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I have had the [VHS] video, since 1986. I've always liked it... but *this* -- more songs that were not included on video tape... and sound and audio are excellent. Can hear every instrument in the mix as clear [as if] coming from the mixing board.
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Video part is okay. Not really much to expect there since it was shot back in the 70's but audio is terrible. A lot of times it tends to come apart. Bass goes away and clarity is nowhere to be found. With today's technology in mastering. they did a terrible job on the audio part.
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More than 30 years after its initial release on VHS and Betamax, “Rockshow,” a concert performance by Paul McCartney & Wings during their historic “Wings Over America” tour, is available Tuesday on Blu-ray and DVD. Unlike the initial 1981 videotape and subsequent laserdisc offering, the Eagle Rock Entertainment release contains the entire 1976 concert – restored and remastered from the original 35mm film. It runs a half hour longer than those earlier releases. Audiophiles will be thrilled to know the DVD and Blu-ray boast a 5.1 mix. There are some limitations over modern-day concert films. The image is darker and grain noticeable in a few spots. However, it is a distinct improvement over the videotape releases of the early 1980s. "Rockshow's" release follows the Concord Music Group’s remastered 2-CD set “Wings Over America.” Unfortunately, “Rockshow” is light on extras, offering just a 10-minute backstage peak with shots of celebrity guests, including former Beatle Ringo Starr. It would have been a stronger offering had “Rockshow” included the seldom-seen, TV special “Wings Over the World,” which chronicled life on the road. However, McCartney chose to include that gem in the overpriced, deluxe “Wings Over America” box set. Fans of McCartney’s earlier work with that “other band” will find precious few Fab Four songs on “Rockshow.” McCartney performed just five Beatles tunes during stops on his 1976 world tour. This tour focused heavily on his recording success with Wings. The concert opens with “Venus and Mars/ Rock Show” and contains such McCartney solo hits as “Maybe I’m Amazed” from 1970, the Oscar-nominated James Bond theme song “Live and Let Die” and the title track from his first finest Wings effort, “Band on the Run.” Following the conclusion of the “Wings Over the World” tour in the fall of 1976, McCartney took a break from the road. There was a Wings tour launched in November 1979, which was abandoned after McCartney was jailed for marijuana possession in Japan in January 1980. He did not return to the road until 1989, almost a decade after he disbanded Wings. As a result, “Rockshow” is the only visual chronicle of McCartney in concert at the peak of his solo career.Read full review
Mcartney at his peak,really good music.Live show that was tight as a Studio version.I was at the Concert and it brings back memories like it was Yesterday ,no pun intended.
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Really a fun DVD to watch. It's almost like watching an entire concert straight through, with very few "jump cuts" from scene to scene. You really get the feeling that Paul McCartney had moved on from the Beatles, and was still enjoying writing and performing these songs. The blu ray soundtrack is really AMAZING in sound quality, and it syncs up perfectly with the video. Nice little booklet that is part of the case, that talks about this particular tour in 1976. One of the better concert videos I've ever seen. If you're even remotely familiar with a lot of these popular songs, this is a good addition to any collection.
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