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Summary: MK 2 Reunion Forward....
Review: Some of what is on this DVD already existed via the "Video Singles" and "Heavy Metal Pioneers" VHS videos released many years back. However, a LOT of what is on *New, Live & Rare* I've never seen before. Deep Purple fans will rejoice in seeing some of the very first reunion concert footage from '84 & '85 (black night, gypsy's kiss) where the band is clearly enjoying being back together. One interesting note is the absence of the 'spoken tracks' in the music video for "Call of The Wild"...one reason I will hold onto the "Videosingles" VHS a bit longer. I wonder why this was not included in the DVD release? Even the *Slaves and Masters* period (1990) is included here with two videos from that album and some "making of" studio footage. *N,L & R* also provides an interesting contrast of the guitar playing styles of Ritchie Blackmore & Steve Morse...you be the judge! Overall, *New, Live and Rare* does a good job of capturing the evolution of Deep Purple right up until the Montreux Jazz festival last year. Ian Gillan said it best many years ago..."Deep Purple Forever!" DE
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Summary: MK 2 Reunion Forward....
Review: Some of what is on this DVD already existed via the "Video Singles" and "Heavy Metal Pioneers" VHS videos released many years back. However, a LOT of what is on *New, Live & Rare* I've never seen before. Deep Purple fans will rejoice in seeing some of the very first reunion concert footage from '84 & '85 (black night, gypsy's kiss) where the band is clearly enjoying being back together. One interesting note is the absence of the 'spoken tracks' in the music video for "Call of The Wild"...one reason I will hold onto the "Videosingles" VHS a bit longer. I wonder why this was not included in the DVD release? Even the *Slaves and Masters* period (1990) is included here with two videos from that album and some "making of" studio footage. *N,L & R* also provides an interesting contrast of the guitar playing styles of Ritchie Blackmore & Steve Morse...you be the judge! Overall, *New, Live and Rare* does a good job of capturing the evolution of Deep Purple right up until the Montreux Jazz festival last year. Ian Gillan said it best many years ago..."Deep Purple Forever!" DE
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Summary: Essential, but not the best picture or sound quality
Review: The DVD captures aturbulent period in Purple's history, and it's great to see it all collected onto one video at last. But is it all? I have no idea! All the essential stuff from the first two Mark II reunion albums are there, and it is fantastic that they did put in the Turner videos (main reason why I got it- there is just so little documentation of the JLT line up, and it probably wasn't as bad as some thought, in retrospect). Lots of Morse footage and loved "Blind Man..." and the Smoke on the Water thing in Australia. But is there anything from The Battle Rages On that should have been on this disc? Adequate sound, picture quality dodgy at times, and Gillan is starting to show the strain. Essential for the fans only.
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Summary: Essential, but not the best picture or sound quality
Review: The DVD captures aturbulent period in Purple's history, and it's great to see it all collected onto one video at last. But is it all? I have no idea! All the essential stuff from the first two Mark II reunion albums are there, and it is fantastic that they did put in the Turner videos (main reason why I got it- there is just so little documentation of the JLT line up, and it probably wasn't as bad as some thought, in retrospect). Lots of Morse footage and loved "Blind Man..." and the Smoke on the Water thing in Australia. But is there anything from The Battle Rages On that should have been on this disc? Adequate sound, picture quality dodgy at times, and Gillan is starting to show the strain. Essential for the fans only.
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Summary: Who Mixed the Sound? Yuk
Review: They claim the dvd is remastered the why do some songs have so much tape hiss and some songs the mix is so bad, it sounds like half the band is playing and can't hear the rest, after exchanging it for another copy, still lousy sound on some songs, it's a sound engineer disaster, do they even listen to this stuff before they release it, it would of been great if they would of just turned up everything louder than everything else and left it there.
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Summary: FIRE, ICE & DYNAMITE
Review: THIS DVD IS A MUST for any Purple's serious collector. Most of Purple's fans hate or at least ignore the Joe Lynn Turner line up era. Well, with this line up there were 2 excellent songs that remained almost unknown for a long time, the b-side "Slow Down Sister" wich is now available on the "Shades 1968-1998 BOX SET" and the movie soundtrack "Fire, Ice and Dynamite" from the same name's movie wich was unreleased until this DVD. Now you can hear that song on this DVD's end (on the clip wich the band and friends play soccer). After bought this DVD I could say: "Now I suppose to have ALL the Purple's official released songs !!"Note that "Fire, Ice and Dynamite" doesn't appear on any other Purple's album or video. If you are a completist, BUY IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN !!!
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Summary: A Must Have for DP Fans
Review: This DVD of Deep Purple is a "must have" for DP fans. It has a mixture of older and newer songs on it. I would have liked for "Into The Fire" to have been included in the song list though. I have watch it all the way through and have enjoyed all of the content, but " When A Blind Man Cries " seems to stand out as the best performance on the disk. I believe that just that one song is worth the price of owning this DVD. Bottom line, you are getting a whole bunch of entertainment for your money. I think that this is one heck of a bargain especially when compared to buying a CD and getting about an hour of entertainment. You get around 3 hours of music and video with this DVD!
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Summary: PURPLE: PAST, PRESENT & PURPENDICULAR
Review: This DVD release is a GODSEND!!! Like every Purple DVD release
is (maybe with the exception of Come Hell & High Water), the
video and sound quality are absolutely superb. Brushing with all their videos from the 80's including the cheesy Knocking at Your Back Door and Bad Attitude to smokin' live footage of Black Night (84) and Space truckin (85). While the DVD is mainly split evenly between the Blackmore years and Morse years, both are equally outstanding. the Blackmore era includes many videos, even 2 with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals (King of Dreams , Love Conquers All) The Morse era pretty much is all live footage of Purple running through many old numbers along with some excellent newer stuff. Morse is suitable and an excellent choice to fill Blackmore's whiny shoes, Richie's playing is fantastic when he enjoys playing with Purple, and you get to see that on quite a few tracks. Overall, another excellent DVD from Purple.
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Summary: PURPLE: PAST, PRESENT & PURPENDICULAR
Review: This DVD release is a GODSEND!!! Like every Purple DVD release
is (maybe with the exception of Come Hell & High Water), the
video and sound quality are absolutely superb. Brushing with all their videos from the 80's including the cheesy Knocking at Your Back Door and Bad Attitude to smokin' live footage of Black Night (84) and Space truckin (85). While the DVD is mainly split evenly between the Blackmore years and Morse years, both are equally outstanding. the Blackmore era includes many videos, even 2 with Joe Lynn Turner on vocals (King of Dreams , Love Conquers All) The Morse era pretty much is all live footage of Purple running through many old numbers along with some excellent newer stuff. Morse is suitable and an excellent choice to fill Blackmore's whiny shoes, Richie's playing is fantastic when he enjoys playing with Purple, and you get to see that on quite a few tracks. Overall, another excellent DVD from Purple.
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Summary: Great Stuff
Review: This is a great DVD. There is so much stuff on it from different periods of the band. I was impressed with high qulity of the picture, better than any other DVD from Deep Purple. If you are a fan of the band regardles from which period, this is the best DVD showcasing the band.
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