5 comments about Is There Anybody out There? The Wall: Live 1980-1981.

1. This album just blew me away. Play it loud!! All the music comes through clear as a bell!! The vocals were excellent. The Piano was awsome, it was like I was there. The music was staged perfectly from the drums to the keyboards to the guitars and vocals.
   I have the Jap remix and this album blows it out of the water.
   I have a fairly 'hi-end' system which I'm sure helps.
   Anyways I loved this one far better than the rest.
   The book is great, a true keeper.
   Buzz



2. Untill I received this CD set in the mail yesterday, I wasn't really a huge fan of The Wall. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but it is not my favorite Pink Floyd Album... Well,,, until now!! This is the most incredible performance! I was expecting a so so sounding live recording, but was I ever shocked when I put in the first disc! The sound quality is superb. The songs, to me anyway, are far more moving as performed live. Many subtle variances throughout add to the more realistic feeling. It is guaranteed to move the soul.. The different versions of the songs are so good it's unbelievable. "In The Flesh" (both I and II), "Another Brick in the Wall" (both I and II), "Mother" (oh God this one is awesome too!!), "Run Like Hell" (Oh my God in Heaven I don't even have words for this version of it!!) Just get this CD set, have a few listens, and enjoy!!!! Oh yeah,, remember Saucerful of Secrets?? The crazy piano work and freaky organ stuff?? It's here man!!! Interjected in the middle of Run Like Hell.. it's so freakin cool .. Damn,, just get this CD set.



3. In this disc Pink Floyd exprerses their control over the audience, giving a completely new idea of the band. The enviroment created by the public outcry is encouraging and adds to the increadible performance of Pink Floyd. This disc is not better than the original studio edition as some songs so sound better and others don't. Anyway this disc is an invaluable part of any collection



4. these cd's are amazing, you get a different feel about the preformance than you do when you listen to the studio CD. Buy it if you are a huge fan because it's cost has risen considerably.



5. i'll not say much, but although this cd is quite expensive, the amazingly powerful songs make it so worth while buying! it's a must for all floyd fans, take it from me!

5 comments about Pulse.

1. Of the various Floyd albums that have been released, I believe this is the definitive! Even though Waters is not present for this album, the performances are stunning. Coupled with both the sound of new Floyd and old Floyd, Pulse adds many new songs to their list of recorded performances (including a full live version of DSOTM). If you are a fan of Floyd, I strongly recommend this album!
   
   p.s. try to get the original release, the LED just blinks on and on and on...



2. Pulse: Pink Floyd has produced The Best Show Ever. Anyone that gives this show less than 5 stars is oblivious to what a great show consists of. Check-this-out, it has been reproduced in a stunniing HIGH QUALITY picture, AWESOME SOUND from the 90's,
   Pink Floyds operating cost was $750,000 per day. They used almost 200 hundred people to set up the stage. Had to get FAA approval prior to each outdoor show to use laser lights Their laser shows were particularly famous, such as their use of extremely powerful, isotope-splitting copper-vapor lasers in the 1994 Division Bell tour. These gold-colored lasers were worth over $120,000 apiece and previously used only in nuclear research and high speed photography..
   
   Again this show is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. No one will ever touch this show, at least not in the near future. IF you have a big screen and haven't seen this Masterpiece, then I urge you to go out and buy this Double DVD ASAP.
   You will not regret it!
   Then give this 5 star review as only it should deserve ;)
   SOMEONE TELL me what DVD in concert deserves a higher rating than this?



3. So why should you buy this? Pretty much because it's the best live album out there from the band (Mach 2 of course). I am not sure why the sound is just so much better than 1988's Delicate Sound of Thunder but it just does! Delicate Sound sounds so "flat", where as this just surrounds you from all sides and you get a feeling that you're front row center (minus the lasers and flying pigs of course).
   
   A trip through the hits plus a full Dark Side of the Moon? Just get it Bruno, you won't regret it.
   
   H777



4. ¡excelente como producto y toda una experiencia para los fanáticos de Floyd!
   
   100% recomendable!!!



5. The performance of the entire Dark Side of the Moon album alone makes this worth it. Many songs from the Division Bell make a showing here with a few from The Wall and "Learning to Fly" from A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
   
   All in all, an excellent concert.

No comments about A Long Day's Night.

5 comments about Nobody's Perfect.

1. regardless of what other fans think , I think this is one of the best DP live albums ever.
   
   The 88 version of Hush is great.You cant find the live version of Perfect strangers and Knocking at your back door with this line up in any other CD.
   
   All classic songs are very well played and it seems like the audience responded well too.
   
   I know the "real" DP fans are rolling over their eyes but I think this CD is up there with Made in Japan......



2. This album, somewhat of a sequel to "Made In Japan", features a 'matured' Deep Purple. The vocals do not quite match the raw power of early Deep Purple, but the guitar work is excellent as usual. The rest of the band does as well a job as they did in the 70s. This is recommended for serious Deep Purple fans, but not for casual listeners.



3. Nobody's Perfect resides in the lower echelon of live DP albums; it's coffin-mates include Last Concert In Japan and California Jamming (relegated there, to be sure, due to poor sound quality). But Nobodys' Perfect comes from an uninspired period in Purple history, when Blackmore and Gillan were not getting on, and the '80s albums they were supporting were not exactly setting the world on fire. On this release, the song selection is not bad, it's just that the invisible x-factor that makes my favorite band so magical is hibernating. Blackmore plays with a "who cares?" attitude, hit-or-miss is being generous, and he sounds like he's playing through a 10-watt Crate amp. Lord and Paice retain some dignity, of course (the beginning of "Knocking at Your Back Door" is good fun), but Glover is absent from the mix, and Gillan's voice sounds shot. He also mumbles very incoherently between songs (I'm an American, so maybe there's some British-isms going on I just can't fathom, BUT, I understand him very well on all the other albums and love his racy banter on the Paris '85 video). This is the type of album bands usually release to fulfill contractual obligations. If there are any redeeming points, it's the packaging (beautiful Pink Floyd-like cover, plus a rare photo of Ritchie sitting with his parents!), and also the "Hush '88" remake (ironic, huh? I used to hate this rendition and now I kind of like it).



4. As the title says "Nobody's Perfect". It's just the record company trying to squeeze a few more dollars out of us die hard DP fans. Ian's voice is shot. I've seen the band since this release (without Ritchie) and Ian's voice is better then this album and Steve fills Ritchie's shoes nicely. The rest of the band has still got it. It just goes to prove that grey don't mean dead.



5. Any time a group attempts a live album there is the risk that the music, rather than become more powerful, will lose vitality in the live translation. Such is the case here. Deep Purple has a number of live collections that work well - Made in Japan for example. This is not one of them. These live versions come across as uninspired and, in some cases, downright lazy. Unless you are one who desires "everything" put on CD by Deep Purple, spend your money more selectively among their other offerings.

5 comments about The Song Remains the Same.

1. Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
   Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
   VC-1 BD-50 / Advanced Profile 3
   Running time: 2:17:42
   Feature size: 26,17 GB
   Disc size: 31,16 GB
   Average video bit rate: 19.29 Mbps
   
   Dolby TrueHD Audio English 2088 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 16-bit / 2088kbps (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps)
   Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48kHz / 640kbps
   Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48kHz / 192kbps
   
   Subtitles: English / English SDH / Chinese / Danish / Finnish / French / German / Italian / Korean / Norwegian / Portuguese / Spanish / Swedish / Thai
   
   Number of chapters: 22



2. in someways better than the inhanced version, check out the lead in celebration day. much better than enhanced,he was on that night



3. Great film, very good quality in blue ray, like see it for the first time.



4. If you're a Zep fan with a Hi-Def setup and wondering if you should give this a spin, go ahead.
   
   The resolution is fantastic, the re-mix is really muscular, the extras are fun, if decent. Bottom line, if you're used to the old version this is actually better than you remember.
   
   The fantasy sequences are actually a bit less silly- the 16:9 ratio and high resolution give them a cinematic feel. You still are gonna have alot of explaining to do if anyone under 15 is around watching, however.
   
   All in all, great job- all rock movie restorations should be this good!



5. The classic "The Song Remains the Same" finally made it's way to Blu-ray. I couldn't be happier. The audio portion of this film has been greatly upgraded and sounds amazing. The video portion looks a hell of a lot better than the old VHS copy of this film I was watching it on. It looks great. There is only so much you can do with the old video footage but in no way does it look degraded at all. Maybe a little better than a new VHS copy. Seriously though, it's Zepplin! Need I say more?

4 comments about Live at the Marquee.

1. I always liked Sweet back in the day. Their brand of bubblegum glam rock was unique and no one else sounded like them. I have quite a few of their studio albums on vinyl, but this is the only CD I own. This album was recorded at the Marquee in 1988. The band was not original by this time and only featured Andy Scott and Mick Tucker from the classic lineup. All the big hits are here including "Ballroom Blitz" "Love Is Like Oxygen", "Fox On The Run" and others. There are also some cool instrumental solos including a keyboard solo of "Fanfare For The Common Man" which is very similar to the ELP version. The songs are all performed well and the band sounds tight. Their trademark vocal gymnastics are all in fine form as well. 4 extra studio tracks are also include which are all fairly average. This is probably not an essential Sweet album, but it does rock and is worth owning.



2. Really not a Sweet effort, founding member and guitarist Andy Scott is the only remaining member here and it shows. The AS Sweet band is pretty tight however you can't knock them for their talents, but what's the point, really. I guess it's still cool that Scott still performs the old songs, I guess I would rather see Scott's name instead of Sweet. "are you ready for the ballroom blitz thing?'" is one of the lamest song intros in history.



3. I'll have to say that I totally disagree with the previous negative posting. The fact is, this is primarily a live CD, and really can't be compared to studio compositions.

   It shows the Sweet band in full raw concert energy...
   performing their classic hits to a responsive audience, which is what any good live concert CD should reflect, rather than simply duplicates of studio work performed live

   The extra studio tracks were so-so, but not complete throwaways as the previous posting indicated. So what if these and the cover song "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" aren't perfect gems.

   The point is that the majority of the CD is live concert tracks, which brings back memories of their familier classics from long ago, performed LIVE in action.

   Get the album if you are a fan of the Sweet band...
   Even if only to bring back memories of those days on desolation boulevard.

   P.S. I would have given this a 5 star rating, if the extra studio tracks had been replaced with LIVE tracks of their other hits.




4. The songs are classics you love, but this live collection doesn't add anything to them. The four extra tracks, including the awful cover of "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" are throwaways.

   Stick to your copy of "Desolation Boulevard".

No comments about Performance.

5 comments about Live at Leeds.

1. The Who's Live At Leeds, recorded on February 14, 1970, is unquestionably deserving of its reputation as one of the greatest live recordings in rock 'n roll. One should put aside whatever reservations he or she might have about live albums and embrace it in all of its bombastic glory. As rightfully skeptical as one should be of a live album as an introduction to a band, however, Live At Leeds might be the best disc in The Who's catalog to serve as such. True, more succinct and more comprehensive compilations are available, but Live At Leeds - released the year prior to the masterpiece Who's Next and the compilation Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy - contains hits, covers, and epics. Plus, at the time the album was recorded, The Who had one foot on either side of the dividing line between their early R&B-influenced pop songs and the ambitious, larger-canvas rockers of the late 60s and early 70s.
   
   The first of the hits on the album is "I Can't Explain", which (although it isn't here) was and continues to this day to be the opening number to almost every Who concert. About halfway through the CD's set list come what Pete Townshend calls "three selected hit singles...the three easiest": "Substitute", "Happy Jack", and "I'm A Boy". They might be easy and simple, but they are also catchy, intelligent, and even - in the case of "I'm A Boy" - a bit risqué. Each of these songs is presented in a no-frills fashion.
   
   Two epics follow on the heels of these less-than-three minute pop songs. On their second LP, "A Quick One, While He's Away" was impressive but a bit brittle. In this live setting, however, it is pumped up significantly. The spectacular "Amazing Journey/Sparks" is arguably the highlight of the set. At the original Leeds concert, "A Quick One", "the story of Tommy's parents", led directly into a performance of the double LP Tommy. The Who was wise to select this one particular track for expanded CD version. (Tommy as a whole is available on disc 2 of the deluxe edition of Live At Leeds.)
   
   Two other classic hits are given mammoth treatment at the end of the show. "My Generation" runs for almost fifteen minutes, and is interspersed with lyrical and musical references to songs from Tommy (including some riffs that had originally appeared in "Rael I" from The Who Sell Out). I have never personally cared much for "Magic Bus", which runs for nearly eight minutes. However, it was definitely a crowd pleaser, and the band did a fine job of mixing it up here.
   
   Finally, the band revisits its roots with four covers throughout the disc. These are the obscure blues numbers "Fortune Teller" and "Young Man Blues" and the rock `n roll classics "Summertime Blues" and "Shakin' All Over". The Who make the former two tracks very much their own, but the latter two feel a bit perfunctory and surprisingly uninspired.
   
   Several better-known songs - such as "The Kids Are Alright", "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", and "Pictures of Lily" - were not performed at the Leeds concert. However, they are not that noticeably absent on the disc. The Who wisely treated Live At Leeds as an opportunity to present themselves in not-so-obvious ways. John Entwistle's "Heaven and Hell", the opening number, was never included in a studio version on a Who album. The Who Sell Out, the band's first great album, is represented not by the ornate hit single "I Can See for Miles", but by the poignant "Tattoo". Tommy is represented by "Amazing Journey/Sparks" rather than by the classic single "Pinball Wizard".
   
   The greatest thing about The Who in a live setting is that each member played as if he were the only one on stage. John Entwistle and Keith Moon don't just keep the beat, they rise above the surface of the songs. Pete Townshend was never quite the soloist that his contemporaries were, but given the chance to spread out, he proved himself to be at least as good of a riffer and every bit as inspired as his fellow axemen. Roger Daltrey literally and figuratively speaks for himself, especially on "Young Man Blues", which might be his finest performance of the show.
   
   Live At Leeds was pretty much by accident the first Who concert made available to record buyers. The band had done an extensive tour in support of their 1969 LP Tommy, and planned to release a live album afterward. Townshend balked at the idea of listening to and sifting through all of the shows, so he scheduled two dates to be recorded specifically for a live album. When the mics failed to record John Entwistle's bass at Hull City Hall on February 15, the concert at Leeds University became the show for the live LP by default. However great any of the shows might have been, it is hard to imagine them being as good as or better than the one at Leeds. Whatever the case might have been, rock fans of every generation are lucky to have at least one of them preserved for prosperity.



2. First time I heard this was over FM radio wearing headphones lying in bed, listening. They played the whole thing and they had short interval of somthing weird and then played the next cut, did this for the whole album, it was 1970 somthing.
   IF you havent listened to this whole thing with real headphones without distraction, do it, trust me, do it, I would not lie.
   Good lesson for guitar players also.



3. It's The Who. Live. At Leeds University. Duh. How come you haven't bought it already? Powerful live set from seminal rock four-piece, blah, blah, sizzling energy, innovative songwriting, blah blah....Keith Moon....buy it. Listen to it. Have mind blown.



4. Amazing live album is all that i have too say for this. The drums are absoutley amazing Keith Moon is probaly one of the greatest rock drummers of all time his peformance is great here. Pete Townshends guitar is great and everybody in this is really doing great on there instruments.
   
   This may just be one of there greatest peformances of all time it has the energy and they sound just really great here i think all the live versions sound great on here
   
   If your a big Who fan like me buy this album today you wont be dissapointed...



5. Really horrible sound quality, and the band must have been totally wasted...Apparently with so many for sale , others thought the same.

5 comments about At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis.

1. Seriously...Gowan is ok, but he's no DeYoung. If they want to do Styx minus DeYoung, then do Styx minus DeYoung songs. Last time I saw DeYoung live, he didn't sing any Tommy Shaw or James Young songs.
   
   It's not that I dislike Gowan...he's good. When I saw Styx live with him, it was a great show. Gowan has a lot of charisma, and a keyboard that spins, but the DeYoung songs were off, because he wasn't DeYoung, and that kind of ruined it for me. Maybe ditching the DeYoung stuff and introducing us to some Gowan originals would be better.



2. Alright Yes Lawrence Gowan does do a good job but he doesn't come anywhere close to what Dennis DeYoung is. The real reason Styx released so many live albums in beetween BRAVE NEW WORLD and CYCLORAMA is because they were trying to promote all of their new memebers. Todd Sucherman, Lawrence Gowan, and Glen Burtnik. They needed to do this in order to as Dennis DeYoung put it "CAARRRRRY OOONNNNN".



3. this is not so bad, but the songs of Dennis DeYoung are bad, because Lawrence Gowan sings on them. He can't sing half as good as Dennis. The rest of the band plays good, but they should not do Dennis's songs live without Dennis. Lorelei doesn't sound so good either, James Young used to be a good singer, but not anymore. Tommy Shaw sounds very good here. Edge Of The Century doesn't sound so good. It kinda sucks. I like the studio version a lot more. So if you want a live album, then you must buy Return to Paradise.



4. Another live album, I think it's cool! The songs of the 'Brave new world' album are very good! It really is worth 4 stars, and if I were you, I would buy this album. Highly recommanded!



5. Terrance, get over it. I liked this album! The boys have caught their stride and it shows. They're having fun and the energy is infectious.

   If you are a Dennis fan, it may not be for you. However, if you are a STYX fan, then this is for you!

5 comments about Live Rust.

1. Yes, it is a shame they found they needed to edit out some material. But if anything, they could of knocked out 'Tonights the night'... never did like that song and I always thought the track was a let down to the album ending. Otherwise a brilliant live compilation and recording. Actually always liked Neil Young but for some reason Live Rust was the only Neil Young album I ever bought, but probably among my 10 favorites and most listened to of all time.



2. 
   A while back, Warner Brothers Japan re-released 12 Neil Young titles. The surprise was that remastered content appeared for the first time on most of them.
   
   The titles & WB-Japan catalog numbers are:
   
   Neil Young WPCR-75086
   Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere WPCR-75087
   After The Gold Rush WPCR-75088
   Harvest WPCR-75089
   On The Beach WPCR-75090
   Tonight's The Night WPCR-75091
   Zuma WPCR-75092
   Long May You Run WPCR-75093
   American Stars n' Bars WPCR-75094
   Comes A Time WPCR-75095
   Rust Never Sleeps WPCR-75096
   Live Rust WPCR-75097
   
   I picked up most of these, A/B'd them, and found them to be superior to the domestics. However, having purchased the domestic 2002 remasters of "Beach" and "Stars n Bars", I declined the Japan versions of those two titles.
   
   Unfortunately, while the Japan version is remastered, Live Rust is not restored to the original LP's running form, and remains still the bastardized version.
   
   If you own the U.S. versions, and you're a NY fan, I would seriously consider replacing them with these.



3. This is Neil at his absolute best! He always gave great concerts, and this...is exceptional!



4. I cannot believe that anyone would care about a few notes that are missing from an otherwise great CD. The purpose of music is to entertain. If anyone can tell me they were entertained by Revolution #9 from The Beatles White Album, please write a comment. If a record company decides to make some great music more affordable with edits, this is fine with me. Does anybody realize that some of the songs on Forty Licks by The Rolling Stones were edited so they could call it Forty Licks on their Fortieth Anniversary? Does anybody care? They got all the great songs on the CD and if someone wants the unedited tracks, buy the original albums on any format that you find listenable. Vinyl is no longer state of the art.



5. After reading Garbageman's review, I have to concur: "Live Rust" is a corporate hack job. Not only is "Cortez the Killer" edited, so is the version of "Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)", at first I thought I was hearing things, but no, I also have the vinyl, and the song is full length on that. The irritating thing about this is that when Reprise marketed this CD, 74 minutes was the most a disc could theoretically hold. Since this disc runs 74:31, and they now run 80 minutes or more, (and have since the mid-90s), why wasn't this remastered with the intact songs YEARS AGO??? I have been waiting over ten years for a newly mastered CD of what I previously thought was the single-greatest live concert recording ever, Bar None. I guess I'll die before they decide to do this disc over. Neil, are you listening?