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Summary: DTS-superb
Review: Santana is at its best! The concert performance is superb with various artists getting together to come up with one great concert. I would like to make special mention however, to the quality of the sound on DTS format. The sound was simply excellent.
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Summary: More is less.
Review: Technically speaking this DVD is wonderful. The photography, the sound and picture quality, the staging, editing, guest stars etc etc etc are all top quality. But the makers of this DVD are overlooking one very important fact. Carlos Santana is one of the most gifted musicians of the century. He doesn't need all this window dressing. Just let the man play the guitar.Its a little embarrassing to watch perhaps the most brilliant rock guitarist alive today performing in the circus like atmosphere created for this DVD. The entire performance is so contrived as to be almost painful. You know something is screwed up when you see Carlos Santana wailing on his guitar surrounded by dancing girls, that's right, dancing girls. Like we need dancing girls to make a Carlos Santana performance interesting. Thats like needing a marching band to spruce up the second coming of Christ. Of course this DVD isn't bad, it would take incompetence of monumental proportions to turn a Carlos Santana performance into something bad. But it's disappointing to see such misdirected energy turn what could have been a magical event into a cold and calculated piece of 'musical product'. There are brief moments of musical transcendence that break through the heavy handed production, but they are too few to save this performance from being an overall disappointment. I hope the producers of these videos will someday come to understand that they are not the stars, the musicians are. Perhaps I'm being too negative, this video is not that bad, but when I think of what could have been, it makes me sad. See Santana's performance on the Woodstock DVD, now THAT'S magic! (and no dancing girls either!)
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Summary: One of the Best I've Seen
Review: The Concert is really done well. I enjoyed every minute of it. The Bonus Tracks are excellent also and just are the Cream on top of an already Supurb Production. I enjoyed the music videos that I've seen on Cable and when I found them included in the Bonus Material I was doublely thrilled. If you like Carlos this is a Must Buy, if you don't have a DVD Player then order this and go buy one!!!!
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Summary: Santana fans this one for you
Review: The day i saw this DVD my whole day was great from the music expirence i have lived with santana . The best thing is the DTS sound & ofcourse the unique style of santana`s music , he`s the master of lead guitar , but i missed 2 songs El farol & corazon espinado. 2 thumbs up.
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Summary: New But Vintage Santana
Review: The man keeps advancing his artistic endeavors. He combines with several different singers, many of whom I am too old to know who they are. But this DVD, like the Supernatural CD, really is a delightfully fresh mix of classic Carlos Santana guitar with great new sounds. The DVD adds to the experinece with color and great sound. I saw his concert in August 2000; this DVD was even better. If you like Carlos, you will like this. If you are decidedly middle-aged like me, who still remembers his first performance at Woodstock, and who can still recall every cut of Abraxas (whether on LP or 8-track!), I never get tired of listening to his older stuff. This DVD does have Gypsy Queen / Oye Como Va, a nice mix. But listen to the newer stuff-you'll like it.
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Summary: Not as good as it could be
Review: The quality and sound of this DVD are truly great. The performance and venue are subpar. The guests were unnecessary although it makes for an accurate rendition of the CD performance. Overall this DVD is a struggle to sit through the whole thing without flipping forward to find the good parts.
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Summary: Not as good as it could be
Review: The quality and sound of this DVD are truly great. The performance and venue are subpar. The guests were unnecessary although it makes for an accurate rendition of the CD performance. Overall this DVD is a struggle to sit through the whole thing without flipping forward to find the good parts.
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Summary: Absolute SUPERNATURAL
Review: The title of this review says everything. The sound is great, production is flawless, lots of bonnus, after 50 years we got Santana (and friends) at his best. A good reason for buying a DVD machine.
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Summary: A nice mix of music
Review: There is a lot of good music on this DVD. And there's no denying that Santana is great at what he does. But he is not at his best here. He brings out a string of guest musicians, whom he does nothing more than accompany with some sporadic and terse guitar runs. He doesn't really seem to get into the performances at all. The performance is simply Santana's failed attempt to recapture his heyday. Still, it's worth having if you're a Santana fan. He could have left out the R&B and hip hop pieces and it would have made for a much better compilation. But much of the music is fine.
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Summary: Outstanding Video Production
Review: This DVD is a must for your concert video collection. The video production on this disk is outstanding. From the guitar cam effects to close up shots of the crowd, you feel immersed in the auditorium. You won't see any cameramen crawling around the stage dressed in black clothes. It's a mystery where they shoot some of these angles from. The sound is a top quality mix but not quite up to what I consider to be the ultimate standard on the Eagles - Hell Freezes Over. Still an awsome audio experience though.
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