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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
You can't go wrong with the contents. This is vintage Who, with some literally smashing performances. All of them are on top form: John's bass playing is very under-rated, and truly stunning; Roger's voice is perfect; Keith is unique and brilliant; and Pete is the great Intelligent Yob. This film captures them from their early, fairly embarrassing moments as a Mod band, to the magnificence of their mid-70's performances. The film reminds us of what a pioneering band they were, and make the punks who came after them look like the pale imitators they were. Bands like The Damned smashed their equipment, but not with Pete and Keith's determination. I still can't understand how he could whack his guitar about and then still play it in tune afterwards (as on Sparks). Negative points? There's no cohesion in the film, no attempt to tell a story - it has all the appearance of someone sticking bits of film together at random. And as others have said, there's no additional footage on the DVD, nothing extra. Still, that's what happened with CDs when they first came out - they were just records copied onto CD, and this is a video copied on to DVD.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This compilation, originally surfaced at the same time as the untimely death of Keith Moon. It has become his epitaph. There are two elements to the film which have to be taken into account: one is the music. Nothing wrong here! There are several rare archive clips of marvellous performances of some of their most loved songs. The other thing to take into account is the humour and fun within the band; something rarely seen in rockumentaries like this. The Who gallop headlong through a rehearsal of the Beach Boys 'Barbara Ann' with Moon singing and then promptly collapse into hysterics and their inadequacy at playing it ten years on from recording it. The group start to undress during a TV interview with a terrified Russell Harty. Perhaps the best clip is the opening 'My generation' from the Smothers Brothers US TV show, where Moon has added to the explosives in the drum kit and Townshend smashes the bewildered hosts acoustic guitar, just as he is about to sing to the audience.
Most of us never got to see The Who in their full glory. There's lots and lots of it here. This is an essential watch for all Who fans.
22 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
As a great fan of The Who this HAD to be the first disc that I bought after getting a DVD player. What a disappointment!!! Each 'track' is in 4:3 ratio and the picture isn't really any better than a standard video. The sound is certainly no better than on video, especially during the Isle of Wight live stuff where the original tape can be heard hissing and wowing all over the place!
To cap it all, the track listing on the back of the DVD packaging beared no resemblance to what was actually on the disc! The way I see it is if you're gonna issue stuff on DVD then make it worthwhile - no widescreen, no decent sound and no worthwhile extras make this a 'complete-ists' purchase only. This is NOT what the DVD format is all about surely?
Save yourself a few quid and stick with the video.
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