Distributed by
Pinnacle Records

Cat.no: IX 9757 TEUKD

Cert: E

Running time: 81 minutes

Recorded: May 1st, 2000

Pressing: 2001

Region(s): 2, PAL

Chapters: 15

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0

Languages: English

Subtitles: None

Fullscreen: 4:3

16:9-enhanced: No

Macrovision: No

Disc Format: DVD 9

Price: £19.99

Extras: None

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Director :

Andy Harcott

Producer :

Lional Schaen

The Band :

Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Graeme Edge
Ray Thomas

Voted No.3 in Channel 4's Top 10 Progressive Rock bands, the tracks included in this release are superb, my favourites including English Sunset, Nights In White Satin, Question, I Know You're Out There Somewhere and Your Wildest Dreams, the latter two being released in 1986 and getting regular airplay, as I recall, on BBC2's No Limits but never making any actual impact on the charts.

I have to ask though, why the lack of inclusion for their only No.1 hit, Go Now and Justin Hayward's solo track from War of the Worlds, Forever Autumn. They may well have been performed on the night, but rarely does a home release, on video or DVD, capture the entire concert.

Their singles chart history is as follows :

Dec 64	No. 1	Go Now
Mar 65	No.33	I Don't Want To Go On Without You
Jun 65	No.22	From the Bottom of My Heart
Nov 65	No.44	Everyday
Dec 67	No.19	Nights in White Satin
Aug 68	No.27	Voices in the Sky
Dec 68	No.42	Ride My See-Saw
May 70	No. 2	Question
May 72	No.13	Isn't Life Strange
Dec 72	No. 9	Nights in White Satin (re-entry)
Feb 73	No.36	I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock And Roll Band)
Nov 79	No.14	Nights in White Satin (2nd re-entry)
Aug 83	No.35	Blue World
Jun 86	No.52	I Know You're Out There Somewhere

The fullscreen picture looks a little blurred as if it's been shot on NTSC and transferred to PAL without full attention being paid, but then why would a UK performance not be recorded in PAL? I could be wrong, but it's still not as sharp as it should be. The average bitrate is a fairly-constant 8.89Mb/s.

The sound is perfect though, with instruments placed all around the soundstage, even if the musicians are all at the front. Dolby Digital 5.0 and DTS 5.0 options are available, adding to the ethereal ambience created.

Sadly, there are no extras at all to be found and there are no lyrics onscreen, but the menu is subtly animated and scored with the orchestral overture.

There are 15 chapters. 14 for the music and one for the end credits. The track listing is as follows :

1. Overture 2. Tuesday Afternoon 3. English Sunset 4. Words You Say 5. The Story in Your Eyes 6. I Know You're Out There Somewhere 7. Haunted 8. Your Wildest Dreams 9. Isn't Life Strange 10. I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock And Roll Band) 11. Nights In White Satin 12. Legend of a Mind 13. Question 14. Ride My See-Saw

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Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.