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The Rolling Stones 1978 tour of the USA in support of that year s Some Girls album is considered by fans to be one of their very best. The tour followed immediately on the release of the Some Girls album and by the time the band arrived in Texas in mid-July the album had hit the No.1 spot on the US charts. The tour took a back to basics approach, with the band and their music very much at the forefront and little or no elaborate staging. Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18 July 1978, this concert is typical of the tour with the Rolling Stones delivering a raw, energetic performance in front of a crowd who are clearly loving the show. Many of the tracks from Some Girls are included in the live set with a sprinkling of Stones classics from earlier albums. Originally shot on 16mm film, the footage has been carefully restored and the sound remixed and remastered by Bob Clearmountain from the original multitrack tapes. This is undeniably the Rolling Stones at the peak of their form. Bonus Features Newly filmed interview with Mick Jagger
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By ged feerick
Format:Blu-ray
It seems the Stones are agreeing to document in High Def,all major filmed landmark gigs of their amazing career. I suspect this is not just for the money (and yet how their cash must roll in!) No..They are now at a late career stage where there is a need to ensure their posterity is preserved. The Stones have nothing after all like the Beatles definitive anthology.The 25x5 documentary twenty five years ago is only half their career to date!!!! I ramble....
This is a great concert.Saw it in Vue cinema, Hull on Oct 4th 2011. Apart from the great performance musically, you get most of the "Some girls" album live onstage. Shattered, Beast of burden and especially,When the whip comes down are all first rate.
Pity it wasnt filmed in 35 mm as these 16mm films, even when cleaned up to HD still have a "misty" look comparitively. However, it is of its time and we must savour it. On the cinema showing, I was amazed at how well Bill Wymans bass was put at the front of the soundmix. Thank you Mr Clearmountain, you have shown how fundamental his basslines were to the Stones.
Enjoy this gig folks and I hope the blu ray is as good as the cinema release. Roll on further filmed gigs in Blu ray. Lets have Paris 76, Hampton Roads 81 and maybe Marquee London 71 if this could scrub up well enough from the old LTV tapes
This is a great concert.Saw it in Vue cinema, Hull on Oct 4th 2011. Apart from the great performance musically, you get most of the "Some girls" album live onstage. Shattered, Beast of burden and especially,When the whip comes down are all first rate.
Pity it wasnt filmed in 35 mm as these 16mm films, even when cleaned up to HD still have a "misty" look comparitively. However, it is of its time and we must savour it. On the cinema showing, I was amazed at how well Bill Wymans bass was put at the front of the soundmix. Thank you Mr Clearmountain, you have shown how fundamental his basslines were to the Stones.
Enjoy this gig folks and I hope the blu ray is as good as the cinema release. Roll on further filmed gigs in Blu ray. Lets have Paris 76, Hampton Roads 81 and maybe Marquee London 71 if this could scrub up well enough from the old LTV tapes
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I've got mixed feelings about the Some Girls material from the album but generally like it and was curious enough to buy the Blu-ray. If you like the album, I believe you'll really like the Blu-ray concert. The band was tight, Mick's vocals were especially strong in my opinion and the performance was very spirited and enjoyable to watch. There was a lot of passion put into the Some Girls material and was played very well. I enjoyed the Some Girls material on the Blu-ray even more than the studio album. The audio was clear and you could hear all the guitars even when Mick was playing. The video is more than serviceable. A little grainy? Sure, but so what. It was 1978.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By si
Format:Blu-ray
If you are a Stones fan like me then this is a must. If you are not a Stones fan this is a must see to understand why the rest of us are. The period between 1969 and 1978 saw the Stones at their very best live whether with Mick Taylor or Ronnie Wood. In this DVD they are still raw, decadent, arrogant, living the real rock and roll lifestyle yet delivering their best performances musically, Keef is great, how did he do it all?. Since then they have become "respectable", established, knighted, more polished, professional, clean, sober (most of them)and very rich yet still the worlds greatest rock and roll band. This DVD captures them at the height and towards the end of the period they truly earned the title and had the world at their feet. I've been to many of their gigs around the world but would love to have been at this one, now I can and for much less than the cost of a ticket!
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For me this period of the Stones career was actually their best. Some Girls was always my favorite album and Miss You my favorite track. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jay Serving
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Wouldn't play
Love the Stones but this blu ray wouldn't play in my blu ray player. It loaded the first time and I watched a brief segment and it has failed to load since. Read more
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Small piece of rock history! I recommend this dvd to everyone who likes
The Rolling Stones!
Small piece of rock history! I recommend this dvd to everyone who likes
The Rolling Stones!
Published 4 months ago by Kimmo Mikkonen
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Huge disappointment
Saw this film at the cinema and loved it but it had obviously had been hugely remastered as when I then bought this DVD it was just a huge disappointment and nothing vaguely as... Read more
Published 5 months ago by madeline tatam
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Bought this for the great renditions of Beast of Burden and Miss You,...
I always loved the version of Beast of Burden on display here (it is on youtube in various places, but, as far as I can tell with footage from only one 16mm camera) this has the... Read more
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Some Girls - DVD
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Published 13 months ago by SPJ
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possible the best live stones dvd
possibly the best live dvd of the rolling stones, no frills full on rolling stones.filmed at the time of some girls
album release I get the feeling watching this that they... Read more
album release I get the feeling watching this that they... Read more
Published 14 months ago by P. Storey
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different band on their new material
It never ceases to amaze me how variable the Stones can be within a single set. On parts of this, they really are firing on all cylinders, elsewhere it's little short of... Read more
Published 15 months ago by freewheeling frankie
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Yes Please - more of these vintage concerts on DVD
Watched this last night and very much enjoyed. A truly great Stones show with Mick and Rionnie prancing about playfully a la Bowie and Ronno in 1973 at Hammersmith. Read more
Published 15 months ago by KJ
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Great concert, Great sound.
This is a great Rolling Stones concert from the late 1970s. The band is really together and the hits are played with a lot of enthusiasm and power. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Bring_back_the_60s
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