set from one of the best liver performers, sadly let down by a second string DTS soundtrack, I'll try the DD tomorrow.

I've got some excellent DTS tracks, this isn't. Its not offensive but I was glad to put on a CD.

M

Cowboy Junkies & friends - Trinity Revisited

Today we've watched...

Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones. Semi-acoustic set at the Pantage Theatre in LA. Quite good.

Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense. Loved this LP as a teenager and we picked up the DVD free in The Times or such like. Brilliant! Especially the audio track commentary, quite fascinating.

Jay

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Originally posted by John G.:
Picked up Beatles - Help

newly remastered, looking forward to seeing it this week.

Eric Clapton - Crossroads 2007

watched the first disk last night. eighty-one year old BB King makes an appearance towards the end of the first disk. lots of good guitar playing on this one.

John,

What is it like???
Waiting for my copy to arrive from Amazon.
(along with the 2004 version).

Pete

The last Kelly Jones cd(aka sterophonics fame) is combined with a dvd really great sound well worth looking for.

REM - Live, the DVD with the Double CD+DVD package

ZZ Top Greatest Hits DVD - great music, great band, great cars, stunning 'chicks'!! Why is it that my whole life I just love those kind of women...

Reminds me of my youth and definately makes me want to bugger off across America on a Harley!

Jonathan

Nils Lofgren "Acoustic Live" - great playing but pretty lousy sound & a totally naff picture quality.

Looks like a home movie. disappointed!

Yes - Symphonic Live

Feels just like an ice age has gone

Sade - Lovers Live

I've had this for months now but never got round to watching it - more fool me! This is fabulous - note perfect silky smooth vocals, her band on top form and some great stage backdrops make this a "must" for any Sade fans.

Mark

Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere - counting down the days until their Sydney gig....

Blackfield - Live in NYC from March 16, 2007. I had tickets that night but a blizzard and nervous wife prevented me from attending. This DVD is so great I can't even put it into words.

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Originally posted by Vaughn3D:
Blackfield - Live in NYC from March 16, 2007. I had tickets that night but a blizzard and nervous wife prevented me from attending. This DVD is so great I can't even put it into words.

Hi Vaughn,

Try this one - FanBloodyTastic. I saw Aviv Geffen Last week in London for his debut Solo gig. When Steven Wilson took the stage for about 5 songs it was Blackfield. Check Aviv's MySpace for some samples. BTW, Blackfield will be doing a mini tour this summer, no details yet though.

Denis

thanks Denis, Ill be sure to check that out.

My copy just arrived and a damn fine show it is.

Kiki Dee&Carmelo Luggeri - Under The Night Sky.
Just hit the door mat, from www.hmv.uk £8.99

Chris N

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Originally posted by Analogue:
Kiki Dee&Carmelo Luggeri - Under The Night Sky.
Just hit the door mat, from www.hmv.uk £8.99

Chris N

And very good it is too - more info from www.kikidee.info/

I saw them last year in Sydney and thought they were a superb band. First class musicians, excellent songs, dazzling show. It was good to see so many teens/20's supporting a "real" band not some manufactured junk.

This DVD confirms what I thought about the Sydney show. Stunning.

This is just great, CD and DVD. Wish I'd been there.