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