The '60s Rock Experience Live
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Actor: Various ArtistsDirector: *
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 142 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout! Factory
DVD Reviews of The '60s Rock Experience Live
DVD Review: The 60's Rock Experience Live
Summary: 3 Stars
... This is a difficult product to evaluate because it's such a mishmash of material... audio and video quality between sound-tracks or DVD "chapters" varies considerably. There are audio problems in the 5.1 channel mode down-mixed into 2.0 channel stereo from a standard Sony DVD player into the test equipment which is a state-of-the-art Bose Acoustic Wave Music System coupled with monster brand cable connections and audio grade Xindak XF-500 power filters. The disc 2.0 channel stereo mode is mostly not bad and that is the primary option in the DVD audio set-up menu.
Musically speaking, I don't like Jim Morrison; Jimi Hendrix; Janis Joplin or Joan Baez with the exception of The Doors in the original "Apocalypse Now" movie soundtrack.
The best of the so-called "classic clips" of Credence Clearwater Revival "Down on the Corner" and "Bad Moon Rising" are totally cutoff abridged versions lasting only about two minutes and forty seconds, combined playing time. In other words, about half of their original running time in the original recordings. Audio & video quality in this case is also poor even for the vintage material that it is. There are also constant, annoying narrations and commentaries and commercials in between each chapter or music video soundtrack... PBS should've just flashed their distinctive logo at the lower right or left-hand corner of the t.v. every 15 or 20 minutes or whatever with no interruptions in between chapters or music video soundtracks.
Graphics are good, but there are injection molding problems in the fabrication of the plastic case... the disc spins around whereas it should fit snugly. The disc itself is only of standard quality.
In any event, the best of the live performances are the Byrds, the Grass Roots and Steppenwolf, by far. Particularly, "Magic Carpet Ride," but these aren't the complete original bands only what's left of them so the original "synergy" is lost. And for somebody who said that he "smoked a lot of grass, and popped a lot of pills," Jon Kay of "Steppenwolf" ("a symbol of man's alienation... and his strength") is certainly looking good for his age... he must be pushing 70 years old by now.
To sum up; in dialectic logic you can't fall on "fractions" so, if you want our opinion, we don't give "half" stars and this particular product only has a combined average rating of 3 stars when weighed against other similar products that are currently available on the market.
Note: When we say that the 2.0 channel stereo mode is "mostly not bad" actually, it's of considerably high quality in some instances like "Magic Carpet Ride" and under par or very bad quality in other instances.
Description of The '60s Rock Experience Live
The ?60s Rock Experience Live?60s Rock anthems recorded live ... from the hit PBS pledge show!
While the 1960s recedes further into history with each passing year, the music that came out of the decade remains enormously popular. That is plain to see?and hear?on PBS? The ?60s Rock Experience Live. This new installment of the smash MY MUSIC concert series contains nearly 2½ hours of the most stirring, personal and yet universal songs ever written.
Program Listing
1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) ? Roger McGuinn
2. Easy To Be Hard ? Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night
3. One ? Chuck Negron
4. Nowhere To Run ? Martha Reeves
5. Go Now! ? classic clip
6. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place ? Eric Burdon & The Animals
7. The House Of The Rising Sun ? Eric Burdon & The Animals
8. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) ?Scott McKenzie
9. A Whiter Shade Of Pale ? Procol Harum
10. Piece Of My Heart ? classic clip
11. Along Comes Mary ? The Association
12. Let?s Live For Today ?The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
13. Midnight Confessions ? The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
14. Down On The Corner/Bad Moon Rising ? classic clips
15. Nights In White Satin ? classic clip
16. Purple Haze ? classic clip
17. Light My Fire ? classic clip
18. Magic Carpet Ride ? John Kay & Steppenwolf
19. Born To Be Wild ? John Kay & Steppenwolf
20. We Shall Overcome ? classic clip
Bonus Performances:
21. The Pusher ? John Kay & Steppenwolf
22. It?s My Life ? Eric Burdon & The Animals
23. So You Want To Be A Rock ?N? Roll Star ? Roger McGuinn
24. Mr. Tambourine Man ? Roger McGuinn
25. Eli?s Coming ? Chuck Negron
26. I?d Wait A Million Years ? The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill
27. Jimmy Mack ? Martha Reeves
28. Never My Love ? The Association
29. We?ve Been Asking Questions ? Scott McKenzie
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