Mike Oldfield - Live at Montreux 1981

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Actor: Mike Oldfield
Brand: RED DISTRIBUTION
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: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent

DVD Reviews of Mike Oldfield - Live at Montreux 1981

DVD Review: One of the best concerts ever
Summary: 5 Stars

This may be one of the best concerts I have ever seen. Too bad I wasn't able to be there live at that time ( I was too young and I didn't even know about Oldfield). I don't think that words can do enough justice to a concert like this. Mike Oldfield and the fellow musicians perform with such an enthusiasm and mastery that they made me listen and watch this DVD for several dozen of times since I bought it last year.

The real value of this DVD is not among the typical values expected from a regular DVD reprint - higher video and audio quality and extras like behind the scenes footage. It is all about the brilliant music played at a brilliant performance. Not, that the quality is not goot - it is good enough to recreate the concert ambience. Maybe even too good... so good that will make you sorry for not being able to be present at such a concert or nostalgic if you were lucky enough to see it live.

DVD Review: Great DVD
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw clips of this concert on Youtube. I bought the DVD and I think it is worth paying for. This is Mike at his best. I am sorry there is not an audio CD one can buy of this concert.

DVD Review: Great viewing
Summary: 5 Stars

This DVD is packaged well & is a must have, especially for us USA fans. A lot of Mike's DVD/video is in PAL format from Europe. It's a great show with some great music! Gotta love the 80's styles.

DVD Review: Early Oldfield Live!
Summary: 4 Stars

This DVD depicts Mike Oldfield's musical artistry and compositional talents with an enjoyable admixture of his earlier works in his incredible litany of offerings.

DVD Review: Archive Oldfield.
Summary: 4 Stars

Mike Oldfield's live performance at Montreux in 1981 is a welcome addition to an ever growing DVD library for this most talented and unique musician. Much of the music is culled from the albums "Platinum" and "QE2" which at the time were his two most recent releases. This may come as a disappointment to some, for these two albums regularly divide Oldfield fans. Nevertheless rocked up renditions of "Ommadawn" and "Tubular Bells" should keep most happy. The music is great naturally, and its very welcome to see an enthusiastic audience for Oldfield's music, but as a time capsule for 1981 it is unintentionally hilarious. Oldfield survives with his reputation firmly intact, but Maggie Reilly looks like something out of a low budget horror film, and her vocal additions are sometimes irritating. At this point Oldfield had not quite gravitated to composing songs, so Reilly is little more than a backing vocalist., and delights of "Moonlight Shadow" were two years away. The remainder of Oldfield's talented band perform with much enthusiasm, with a cameo appearance by Stephen King minus the glasses on keyboards. The most important thing for fans though is what kind of sound and picture restoration has Eagle produced, on the sound front it is fair and those with 5.1 surround will get more out of the this DVD. The picture is not all it could be with, with colours sometimes seeping into each other and a certain amount of grain. It doesn't look as though Eagle have re-mastered the picture at all. Nevertheless these are trifling complaints, it is just very good to have such archive material available to enjoy.

Description of Mike Oldfield - Live at Montreux 1981

Mike Oldfield took the world of music by storm at the age of 19 in 1973 with the release of his debut album, "Tubular Bells", which hit the No.1 spot in numerous countries and has gone on to sell in excess of 16 million copies worldwide. A naturally shy man, it was not until the end of the decade that he began to play live on a regular basis. In 1981, by now a confident stage performer, he embarked on his European Adventure Tour, which took in the Montreux Festival in July, where he performed in front of an enthusiastic sold out audience.

Tracklisting:
1. QE2 MEDLEY: TAURUS 1 / SHEBA / MIRAGE
2. PLATINUM PARTS 1-4
3. TUBULAR BELLS, PART TWO
4. MEDLEY: CONFLICT / OMMADAWN
5. TUBULAR BELLS, PART ONE
6. PUNKADIDDLE

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