I only have James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theater and U2's Elevation, but they're both great, so now I'm looking for more. I've heard about some others, what do you like?

I like "The Old Grey Whistle Test" double DVD, which includes over 4 hours of "live in studio" performances from the 70s and 80s including :

Tim Buckley
Edgar Winter band
Wailers
Curtis Mayfield
Tom Waits
Roxy Music
Captain Beefheart
Talking Heads
XTC
Police
Specials
Ramones
PIL (original Line-up)
Teardrop Explodes
Japan
Robert Wyatt
etc.

PS it's a Region 0 DVD and is 292 minutes long!

I am still waiting for the one Bruce mentioned, last time I checked it wasn't in USA format.

Some of my favorites.

Kool and the Gang Live at the house of blues
Alice Cooper Brutal Planet
Appalachian Journey: Live in Concert
A night with Lou Reed
Dizzys Dream Band
and the reason I bought a DVD,
King Crimson Deja Vroom.

All of these videos have perfect sound quality and there is not extra garbage to make up for the voice not maching the video. Just perfect concert films.

My roommate has AC/DC Stiff upper lip, it isn't on my favorite list but the production on this video is stunning.

Originally posted by gruffpuppy
I am still waiting for the one Bruce mentioned, last time I checked it wasn't in USA format.


You should be able to play a region 0 anywhere - Wil Davis has already bought a copy from Amazon and managed to play it - see the thread on this - I bumped it!

I have
Led Zeppelin - The song remains the same
Rage Against the Machine
and Rage Against the Machine - Battle of Mexico City

There all great. my favroite is The Song Remains the Same

I second Bruce re. "OGWT" double DVD. Really well produced, none of the "glitz/crap'", and 0.5-sec shots (which make me feel car-sick) which you tend to see more recent videos, but good solid music, excellent camera-work, and superb performances. Hey, I'm not into Country Music, but fell in love with Emmylou Harris - wow! she looks absolutely gorgeous on the DVD, and her band is really tight. Great performance! Bear in mind these sessions were done with no live audience (there wasn't room - the studio used was tiny!) The Police (performing for the first time on BBC TV), Edgar Winter doing "Frankenstein", Roxy Music - all really great stuff.

Actually, the only bad bits (for me) was Tom Waites (I just can't take him seriously - I always get the feeling he's sending-up someone) and also the wretched Anne Shyteingale - I can't stand the bloody woman! What a poser!

All in all, a damned good DVD - Thanks for the heads-up Bruce!

A word of warning though! - it plays OK on the DVD in my lap-top, but it refuses to play in my DVD player (Sony something-or-other) - sez that it's not compatible with area or zone or something. (I bought the DVD from amazon.uk, but live in the North-East USA).

- Wil

I would like to check out that OGWT DVD, wonder when it will be available here. I saw a couple ratings of it on UK sites, they both gave it a 9/10.

The only music DVD's I have are:

Steely Dan: Two Against Nature
Sade Live
Rush Chronicles
Led Zeppelin: Song Remains the Same
DT: Live Scenes from a Memory
Tool Salival

Hard for me to pick a favorite since I like the music on all of them so much. I'd have to say that the Steely Dan one is the best produced soundwise with nice 5.1 DTS and DD tracks. I think the Sade disc is the best overall show though.

The Sade disc is in 5.1 DD and it sounds fantastic, really captures the live ambience. If you're even a remote fan of her older stuff, I would say this is a must have disc. The band members that are with her really have some groove and remain very faithful to the studio productions. I was especially impressed with the horn player's spotlight moments. The bass player used a natural ash Ray that sounded nice as well.

Yes - Live from the House of Blues.

The production is outstanding and it has the only live video recording of Perpetual Change that I know of.

Pearl Jam-touring band

then again, it's all a matter of preference

I have...
Incubus - When Incubus Attacks Vol. II
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Jimi Hendrix - Experience
Various Artists - Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Various Artists - Free Tibet

Originally posted by Bruce Lindfield


You should be able to play a region 0 anywhere - Wil Davis has already bought a copy from Amazon and managed to play it - see the thread on this - I bumped it!

Thanks for the update Bruce.

Thou it is not a DVD have you ever seen Urgh! A music war.

EDIT: Whoops looks like Wil can't play it out of the laptop.

woodstock

Sweet DVD

Travis

My favorite of the ones i have is Dream Theater Scenes from New York, it's excellent. The other two i have are Joe Satriani live in San Fransisco and G3 live.

As far as Prince videos are concerned, "Sign O the Times" is the best of them. Great backing band.

I kind of like Santana's "Sacred Fire."

Well...I'm anxiously awaitng Mudvayne's "Live in Peoria" full length concert DVD....but only because I'm really into Ryan Martinie...

so far i only have:
chili peppers - off the map
rage against the machine - battle of mexico
pink floyd - the wall
and im hoping to get salival by tool soon!

but my favorite so far, for what ive seen is the chili pepper's new concert dvd. off the map has an answome GUI and a great sounging concert. it also has some cool interviews and footage of there preshow warming up (like yoga and that kind of stuff). deff worth its money if you're a flea fan.

The Pat Metheny Group's latest DVD from the Imaginary Day tour is incredible. It's worth it to hear Pat smoke "Heat of the Day" and "Minuano (Six-Eight)" and see him in action. It's great in general, so if you can check it out, by all means do.

Someone else mentioned the Metheny/Hancock/Holland/DeJohnette DVD. That also rocks.... hearing Dave and Pat devour "Solar" is truly a treat.

Pat's from my town, Lee's Summit, Missouri. I think somehow that makes me cool! His brother Mike is also quite talented.

Smashing Pumpkins - Video collection
Bruce Springsteen - Live in N.Y.
Rage against the machine - Battle of Mexico City
Metallica - S&M
Sálin - 12. ágúst '99
Pearl Jam - Touring band

My favorites are the Pumpkins and Bruce, don't get Pearl Jam unless you're a real fan because the video quality is pathetic. The next thing I'm waiting (hoping) for is the live Metro concert with the Pumpkins.

Originally posted by JazznFunk
The Pat Metheny Group's latest DVD from the Imaginary Day tour is incredible. It's worth it to hear Pat smoke "Heat of the Day" and "Minuano (Six-Eight)" and see him in action. It's great in general, so if you can check it out, by all means do.

Someone else mentioned the Metheny/Hancock/Holland/DeJohnette DVD. That also rocks.... hearing Dave and Pat devour "Solar" is truly a treat.

These sound interesting - I will look out for them in the UK - I'm a bit wary about buying things from the US - still can't get "Shadows & Light" to play!

Originally posted by Brendan
Well...I'm anxiously awaitng Mudvayne's "Live in Peoria" full length concert DVD....but only because I'm really into Ryan Martinie...

i have it, it's really good, i also like the sevendust one and i want to get the godsmack one really soon.

i also have the mudvayne dig, powerman 5000

i also have the black sabbath one and i really like that.

I 2nd the "King Crimson:DejaVroom" DVD. Great low end sound from Levin's bass(es).

I know it's not a music DVD, but I also got the "TRON" disc which is cool. Jeff Bridges pre-Labowski, dude.

Originally posted by kameleyon
I 2nd the "King Crimson:DejaVroom" DVD. Great low end sound from Levin's bass(es).


Tell you a quick story about that . . .

Me and my room mate are setting up his Surround Sound system with my DVD player, to test it we threw in the KC disk.

So I put B'Boom as the track I think, and we are listening to it and thinking it sounds Ok but not Great, so then Tony whips out his bow on his NS Electric upright and we both smiled, Tony sounds great on that disk. I think the sub-woofer may have bounced.

I dig that Tool DVD

Originally posted by gruffpuppy


...so then Tony whips out his bow on his NS Electric upright and we both smiled, Tony sounds great on that disk.

Yeah, the first cut on the DEJAVROOM dvd is of Tony and his upright. Damn, that thing sound great!

'The Doors Collection' is awesome. It's basically a collection of 3 full VHS Doors video releases on one DVD but with the video and sound quality brought up to DVD level. The DVD's centerpeice is an entire Doors concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The DVD also includes a lot of cool Doors video clips (check out 'Strange Days'!!) and lots of TV appearences (including their legendary first and only Ed Sullivan Show). Another thing I really liked was that there is a lot of interviews with Jim in his later days when he was the big bearded poet. The remaining Doors rarely show that Morrison image, it doesnt sell records as well as the sex god image. Morrison's interviews are a very interesting watch. Anyway, a great DVD!
Jim

Since I'm on the DVD kick-

I just bought these 2 together-
John Coltrane Tribute-Wayne Shorter, Dave Leibman, Eddie Gomez(his tone is pretty good on this), Richard Beirach, & Jack DeJohnette(seems to be playing cans on every Jazz DVD I have!).
Fiery 3-tune set...Shorter & Leibman stretch the horn to its limits.
Funny, I didn't even realize I had the CD(bought 10 years ago) until after I watched the DVD.

One Night With Blue Note-
I did realize I already had this box set on CD(from the '80s)...basically, it's "Blue Note All-Stars" playing some of their better known material. The last track is Cecil Taylor playing solo piano...seeing Taylor play but one piece is worth the price of admission by itself!
He attacks & conquers the piano!

rage - battle of mexico city
rage - live at the grand olympic auditorium

Let's see:

Phish: Bittersweet Motel, Live in Vegas
Rising Low
Outside Out
Floyd: The Wall, Live at Pompei, live '72
Roger Waters, In the Flesh
Bob Marley Live Santa Barbara
Peter Tosh in L.A.
Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light (Santa Barbara)
Chili Peppers: What Hits?, Live at Slayne
Sublime: 90's House Of Blues L.A. and Las Palmas
Weather Report, Live '76
Jaco's Band @ Montreaux Jazz Fest '82
P Funk: 3 different live shows
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, Live in Germany '82
Grateful Dead: a couple Views from the Vault
Zappa: Baby Snakes, live in New York
Police in England '81
Gov't Mule (jazzfest)
Bass Day '98
Wooten & Carter Beauford
Bill Dickens
Rush in Rio
Yessongs
Primus - Animals Should.....
I'm sure I left a couple out too

From a guys point of view...

No doubt - Rock Steady

nice, simple basslines too

haven't seen much DVD's though...

yet you gotta love gwen.. :hyper:

I'm noticing a bunch of people mentioning the Tool DVD...

I don't really like it that much. There just isn't enough on it. I really like the CD part of the Salival set though.

My favorite concert DVD is, well, the only one I own:

Rush in Rio :bassist:

'The Doors Collection' is awesome.I agree...totally enjoyable. I like Robbie Krieger's instrumental version of "The End". Very cool, IMO.
I also like the Soundstage Performances; rare chance to see "The Soft Parade" performed LIVE.

Just picked up Pat Methany Group - Speaking Of Now Live, and Opeth - Lamentations. Both are incredible and well worth the money.

Although I'm not sure they can match Avril Lavigne and Justin Timberlake's latest offerings...

I only got a few - Drive Thru Records Vol. 1+2 and New Found Glory - The Story So Far.

I only have 2 DVD music related movies.
Joe Satriani: "Live in San Fransisco"
The Who: "The Kids Are Alright!"

I have a POlice video: "Police Live!" it's cool.


I dig 'em tho'.

My current music DVD's would be:

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Live at the Quick
Ben Folds Five: Complete Sessions at West 54th
Ben Folds Live DVD (came with the live album)
Led Zeppelin 2 disc set
Our Lady Peace Live
Rush in Rio
Sade: Lovers Live
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (close enough to count)
Smashing Pumpkins Video Collection
and....

Monty Python's Flying Circus Complete DVD box set (Ok, not technically a music DVD. But it's just SO COOL!!!)

Dream Theater - Live Scenes From New York
Megadeth - Rude Awakening
Tool - Salival
Led Zeppelin - the new 2 DVD set
Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio

:bassist:

Just picked up Pat Methany Group - Speaking Of Now Live, and Opeth - Lamentations. Both are incredible and well worth the money.

Although I'm not sure they can match Avril Lavigne and Justin Timberlake's latest offerings...
Whew.
Agreed.
...and I thought it was just me.

I'll toss in my votes for;

Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live
Nine Inch Nails: And All That Could Have Been
Elevation 2001: U2 Live From Boston

Some of my favorite music dvds are

Rush in Rio
Slipknot: Disasterpieces
Dream Theater: Metropolis 2000 - Scenes From New York
Cradle Of Filth - Heavy, Left-Handed and Candid

and I just bought Opeth's dvd "Lamentations" and I think its awesome.

Opeth - Lamentations: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire ..this one is my favourite
Incubus - When Incubus attacks
Primus - Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People