DVD Review: The Who: Maximum R&B Live: The Who: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: The Who: Maximum R&B Live: The Who: Movies & TV

Posted by admin | on 18 April, 04:22 AM

Product Description
Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 04/14/2009

Probably stick with the original,

By Kathleen M. Simpson -

Im a who freak,a wholigan if you will,i have to buy everything,and have done for the last 25 years,and again,with who releases of late,this is a missed oppertunity.
I loved the original release of both the vhs/dvd version of this,and always found it a great companion piece to “the kids are alright” many will argue that there is too much kenney jones on this dvd,but this is not the problem here,after all,you cant pretend the who finished when keith died,cos they didnt,if you believe that, stick with the kids are alright,and stop whinning.
No,the problem here is the severe butchery of the previous release,and the claim that its remastered,well if it is,i must be changing into stevie wonder,cos i cant see it,and the claim that its in 5.1,some of it is,some of it is not,in fact,the best sound on the dvd,are the menus,which are studio tracks anyways,that aint and never have been on the dvd.
On the plus side,you can skip to charlton(which most fans have a unofficial version of anyway)a live version of WGFA from 1982(why not put a pro shot of pontaic on there instead?)a new entwistle(albeit brief)unseen interview from around 94,im guessing.Also,the packaging is very very nice,informative booklet(like the video version,but with better pictures,and more depth)and a nice slipcase box to house the fold out dvd.
As you may know,the tanglewood 1970 bits are missing(most true collectors have this)and thats a darn shame.
Well,the final decision is up to you,but if you are a casual collector,id say hunt down the original release,if you are a hardcore collector,chances are you have most of the stuff anyway,and keep your original.
Its getting to the point when i may just stop buying these new releases from this once amazing band.
but i probably wont.
but i might.
Yeah,lets talk about getting fooled again.

5 Stars for the band and the original 1994 VHS version, but why no reviews for this new DVD yet?,

By bass boy “music fan” (Arkansas) -

I’m puzzled as to why no one has yet to review this title here at amazon.com, even though this DVD has been out for two full days. I’m dying to know about the picture quality and sound. Some reviewers on amazon.co UK were complaining about the picture quality of the Rockpalast 1981 show on disc 2. Any comments/feedback would be greatly appreciated …. thanks.
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