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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | Kultur |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Performing Arts - Concerts |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 032031295995 |
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Customer Reviews of The Moody Blues - The Lost Performance (Live in Paris 1970)
Days of "Cheesy" Passed I was SO looking forward to this release...imagine my dismay when I sat through all of that lip-synching and pre-recorded parts! I suspected from the first part of the show that the sound was a bit too precise for that era (anyone who has heard "Caught Live + 5" knows from whence I speak). I grudgingly give this dvd one star for being able to see the guys in their youth. I have dvd's from other performers from this early 70's vintage (Cat Stevens, America, Jim Croce) that are actual performances and not "Bandstand moments". I find those performances as fresh as the day they were recorded. I hope Justin and John and the rest have some quality vintage shows tucked away in the vaults that they will share with us soon. I love these guys...I just expected a little more...
Live - Sort of - from Paris
I also got this DVD a little early through Mike Pinder's web site and watched it last night. A few things you need to be aware of: this is video of a concert staged in a smoky Parisian bar and filmed for French TV in two 30-min. segments, so the total running time is only 58 minutes, and there are no other "bonus" features on the DVD. Also, as was fairly common back in the late 60's, early 70's, TV "concerts" were either partially or totally lip-synched (remember American Bandstand--what, not that old?). At least here, it appears that the guys were allowed to actually sing with functioning microphones while the background vocals and music were prerecorded. So that's why you see discrepancies where, for instance, Ray Thomas' flute starts playing before he does, and Mellotron sounds appear to mysteriously come out of a Hammond B-3 organ! But don't let any of that stop you! It's still a very good performance and is a solid record of how the band looked and sounded in 1970 when they were near their peak. Just don't expect and apply modern-day standards, and realize this was not a full-fledged live concert. I'm happy with my purchase and I think that with the proper context, you will be too. This is a must for avid Moody Blues fans. Check out Mike Pinder's site for his comments on this performance.
A historical trip to the past.
I understand why many people might be disappointed with this DVD. Poor camera work and direction were common in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Remember, most camera crews were smoking "mother nature" and not tobacco at that time. It shows when the director focuses on the back of the groups heads during critical solos both guitar and vocal. Trying to be innovative rather than taking the more traditional center-shots leaves little to be desired 34 years later. But remember, most of the Moody Blues material available is from the mid-eighties and beyond. So to have a DVD of the Moodys from their most creative period, "warts an all" is better than not having any recorded material of them at all.