favorite concert dvd?

[musicman1999]

What is your favorite concert dvd and why?
Mine is David Gilmore in concert.It is an acoustic concert recorded in England with a killer band.It is about half Pink Floyd material and the rest covers.The video is clean and clear and the 5.1 track is solid.The real star,however is the pcm stereo track.In a word,stunning.
thanks
bill

[eisforelectronic]

Roy Orbison: Black and White

and

Metallica: Cunning Stunts

[Lexmark3200]

I have a few:

FLEETWOOD MAC: TANGO IN THE NIGHT LIVE
METALLICA: S&M
GOO GOO DOLLS LIVE IN BUFFALO JULY 4 2005
and the upcoming POLICE:SYNCHRONICITY LIVE WITH DTS

[JSE]

Rush - Live in Rio. Unbelievable. To see and hear the crowd interaction is amazing.

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Patty Labelle Live from the Apollo Theater. Watching this woman sing live is like being electrocuted with 1k of power. Anyone who can lay down, roll accross the floor while holding one of the highest notes I have ever heard her sing, and not waver one bit in pitch is awesome in their own right.

[Tarheel_]

Rush in Rio....not greatest in terms of sound quality, but its a rockin concert with a ton of fans.

Eagles 'Hell Freezes Over'...sound quality here is unbelievable. Not even a big Eagles fan, but this DVD will show off you HT like no other.

[paul_pci]

Pearl Jam Live at the Garden: awesome video and incredible sound.

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Live at Slane Castle: who doesn't love the Chili Peppers?

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

"Patty Labelle Live from the Apollo Theater. Watching this women sing......"

Can't we clean up our spelling and language usage just a bit here? Shouldn't this be----and correct me if I am wrong----watching this WOMAN not WOMEN sing?

I'll clean up my spelling when you learn to fact check your reviews and they are less than novel size. Deal?

[Woochifer]

From a purely technical standpoint, I would go with Boz Scaggs' Greatest Hits Live and Pat Metheny Group: Speaking of Now Live. From a purely performance standpoint, I would lean towards Bruce Springsteen Live In Barcelona.

The Boz Scaggs DVD was produced by HDNet for their high definition satellite broadcasts, and if any other concert videos that they might have produced look and sound this good, then I will definitely have to seek more of them out. My background with Boz Scaggs is limited to Silk Degrees and his latter albums, which used a multitude of L.A. session musicians that I used to frequently see around town. The DVD spans a much longer time frame beyond my familiarity, and as such, the music is a mixed bag with me. (But, the DVD was taped at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, which happens to be where I took my now wife on our first date, so I had to at least buy the disc for posterity's sake!) The technical production work at the video end on this disc is quite good, few visible flaws that I could pick up.

And on the audio end, the disc features 5.1 DD and DTS tracks, as well as a 2.0 track processed in SRS surround. The perspective of the audio mix takes more of an "artistic" approach, which does not limit the surround usage to ambient and crowd cues. This recording steers a lot of the keyboards, acoustic guitars, and background vocals into the surround channels, but also matches a lot of the lead instruments up front, which solidifies and stretches the side imaging perspective from the front soundstage back to just behind the listening position. While this creates a very convincing surround effect that plants the listener into the middle of the stage, it's not overdone and the ambient and crowd sounds from the backside are located exactly where they should be in the soundfield. Dynamically, the recording sounds great for an amplified live concert recording, and the layering of the different instruments is well differentiated with a very full sound (the use of two keyboardists and the good decisions in how the instrumentation gets steered into the surrounds probably contribute).

The Pat Metheny Group: Speaking of Now Live DVD is his third concert DVD, and this one was recorded in Japan inside of a concert hall with very good acoustics. This was also the first tour after Metheny revamped his long-time band lineup. Even though the album that this tour supported was unfortunately one of Metheny's weaker recent efforts, the displays of musicianmanship in this concert are very impressive and definitely pointed to greater and more exciting things to come from the new lineup. (Accordingly, the follow up album The Way Up is an absolutely astounding almost epic work that defies description, and one of his June performances of this album in Korea has been taped for DVD release -- can't wait!)

While the video quality of this DVD has its fair share of visible glitches, the audio is superlative. With 4.1 DD and DTS soundtracks, this DVD was mixed without the center channel, and compared to his two previous concert DVDs, it has a very open and ambient sound. Unlike the Boz Scaggs DVD, this sound mix takes the perspective from out in the audience and conveys the ambience of the concert hall very well. Dynamically, the sound is very clean with just the right amount of extension. In fact, when I saw Metheny earlier this year, I kept thinking how much I preferred the sound of the DVD over what his live concert rig sounded like.

The Bruce Springsteen DVD was filmed near the start of his 2002 tour in support of The Rising. Even though Springsteen has long been one of best live rock performers ever with one of the best jam bands around to back him up (they typically rehearse over 200 songs before going on tour, and Springsteen at any given moment might launch into any of them), this was the first time that he released a video that documented an entire concert (his concerts are typically over three hours long, and the playlist will vary from show to show). Even though his previous Live In New York City DVD probably did a better job at chronicling his "greatest hits," the Barcelona show was probably a better overall performance, and it highlighted The Rising which IMO perfectly captured the scope and meaning of 9/11, without resorting to scapegoating and poseur posturing that made its way into other 9/11-themed albums. The audio and video quality are both subpar, but the power of the performance is still evident.

[kexodusc]

I don't have a favorite, but of the 19 concert DVD's I own, these are the top 5

Tori Amos - "Welcome to Sunny Florida" is a pretty good snapshot of what her live performances are like, and how she turns a stadium into an intimate club setting. Not all her best songs made it, and the sound quality is only average or so (no DTS), but excellent all the same.

Dream Theater -"Live at Budokan", awesome performance, excellent Dolby Digital track, and a fantastic set. An absolute must for any DT fan, and highly recommended for long-time Rush fans

Rush In Rio - just great.

Metallica - S&M - This should have been their swan song...what a send-off it would have been...remembered for all the right reasons. It's amazing how well their old music works with a symphony accompanying.

Allman Brothers - Live at the Beacon Theater - These guys are incredible...excellent from beginning to end...Warren Haynes may very well be the hardest working and most talented musician alive

[JSE]

Dream Theater -"Live at Budokan"

That's probably my #2. Truly amazing

Some other greats, I have A LOT in my library.

Primus - Hallucino Genetics Live 2004. - If you like Primus, enjoy!

John Fogherty - Premonition. Not a huge fan but a great DVD

Roy Orbison - B&W How can you not like Roy?

Crossroads Guitar Festival - Cray, Vaughn (Jimmie), Guy, Clapton, King, Santana and even Steve Vai and others. What more could you asked for?

SRV - Live from Austin City Limits 95'. A must for any collection. The sound and picture pretty much suck but it's Stevie. You still get lost in his playing.

Norah Jones - Live in New Orleans. Put that puppy in the DVD player guys and your gonna get some from the old lady. And it's a great DVD.

Matchbox 20 - Show. I know, I know. But it's a good concert and the sound is pretty good.

Los Lobos - Live at the Filmore. Even if you don't like Los Lobos, you will like this DVD. Awesome sound and they really rock. Yes, they rock!

Depeche Mode - One Night in Paris. I was a huge fan in highschool and saw them about 5 or 6 times live. Great shows. This DVD has pretty good sound and video. Dave Gahan is the man when it comes to front men. The only real negative is they did not include some of their more lesser known "fan hits".


Anyway, just a few of my favorites.

JSE

[Woochifer]

Los Lobos - Live at the Filmore. Even if you don't like Los Lobos, you will like this DVD. Awesome sound and they really rock. Yes, they rock!

This article might be of interest. It discusses how the 5.1 mix for that Los Lobos DVD was done. Sounds very interesting, and I don't have any concert DVDs that were done at the Fillmore. I've seen several concerts there, and it's a great venue.

The article also discusses the Boz Scaggs DVD that I mentioned earlier. Interesting point in that article about how sound engineers are shying away from heavily using the center channel in concert DVD soundtracks.

http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_bringing_show_home/

[JSE]

This article might be of interest. It discusses how the 5.1 mix for that Los Lobos DVD was done. Sounds very interesting, and I don't have any concert DVDs that were done at the Fillmore. I've seen several concerts there, and it's a great venue.

The article also discusses the Boz Scaggs DVD that I mentioned earlier. Interesting point in that article about how sound engineers are shying away from heavily using the center channel in concert DVD soundtracks.

http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_bringing_show_home/

Hey Whooch, thanks for the link. Interesting read. I really don't mind when the center channel is not used heavily. If your system is set up right, you hardly notice. Besides, I really like how my Boston's handle voices.

I'll have to check the Scaggs DVD out. Definitely check out the Los Lobos DVD. It's really cool and I am not really a fan of theirs but it's just fun to listen to and sounds so good.

JSE

[Lexmark3200]

"Metallica - S&M - This should have been their swan song...what a send-off it would have been...remembered for all the right reasons. It's amazing how well their old music works with a symphony accompanying."

Hey Kexo,

I'll supply my DVD review of S&M in a little while for you to take a look at; I wrote it for three different magazines but Im not sure I ever posted it on this site......I agree with what you said....an awesome live concert man!

[Lexmark3200]

I don't have a favorite, but of the 19 concert DVD's I own, these are the top 5

Tori Amos - "Welcome to Sunny Florida" is a pretty good snapshot of what her live performances are like, and how she turns a stadium into an intimate club setting. Not all her best songs made it, and the sound quality is only average or so (no DTS), but excellent all the same.

Dream Theater -"Live at Budokan", awesome performance, excellent Dolby Digital track, and a fantastic set. An absolute must for any DT fan, and highly recommended for long-time Rush fans

Rush In Rio - just great.

Metallica - S&M - This should have been their swan song...what a send-off it would have been...remembered for all the right reasons. It's amazing how well their old music works with a symphony accompanying.

Allman Brothers - Live at the Beacon Theater - These guys are incredible...excellent from beginning to end...Warren Haynes may very well be the hardest working and most talented musician alive

Hey Kexo,

When you get a chance, check out the review of S&M I prepared and pulled from my archives just for you in this forum!

[s dog]

I was looking around at wal-mart the other day and seen a live farewell concert that the eagles have put out, it had a 16x9 picture and DTS sound track ,i had it in my hand but put it back because i didnot know if it would be any good and it cost $25.00 buck . The more i think about it now the more i want it, think i will go buy it this weekend and just take a chance,.and one other thing is i seem to have a hard time finding 16x9 live concerts so i hate to let this one get buy me ,hate giving $25.00 bucks for a dvd but thats the way it is, if anyone has seen this concert let me know what you think of it . surely it would be pretty good being the eagles. thanks

[Tarheel_]

I was looking around at wal-mart the other day and seen a live farewell concert that the eagles have put out, it had a 16x9 picture and DTS sound track ,i had it in my hand but put it back because i didnot know if it would be any good and it cost $25.00 buck . The more i think about it now the more i want it, think i will go buy it this weekend and just take a chance,.and one other thing is i seem to have a hard time finding 16x9 live concerts so i hate to let this one get buy me ,hate giving $25.00 bucks for a dvd but thats the way it is, if anyone has seen this concert let me know what you think of it . surely it would be pretty good being the eagles. thanks

OOHHHHHHHHH, the good ol' days...reading those previous posts are a hoot.

anyway, s.dog....i purchased the farewell tour DVD and enjoy it. They don't play the same songs as the 'Hell Freezes Over' DVD so I picked it up based on the sound quality of the first DVD. The sound here is close to the first, but not quite there. I'd recommend dropping the $25, heck...its a lot less than a tank of gas.

[Lexmark3200]

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