Your TEN/10 favourite Concert DVD's/Blurays

No love for EC and Winwood live at MSG? EC at his finest, and video presentation is sublime.

 

Woodstock
Monterey Pop
Beach Boys Lost Concert
Forever Changes Concert
Gordon Lightfoot - Live In Reno
Bob Dylan Live at Newport
TAMI Show

 

I'm sure I'm missing some great videos but here's 10 that I continue to enjoy:

- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1973) [DVD]
Ziggy's swan song recorded by D.A. Pennebaker. May not be Bowie's best concert video but certainly one of the most historic.

- Various Artists - Live Aid (1985) [DVD]
We may never see the complete concert on DVD but even at ten hours it's an impressive document of it's time. People can quibble over the omissions or the performances or the audio or the video but you can't beat the nostalgia factor.

- Sting - Bring on the Night (1985) [DVD / BR]
Documenting the formation of Sting's solo band and first tour it may not strictly be a live concert but it's still one of my favorites.

- U2 - Rattle and Hum (1988) [DVD / BR]
Another rockumentary but the various live performances make for a pretty powerful movie. Saw this one the week it was in theaters back in '88 and remember being blown away by the sound.

- Roy Orbison and Friends - Black and White Night (1987) [DVD / BR]
A beautifully shot concert video with a who's who of celebrities respectfully backing him up (TCB band, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt & K.D. Lang among others).

- Various Artists - Knebworth '90 (1990) [DVD / BR]
Another sentimental pick, with 3+ hours of great performances from Eric Clapton, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Status Quo, Genesis & Phil Collins, Robert Plant & Jimmy Page, Cliff Richard & The Shadows, Dire Straits and Tears for Fears.

- David Byrne - Between the Teeth (1992) [VHS / Laserdisc]
Maybe the ugly stepchild of Stop Making Sense, it's the sound of David Byrne having fun trying to re-invent himself.

- Crowded House - Farewell to the World (1996) [VHS / DVD]
Crowded House's initial swan song. Always a great band live you can feel the added weight of it being their last time together.

- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Live at Soundstage (2003) [DVD / BR]
Lots of covers sprinkled with a few hits / rarities with a top-notch band and amazing presentation makes this one a must see.

- Bruce Springsteen - Live in Dublin (2006) [DVD / BR]
There's a ton of live Bruce DVD's out there but not many more fun than this one with it's mix of American folk music and reworkings of classic tunes.

 

The Band - The Last Waltz
Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's
Blue Oyster Cult - A Long Day's Night
Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - Live from Madison Square Garden
Collective Soul - Home
Deep Purple - Live in Concert 72/73
Paul McCartney - Good Evening New York City
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Robin Trower - Living Out of Time
Woodstock

 

Yes man. Made my list.

 

Kids are alright is a great dvd ... the Shepperton footage is worth the price of admittance alone

 

Yes, it's good stuff.

 

great bluray

 

It's about time they released the Beatles at Washington Stadium or whatever it was too, I used to have the VHs

 

Hard to narrow it down to 10, but I will stick with one per artist:

Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
U2 - Zoo TV- Live from Sydney
Muse - Live at Rome Olympic Stadium
Neal Morse - Alive Again
Rush - Rush In Rio
Dave Matthews Band - Live at Central Park
Devin Townsend - The Retinal Circus
Pink Floyd - Pulse
Queen - Live at Wembley
Steven Wilson - Get All You Deserve

 

Joni-Shadows and Light
KC-Eyes Wide Open
Mahavishnu-Montreux 1974/1984
Return To Forever-Montreux 2008
DeJohnette/Hancock/Holland/Metheny
Robben Ford-Paris Concert
Weather Report-Germany 1971
Nina Simone-Montreux 1976
Allan Holdsworth/Alan Pasqua-Live At Yoshi's
Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott's
Zappa-Dub Room Special

 

yes in full! BD!

 

Miles Davis/Miles Electric
Jimi Hendrix/Jimi Plays Berkeley
Talking Heads/Stop Making Sense
Assorted Artists/Monterey Pop
The Band and Others/The Last Waltz
Assorted Artists at Newport '63-'65/Festival
Led Zeppelin/The Song Remains the Same
Assorted Artists/Woodstock
The Art Ensemble of Chicago/In Concert

 

I can't believe that three others of my favorites didn't come to my mind earlier today, must have been distracted with work. Anyway, these three DVDs definitely deserve to round out my full ten list:
Carl Perkins and Friends - Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session
Eric Johnson - Live From Austin, TX 1988
Eric Johnson - Live From Austin, TX 1984

 

Wilco / Ashes of American Flags
U2. / Under a Blood Red Sky and Rattle & Hum
TAMI Show / James Brown’s set
The Cure /In Orange (wish it was on DVD; Trilogy is quite good too)

 

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
Pink Floyd - Pompeii (does this count, as they played to an empty venue?)
Rush - Exit Stage Left
Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead movie
Queen - Live at Wembley
Yes - Yessongs
U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky
The Doors - Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Rush - In Rio
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin DVD (I know---more a compilation, but it;'s so good!)

 

I also vote for The Kids Are Alright. I think it counts.
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
Kraftwerk - 3D
Led Zeppelin - DVD
Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day
TAMI SHOW
FZ - Dub Room Special
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
Woodstock
Pink Floyd - Live At Pompeii
Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll

 

I will try to submit my List this weekend, but 'Stop Making Sense' will mosdef be #1 on my List of Blu-Ray/DVD Concerts(first bought the DVD than bought the Blu-Ray when it was released).

I did not realize that 'Under a Blood Red Sky' was released on Video(Blu-Ray or DVD), as thought it was only an Audio release.

 

The Under a Blood Red Sky album comes from a few different concerts. The video is all from Red Rocks. Awesome stuff.

 

R.E.M. - Tourfilm
Stones - Texas '78
Stones - Ladies & Gentlemen
Blur - Showtime
Doors - Hollywood Bowl
Grateful Dead - Sunshine Daydream
Oasis - There And Then
Elvis - '68 Comeback
Nirvana - Live And Loud
Cheap Trick - Budokan '78

 

That Zep dvd is great. I know more folks like disc one, but knebworth and earls court are great and just what I always wanted.

 

Forgot about Kraftwerk 3d, absolutely essential for any Kraftwerk fan

 

Under A Blood Red Sky was my first VHS, it's awesome.
They released the dvd when they did the first three album remasters in the little two disc boxes

 

The first three above all else... in order:

"Woodstock"

"Monterey Pop"

"The Kids Are All Right"



The rest... in no particular order:


"A Film About Jimi Hendrix"

"Pink Floyd at Pompeii"

"Rust Never Sleeps" -- Neil Young

"The Last Waltz"

"Elvis...1968 Comeback Special" -- "In the Round" section only

The Pogues St. Patrick's Day Show -- Don't know what it's called, I have a DVD dub from a VHS tape... Special Guests Kirsty MacColl and one of the guys from the Clash on a song or two each

(There's a Grateful Dead DVD or two that will make the grade... not sure of the title(s) I have at this point


My favorite performances... that I go back to over and over again:

"Beatles on the Roof" -- ("Let it Be")

"A Quick One" -- The 'Oo... and "Yer Blues" (without the dorky intro) -- The Dirty Mac -- ("Rolling Stones Rock 'n' Roll Circus")

"Unchained Melody" -- Elvis (from 1977)

 

Not sure what happened in the middle there mate