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Music in High Places - Shawn Colvin Live in Bora Bora
Warner Music/Warner Music . R4 . COLOR . 53 mins . PG . PAL

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This is the latest in the Music in High Places series, which takes us around the world with our favourite artists. This series is a hybrid conglomeration of Getaway mixed in with The Panel, where these artists tour around finding out information about the place, as well as performing acoustic sets in these stunning locations.

Shawn Colvin has her 50-minutes of Music in High Places fame by touring Bora Bora and Tahiti. After watching this show, it is easy to say that French Polynesia is now number one on the “places to go” list, as the scenery is simply beautiful. While other discs focus on the cultural and social aspects of the particular country, Colvin’s also is a spiritual fulfilment of her life, and a personal mission just as much as an entertainment mission.

The track listing for this superb tour of French Polynesia is as follows:

  1. Polaroids
  2. Private Universe
  3. Anywhere You Go
  4. Diamond in the Rough
  5. Kill The Messenger
  6. Tennessee
  7. Nothing Like You
  8. Catch the Wind
  9. Sunny Came Home
  10. Whole New You

As for the content of the show, this episode stands that little bit higher than most as Colvin deals with personal feelings, not just promotional feelings, and isn’t once rude or disrespectful to the culture around her, such as BBMak were in Vietnam. Just one thing though, don’t take lessons from her on how to hold a baby...

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The video is presented in a widescreen aspect of 1.85:1, and is not 16x9 enhanced. Well this is sort of true, as the opening titles appear full frame, whereas the actual footage for the show is 1.85:1. So in essence, its widescreen, but also at the same time its not. OK, are we clear on this now? Didn’t think so...

Shot on handheld digital media, the image is very crisp and clear, and colours are superb. The brightly sun-lit outdoor settings mixed with the stormy rain clouds combine to form a cinematographer’s worst nightmare, with constantly changing conditions, but the footage still looks superb.

Aliasing isn’t a problem at all, nor are compression artefacts. As this was shot digitally, there are no film artefacts whatsoever to speak of.

This is a dual layered disc, but the layer change must occur during title changes as no layer change was spotted or sensed.

There are two audio tracks for the show, with Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 options. As is the tendency with the Music in High Places discs, the 2.0 track is the better listening option as it holds a more complete and realistic sound. The 5.1 track uses the surrounds to carry the music, but by doing this creates an unnatural echo which is quite annoying to listen to. Both tracks offer spot on synchronisation, and have clear, crisp and audible dialogue. The musical pieces are all mastered perfectly and sound great. It’s just a pity about the poor 5.1 mix.

As with the other Music in High Places releases, we are given the same sort of extra features, just with different people. To open, we have a 5:45 featurette, Behind the Scenes, which is just a brief snippet of on-location footage. The Promo Spots run for 0:50, and are the adverts that are shown on cable networks to advertise the show. Location Footage runs for 9:56, and features footage not used in the main feature. Just the Music features all of the songs that are in the actual show, but remastered without background effects and with slightly different footage. Six pages make up the Biography of Shawn Colvin, and offers a history of her work. Overall these features are brief, and not as plentiful as other Music in High Places discs, but they're still intriguing nonetheless.

Yet another disc to add to your collection if you're a fan of Shawn Colvin's work, the all-round great performance makes it a pleasure to watch even for those who aren't fans.


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  •   And I quote...
    "Shawn Colvin does French Polynesia... well, she sings there anyway."
    - Martin Friedel
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          standard s-video
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