The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 1
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Actor: Anne Nightingale, Bob Harris, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve HoweBrand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 190 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E1812
Studio: BBC Video
Product features:
- Over its incredible 16-year run from 1971-1987, The Old Grey Whistle Test was THE destination in the U.K. to see cutting ed live performances by the hottest emerging acts in music. Until now! On Sept. 16, BBC Video is importing a DVD jam-packed with 28 vintage live performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test. Most have NEVER BEEN SEEN IN THE U.S. The first in a series of three Old Grey Whistle Tes
Movie Reviews of The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 1
Movie Review: Definitely Worth Seeking Out
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked up this DVD today and decided to watch a couple of clips from it during lunch today. I ended up not only watching the entire DVD in one go, but then forced my wife to watch several choice bits from the DVD later tonight!Thoroughly enjoyable, with clips that I had only seen bits and pieces of over the years in documentaries about rock and/or some of the performers. Excellent performances, and thoughtful intros by the individuals from the program really make this a very entertaining package. The interview were fun to watch as well, and I was happily surprised to find that the Lennon interview was about 20 minutes long (I had expected something that was just a three minute filler at best).
I was also quite happy to see that the entire package (both the music and the extras) were all subtitled in English! BBC/Warner had done this for quite a long time, but had dropped the ball in subtitling the extras on quite a few recent DVD releases (The Red Dwarf DVDs and the Singing Detective boxset, to name two). Nice to see them back on the game here. It is doubly so as I've seen so many musical collections on DVD that were subtitled or captioned in the spoken sections of the programming, but not during the songs themselves (the MPI Beatles releases over the years and the Criterion's edition of Gimme Shelter readily come to mind here), so this is great to see.
Probably the best musical DVD I have seen all year . . . and I've seen plenty. Rush out and buy it if you have any interest at all of the music from the '70s and '80s.
Summary of The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 1
Legendary live music show from the UK recorded from 1971 - 1987. Long list of major artists have performed on this program over the years. Cover, disc and insert in mint condition. Region 1 (USA & CANADA)
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