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Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
The artist is Artist is Deep Purple. By Emd Int'l.
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5 comments about Made In Japan: The Remastered Edition.
- It was hard for me to rate this cd recording. I really don't like it. It is live performances I guess from Japan. I don't consider it the best of Deep Purple. That is my fault for not listening to the tracks before I bought it. So I am not sure how to rate it. Will be buying a different best of Deep Purple cd though.
- Yes everyone this is the real Deep Purple! This is the true LIVE Purple Album. Once you hear this there is no turning back. Talent, quality, professionalism, power, etc...its all here. This is the album that shows the abilty of Ritchie Blackmore/Jon Lord/Ian Paice/Ian Gillian /Roger Glover. I first got his album when it originally came out, now I needed to get it again for my music library. It is a MUST!
- Deep Purple is the best band of all times...Why Made in Japan is considered the best live album ever made? Because The Purples are the Best, the best Zep or Sabbath song's haven't the level of this tracks...
Ritchie, John, Roger and Ians are the maximum....
- With Deep Purple, the LOUDER the better. Had it in vynyl. Now in cd format. Great from start to finish.
Just when You thought it was safe to go back in the water..........
- This is the famous line-up of Mark 2; Ian Gillan on vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitars, Roger Glover on bass, Jon Lord on keyboards and Ian Paice on the drums.
This is absolutely one of the best recorded live albums for me. Recorded live in Japan in 1972! Just buy the album and listen! If you own it in vinyl (LP) like me, it's better that you own it also in the form of a CD coz it's expanded with extra tracks like Black Night, Speed King and Lucille. These songs didn't appear in the first release of the album and even in the first release of the CD.
This is my third copy of this album already. I've got my first copy in the mid 70s and again in the 80s. Actually in the Philippines it was released as Made in Japan Volume 1 and Volume 2 in separate album.
All songs in the LP Volume 1 and 2 are in one CD only in this edition and the other CD contains the extra tracks from the same Japanese tour in 1972.
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Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
It stars AC, DC. By Sony.
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5 comments about AC/DC : Plug Me In (2 DVD set).
- AC-CD LIVE SHOWS ARE SURELY ADRENALINE PACKED!!! YOU'LL NEVER GET BORED & SLEEPY SEEING & HEARING BON, ANGUS & BRIAN DOING THIER HARD ROCK N ROLL LIVE KICKS!!!
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As a huge Bon Scott fan I just love this DVD!!!
Put together extremely well it shows live footage, interviews and a scrapbook! Sadly at the end of the scrapbook you see the anouncement of
Bon's Death! Bon was it when I was growing up in the seventies!
The ultimate Frontman in my book! The DVD continues with Brian whom I have a lot of Respect for. This DVD is a must have for any AC/DC Fan!!!
- This DVD is GREAT fun! If you are an AC/DC fan, this needs to be a part of your music library. I especially loved the old footage of a very young Bon Scott and Angus Young! The mind's image of Bon Scott in a dress and pigtails is rather repulsive, but when you actually see it, it's very funny.
I read the reviews below which panned this offering because it didn't have Dolby sound. Well, I'm not a sound expert, so I can't tell you whether it does or doesn't have Dolby sound, but I can tell you that it sounds GREAT to ME. That's all I care about! Besides, if you look at all the reviews that have been posted on Amazon by the others who have whined about the sound on this DVD, you will see that the vast majority of them are negative reviews. Seems like some people just enjoy looking for anything to complain about and when they find it, they have a field day.
I do understand that sound is much more important with music DVDs than regular movies (to me, anyway). I get that. The fact is, though, that unless you are a sound expert, or someone who can hear a pin drop 50 feet away, then this DVD sounds just fine. Great, in fact! I give it five stars. No, it's not perfect, but then, nothing is. The five star rating is because I don't know how to give it four-and-a-half. AC/DC fans, get this DVD today!!
Peace.
- I'll keep this short. If you dig Family Jewels, you'll love this as a live addendum. If you don't get that last sentence, avoid this DVD set and go for AC/DC "No Bull" live, which is definitely the best w/ Brian show ever recorded and released. Gotta go, my Kilkenny is getting warm.
- I obtained this set for Christmas which I added to my existing AC/DC DVD collection. This piece of work is the worst of the lot. The sound lacks 5.1 and DTS, plus the picture quality for the most part is equally as bad as the sound.
Save your precious dollars and steer clear from this dud. "Live at Donington" is what you should be looking at getting.
Shame on the boys from down under. They pulled a fast one on their audience.
BTW, thank God that I didn't get the 3 disc set.
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Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
The artist is Artist is Kansas. By Sbme Special Mkts..
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5 comments about Monolith.
- It totally confuses me to read degrading reviews of this album. Yes, this album came at the decline of Kansas -- right BEFORE the decline. This album is incredible. I enjoy it as much as any of their albums. They have four full-fledged classics, in my opinion: Masque, Lefoverture, Point of Know Return, and Monolith. Track by track, this album is as strong as any of the others. It would be nice to hear it remastered, though.
- Progressive rockers Kansas' seventh album Monolith was released in May of 1979.
By 1979, Kansas had two Top 5 multi-million selling albums out of Leftoverture and Point of Know Return and a Platinum selling double live effort Two For the Show.
When drummer Phil Ehart, bass player Dave Hope, guitarist/keyboard player Kerry Livgren, violinist/vocalist Robby Steinhardt, singer/keyboard player Steve Walsh and guitarist Rich Williams got together to create their first studio album since PoKR in early 1979, the pressure was on the band to deliver another great album considering disco and New Wave had hijacked the music scene with a vengeance.
On Monolith, the general sound is still that of the band's famous progressive hard rock sound that characterized their output but mainstream styles like disco and New Wave was pushing prog into the underground.
We kick off Monolith with the majestic epic "On the Other Side" which has superb guitar work from Livgren and Williams and vocals by Walsh and has the classic tempo changes Kansas were known for. Next was the Top 30 hit "People of the South Wind" which was also a killer track and not a disco tune as some attest it. Next is the Walsh penned epic "Angels Have Fallen" and is a great piece. We close the first half with the rocker "How My Soul Cries Out For You" which features Walsh and Steinhardt again on vocals (like the previous track) and duel leads from Livgren and Williams.
We kick the second half off with Livgren's seven minute epic "A Glimpse of Home" which is an awesome piece and one of my favorite Kansas tracks and the guitar work on this track is unbelievable. Next is Walsh's "Away from You" which is a great piece. We follow with the hard rocker "Stay Out of Trouble" which includes Walsh and Steinhardt on lead vocals and Livgren and Williams trading leads like crazed dogs. We close the album with the acoustic guitar and synthesizer piece called "Reason to Be" which was a minor hit but a great track nevertheless.
Monolith reached #10 on the Billboard chart and is their last million selling album to date in the US as it sold a million copies in the US alone. Sales aside, Monolith is not a bad album, just wrongfully ignored!
RECOMMENDED!
- KANSAS - Monolith (1979) (*** ½ ) 8 tracks - (41:45)
Monolith was KANSAS's sixth studio album in five years. The whole band was still together, even under the pressures of stardom, touring, and keeping up the process of writing good songs. Kerry Livgren (guitar/keyboards) was still the main songwriter, and again seemed to pen the most well known songs. In this case, the opening track: On the Other Side, and People of the South Wind (my personal favorite). The album's closer, Reason to Be is a classic KANSAS song. Nice acoustic guitars, good vocal harmonies, and some nice violin sections. A trend the band had started with Point of Know Return, they continued on Monolith, no epic-length songs. A few reached the six-minute plus mark, but that was the extent of it.
Monolith has some good songs on it, but it is just not as "solid" an effort as their two previous albums had been. Many people feel Monolith marks the beginning of the end for KANSAS. The other problem with this particular release is that, just like Two for the Show, this album has only been issued by SONY/Kirshner records. There is no EPIC/Legacy "Remaster" yet (if ever). EPIC has been dragging its feet on this one for YEARS! I heard about rumours of an upcoming remaster back in 2004. The CBS/Kirshner issue is so lacking that the simple single-fold booklet doesn't even have the band members listed or any kind of liner notes. I only have the lyrics because I own a vinyl copy.
I can only recommend this to fans. Hopefully a remastered version will eventually come our way, with more good bonus tracks included like they did on the Leftoverture and Point of Know Return Remasters. Hello? Is anybody listening?
Best Tracks: On the Other Side, People of the South Wind.
- Another of Kansas's unusual art-rock visionary albums in a similar vein to the 1975 release "Masque". I remembered purchasing this one as soon as it hit the record stores back in 1979 and remembered trying to decipher the album cover's art & meaning, which showed plains indians with astronaut helmets over their heads- science fiction maybe? The inside cover featured a visionary future return of the native americans amid ruins of our civilization(with a verse of the famous "Ghost Dance" of the Cheyenne Indians). It was realy an artistic statement/idea that had not been thought of before and I thought it was great. And yes the music is pretty cool also!
- Back in the seventies Kansas was trying to keep the momentum going following their smash release 'Leftoverture'. 'Point of Know Return' very much succeeded although quite different from its predecessor. Then comes along 'Monolith'. As a Kansas fan from before they were commercially famous I was, of course, expecting another killer release. It was and it wasn't. Some good tunes here, but then again, not in the same vein as their past two (now)trademark albums. Maybe, the tension in the band was starting to grow as Livgren moved closer and closer to Christianity. Who knows. This is still a solid release, and I can appreciate it more now than I could then, but it still doesn't even come close to their previous albums. This album was much gloomier (so were their first three) and maybe that was the turn off for alot of people; a little bit more rigid and the cohesiveness of the songs just wasn't the same as in the past. Very difficult to put a finger on with this one, but part of it could have been from the record label to produce more top 40 hits instead of focusing on what Kansas was all about. Somewhere along the way they were starting to lose their originality and progressiveness as evidenced in further releases and the eventual break-up of the band and re-formation (on again / off-again kind of thing). You played it and then waited to see what they would do with the next and hopefully find their way back again.
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It stars Jethro Tull. By Eagle Rock Ent.
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No comments about Live at Montreux 2003 [Blu-ray].
Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
The artist is Artist is Bon Jovi. By Island / Mercury.
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5 comments about 7800° Fahrenheit.
- Back in early '86, I had my first intimate experience with a girl in the back seat of my car with this album playing. 20 years later, the young lady has since become my wife - thus, this music holds a special place in my heart. It's a shame Jon and the boys pretend it does not exist and do not play any of these tracks live anymore.
- I would buy from this seller any day!! Shipment could not have been faster and my items were perfect!!
- Words cannot describe how awesome BON JOVI is!!! I am their #1 fan and no other group in this world produces such quality / entertaining / heartfelt music. I RECOMMEND YOU BUY 7800 FAHRENHEIT and ALL OF THEIR CDs!!!
- First off, let me just say I'm a psychotic, for lack of a better word, Bon Jovi fan. I have been for many years now.I've wanted this album for such a long time and was so happy to finally get it. In my opinion, its one of their better albums. I find it hard to believe that the band thinks its one of their worst. What made me want the album the most was the song Only Lonely. Others I absolutely love are The Price of Love, The Hardest Part is the Night, Always Run to You, and Secret Dreams. Personally, I think all those should have been released as singles because they are just that good. Although, their next album Slippery When Wet was more mature, 7800 was just as good.But their subsequent albums were awesome. I throughly enjoyed this album, I've listened to it nonstop since I got it. The song quality is amazing.I LOVE THIS ALBUM,I hope you do too.
- 7800 FAHRENHEIT deserved much better reviews than it got, because the album told the cold hard truth that being on the road all the time is not just a nonstop good time and, in fact, causes loneliness and depression. Jon Bon Jovi was apparently sad over being away from his high school sweetheart, but rather than cheat on her, he let his pain come out in his music. That, combined with his current belief that the young Australian tourist jailed in Indonesia since 2005 for drug-smuggling was wrongfully convicted, makes 7800 FAHRENHEIT an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.
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Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
The artist is Artist is Various Artists. By Fontana London.
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5 comments about Rushmore: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
- As others have already pointed out (a long time ago, but it bears repeating), a great mix!
Only disappointment on the disk is the Nothing in The World cut by The Kinks, with it's vocals driven into clipping at a few points. Ironically, cheaper sound systems actually sound worse as they struggle to deal with this issue. A very minor point to be sure, and I assume it came from the original tracks like that, because the rest of the album sounds great.
I've always liked the one-hit wonder Concrete & Clay by Unit 4+2. If you do too, I'd suggest not trying too hard to find anything else by them. If you do manage to find one of their albums, be open-minded because apparently whoever wrote Concrete & Clay left the room leaving the rest of their tunes never hitting that fun hook again.
Buy it today! I command you!
- The vision of soundtrack producer Mark Mothersbaugh and movie director Wes Anderson which captures the movie scenes, while standing on its own as an eclectic collection of songs from classic artists.
The Mod movement and British Invasion - Chad & Jeremy, Unit 4 + 2, The Kinks (Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl), The Who (A Quick One While He's Away) - and early 1970s compositions - Ooh La La (Faces, by Ronnie Lane and Ron Wood) and Oh Yoko! (John Lennon) - tell the story of the ever changing moods of the rebellious teen, Max Fischer.
Selections by Cat Stevens (Here Comes My Baby & The Wind), Zoot Sims, Yves Montand, The Creation are paint brushes over a vast canvas, which are seamless in the mix. Mothersbaugh is responsible for nine of the tracks for the soundtrack, which was released on February 2, 1999.
Five songs in the movie do not appear on the CD, including Donovan's Jersey Thursday and I Am Waiting by the Rolling Stones. But the scope of the music makes this a great example of a soundtrack that tells a perfect story, all by itself.
- I freaking love this soundtrack! It added so much to the movie - it certainly wouldn't be the same without those great songs. I'm not young enough to remember when these songs first hit the airwaves and turntables, but I understand why Wes Anderson chose them. Mark Mothersbaugh's additional original songs are also fantastic!
- The movie Rushmore was great and the soundtrack pretty good. But Mark Mothersbaugh's annoying score is placed at all the wrong intervals on the soundtrack. You're listening to some great British invasion rock and then one track later some totally out of place incidental music comes in and ruins the whole vibe of the album. The Mothersbaugh film score belongs on its own album just as other films have done. Mixing between songs and the score just kills the flow of the songs. You're constantly having to skip forward to the next track when the out of place score starts up again. Annoying as hell. And without the film's visuals? The score loses a lot of its power. It works great in the film but falls flat as day old soda water on its own.
- Here are all the songs and the order in which they appear:
1.Hardest Geometry Problem In The World - Mark Mothersbaugh
2.Sharp Little Guy - Mark Mothersbaugh
3.Making Time - Creation
4.The Lad With The Silver Button - Mark Mothersbaugh
5.Take Ten - Paul Desmond (*)
6.Concrete & Clay - Unit 4 + 2
7.Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worrin' Bout That Girl - The Kinks
8.Edward Appleby (In Memoriam) - Mark Mothersbaugh
9.A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy
10.Blinuet - Zoot Sims
11.Piranhas Are A Very Tricky Species - Mark Mothersbaugh
12.Here Comes My Baby - Cat Stevens
13.Friends Like You, Who Needs Friends - Mark Mothersbaugh
14.Jersey Thursday - Donovan (*)
15.A Quick One, While He's Away (live) - The Who(* the ragged-but-right version featured in the film is from The Rolling Stones' Rock 'n Roll Circus, NOT the Live at Leeds version found on this soundtrack)
16.I Am Waiting - The Rolling Stones (*)
17.Snowflake Music from Bottlerocket - Mark Mothersbaugh
18.Rue St. Vincent - Yves Montand
19.Kite Flying Society - Mark Mothersbaugh
20.The Wind - Cat Stevens
21.Oh Yoko! - John Lennon
22.Manoir De Mes Reves - Django Reinhardt (*)
23.Ooh La La - Faces
24.Margaret Yang's Theme - Mark Mothersbaugh
I've listened to this longer and more frequently than any other soundtrack. Pitch-perfect for the summer time.
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Posted in Classic Rock (Sunday, September 7, 2008)
The artist is Artist is Lynyrd Skynyrd. By Mca.
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5 comments about Street Survivors.
- I loved the album when it first came out years ago, and the cd does not disappoint. It was great the hear all thoses songs again, brought back so many great memories.
- This album was DEFINITELY Steve Gaines coming out party...His influence was ALL OVER this album...whether it be his playing or songwriting /vocals.( I know a little) was an older song he had been doing since the early 70's...And "Ain't no good life" was the ONLY Skynyrd Song in history that RVZ didn't do the lead vocals...Man, I was in 10th grade when this came out...Still sounds as great today as it did back then...One can only imagine what the Steve Gaines inspired Skynrd would have become..Because he definitely scared Gary Rossington and Allen Collins into playing better than they had in years...What a shame...
- The original line-up's last album opens with the Chuck Berry-like rock n' roll romp "What's Your Name", followed by another of the band's best-known songs, "That Smell".
Lynyrd Skynyrd were tighter than ever on this their fifth album, and there are several excellent songs to be found here. The swinging, mid-tempo "One More Time" was originally recorded back in 1971, six years before "Street Survivors" came out, but never released, and if it isn't one of the band's best-known songs, it is nevertheless one of their best.
"You Got That Right" is okay, it's not one of my favorites, but I know that a lot of people feel differently. And the melodic country-rock ballad "I Never Dreamed" is easy to like as well.
It's not all joy, though..."I Know A Little" isn't particularly memorable, and Skynyrd's version of Merle Haggard's "Honky Tonk Night Time Man" is too much Okie from Muskogee for me. Guitarist Steve Gaines' "Ain't No Good Life" is good enough, but no more than that. And I'd have really liked a rougher vocal on "That Smell", but that's a minor complaint, obviously.
This 2001 reissue features five bonus tracks, three alternates and two non-album tracks, "Georgia Peaches" and "Sweet Little Missy". Both are good, neither is great.
But the alternate "You Got That Right" is actually quite interesting, a little faster and more hard-hitting than the one originally issued, and the alternate and slightly shorter "I Never Dreamed" is very good as well, although not much different from the original.
Lots of great stuff here. "Pronounced..." remains Lynyrd Skynyrd's best studio album, and I would put "Bullets" and "Second Helping" before this one as well. But being Skynyrd's third-best album isn't half bad at all. Fans will certainly not want to be without this one.
- that this album had to be the swan song for a great lineup of a great band.The addition of Steve Gaines to the band gave them a shot in the arm both creatively and instrumentally and if not for the unfortunate accident that ended it all, I believe they would have soared to new heights.I was , along with friends , set to go see them in concert(would have been the third time for me) when the plane crash occurred just three days prior to our going. This album ranks with their best("Second Helping")and I never tire of listening to it.RIP Ronnie, Allen and Steve.
- When "Street Survivors" first came out in 1977 the cover depicted the band standing in a street filled with flames. 3 days after the album was release the band was involved in a horrific plane crash that took the lives of lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, new guitarist Steve Gaines, and seriously injured the rest of the members of the band. The album cover (which in particular showed Steve Gains engulfed in flames) was pulled immediately and replaced with a cover without the flames. The original vinyl album became quite the collector's item and is to this day. The album itself was a new beginning for Skynyrd. Stalwart guitarists Allen Collins and Gary Rossington were augmented by the new kid Steve Gaines to bring the band back to it's patented three guitar lineup. Gaines brought a fresh vitality to the band and he either writes or co-writes some of the best material to be found here. The album had 3 big hits "What's Your Name", "That Smell" and "You Got That Right" all great songs. The rest of the album is solid southern rock as well, with the highlight being Gaines bluesy closer "Ain't No Good Life". "Street Survivors" ranks up with the band's first two albums as the best they had produced. It would certainly have been interesting to see how far this version of the band could have gone had tragedy not struck in a Mississippi swamp.
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It stars Ted Nugent. By Eagle Rock Ent.
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5 comments about Sweden Rocks.
- This old bast*** still rocks like hell! Go buy it ;-)
The concert is excellent, nothing more can be added...
- I saw Ted Nugent on this same tour and he's got more energy than most entertainers. His guitar playing is still top notch. The Swedish crowd seems amazed at this American gem.
- I dont see what is wrong with this concert dvd. For the low price its really pretty good. Its not a big stadium show its the same way/concert you would see him play in person these days. The sound is good it has a clear picture & a couple of cameramen i dont see what there is to complain about.
- First let me say that I am a big Nugent fan. I have enjoyed his performances for years and I thought his last DVD Full Bluntal... was quite good. It's not so much the performances which are a bit forced, even for Ted, but the horrible camera and editing work that was done here. Not only does the editor constantly switch shots, but many of the selected shots are just stupid. There are many moments where Ted is playing some really nice stuff and the camera is somewhere else??!! I blame everyone involved from the camera crew, who are terrible, with shots of the floor, shots of Ted hidden behind his monitor so all you see is a full shot of his monitor??!! What is that all about?? And how could the editor see that and include it?? And how could Ted see this video and put his stamp of approval on it?? Just lazy I guess, which is a real shame. If you all cannot do any better then put the cameras down and forget it. As for his fans just buy the cd you will be much better off.
- I GUESS I'VE LOST MY TASTE FOR UNCLE TEDDY. HIS LAST DVD WAS MUCH BETTER.THE SONGS ON THIS DVD ALL SOUND THE SAME. HE TRYING TO HARD TO BE COOL.SORRY TED BUT THIS SHOW SHOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THE CAN. 3 STARS ONLY FOR HIS GUITAR PLAYING. JUST AVERAGE THESE DAYS.
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The artist is Artist is Bon Jovi. By Island.
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5 comments about One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001.
- I purchase this product because it was like a greatest hits album, it is up tempo, unlike the other hits CD, and I like Bon Jovi's music. They were popular about the time I was close to giving up rock and roll music for country. They assured that I would continue to listen for a few more years.
- Lots of the great songs we want to hear from Bon Jovi, but; when they take snippets from many different concerts and put them on one CD, you end up with too much "crowd play" for my liking. It probably was ok for each concert, but when you put them all together I thought too many of the songs had the band playing to the crowd and didn't keep enough to the original feel of the songs.
- Bon Jovi : 'One wild night'
I don't normally like live cd's but this has a great collection of songs performed live which makes it a very good compilation.
It also includes a studio track 'One wild night 2001' version 2.
I still however prefer Bon Jovi: 'Tokyo road' which came at the same time and is the 2nd greatest hits album after Cross road.
However copies of 'Tokyo Road the best of Bon Jovi' are very hard to get.
- Words cannot describe how awesome BON JOVI is!!! I am their #1 fan and no other group in this world produces such quality / entertaining / heartfelt music. I RECOMMEND YOU BUY ONE WILD NIGHT and ALL OF THEIR CDs!!!
- "One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001" by Bon Jovi, Is a compilation of Bon Jovi's best songs, performed at various concert events from 1985 to 2001. For Bon Jovi fans, it's classic Bob Jovi and a Must Have! If you like music recorded from "Live" performances, You will love this album! If you prefer "Studio-Cut" versions, you may not like this album because it has the sound and feel of a live concert.
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It stars AC/DC, Simon Wright (IV), Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, Mark Evans (IV). It was directed by Russell Mulcahy, George Young (VI), Derek Burbidge, David Mallet, Eric Dionysius. By Albert/Epic Music Video/Sony BMG.
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5 comments about AC/DC - Family Jewels.
- This 2-DVD set is what we all want to see, AC/DC's greatest music videos (interspersed with awesome live performances) of both eras of this legendary band (up the the Razor's Edge album). Fans of Bon Scott will particularly enjoy the first DVD, it has one of the earliest TV performances by AC/DC with their first steady lead singer, Scott. Most fans don't know that AC/DC released a single with a different lead singer, Dave Evans, but they made the right choice and dumped him for Bon Scott's world-known howls.
- Has anyone figured a way to convert the DVD tracks to audio tracks in the MP3 format? I want an MP3 version of each song on the DVD without having to buy the CDs. I've tried to rip and convert, but no luck yet.
- Just F ing incredible . First disk is all Bon stuff second disk is all Brian stuff . There are some Bon era stuff from Aussie TV shows . Great stuff ...
Fun for the whole family
- AC/DC are one of the best rock bands of all time so when they released this 2 dvd set I just had to buy it immediately upon its release and when I got this dvd I was not disappointed. Family Jewels is a truly awesome music dvd, it has quite an impressive amount of music videos from the band throughout the years starting of on disc 1 with singer Bon Scott performing the song "Baby please don't go" live on Australian television with Bon Scott in drag looking absolutely demented and Angus rocking out in his trademark schoolboy outfit which is great, Bon Scott had a great stage presence and was a cool singer. Other highlights include "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll" where the band are performing on a platform to a large crowd on the street with a Scottish group playing bagpipes. "Let there be rock" has Bon Scott as a priest and its pretty good, there are other great videos as well like "Highway to hell", "Dirty deeds done dirt cheap", "If you want blood you've got it" etc. this is mostly live footage from the 70's and promo clips which then ends with the rare Spanish television performance taped ten days before Bon Scott's death.
Disc two traces the classic 80's and 90's videos and features Brian Johnson as the lead singer starting off with "Hells bells" from the album Back In Black which happens to be one of the best selling rock albums of all time, the problem with the second dvd is that it wasn't as good as the first but then again some people might disagree. I'm a Bon Scott fan but I still like Brian Johnson (Bon Scott had the charisma whilst Brian had the voice) however I consider Fly On The Wall to be one of the worst albums by AC/DC so I didn't really care for the Fly On The Wall video, the music video was way too corny especially when that little animated fly comes along (oh dear!)its one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen but still the rest of the videos were excellent and I especially liked "Thunderstruck" along with "Shook me all night long", "Heat seeker" and "For those about to rock" those were the best videos in my opinion. Overall theres some great music videos included in this dvd which you can't afford to miss especially if your an AC/DC fan, the picture and sound quality are absolutely brilliant and it has a nice 1.5 surround sound mix and it lasts for 2 and a half hours. This is the best music dvd I have ever seen and its a must for any true AC/DC fan.
For those about to rock.....We salute you.
- If your an AC/DC fan, this is a great set!!!! Great set!!! Get it if your even remotly a fan!
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