Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1974-1984
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Actor: John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu OrchestraDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Digital Sound, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 234 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Movie Reviews of Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1974-1984
Movie Review: Radiojunktivity
Summary: 2 Stars
Wow! What a disappointment!
Let's start in the chronological order.
The 1974 performance in Montreux has only two video tracks. Why? The entire show exists! My friend has it on a bootleg DVD-R. Why not release it entirely? Compared to what he has, the two tracks on this DVD, of course, sound and look better. But, still, he has the full show. The 2 tracks on this DVD have no beginning and no end.
The 1984 show is so poor that I can not watch it except for the first composition ("Radioactivity"). Mclaughlin plays a good solo in it, but look closely after the solo, and you will see how exhausted he is. Bill Evans plays well, and this is about it. The keyboardist Mitchell Forman delivers on a such mediocre level that he and John Mclaughlin simlpy do not go together. I still do not understand why he needed that ridiculous Yamaha mouthpiece. I did not hear any particularly interesting sounds
that could not have been created on the keyboards. I am sure it was only for the show. One of the reviewers sang praises to Jonas Hellborg. What so amazing about Jonas Hellborg? He plays slap, you say? But slap was one of the most popular bass technics of the 80s. I played with a bass player who played slap. So what? And, lastly, Danny Gottlieb! Probably, one of the worst drummers I have heard. You do not believe me? Watch his solo.
There is hardly anything more boring. Mclaughlin should have clearly picked somebody of Dave Weckl's caliber. Two words about camerawork. As usual, full of nonsense. Just look what these idiots show when Danny Gottlieb is introduced. And what about those song titles? What the hell is "Radioactivity", "East Side, West Side", "Mitch Match"? What happened to such amazing titles as "Meeting of the spirits", "Vision is a naked sword", "Smile of the beyond", "Eternity's breath"? It seems to me that this band had hastily been put together, and they created those crappy compositions just for the show. Anyway, I feel empty after hearing this 1984 perfomance. It has no fire, but cheap commercialism. There is no way this 1984 junk can be called Mahavishnu Orchestra. Maybe John Mclaughlin group...
Not counting the 1974 snippets, I give this DVD 2 stars for the 1984 perfomance, because there only two stars: John Mclaughlin and Bill Evans.
Summary of Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1974-1984
Formed by John McLaughlin in 1971, the Mahavishnu Orchestra pioneered the fusion of jazz elements into rock music while still undeniably retaining the power and muscle of a full on rock band. With McLaughlin as the ever-present, the line-up went through various phases and these two concerts from Montreux showcase the band at distinctively different times of their career, with the seventies show featuring later stars Jean-Luc Ponty and Michael Walden and the eighties concert featuring saxophone maestro Bill Evans.Visual footage only exists of three tracks from the 1974 show (although this is still over 73 minutes of footage) but the other tracks exist as audio masters and they have been added as bonus material.
Tracklisting: Disc One - 1984 1) Radio-Activity 2) Nostalgia 3) East Side, West Side 4) Clarendon Hills 5) Medley: Blues For L.W. / It's The Pits / Living On The Crest Of A Wave 6) Jozy 7) Pacific Express 8) Mitch Match 9) Mitch Match (reprise) Disc Two - 1974 1) Wings Of Karma 2) Smile Of The Beyond 3) Hymn To Him Plus bonus audio only tracks from 1974: 1) Power Of Love 2) Vision Is A Naked Sword 3) Sanctuary
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