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Summary: worth the money and then some
Review: I almost didn,t purchase because of other review comments about sound quality. Lineup of performers and their performances was worth every penny. Only your bassett hound or your audiophile snob brother in law will notice any difference in sound quality between this DVD and others.
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Summary: THIS CONCERT DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN DVD
Review: I'm buying concerts in DVD because the sound. This concert has an awful sound. I don't know why. It's a recent concert and with all the experience of George Martin, I don't know what happened.
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Summary: Not perfect, but one of the best
Review: I've owned the laserdisc version of this concert since it was first released. While the sound quality is occasionally disappointing (especially Sting), it's generally quite good. And most of the performances are excellent, particularly Knopfler, Elton, Clapton and McCartney. I'd buy it again, if only for the McCartney/Elton exchange on "Hey Jude." I've watched this concert many times, and it still sends chills everytime Elton's voice appears in the second verse of this song. As for the complaints about the "tambourine bloke" -- that's Ray Cooper, the legendary (with good reason) percussionist who has backed most of these performers in studio sessions, and who is a mainstay of almost every all star concert. If you want a video concert that will absolutely knock you over, try to find "An Evening with Elton John and Ray Cooper" -- it used to appear occasionally on the Disney Channel (oh, well, so did Annie Lennox's Central Park concert), and if I ever found it on a commercially released video, I'd pay almost anything for it. Listen to Cooper's incredible performance on this concert (or better yet, see one of the live Elton John/Ray Cooper, sans band, shows) and you'll never again complain about Cooper being a "distraction." Ray rocks!
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Summary: FANTASTIC - What a show!
Review: I was afraid to buy this after some of the reviews here, but I went ahead anyway. With such a LEGENDARY lineup, I couldn't resist. And I was VERY pleasantly surprised. Elton John's solo set was great, and so was the sound. Clapton's set also was FIVE stars, both performers received well deserved standing ovations. Yes, Phil Collin's song and on Sting's two the sound was uneven, but not enough to ruin their performances! Paul's voice, yes like Elton and Clapton, has matured, but was very good. I thought his voice was actually strong, nowhere did I hear him struggle. AND! to see Phil Collins on drums, Eric Clapton on guitar, and then Paul sing a verse of HEY JUDE, then Elton John sing a verse, and then Sting. AND all of them NaNaNANA. WOW WOW WOW. I think some of the reviewers must be perfectionists who reviewed this earlier. IT WAS FANTASTIC. I sat down today for my first go to just listen a tiny bit, and couldn't drag myself away! I played the entire concert. It is that good. Maybe the recording is not top notch, but the performances ARE. Yes, the tamborine bloke was a distraction, but only on a handful of songs, I'll grant that. But the sound is 4 stars. I gave this 5 to offset the perfectionists! It is at least 4.5 stars, overall. Honestly.
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Summary: Excellent Concert
Review: A great concert. I found the sound to be excellent, the performances great, a must have. The percussionist by the way is Ray Cooper ( I think). He is excellent, very flamboyant and fun to watch; which is probably why he is shown so often.
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Summary: Disappointed with the sound quality
Review: If you buy concerts on DVD because of the great sound, skip this one. I was amazed that George Martin and all those experienced players allowed such an amateurish recording to happen. Some of the performances were disappointing: Mark Knoffler seemed to be drunk and/or on autopilot, Paul McCartney made my throat sore hearing him attempt to hit high notes that he can't quite manage anymore.
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Summary: Overall this was one great show
Review: I thought the video was pretty good but I think the director and editor (George Martin?) must be in love with the tamborine player. He's in more shot the all the performers combined. What a distraction!
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Summary: Weird sound
Review: Not a bad concert but the sound is uneven. I tried every permutation on my Yamaha DSP A-3090 processor to fix the problem but failed. I can't figure it out considering that this is a recent recording.
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Summary: the best of the best
Review: great show with old time favs. such as Knopfler, Sting, Clapton, Collins and McCartney. they play all their great hits, this is the one you've got to have !!!
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Summary: Fantastic Even For A Kid Born in the Seventies
Review: I loved this. Even though these fantastic musicians are in the twighlight of their careers their music is as young and vivrant as it must have been when first written. Brothers in arms, Hey Jude, Yesterday...Great songs. These are the Beethovens of the twentieth century and will be remembered that way. Fantastic......
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