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    Knebworth Live - Parts One, Two & Three
    Warner Vision/Warner Vision . R4 . COLOR . 189 mins . E . PAL

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    The Knebworth Music Festival was held in Hertfordshire, England on Saturday June 30, 1990 and attracted some of the biggest British rock artists in the world, some may even say in history. The event was held to raise funds for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre, which provides music therapy for handicapped children, as well as raising funds for the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology. 120,000 fans attended the concert, making it a truly historic event.

    Contained on this release are three volumes that were released on VHS and Laserdisc that have now been remastered for DVD release. It is basically the best of, containing some memorable performances from legends of British rock. There is a broad range of artists covered and to see some of these performers on the one day would be enough, but to see some of them form a supergroup to back each other up is mind blowing.

    Track listing:

    Tears For Fears
    Change
    Badman’s Song
    Everybody Wants to Rule the World
    Cliff Richard & The Shadows
    On the Beach
    Good Golly Miss Molly
    We Don’t Talk Anymore
    Phil Collins & The Serious Band
    In the Air Tonight
    Sussudio
    Paul McCartney
    Coming Up
    Birthday
    Hey Jude
    Can’t Buy Me Love
    Status Quo
    Whatever You Want
    Rockin’ All Over the World
    Dirty Water
    In the Army Now
    Supergroup
    Eric Clapton
    Before You Accuse Me
    Tearin’ Us Apart
    Mark Knopfler
    Solid Rock
    Think I Love You Too Much
    Money For Nothing
    Elton John
    Sacrifice
    Sad Songs
    Robert Plant
    Hurting Kind
    Tall Cool One
    Wearing & Tearing
    Rock and Roll
    Genesis
    Mama
    Throwing it All Away
    Turn it On Again Medley
    Turn it On Again
    Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
    Reach Out, I’ll Be There
    Pinball Wizard
    In The Midnight Hour
    Pink Floyd
    Shine On You Crazy Diamond
    Run Like Hell

    Artists are impressive in their own right and each viewer will find their own highlights. Even a performer such as Elton John must feel some intimidation when being backed on guitar by Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. Another highlight is to see Robert Plant joining forces again with Jimmy Page and, of course, Status Quo rockin’ the house. Pink Floyd are also impressive with their unique sound and elaborate stage lighting. As stated before, there are many highlights throughout and these will vary from viewer to viewer, the point is there should be enough highlights here for all fans of British rock.

    This two-disc set contains volumes one and two on the first disc and the third volume on the second disc, providing over three hours of music. It is edited well to provide good continuation, with each volume looking like a separate day's filming. Fans of any of these artists will be satisfied with their individual contribution, but should also find enough from the remainder to make this release worth a viewing.

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    Presented in full frame and therefore not 16:9 enhanced, this transfer is of reasonable quality. Being a full day and night concert event, there are many variables to take into account. Also being a concert there are the usual problems encountered in this format. There are the usual aliasing problems in areas such as guitar strings and microphone stands and some loss of detail on audience shots. Stage lighting during night filming also has a few of the usual problems such as slight colour bleeding and grain, but all problems encountered are extremely minor and should cause no interference to viewers that are not looking for them. There are no subtitles supplied and the layer change on disc one appears to be well placed between volume one and two.

    Audio supplied is a choice of English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo, DD 5.1 Surround and DTS 5.1 Surround. All are of excellent quality, but yet again the track of choice is the DTS. Audio has been remastered from the original VHS release and the quality is noticeable. Sound is kept predominantly across the front speakers with good use of the rear speakers for crowd noise and music ambience. Sound is clear at all times and there are no major synch problems. The subwoofer gets quite a bit of action through any bass-driven songs, but in no way takes over. The DD 2.0 track offers CD quality and the DD 5.1 is also impressive, but for those with the capability, the DTS track is the best option.

    There are sadly no extras supplied with this release.

    Fans of British rock should enjoy this immensely. A virtual who’s who of British rock put in quality performances in front of a massive and appreciative crowd. The video is very good and the audio is even better, so if you are a fan of any of these artists, take the time to give this a look.


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  •   And I quote...
    "Not to be confused with Live Aid, the Knebworth Festival saw some of the best British musicians ever got together for charity in 1990. This is the end result."
    - Adrian Turvey
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