Concert DVD recommendations?

lomic
lomic Posts: 407
edited March 2005 in Music & Movies
Hi all, now that I consider my system complete (for now!) I'm looking to break away from my normal listening material that I've been using to judge how my system has evolved soundwise.

My favorite source to partake of is The Eagles Hell Freezes Over DVD - got an extra copy from my parents, and though I hadn't heard too many of their songs before, this concert has quickly become my favorite thing to listen to. I'm only 23, so I grew up listening to alternative rock, which I still like, but not for serious listening. So what I'm looking for are DVD's that share the genre/sound quality/all around greatness of the Hell Freezes Over disc.

I'd gotten the Pink Floyd Pompeii DVD, and while I've become a good fan of Floyd, that's the kind of DVD I'm looking to avoid, just too much fluff - the band and the music is what I'm looking for.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited February 2005
    not the same music, but...

    Diana Krall - Live in Paris is the best concert DVD I've heard to date...
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2005
    Roy Orbison - A Black & White Night.
    9/11 - WE WILL NEVER FORGET!! (<---<<click)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2005
    Concert for George is a personal favorite of mine... Eric Clapton, Joe Brown, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Jeff Lynn, Billy Preston... all at the Royal Albert hall, playing together. The DVD has some Ravi Shankar crap at the beginning, but the second half is these guys just playing a great concert. As an added bonus, there's a DTS track.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited February 2005
    Portishead.

    :)
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited February 2005
    A couple I have that I've really enjoyed are:
    Led Zeppelin-DVD several concerts
    U2-Rattle and Hum
    Fleetwood Mac-The Dance
    -Agree that Eric Clapton is another good one
    There are so many more, but I own so few. I've heard "Heart-Live in Seattle" is another good one, but again, I'm not sure how much of these recommendations would interest you.
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by gregure

    Fleetwood Mac-The Dance

    I would like to second this recommendation. One of my favorites.

    I also like the Elton John - Dream ticket from Best Buy. (disk 2 where is plays with an orchestra is very good. Disk 3 I really did not like....

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  • jrlouie
    jrlouie Posts: 462
    edited February 2005
    Norah Jones - Live In New Orleans

    Amazingly real. Like you are just actually sitting there, watching her. I found her most recent DVD to be dull and boring. The New Orleans one great.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited February 2005
    John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers - 70th Birthday Celebration Concert.

    Buy the package deal with the CD and DVD. They left the dynamite warm-up by Buddy Whittington and the crew (Grits Ain't Groceries and Jacksborough Highway) off the DVD and inserted an interview.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2005
    I have to second Heart - Live in Seattle DVD. only because I was in the audience. LOL

    no. seriously. it's good stuff. good ol rock and roll. those ladies can still kick it.
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  • polksda
    polksda Posts: 716
    edited February 2005
    Along with concurring on the Heart recommendation, Toto's "Live in Amsterdam" and Opeth's "Lamentations" are both exceptionally shot and recorded...
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited February 2005
    Rush in Rio
    Concert For George
    The Cult
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited February 2005
    Boz Scaggs Greatest Hits Live. Recorded at the Great American Music Hall S.F. Great audio, high def. Killer band!

    cubdog
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2005
    Second Toto's "Live in Amsterdam".

    Will also recommend both of Genesis' concert DVDs - "Live At Wembley Stadium" and "The Way We Walk - Live".
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited February 2005
    Steely Dan-Two against nature live-fantastic 5:1 mix
    McCartney-Back in the US-fantastic songs
    Who live at Albert Hall-great band
    Concert for George-great show for a great person
    Elton John-greatest hits live
    Led Zepplin-incredible
    Boz Scaggs-great sound
    Barenaked ladies-live plus videos
    Police-live
    Red hot chili peppers-fantastic band
    John Fogerty-Premonition
    Neil Young-Rust never sleeps
    Springsteen-live in NYC
    Live aid
    Bowie live


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  • bamawardog
    bamawardog Posts: 4
    edited February 2005
    pink floyd is supposed to release pulse dvd in march the vhs was great !!!!!!!!!!!! but i am a big floyd head so there u go they say the dvd is really gonna rock its live floyd all their lasers and lights
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  • dylan
    dylan Posts: 453
    edited February 2005
    Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live from Austin, Texas

    From his Austin City Limits shows... great stuff. His Live at El Mocambo is good too, didn't care for the Live at Montreaux show (although it's a neat SRV story).

    For quality recordings, I second the Diana Krall in Paris, Norah Jones at House of Blues, and Sting - All this Time.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited February 2005
    Foo Fighters- Anywhere but home. Great high energy show and solid sound quality.
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  • jimed1
    jimed1 Posts: 53
    edited February 2005
    Like you said, the Eagles Hell Freezes Over is really good.
    James Taylor has a couple of DVD's out in DD. Both are good. His guitar sounds fantastic in these.
    I just bought the Doobie Brother's "Rocking Down the Highway" DVD and I love it. A couple of those songs have some acoustic guitar sounds that sound really sweet.
    Have heard the Fleetwood Mac's "the Dance" and it is also good.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2005
    This is a little heavier than those listed but Dream Theater's "Live at the Budokan" is an awesome DVD. Its also recorded in 5.1.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2005
    sewcond macleod's choice!!
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    This is a little heavier than those listed but Dream Theater's "Live at the Budokan" is an awesome DVD. Its also recorded in 5.1.
    Have you seen Metropolis 2000 or whatever it's called? I've been wanting to watch it, but never have.

    Scenes From a Memory is my all time favorite album
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2005
    Oh hell yeah! I have everything DT has ever put out on DVD or VHS!

    Scenes from a Memory (Metrolpolis 2000) is pretty awesome but its low budget and has cheesy effects but its a great performance just to watch the musicianship and the sound is quite good.
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  • Devo220
    Devo220 Posts: 32
    edited February 2005
    The Allman Bros live at the house of blues is a great dvd lots or great lic's.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2005
    It's a little before your time (your time frame parameter and the actual music)....

    It's not really a concert per say....It is a documentary with lots of live music in a small concert setting....

    The musicians are guys you have never heard of....but I guarantee you have heard THEM...

    The DTS track is superb....

    SQ, mixing, etc....of the concerts is BETTER than Hell Freezes Over - (And yes...HFO is one of my favorite concert DVDs). I am not a fan of Multichannel music....but this one is done right. The music in front, the reverb and crowd from the back...It is like you were there. No gimmicks...just music like you would hear at a concert....

    If your rig is good....this one will show it.

    Standing In The Shadows of Motown

    A doumentary film about The Funk Brothers (the band behind many of Motown's greatest groups/hits). It can be had for $10 or less....Give it a try....






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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2005
    shack,

    i second that DVD. THe Funk Brothers were incrediblely talented. and very few people even knew who they were. namewise anyways.
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by MacLeod
    Oh hell yeah! I have everything DT has ever put out on DVD or VHS!

    Scenes from a Memory (Metrolpolis 2000) is pretty awesome but its low budget and has cheesy effects but its a great performance just to watch the musicianship and the sound is quite good.

    So is the Metropolis 2000 DVD just a live show or is it an 'acting out' of the actual story from the CD?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    So is the Metropolis 2000 DVD just a live show or is it an 'acting out' of the actual story from the CD?

    Its a live show. If youve ever seen Queensryche's Operation LiveCrime, its setup like that.

    They are playing live with big screens behind them showing the footage which is really, REALLY cheap and badly acted but for low budget, whadya expect. The story footage is mixed in with the live footage.
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  • outlander
    outlander Posts: 218
    edited February 2005
    Neil Youg Rust Never Sleeps
    The Band The Last Waltz
    Grateful Dead any of the "View From The Vault" series

    I know, I know, I'm old what can I say.
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited February 2005
    Originally posted by Polkmaniac
    Have you seen Metropolis 2000 or whatever it's called? I've been wanting to watch it, but never have.

    Scenes From a Memory is my all time favorite album

    The sounds is absolutely terrible on that DVD (yes, i'll always disagree with MacLeod on this one). Other than that... good buy! ;)

    Surprised no one suggested the Santana - Supernatural. Very good DVD.
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  • lomic
    lomic Posts: 407
    edited March 2005
    Thanks for all the recommedations, Netflix shall be busy.
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