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Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Pinnacle Records
- Cat.no: IX 9757 TEUKD
- Cert: E
- Running time: 81 minutes
- Recorded: May 1st, 2000
- Pressing: 2001
- Region(s): 2, PAL
- Chapters: 15
- Sound: Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: None
- Fullscreen: 4:3
- 16:9-enhanced: No
- Macrovision: No
- Disc Format: DVD 9
- Price: £19.99
- Extras: None
Director :
- Andy Harcott
Producer :
- Lional Schaen
The Band :
- Justin Hayward
John Lodge
Graeme Edge
Ray Thomas
Subtitled, “Hall of Fame”, this Moody Blues Live DVD is a greatest hits-style package played live and was recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on May 1st, 2000.
Voted No.3 in Channel 4’s Top 10 Progressive Rock bands, the tracks included in this release are superb, my favourites including English Sunset, Nights In White Satin, Question, I Know You’re Out There Somewhere and Your Wildest Dreams, the latter two being released in 1986 and getting regular airplay, as I recall, on BBC2’s No Limits but never making any actual impact on the charts.
I have to ask though, why the lack of inclusion for their only No.1 hit, Go Now and Justin Hayward’s solo track from War of the Worlds, Forever Autumn. They may well have been performed on the night, but rarely does a home release, on video or DVD, capture the entire concert.
Their singles chart history is as follows :
The fullscreen picture looks a little blurred as if it’s been shot on NTSC and transferred to PAL without full attention being paid, but then why would a UK performance not be recorded in PAL? I could be wrong, but it’s still not as sharp as it should be. The average bitrate is a fairly-constant 8.89Mb/s.
The sound is perfect though, with instruments placed all around the soundstage, even if the musicians are all at the front. Dolby Digital 5.0 and DTS 5.0 options are available, adding to the ethereal ambience created.
Sadly, there are no extras at all to be found and there are no lyrics onscreen, but the menu is subtly animated and scored with the orchestral overture.
There are 15 chapters. 14 for the music and one for the end credits. The track listing is as follows :
1. Overture
2. Tuesday Afternoon
3. English Sunset
4. Words You Say
5. The Story in Your Eyes
6. I Know You’re Out There Somewhere
7. Haunted
8. Your Wildest Dreams
9. Isn’t Life Strange
10. I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock And Roll Band)
11. Nights In White Satin
12. Legend of a Mind
13. Question
14. Ride My See-Saw
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Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.