- Actors: Stereophonics
- Directors: Dick Carruthers
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Classification: Exempt
- DVD Release Date: 27 May 2002
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00005RESX
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To the astonishment of some and to the delight of many, the Stereophonics have risen to become one of Britain's biggest bands--a journey celebrated by 2001's massive summer shows and captured on A Day at the Races. Held on consecutive July weekends at Castle Donnington and Cardiff's Millennium stadium (original plans to play at Cheltenham race course were scuppered by the foot and mouth crisis), the gigs found the band on the verge of releasing their Just Enough Education to Perform album. Material from all three of their releases is featured evenly, opening where it all began with "Local Boy in the Photograph" and heavy on the succession of hit singles. Expanding to a five piece for live work, the performance is as solid as we've come to expect with the real fireworks coming from the impressive visuals and the 10s of thousands in the audience, whose impassioned belief in the Stereophonics' cause gave the event a genuine sense of occasion.
On the DVD: A Day at the Races is not short on extras, although some are more successful than others. There is an option of excellent Dolby digital sound as well as three extra tracks not included in the original set list, including arguably their finest moment so far, "A Thousand Trees". The photo gallery is fairly perfunctory, as is the detailed documentary that follows the band through both shows. There is undoubtedly an interesting story here, but the approach is merely to turn up and film everything that happened, with no narration or interview footage we are simply left with a day in the life of the Stereophonics which is not particularly interesting. The clips of them with fans, friends and family are quite touching however, confirming the feeling of a true band of the people. --Phil Udell
DVD Description
Special Features
Documentary footage from Donington and Cardiff
Cutting room floor
Last of the Big time drinkers - A thousand trees - Hurry up and wait
Photo Gallery
Concert includes multi camera angles
Documentary footage from Donington and Cardiff
Cutting room floor
Last of the Big time drinkers - A thousand trees - Hurry up and wait
Photo Gallery
Concert includes multi camera angles
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Just when i thought live music from the boys could'nt get any better than the superb Morfa gig they done, here comes the fab "A Day At The Races". They really rock while performing at the wonderful Millennium Stadium, the throaty voice of Kelly Jones really fills the stadium as he sings 16 of their mega tracks superbly while Stuart's drumming is awesome and the guitar work of Scott&Richard make this concert fantastic while not forgetting the wonderful keyboard skills of Tony. If you want to be entertained by one of the best bands around who actually write their own material and perform fabulously live- then this is the dvd for you, as well as a massive 16 tracks of the gig which include tracks from all three albums- the crowd really get into "Traffic", singing at full belt when Kelly stops, to them rocking when the lads belt out the classic "Local Boy In The Photograph" there is also oa load of extras including Documentary footage and the Cutting Room floor while the Photo Gallery is well worth a look!! A truly cracking dvd from the boys of Cwmaman that are just getting better and better XXXX
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Stereophonics have always been generous with their DVD releases - packed with extras, and always with a pretty good concert too. This DVD release is the same - but is one of the more interactive DVDs I have ever watched.
First off, you get a terrific live concert. It helps if you like this kind of music, of course, but Stereophonics were really kicking the night this was recorded. And the crowd seem to be enjoying it too, and really going mad! It does only go up to their third album, Just Enough Education to Perform, but you get all the Phonics classics here (Bartender, Writer) and some others not usually played live.
Also, most of the concert is interactive, where you can choose which angle you want to watch teh show at. In fact, you'll want to watch the concert at least twice, just to see what you missed on the other camera angle!
Extras wise, you get the traditional Phonics behind the scenes documentary. However, during the concert, a star appears. If you press enter on your remote control, the concert will cut to clips of the documentary. So you can either watch it all at once, or interspersed throughout the concert.
Top band, top music, top DVD, this doesn't disappoint, highcly interactive, it should set the bar for what other music DVDs should be like.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Stereophonics have consistently produced value for money, quality music DVDs, but this is easily the best of teh bunch, and one of the better music DVDs around. The reason: Full interactivity.
You don't just have to watch the concert for two hours, being dictated by the director. Most of the concert allows you to pick a viewing angle, giving you multiple cameras to choose from. Different perspectives of the same concert are always brilliant, and allow you to pick up on things you might normally not have.
Once again, this DVD has a decent documentary, consisting of behind the scenes stuff that show the band as their usual selves. But during the actual concert, when a star logo appears, pressing enter on your DVD remote takes you to relevent sections of the documentary, so you can watch it intertwined with the band playing as well. Genius!
Also, this is one of the band's better performances. The crowd is a riot of energy, and Kelly Jones really looks like he's enjoying himself. Even Stereophonic's slower songs are given a zippier makeover, and the guitar's really rock out. It's lively and a great show.
It sure helps to like stereophonics music, and if you are reading this, you probably do, but I found that even people who don't usually listen to that music found the concert to be good. And you can't do better than that!
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