The Who: 30 Years Of Maximum R&B Live
|
List Price: Our Price: $9.39 You Save: $10.59 (53%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $8.00 (click here) Category: DVD See more DVD releases |
|---|
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
Movie Reviews of The Who: 30 Years Of Maximum R&B Live
Movie Review: This is a BARGAIN! Sound is improved as well.
Summary: 5 Stars
The graphics on this DVD set are better than the original. Nice version of WGFA from Shea '82.
The entire Essen '81 show is here in 5.1 sound. Better than the crummy bootleg out there. Why would a Who fan not want this at so low a price? Its better than the original in every way. The only thing missing is Tanglewood 70 ...but who cares, if you have the original...you have it. Plus there are enough shows from the 69/70 era out there anyway.
I would pay 16.99 for just the remastered 5.1 Essen show alone. Everything else is just a bonus. People were paying 50 dollars (and up) on Ebay just for the used original disc........ why not pay 16.99 and get more!?
People wanted a re-release... here it is...buy it. Enough complaining.
Movie Review: best WHO starter kit
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD is the best 2 1/2 hours of WHO tunes and interviews out there.
Where the DVD "Amazing Journey:The story of the Who" failed by not showing the complete songs, this one does it right!
Great song list, great footage, short interview clips inbetween songs, cant be beat!
The second DVD in the box is said to be a "limited edition" and features the complete 1981 show in Germany with Kenny Jones on Drums, buy your copy now before they delete the second DVD.
If you're a Who fan and just starting your collection, this one rocks and is probably the best!
If you have all the DVD's already, this one has a few duplicates in it from previous DVD's, but still a gem!
Movie Review: Mostly Maximum R&B Live
Summary: 4 Stars
I have always enjoyed the Maximum R&B collection. I had the original on a VHS copied from a friend's copy when I was a teenager whichI replaced with the DVD as soon as it came out and when it was re-released in 2009 I added that to my collection as well. This feature has been referred to by may as the companion piece to "The Kids Are Alright" and that's a fairly decent description. Considering it was made later it could also be considered a pseudo-sequel.
It's been mentioned already in several reviews that the Tanglewood songs were dropped and replaced with several other performances. It really is a shame considering the material that was available in the Tanglewood set. The new songs come from shows at the London Coliseum and Kilburn, the entirety of those shows being available on a separate DVD. I can only hope the Tanglewood material was removed for future inclusion in an official release of that show.
Without getting too much into the technical side of things, the DVD looks and sounds excellent. This being more of an interview-linked clip show, there's no reason to discuss pacing or anything like that. It's really just an archive. A good archive, mind you. There's a lot of classic stuff in the Maximum R&B collection.
What will really interest fans and collectors is the Rockpalast show and for $17 (less if you buy used) it's worth it. There's a lot of interesting stuff going on at that concert. You'd completely miss some of the curiosities like the slightly altered arrangement of "I Can't Explain" and a collection of late-career tunes that don't show up often in The Who's tours these days including "The Quiet One" and "Don't Let Go the Coat." This show also comes midway through Pete's Schecter guitar phase. Also, love him or hate him, Kenny Jones delivers a driving performance. Not too sure about that disco ball hanging from the arch over his kit though...
Speaking of the disco ball, anyone who watches the Maximum R&B disc will note that during a certain interview Pete mentions that "Sister Disco" is his least favorite song to perform live due to Roger's insistence that they share a microphone while sitting on the drum riser during the outro section. It was devised as sort of a tribute to groups like the Everly Brothers, but Pete felt it was a bit contrived. See here, in the Rockpalast show, that argument played out in all its glory!
The majority of the set feels a bit up-tempo, especially the opening duo of "Substitute" and "I Can't Explain." The new single at the time, "You Better You Bet" is given its due in a completely live performance, i.e. no backing track. Rabbit provides some excellent keyboard work during this song. In fact, one big standout on the Rockpalast show is how Rabbit, the Who's stalwart keyboard player, is actually mixed rather high. It's nice to be able to hear all the riffs and melodies he throws into most songs for a change.
All in all this is a solid addition to any Who collection if just for the Rockpalast material alone. In my opinion the duo of "The Kids Are Alright" and "Maximum R&B" would be a solid foundation on which any aspiring Who fan can stand. If you're looking for something a bit more revelatory I'd suggest the Kilburn '77 DVD.
Movie Review: The Who, might have been better!!!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I think this DVD collection is great though when Pete is talking about when Keith passed out at the Cowpalace in SF, we don't see the footage that was used with the VHS release, thankfully I have kept mine. I don't like the idea that the Tanglewood footage was not realsed here, but it can be purchased from various bootleggers. I'm glad we have the Rockpalast footage with Don't Let Go the Coat, an excellent song that rarely gets played. This collection is alomst like the first VHS version of the Kid Are Alright, that was serverly edited from the theatrical release. All in all a good show.Movie Review: The Who Maximum R&B Live, two disc dvd. 2009 re-release.
Summary: 4 Stars
The first disc contains some interesting highlights, namely, the addition of Kenney Jones on drums, rehearsing with the band. Plus, some footage from a Chicago Ampitheatre concert, that I saw in 1979, on closed circuit broadcast, at the Riviera theatre Live. The DVD shows four songs from this concert. The band was still pretty hot at this point, in their career, even though, Keith Moon had died. Disc two contains a live performance of the group, from 1982. The video footage is okay, but the sound quality could be better, the live mix, had some problems.
More Movie Reviews:
1 2
1 2