Rating: 
Summary: Where is the music ??
Review: ...BR>The Stones do not play on it at all!!It has some good movie footage.....but where is the music?? ... I would only recommend buying it if the Stones played on it!!
Rating: 
Summary: Unauthorized for a good reason: No songs, No performances!
Review: Bogus and Unauthorized! I got both 5 VHS, and 5 DVDs.
I was only fooling myself. I watched the 5 VHS tapes, starting with the 1964 1st VHS. There are NO complete songs from the early 1960's era, NONE. I also could not find any studio or live performances by The Rolling Stones, NOTHING! Genuine original Rolling Stones LPs, EPs, CDs' and videos WILL have the Andy Warhol 'Tounge' logo, abkco, London, and/or DECCA registered Trademarks, (TM). This Unauthorized set of VHS, and DVD should be burned. I'd suggest 25X5, "Lets Spend The Night Together", plus the TNT/Tami show for the REAL Rolling Stones performances, authorized legitimate products. As an 'afficinado/fan' of the original 5 Rolling Stones + the 1969-tour 'Mick Taylor' 5 Rolling Stones, I rate this Unauthorized set as SBB, "Should Be Burned!" It's lacking in substance, like even an entire studio or live COMPLETE song track or video performance, no Rolling Stones content =Unauthorized. Don't purchase this item, you WILL be singing (I Can't Get No)'Satisfaction!' Buy the Volume 2 DECCA vinyl, it's GREAT!
Andrew A! 40 + year Rolling Stones 'fan.'
Rating:
Summary: Unauthorized for a good reason: No songs, No performances!
Review: Bogus and Unauthorized! I got both 5 VHS, and 5 DVDs.
I was only fooling myself. I watched the 5 VHS tapes, starting with the 1964 1st VHS. There are NO complete songs from the early 1960's era, NONE. I also could not find any studio or live performances by The Rolling Stones, NOTHING! Genuine original Rolling Stones LPs, EPs, CDs' and videos WILL have the Andy Warhol 'Tounge' logo, abkco, London, and/or DECCA registered Trademarks, (TM). This Unauthorized set of VHS, and DVD should be burned. I'd suggest 25X5, "Lets Spend The Night Together", plus the TNT/Tami show for the REAL Rolling Stones performances, authorized legitimate products. As an 'afficinado/fan' of the original 5 Rolling Stones + the 1969-tour 'Mick Taylor' 5 Rolling Stones, I rate this Unauthorized set as SBB, "Should Be Burned!" It's lacking in substance, like even an entire studio or live COMPLETE song track or video performance, no Rolling Stones content =Unauthorized. Don't purchase this item, you WILL be singing (I Can't Get No)'Satisfaction!' Buy the Volume 2 DECCA vinyl, it's GREAT!
Andrew A! 40 + year Rolling Stones 'fan.'
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Summary: Stones left unturned
Review: Don't know why other Stones fans have given this shoddy history five stars. There's not a note of Stones music in the entire unauthorised documentary, a pretty essential ingredient that's entirely missing. Clearly the makers couldn't afford or weren't granted the rights to the Jagger/Richards catalogue. Some of the footage looks interesting (e.g. from Keith's basement during the "Exile" sessions), but the fact that it's silent kills it. Some okay interviews, mostly with peripheral people but a few with central players (Mick Taylor, Billy Preston, Anita Pallenberg), but it's not enough to make up for the cliche-ridden narration and lack of Keef riffs! The Stones deserve their own Anthology series, not this kind of lacklustre effort.
Rating: 
Summary: A few tidbits, but not worth it
Review: First of all, it's important to point out what "unauthorized" means. The producers of these documentaries have no legal right to use any Stones music; nor do the Stones themselves participate (with the exception of ex-Stone Mick Taylor). A generic Brown-Sugar sound-alike riff has been substituted as background music, but that's all you get. There are five 50-minute programs, one per disc. The concept of one disc for the 60s, one for the 70s, and so on, does not make much sense, as 80% of the Stones history took place in the 60s. So the first disc rushes through all the great albums, the busts, the trials, the concerts, and Altamont, in a breathless 50 minutes. It's guaranteed that if you've read even one book about the Stones, or watched the excellent "25 x 5" documentary, you won't learn anything new. By the same token, how much is there to say about the Stones in the 1980s? Three albums, Mick and Keith's feud, the solo albums... they manage to fill up the time, but so what? Again, nothing new here. It will be interesting to see what they come up with for the 90s --- two albums, two tours, the retirement of Bill Wyman... to say nothing of the 00's --- one tour, one greatest hits album... For the hardcore Stones buff, there are a few bits and pieces that are worthy of note. Mick Taylor, Anita Pallenberg, Billy Preston, Bernard Fowler, and several other musicians are interviewed. There are clips of the Boys Themselves speaking (not singing, of course); but nothing that hasn't been shown before. So far the Stones have not shown much interest in releasing high quality product on DVD. We've got the last three tours (Live at the Max, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges to Babylon), all of which have gone out of print. Presumably there is no interest in releasing the Hyde Park footage (as this was never released in the US, the Stones probably feel it's not a good performance --- and it isn't that great); but it would be nice to have the definitive "25 x 5", and the delightful "Video Rewind". There must be a great deal of archival material that's worth editing and releasing, so hopefully the Stones will take advantage of that and issue some of the quality material. My advice: unless you're the hardest of hardcore buffs, this set is not worth your time. Dig up a copy of "25 x 5" while you're waiting for Stones, Inc. to realize there are millions made by issuing quality Stones DVDs.
Rating:
Summary: A few tidbits, but not worth it
Review: First of all, it's important to point out what "unauthorized" means. The producers of these documentaries have no legal right to use any Stones music; nor do the Stones themselves participate (with the exception of ex-Stone Mick Taylor). A generic Brown-Sugar sound-alike riff has been substituted as background music, but that's all you get. There are five 50-minute programs, one per disc. The concept of one disc for the 60s, one for the 70s, and so on, does not make much sense, as 80% of the Stones history took place in the 60s. So the first disc rushes through all the great albums, the busts, the trials, the concerts, and Altamont, in a breathless 50 minutes. It's guaranteed that if you've read even one book about the Stones, or watched the excellent "25 x 5" documentary, you won't learn anything new. By the same token, how much is there to say about the Stones in the 1980s? Three albums, Mick and Keith's feud, the solo albums... they manage to fill up the time, but so what? Again, nothing new here. It will be interesting to see what they come up with for the 90s --- two albums, two tours, the retirement of Bill Wyman... to say nothing of the 00's --- one tour, one greatest hits album... For the hardcore Stones buff, there are a few bits and pieces that are worthy of note. Mick Taylor, Anita Pallenberg, Billy Preston, Bernard Fowler, and several other musicians are interviewed. There are clips of the Boys Themselves speaking (not singing, of course); but nothing that hasn't been shown before. So far the Stones have not shown much interest in releasing high quality product on DVD. We've got the last three tours (Live at the Max, Voodoo Lounge, Bridges to Babylon), all of which have gone out of print. Presumably there is no interest in releasing the Hyde Park footage (as this was never released in the US, the Stones probably feel it's not a good performance --- and it isn't that great); but it would be nice to have the definitive "25 x 5", and the delightful "Video Rewind". There must be a great deal of archival material that's worth editing and releasing, so hopefully the Stones will take advantage of that and issue some of the quality material. My advice: unless you're the hardest of hardcore buffs, this set is not worth your time. Dig up a copy of "25 x 5" while you're waiting for Stones, Inc. to realize there are millions made by issuing quality Stones DVDs.
Rating: 
Summary: Whats this DVD about?
Review: For the two that rated this DVD, have you listened to a sampling of it? Is it from their latest tour? Whats the formatt for what is advertised as 300 minutes?
Rating:
Summary: Rolling Stones...
Review: Hey- Don't Know if this DVD Set rates One Star. I've only seen about 40 minutes of the 1st DVD and already I KNOW this is a weak DVD set. Before playing the DVD, the viewer knows something is wrong...when you read on the case-"This DVD is Neither Endorsed Nor Authorized By The Rolling Stones". How can you make a Rolling Stones DVD Set Without Including any of their Music?...!!! All you here is the Same background music. Don't know if I will waste my time by watching the other DVD's. MY Recommendation- find the classic "12 X 5" Rolling Stones Videotape... OR watch a recent DVD by The Doors.
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Summary: Comparing the Stones to the Beatles continues.
Review: I am going to write this review having only seen the first two segments of the five part series on Star TV just as I did for the Beatles series "A long and winding Road" This is hugely better, interviews with people that matter ie: Billy Preston and Mick Taylor. In addition a lot more footage to see in this series. I have always been a bigger Beatles fan than a Stones fan but this series on the Stones is definitely worth buying as it is way more informative than the Beatles counterpart. An essential for all rock and Stones fan.
Rating:
Summary: NO MUSIC ???? Terrible, Terrible release
Review: I can't believe how bad this set is. The entire 5 disc set doesn't contain a single note played or sung by the Rolling Stones. The set also claims to be seven hours and it is less than five.
Interviews with the Rolling Stones are few and far between and all come from secondary sources.
Most of the footage is reused in every disc and the most annoying thing is the CONSTANT STONES IMITATION BACKGROUND MUSIC THAT PLAYS THE ENTIRE TIME.
Many extremely boring and unessential interviews the only one of ANY consequence (barely) is Mick Taylor and he quit the band thrity years ago. All the others are former engineers, back up singers and LOTS and LOTS (and LOTS!) of interviews with biographers, and writers NO ONE HAS EVER HEARD OF!
I hate this kind of release, A complete waste of my time and money. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
Bonus FOOTAGE are not actual Rolling Stones footage but more boring interviews with has beens trying to remember.
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