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Summary: Magic
Review: After the drugs, the booze, the pain, after it all here she is. There for all to see is what Judy Garland had become, older and physically destroyed ... yet through it all that spark of magic survived. She sings her heart out in this show and it is very poignant because that wonderful voice still lingers on. Towards the end of the show you can hear her exhaustion and yet she still belts out Dixie Melody and San Francisco. And for all those of you who have seen Meet Me in St. Louis, she reprises the Trolley Song with such gusto that I defy you not to have tears in your eyes. You can also see the love that Frank and Dean have for her, two men who looked out for her in her lowest periods. Frank and Dean's joint rendition of The One I Love is a masterpiece, the timing of their comments between lyrics is touched with genius. In Judy's final solo medley, perhaps the most marvellous is You Made Me Love You for the elegant ease of her phrasing. Thankfully the director lets you see the audience during that final stretch and they are on their feet applauding and cheering. Watch this one with a glass of your favourite tipple and forget everything, you'll be clapping too. A beautiful recording of these masters from a bygone era.
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Summary: A great tape if you love Judy's 1961 Carnegie Hall concert
Review: Although Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra are billed in "The Legendary Concert", it's Judy's show. She does quite a few of the same great songs from the Carnegie Hall concert, and she does them exactly the way they were done in that concert. The adoring fans are even visible near the end of the tape. Dean and Frank are wonderful, but secondary performers here. If you're a Judy fan, I doubt you'll be disappointed. It's a tape I watch over and over for a "Judy fix".
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Summary: Like an MTV Video of the BEST OF GARLAND FROM CarnegieHall
Review: Even though Frank and Dean are also on this fantastic special,its Judy's show.If you have "Judy at CarnegieHall,"you'll be amazed hearing the songs from this show.Garland sings "WhenYourSmilling,HowLongHasThisBeenGoingOn,The Man that got away,SanFrancisco," and alot more,EXACTLY the way she sang them from her famous,live,grammy award winning record.It was also a joy to see Frank and Dean on this video.Dean Martin is from my hometown of Steubenville,Ohio,and were very proud of Him.Judy was at her peek on this tape,from 1962.This is a must have for your Judy Garland collection.
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Summary: The BEST Garland On Television...
Review: Forget the videos from her '63-64 CBS series, some good, some bad...a patchwork of quality. If you want to own the ULTIMATE 'Garland On TV' video, buy this one....immediately. Her television work never reached this level of excellence, before or after, and say what you may about 'colorization,' it adds a lot to the over-all impact of her performance. She had just reached the zenith of her concert career in 1961 at Carnegie Hall, and this '62 TV special is the closest we will ever come to witnessing the magic she created there.Her showmanship supreme is introduced by THE original, earth-shaking Overture from Carnegie Hall, which will put you in the mood to start clapping and shouting her name even from an easy chair in your living room. With "JUDY" in slowly illuminating lights as a background, she delivers a powerhouse version of "Just In Time" and then swings into her wonderful rendition of "When You're Smiling." "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" is sung more poignantly than ever before, and she delivers the most heartbreaking version of "The Man That Got Away" you will ever hear. It will take your breath away and make your spine tingle, and she does it in a simple cocktail bar setting, very restrained, no arms flying everywhere, just pure raw emotion in her voice. Fellow 'Rat-Packers' Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, certainly legends themselves, are perfect guests, and do some fine solo numbers. They also display their obvious affection and respect for their hostess when joining her in "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby" and an upbeat version of "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You" that is truly fun to watch. Then...POW...Judy finishes the performance of her life with showstopper versions of "Swanee," "Rockabye Your Baby," and "San Francisco" that equal or surpass anything she ever gave us at Carnegie Hall or anywhere else. If you are 60 and you were actually there to watch this TV special forty years ago, or if you are 16 and just starting to discover The Greatest Entertainer Who Ever Lived....you need nothing more than this one video to 'know it all.'
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Summary: Terrific Trio!
Review: Great show with Judy Dean and Frank all in peak form.If good music sung by great song stylists is what your looking for this is it.
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Summary: Big League.
Review: I just saw this video for the first time, so you may have to forgive me if nostalgia causes me, to some anyway, to over-rate this. I notice some reviewers have dissected this filmed 1962 t.v. performance like a cadaver, but this is what I got from the viewing. I like varied styles of music, I'm not an expert, I like what I hear, or I don't. I found this filmed musical special just great! Seeing these legends perform together still gives one goosebumps. The entertainment industry back then was a smaller community, and the obvious affection, support, and comaraderie between these "friends", who also happened to be three of the biggest names in show-biz, is magic. Some find the staging, patter, etc..corny, I loved it. It's SHOW-BIZ, Baby!!! I found them all in great voice, Sinatra & Dino the definition of cool. And JUDY !...oh Judy, is so fantastic, when she sings "The Man That Got Away", from her "A Star Is Born", it's easy to see why many consider her the greatest talent Hollywood ever produced. Her voice, and the emotion in her renditions, justify the legend. And her finale may bring you to tears. This Baby-Boomer is SO glad I was around at that time , so that I was very familiar with these entertainment giants...was I lucky. I love music...many kinds, I'm just as likely to follow a Patsy Cline c.d. with Blondie, then Jefferson Airplane. But in this era of Puffy Daddys & Techno-Floozies, it is so refreshing to be reminded of these dear, now-gone people, all of whom evoke the term "God-given talent". A great video for "those who were there", and maybe even for those younger who weren't. As time goes by, and when all's said and done, these three will be of the relative hand-full of performers who will be remembered.
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Summary: For the harcore fan, who can put this tape in context...
Review: If I were trying to initiate a friend into the joy of Garland, this wouldn't be the performance to recommend. But hey, if you're intent of seeing her entire "ouevre", this performance will strike you as neither her worst nore her best. Sinatra comes across -- to me -- as sinister and somewhat condescending, while Dean Martin seems far more pleasant, though not possessing the great voice of the other two. I thought I would be bothered by the colorized aspect of this tape, but in fact, found it to be well-done: it adds an almost spooky "modern" feel to this 1960's performance. Garland looks puffy and out-of-focus, not due to the tape itself -- probably due to her mental state on that particular evening. I was disappointed by the lack of a synergy I thought would be evident between these three pro's. Only Sinatra and Martin seem genuinely "chummy." Sinatra does a faux "flirtation" with Garland, and the whole premise of the competition between Sinatra and Martin for Garland's affection comes off as patently staged and false.
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Summary: Uneven
Review: It is interesting to note that, at the peak of his career, Sinatra was flattered to appear purely in support of Judy Garland. Considered stylish and sophistocated when first aired, time has not been greatly kind to this particular t.v. special-- nor has colorization, which is notably poor and jarring. For the most part, Garland, Sinatra and Martin lack the electricty one expects, the presentation seems stagey, and the 1960s sparsely modern sets seem cold and aloof. Sinatra gives every appearance of undue smugness throughout his appearances, and his performaces are lackluster; Martin, however, emerges as likeable and relaxed, and his voice has a pleasing tone. As for Garland, her rendition of "The Man Who Got Away" is easily the program's highlight, approaching the power of her finest performances, and her solo "runway" performance at the program's end is nicely done if not quite as dazzling as one could wish. The program has little to offer to any one other than Garland fans, of which I am one, and what it does offer is uneven.
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Summary: A Live "Television Spectacular" From 1962
Review: Judy Garland was super-hot in 1962--so hot that she could easily coax stars Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin into appearing as secondary attractions when she decided to recreate portions of her legendary Carnegie Hall concert for television. After opening the program with a medley including "Just in Time" and "When You're Smiling," Garland introduces her guests, and both Sinatra and Martin have their musical moments and share a bit of comic banter. But this show belongs to Garland, and she dominates it with considerable ease. Garland's voice was a delicate instrument, and although it was not in truly superior form for this performance it was certainly solid enough to deliver one knock-out punch after another, beginning with a ferocious performance of "The Man Who Got Away" and then a charming and memorable "I Can't Give You Anything But Love." But the highlight of the program comes at the end, when Garland dispenses with her guests and stomps out onto a runway surrounded by her audience to toss off a handful of songs as only she could: "Swanee," "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby," "San Francisco." And while she doesn't quite manage to catch that Carnegie Hall lightening, she still makes it more than worth the trip. The program has been tinkered with, of course, first remixed into stereo and then colorized. The stereo isn't bad--but the colorization was a mistake: Sinatra's famous blue eyes have a truly peculiar cast, and the skin tones have a painted-on look. But I wouldn't avoid this tape on that account. On the other hand, a lot of Garland's television work is being slowly but surely released on DVD, and you may prefer to bypass this particular out-of-print tape in favor of a future DVD release. But one way or another, this is one that hardcore Garland fans will want to have in their collection.
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Summary: please release this at higher quality level
Review: Judy is great, but I don't like Sinatra/Martin at all. Still, the show would be 5 stars if not for the mediocre sound quality and terrible colorization. It just looks plain weird and is more than a little distracting! I wish that this would be presented at the level of the Judy Garland Show DVDS. PLEASE!
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