Piranha Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Anyone care to throw out recommendations for really good concert DVD's? OK, here's my short list: Blues Traveler - Live - Thinnest of Air Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live at the El Mocambo 1983 Joe Satriani - Live in San Francisco Coldplay - Live 2003 Alice in Chains - Unplugged U2 - Go Home - Live From Slane Castle The Who - The Kids Are Alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurs Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 new Peter Gabriel "Growing Up Live" is wicked good.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piranha Posted December 3, 2003 Author Share Posted December 3, 2003 I'll have to get that ASAP new Peter Gabriel "Growing Up Live" is wicked good.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My system: Krell Theater Amplifier Standard Krell HTS7.1 Denon DVD2900 Samsung 43" DLP Sony SAT-HD200 Monster Power HTS5100 Signature Line Conditioner > Monster M-Series Balanced IC's SignalCable Analog 2 IC's Signal Cable Shotgun Bi-Wire < Cobalt Cable Sub cable Fronts - B&W Nautilus 802 on SoundAnchor stands Center - B&W Nautilus HTM1 Surrounds - B&W Nautilus 804 on SoundAnchor stands Sub - RSW-15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmar Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 10-4 ON THAT PETER GAB DVD! I MUST AD YES "SYMOHINIC LIVE" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas42 Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 Speaking of Peter Gabriel and great concert DVDs...Secret World Live is really good. A few others I might recommend are: Pat Benetar- Live in New Haven (1983) Pink Floyd- Pulse (VCD only currently. The video is crappy but the concert is top notch). Eagles- Hell Freezes Over Kansas- Device Voice Drum Diana Krall- Live in Paris I have quite a few on DVD but it is surprising how many of them (large percentage) are lackluster in Audio, Video, AND performance. Just my opinion... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurs Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 where in Texas 42? Heartily agree on Diana Krall Live in Paris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 My favorite concert DVDs are: 1. Fleetwood Mac The Dance (DD 5.1) 2. The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon Tour (DD 5.1) 3.The Eagles Hell Freezes Over (DTS 5.1) There are two versions of Hell Freezes Over; one has the video with the music, the second only has the music with no video. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMcGoo Posted December 3, 2003 Share Posted December 3, 2003 One additional comment on Hell Freezes Over: The Eagles have Hotel California out on a DVD-A at 96/24 for 5.1 and 192/24 for stereo. These are all very excellent in sound quality IMO. The DVD-A of Hotel California and HFO allows you to compare some of the same songs on a compressed format (DTS)to a high resolution format without compression (MLP). I use i.link on my Pioneer gear, and DVD-A is a clear winner in sound quality IMO. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikekid Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Fleetwood Mac- The Dance Peter Frampton- Live in detroit ELO- Zoom Roy Orbison- Balck and White night / Greatest Hits Train- Midnight Moon Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- high Grass Dogs Queen- Greatest Video Hits Natalie Merchant- Live Concert (New York City) Roger Waters- In The Flesh-Live Joe Satriani- Live In San Francisco Elton John- One Night Only Eagles- Hell Freezes Over Peter Gabriel- Secret World Live These are some of the BEST sounding DVD's of the many I have. I was VERY disapointed at the sound quality of the new Rush in Rio DVD. The video and performance looked outstanding... too bad the sound was substandard. One of my favorite bands too! ............ Where's those Pink Floyd concert DVD's????????????? Later Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whadyasay Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Eric Clapton Live at Hyde Park Brain Setzer Orchestra Live in Tokyo Both have powerful DTS mixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowjoe24 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Elton John- One Night Only "Greatest Hits" Eagles....HFO in DTS IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 For sound quality, here are some more not mentioned yet. LED Zepplin - Excellent DTS soundtack sounds like it was recorded this year, not 1970. Brings back a lot of memories. King Crimson - Deja Vrooom - Excelent sound and a neat 7 angle recording where you choose your musician and the camera and center speaker stay focused on them only on Vroom Vroom but still very very cool. Madonna - Drowned World 2001 - Excelent DTS soundtrack and amazing stage show. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picky Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 LED ZEPPELIN DVD - AWESOME stage footage from the beginning, middle and end of their career! Be sure to watch Drummer Jon Bonham's solo on the 'Moby Dick' track! Bare-handed drum-kit percussion at its' best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickB Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Metallica: S&M Metallica: Cunning Stunts, Metallica at their best. David Gilmour In Concert, excellent laid back concert with great sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 ---------------- On 12/4/2003 11:26:56 AM picky-picky wrote: LED ZEPPELIN DVD - AWESOME stage footage from the beginning, middle and end of their career! Be sure to watch Drummer Jon Bonham's solo on the 'Moby Dick' track! Bare-handed drum-kit percussion at its' best! ----------------Great dvd, I was at 2 shows in 1972, man oh man does this thing make my spine tingle, especially the inside concert shots, and being able to watch it is fabulous Moby dick drum solo makes my B4-plus sub ROCK the hpouse down!! Plus the memories of the very BEST concert I was ever at, YEAH! Add Grateful dead at winterland 1978 new years eve the night winterland closed down, Jerry is in Rare form. The only thing that could have been a bit better is on some songs I like them played faster. Smilin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 better than two channel audiophile CDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Colin, I can't say ithe sound is better than 2 channel cd's, but it is wonderful and different cause they mostly play in 5.1, so you have to get used to that format. Also with an AVR you can change for dolby digital to thx to DDII to stereo to whatever the prosessor you have allows. But the real kicker is being able to relive your past and or see concerts you have only WANTED to see, AND you can watch whenever you want, or Just listen if you have other things to do. Visually it is very very cool! Smilin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Gervais Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 I just got the Lynyrd Skynyrd live concert DVD and it rocks. Also I must agree with the prior posts on the "Eagles: Hell Freezes Over" DVD. Also check out Journey's 2001 DVD another very good performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilH Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 The Led Zeppelin DVD is remarkable for the age of the material on it. Say all you want about Jimmy Page, but he found an engineer who also knows what the Zep live experience was all about and, at the same time, knows what the latest technology is to make an incredible remaster out of 30 year old relics. You can almost smell the illegal substances floating through the air as you watch the concert clips on these 2 DVD's. John Paul Jones never got the credit he deserved for his abilities...keeping up with Page in concert was a remarkable feat in itself!! The multiple "through time" versions of "Communication Breakdown" in the extras section is a hoot too! Hopefully, other classic 60's and 70's performances by other bands can now be dusted off and re-engineered to sound great with today's audio technology. Another one of my favorites is "The Who...Live From Royal Albert Hall" DD and DTS, recorded in 2000 while Entwhistle was still with us and Zack Starkey had developed into the best possible Who drummer since Keith Moon. You can sure tell he emulates Moon even more than he emulates his father Ringo. Unfortunately, another great Who combination never to be seen again... PhilH 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 ---------------- On 12/4/2003 2:53:20 PM PhilH wrote: The Led Zeppelin DVD is remarkable for the age of the material on it. Say all you want about Jimmy Page, but he found an engineer who also knows what the Zep live experience was all about and, at the same time, knows what the latest technology is to make an incredible remaster out of 30 year old relics. You can almost smell the illegal substances floating through the air as you watch the concert clips on these 2 DVD's. John Paul Jones never got the credit he deserved for his abilities...keeping up with Page in concert was a remarkable feat in itself!! The multiple "through time" versions of "Communication Breakdown" in the extras section is a hoot too! Hopefully, other classic 60's and 70's performances by other bands can now be dusted off and re-engineered to sound great with today's audio technology. Another one of my favorites is "The Who...Live From Royal Albert Hall" DD and DTS, recorded in 2000 while Entwhistle was still with us and Zack Starkey had developed into the best possible Who drummer since Keith Moon. You can sure tell he emulates Moon even more than he emulates his father Ringo. Unfortunately, another great Who combination never to be seen again... PhilH ---------------- PhilH, Thanks for the best moderator opinion I have seen on the forum yet, of course in the last 40 day's. I will also go pickup The Who reco you made as it seems you have very good taste! Smilin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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