Dusty Springfield: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

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Actor: Dusty Springfield
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent

DVD Reviews of Dusty Springfield: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

DVD Review: Touching souls
Summary: 5 Stars

For many years I never owned a Dusty album let alone a DVD now I have many such treasures and this DVD is among the best.This DVD shows the power of the little lady known to her friends as Mary and to the world at large as Dusty.
Yes she was a troubled person but as her friends say in their interviews with this DVD it was more to do with her problems with reconciling her deep religious upbringing and her person lifestyle.She was indeed a tragic woman in many respects but that is not the woman you see in this DVD.here is the reason she was and is so greatly loved and enjoyed.Here is the woman who lived to sing and to give everyone her special touch....we all thought she sang to us alone.This was her gift her unique ability,rare then even rarer now.
This wonderful collection of her many hits in a melange of groupings allows those unfimiliar with her talent a chance to hear snippets of her work,each individually presented if truncated in there full glowing originality.
Like many of her friends Going Back remains my all time favourite of her songs as it is the Dusty/Mary girl hidden within the brilliance of this woman who gave the world some of its favourite songs.
The powerful Count to ten shows the strength of the vocal prowess that belonged to her vocal gymnasitics ,whereas others show the whispered pain of her heart Quiet Please.Far from being past her prime Dusty never seemed to age musically she was able to render any music into a scourching preformance no matter who wrote it.I have one of her last pieces where she sang with the Petshop boys and Yes I still love her voice and her interpretation.
Interpretation and vocal resonance are reason enough to listen to Dusty,But what captures you here is her face,her expressiveness and the way she draws the audience into her heart.
Thank you Dusty for the legacy you have given the world of music .
If you never get anything else this remains one of the quintisential items of the Singer that was and is Dusty Springfield

DVD Review: The Incredible Dusty Springfield Lives Again In Concert
Summary: 5 Stars

Dusty Springfield was without doubt one of the greatest singers of our time. There was no genre of music she couldn't tackle and conquer. This concert taped at Royal Albert Hall shows us Dusty sometime during the Disco era. The disco songs are the weakest on the DVD. However, the Dusty classics are wonderful. The voice, alightly weathered, is still incredible!! What a joy it is to fianlly see Dusty live in concert. As well as incredible vocals, her dramatic flair and her incredible humor shine throughout. I highly recommend this to fans and first timers alike. There will never be another talent like Dusty Springfield. The interview segment with former friends of Dusty is very interesting as well.

DVD Review: Dusty at ther best!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

great video- difficult to criticize Dusty, she was a fantastic singer,
too bad there's not much out there displaying her younger days, will always love her music.

DVD Review: The interviews add extra value
Summary: 5 Stars

I always thought of Dusty as a tragic diva. Here you get to see her interacting with her audience, totally at ease, very playful, laughing and having a great time. I just wish someone had had a towel for her onstage because she was constantly wiping sweat off her face with her fingers, poor thing.

I would recommend watching the interview chapter before the performance chapter. You will notice little things in concert that you might ordinarily miss. You will also learn about Dusty the woman from her secretary; find out which songs were her closest friends' favorites and how one particular hit was written; how Simon Bell cared for Dusty while she was dying (brought me to tears) and much, much more.

I'm so happy I bought this DVD but very sad that I never got to see her in concert.

DVD Review: Missing Her
Summary: 5 Stars

This DVD captures Dusty live. There are flaws to be sure...some of her off the cuff comments in between songs are not captured due to the quality of the audio...and you'd wish that you could hear them, since not much footage is out there that let those of us who've never had the opportunity to see Dusty perform live experience her presence...but this video does let you get a glimpse, and lets you see the smile in her eyes and her easy going rapport with her adoring audience. Her comfortable body language and the give and take with the crowd makes this one priceless. Watch "The Look of Love" and see the "diva" disappear...watch "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on the Stage," and wish you were there with her that night...if you are a fan that only knows the "hits"... watch this show and fall in love with some new ones...this video makes me so sad to realize that she's gone now...but I'm certain she'd be delighted now, if only she knew we were all still listening...

Description of Dusty Springfield: Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Dusty Springfield is Britain's greatest ever pop diva and the possessor of one of the finest and most soulful voices of all time. She dominated both the UK and US charts throughout the sixties with a string of hit singles that have stood the test of time as true classics. Originally a member of the folk trio The Springfields, from whom she took her stage name, she became a solo artist in 1963 after being exposed to the magic of Motown whilst playing in America and became probably the finest ever white soul singer. Diagnosed with breast cancer in the mid-nineties she died in 1999 at the age of just 59.

This concert, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in 1979 in the presence of HRH Princess Margaret, captures Dusty at the height of her career. The show is packed with hits (including 9 UK top 10 singles), which are delivered with all the glitz and panache that were Dusty's trademark and have made her a major gay icon as well as beloved of music fans everywhere.

As a bonus feature there is an extensive interview with Dusty's long time manager, her friends and one of the backing singers from the Albert Hall show.

All of the existing visual footage from the concert has been used on this DVD, however there are additional tracks that exist as audio only and these are included on the companion CD release which is being simultaneously released on Eagle Records (ER 20081-2).

Tracklisting:
1. I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
2. We Are Family
3. Lose Again
4. All I See Is You
5. This Will Be
6. Hits Medley: Goin' Back / I Only Want To Be With You / Stay A While / Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Morning) / Some Of Your Lovin' / The Look Of Love / Wishin' And Hopin' / I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself / Losing You
7. Son Of A Preacher Man
8. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
9. Quiet Please There's A Lady On Stage
10. Put Your Hands Together

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