Stereophonics: Performance and Cocktails

• Cat.no: VSLD 10220
• Cert: 15
• Running time: 84 minutes
• Year: 1999
• Pressing: 1999
• Region(s): 2, PAL
• Chapters: 22
• Sound: Dolby Surround
• Languages: English
• Subtitles: None
• Widescreen: 16:9 (1.77:1)
• 16:9-enhanced: No
• Macrovision: No
• Disc Format: DVD 5
• Price: £19.99
• Extras : Scene index

Featuring:

Kelly Jones (Vocals and Guitar)
Richard Jones (Bass)
Stuart Cable (Drums)
Tony Kirkham (Keyboards)

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Stereophonics: Performance and Cocktailsis a live performance recorded at the Morfa Stadium on July 31st, 1999,mixing on-stage filming with behind-the-scenes footage and containingtracks from their latest album, Performance and Cocktails and theirdebut Word Gets Around, not to mention an entertaining but truncatedcover version of The Kinks’ Sunny Afternoon.

It took a short while for the band to catch on in the Top 40 singles charts,but they’ve come to the fore with tracks like The Bartender and the Thiefand Just Looking. Their singles chart history to the end of 1999 isas follows :

Mar 97No.51Local Boy in the PhotographMay 97No.33More Life in a Tramp’s VestAug 97No.22A Thousand TreesNov 97No.20TrafficFeb 98No.14Local Boy in the Photograph (re-issue)Nov 98No. 3The Bartender and the ThiefMar 99No. 4Just LookingMay 99No. 4Pick a Part That’s NewSep 99No.11I Wouldn’t Believe Your RadioNov 99No.11Hurry Up and Wait

The picture quality is a bit of a disappointment. I’ve averaged its scoreat 3/5, but for a non-anamorphic 16:9 transfer, it’s a mixture of colourfootage which looks very good (worth 4/5) and black-and-white which pixellatesin a not-too-happy blocky matrix fashion (worth 2/5). The average bitrate isa very good 7.75Mb/s, frequently peaking over 9Mb/s.

The sound is pleasing enough and comes in Dolby Surround flavour, Englishlanguage but no subtitles to allow you to Singalongastereophonics.

1. Hurry Up and Wait
2. The Bartender and the Thief
3. T-Shirt Suntan
4. Pick a Part That’s New
5. A Thousand Trees
6. Not Up To You
7. Check My Eyelids For Holes
8. I Wouldn’t Believe Your Radio
9. She Takes Her Clothes Off
10. Sunny Afternoon
11. Is Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today?
12. Same Size Feet
13. Traffic
14. Last of the Big Time Drinkers
15. Just Looking
16. Looks Like Chaplin
17. Local Boy in the Photograph
18. Roll Up and Shine
19. Nice To Be Out
20. Billy Davey’s Daughter
21. I Stopped To Fill My Car Up

Menu :

A static and silent menu with options just to select a song or play thewhole concert in one go. The booklet giving the track listing inside proudlyannounces, “it’s a DVD booklet” 🙂

Overall, the boys put on a good performance but as there’s no extras on thedisc it’s unlikely to appeal to anyone but fans of the group.

While I only gave this concert 3/5 first time round, I’ve really got into theStereophonics music recently with all their singles getting regularplays on the radio and especially SkyDigital music channel MTV2 (Channel446).