Hall & Oates - The Best of MusikLaden

Rating:
Summary: Early Tunes Live & at Their Best
Review: Good show on DVD. Contains a lot of early music that Daryl & John don't do much in concert anymore including some "War Babies" songs and music from "Whole Oats". Playing the smaller venues overseas, this 1977 show features 'new' songs from the "Bigger Than Both of Us" and "Silver" albums. Good performance, sound and video.

Rating:
Summary: Well 3 1/2 stars is more like it...
Review: Good show on DVD. Contains a lot of early music that Daryl & John don't do much in concert anymore including some "War Babies" songs and music from "Whole Oats". Playing the smaller venues overseas, this 1977 show features 'new' songs from the "Bigger Than Both of Us" and "Silver" albums. Good performance, sound and video.

Rating:
Summary: Well 3 1/2 stars is more like it...
Review: Good show on DVD. Contains a lot of early music that Daryl & John don't do much in concert anymore including some "War Babies" songs and music from "Whole Oats". Playing the smaller venues overseas, this 1977 show features 'new' songs from the "Bigger Than Both of Us" and "Silver" albums. Good performance, sound and video.

Rating:
Summary: Wow, I need Room to Breathe
Review: It is hard to believe something this cool actually exists. For fans of Hall and Oates during the 70's this DVD is fantastic. Is It a Star, Ennui on the Mountain, Gino and a killer medley of Room to Breathe and Johnny Gore and the C Eaters are gems that I would never have expected to be available. Hall and Oates may have been the act of the 80's but before Voices they made some incredible music. We are very fortunate some of those live performances are captured here. Plus, Mr Casual Charlie DeChant like you have never seen him. Buy it while you can.

Rating:
Summary: Wow, I need Room to Breathe
Review: It is hard to believe something this cool actually exists. For fans of Hall and Oates during the 70's this DVD is fantastic. Is It a Star, Ennui on the Mountain, Gino and a killer medley of Room to Breathe and Johnny Gore and the C Eaters are gems that I would never have expected to be available. Hall and Oates may have been the act of the 80's but before Voices they made some incredible music. We are very fortunate some of those live performances are captured here. Plus, Mr Casual Charlie DeChant like you have never seen him. Buy it while you can.

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Summary: H & O in their early prime
Review: This is a great example of Hall and Oates in the pre-mega stardom years. They were just scoring with thier first run of RCA hits from the 'Silver' album and 'Bigger Than Both of Us', plus the reissue of 'She's Gone'. This dvd highlights the guys and their touring band live in the typical Musikladen studio environment, running through their set to a seemingly uninterested crowd of spectators - still, they put on a commendable performance, particularly pumping out energetic versions of 'Room to Breathe' and 'Johnny Gore..' at the end. Good historic value, and an OK TV quality vid.

Rating:
Summary: Early Tunes Live & at Their Best
Review: This video shows Hall & Oates at their early best, and was an extremely nice surprise. The band, including outstanding saxman Charlie DeChant, are very tight and right on target. The songs from this show, (actually two 70's TV shows from Germany), includes hits and non-hits. Material from War Babies and the Silver album abounds, and many of the tunes are those that I thought I'd never have the opportunity to see in a live performance. Daryll is in outstanding voice, as is John Oates. If you're a fan of the band, you can't go wrong with this video.

Rating:
Summary: Early Tunes Live & at Their Best
Review: This video shows Hall & Oates at their early best, and was an extremely nice surprise. The band, including outstanding saxman Charlie DeChant, are very tight and right on target. The songs from this show, (actually two 70's TV shows from Germany), includes hits and non-hits. Material from War Babies and the Silver album abounds, and many of the tunes are those that I thought I'd never have the opportunity to see in a live performance. Daryll is in outstanding voice, as is John Oates. If you're a fan of the band, you can't go wrong with this video.