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It's a decent product. In perfect condition when it arrived, sent in a tube, and then wrapped in plastic inside. Good seller.

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...most of the music just isn't all that great. Compare the later works of James Brown and Marvin Gaye to this stuff and it just doesn't fly. It is good to see footage of the Stones with their founder, Brian Jones as well as The Miracles with Smokey Robinson.

Saw this on PBS last night... It blew me away; especially James Brown's performance. The dancers were wild to watch. And James Brown's dancing. Y'all do know that James Brown is shown in here, right? Unbelieveable...

I really enjoyed the video footage of this concert, which I discovered on Youtube. I was even able to find a so so copy of the entire concert online. I really enjoyed watching all of the performances, but the James Brown portion of the concert is over to top, as far as watching an entertainer work a crowd into a frenzy! Mick Jagger has even went on record, saying that following James Brown, was the worst move that the Stones have ever done performing. If you love music that is sung, and performed by some of the greatest pop, rock, and soul artist to ever perform, then dvd will be for you!

This is a fantastic concert film, but the technical issues need some clarification. It's neither a film nor a videotape -- it's a "kinescope", which is made by shooting an event live with television cameras, and at the same time using a film camera to film the results off a TV monitor. This was the usual process for preserving live broadcasts prior to the development of videotape, and gave generally so-so results. The inventors of "Electrovision" claimed that they had improved the process to provide sharper than usual pictures, but every version of this film I've seen has been pretty murky. Unless they were recording video elements at the same time (which I kind of doubt) then the kinescope record is the only mastering element that exists. The opening segment of the film, by the way, where we see the various acts getting ready and arriving at the theater, was shot on film. It switches to "Electronovision" for the concert itself. Technical consierations aside, this is one of the best concert films ever made. Great music, great camerawork, and great directing. I'm looking forward to seeing it come out legitimately at last.

I have not been able to get over the first time I saw this way back in 1965. Saw it twice at the drive-in theater. Then, last night I accidently noticed it on PBS. Instantly the channel selector hit channel 9. Of course I came in at the beginning of a pledge break. Finally the film came back. Could not believe the quality of the picture. Even better than I remembered! Right away I clicked on Amazon. WOW! Its coming out this month. Okay, I know that this concert does not meet today's standards of production. In fact the qualities are quite rediculous. But I absolutely dare anyone to be able to line up so many super groups on one stage today. Okay, except for the Beach Boys most of these groups had not yet attained that level. If you want flashing lights and 8 track stereo surrounding your ears go elsewhere. Many of you take all these groups for granted now. But back then most of them were in the early stages of their fame. Let me tell you that way back then us white boys had never heard of James Brown. So help me god, that man blew all of us away. He stole the show hands down. We all had to run out and find his records. (By the way, the movie TOP SECRET does a wonderful job spoofing his act.) Not until Michael Jackson in 1983 did anyone come close to his onstage charisma. So my point is this. If you really want to understand rock & roll of the 60's you absolutely have to see this DVD. We had never seen anything like it. From what little I watched on PBS it is an awesome production. Okay, you old fart, if you liked it so well why didn't you watch the whole thing. Boys & girls, no sane human alive can sit through those endless pledge breaks on PBS. (Did you know that according to Betty White on the Simpsons if you watch even one second of PBS without contributing then you are nothing better than a common thief)?

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Good sound quality. Some songs not 'Hot', but the Rolling Stones just the same. Most enjoyable!

Five stars for the content, cuz it's the Stones, and I don't wish to anger whatever gods are backing them up. But be careful, because I typed in "hot rocks sacd" in searching for this item, and this dsd remaster is what comes up. Here's the thing: the sacd hybrid IS a dsd remaster, and hybrid means it has two layers, one the sacd dsd remaster, the other a regular cd dsd remaster that can play on any ol' cd playing device, but not with as much definition and clarity as the sacd layer, of course. I ordered one used, and the correct hybrid item showed up, but unfortunately, three tracks from the first disc wouldn't play. One of these tracks was 'Satisfaction'. I mean...how are you supposed to impress the chicks with a Stones disc that won't play 'Satisfaction'? You clearly can see my dilemna, so I had to return it, and I figured I would re-order it new this time, but then this dsd-only version shows up, which I didn't know even existed, and which I ordered from the same item description that previously delivered to me the faulty sacd hybrid that I had to return. I then tried contacting several of the vendors selling the set to determine which version they were peddling so I could re-order once more, but the only responses I got back were that they were all WAY too busy to go get a look at the disc and report back. This, of course, is a lie. I work in a company that has several vast warehouses, and there is no such thing in our book as being too busy to make sure the customer is getting what they are ordering. These vendors are just too lazy, and you simply can't tell me otherwise without expecting laughter in your face. By me. To sum up, Amazon doesn't know to discriminate between one version and the other, so if you're some crazy sacd player-owning fool like me, you're risking grief and heartbreak and sadness if you seek to order from them. I've looked at Amazon UK, and they seem to have it together with seperate descriptions that specify the sacd version, but I'm naturally hesitant to purchase from them, because they're still hot over us splitting off from the Empire and starting our own gig over here a few hundred years back. Remember, the low rating is for the lousy product identification - if you don't have a sacd player and just want to hear a great Stones collection of the hits, then mama mia! Look no further, weary traveller. This one will most definitely fix yer jones. But if you're looking for the gnarly hi-fi premium huckleberry, then abandon all hope ye who enter here. Good luck to us all.

never received my CD, it's been a month. I wrote the company by e-mail a week age and never got a reponce as of 12/ 26/09

"Hot Rocks" was certainly a popular album in its day, but on reflection, it is woefully incomplete. There are only 3 songs here that pre-date "Satisfaction", creating a poor overview of their early period. The set then rushes through the rest of the band's catalog up to and ending with the "Sticky Fingers" album and the two hits from it. This is an OK collection for the more casual fan who wants most of the major hits, but the followup set "More Hot Rocks" is far more interesting overall, scooping up the hits that this set missed plus giving the more involved Stones fan a good number of rarities. "Hot Rocks" seemed to have been put together hastily, but great tracks are in abundance, no question about that. There just doesn't seem enough of them.

A classic. Not much else needs to be said. Anyone that wants to learn about the Rolling Stones, THIS is the album.

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Love the Stones...love the Blues and BB King. We were just surprised that one entire disk is NOT the Stones! Still haven't viewed the DVD....so the jury is out.... Vicki in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

I want these people that make these DVD packages to stop messing with the layouts by putting them on several discs, PUT THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL LIVE CONCERT AND CD ON ONE OR TWO DISCS AND RELEASE THEM AT A LOWER PRICE, I BOUGHT THE STONES 4 DISC BOXED SET LIVE CONCERT A FEW YEARS AGO 'USED' AND IT WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND ONLY PAID $[...] BUCKS FOR ALL 4 DISCS. THE SAME GOES FOR THE BIG BANG BOXED SET AND I ONLY PAID $[...] BUCKS USED FOR THAT ONE. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE DISCS ALL THE TIME BUT SOMETIMES IT'S WORTH IT, BUT I ALSO HATE ALL THOSE BLASTED PRESEQUENCING MENU ITEMS BECAUSE OF THE LAYERS OF THE DISCS, SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO SEE THE CONCERT STRAIT UP WITH NO INTERUPTIONS.

is impossible for me a review because the 3cds + dvd of rolling stones "Get Year Ya-Ya's Out!" 40th anniversary deluxe box is not arrived ! joe greg

This is really bad. The video footage ( I know it's 40 years old) is horrible quality and really makes no sense in sequence or meaning. The "extra footage and bonus material" is probably something you would only view and listen to once. The only way I would purchase this, is if I found it for $5.00 in a yard sale. Glad I didnt get suckered into buying this. Stick to the remastered version on sale for $10.00

The recording mix is not very good. The video is too short. Just not worth the price.

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You can't believe everything you read. Mr. Wyman was recently interviewed on a radio show where I live, and he is quite happily involved in a band he deliberately does not want to get big called The Rhythm Kings so he can stay close to his family's home and not drag them out on the road. He also likes to indulge in archeology when he's on his land, no doubt the same place he dug up some of the old, egomaniacal relics who are sorely misinformed about everything they write because they are so in love with themselves.

This is absolutly, unequivocably the very best..."packaging" of the Rolling Stones in the early daze of video. The "plot?" Well,the now-retired Bassist, Bill Wyman dresses himself as a museum curator and sneaks into some generic museum's "locked-up exhibits" room. We wanders around some "exhibits," and finds an ancient computer which triggers the videos "She Was Hot" and "She's So Cold." The "She Was Hot" video alone justifes the entire "Rewind" video - watch, especially, for Keith Richards' experience with a torrid redhead. Bill views all-too-brief clips of Mick performing "Hey Negrita" and the infamous "Midnight Rambler-slap the belt on the floor" routine. He muses, "The old devil - 'ey, he must be around here somewhere!" He finds Mick trapped in a distinctly "Mick Jagger Pose," encased in a glass booth - and the scene where the discovery is made and Mick taps on the glass and begs, "Let Me Out" is absoluetly hilarious. Bill plays around on the computer some more, and after generating the "Neighbors," part of the "Emotional Rescue," and the "Waiting For A Friend" videos, he then generates a hilarious "interview" with the Stones, circa the "Some Girls" era. And once again, Keith steals the show, when he replies to an unctuous "interviewer," "I haven't had any problems with drugs, only policemen." Bill says, "HE must in in 'ere somewhere," and Mick sort of whispers, "I think he's in 'ere" - and when he and Bill pull the sheet off the "Keith" exhibit, the glass is broken (no Keith!), and Bill observes, "He must've gone out for another bottle!" - and Keef's "top-A chime on the guitar" riff triggers the beautiful "Angie" video. Further treats in "Video Rewind" include the Keef and Bobby Keys dropping a television set out of a hotel window, and then, we get our first glimpse of the infamous "airplane scene" from the still-unreleased "C********r Blues" video (are you listening, Robert Frank, and/or Allen Klien?) Whew! And that's just the tip of the iceberg (sort of)! To close, this is basically just a vehicle for "MTV-era" Stones' videos, but it's encased in a very, very funny, "laugh-out-loud" milieu starring Bill and Mick. "Video Rewind" is no "Stones' story" kind of thing, as is the most excellent "25 X 5," it's just sheer escapism entertainment. And it, along with Michael Nesmith's "Elephant Parts," are THE TWO videos for "party" (a'huh-huh-huh) purposes. Enjoy yourself! Tell 'em beatsuburban recommended these!

Outside of bootleggers' copies of the Stones video history, this is probably the best representation of their '70s/early '80s era that we'll get from a band not particularly known for being organized. While sadly lacking the great 'Start Me Up'-'Stones craggily arise from the ashes for another decade'- video, 'She's So Cold' is goofy fun, 'Too Much Blood' is Mick in vintage mid-life crisis, and 'Waiting On A Friend,' even abbreviated, will cut deep into anyone who's ever spent a summer in that most transient of cities, NY. Plus, the between video excerpts of Keith quotes and pieces of bearded Jagger and 'Hey, Negrita' perform the perfect magician's trick of giving us a faint glimpse of the enormity of the band's history. Buy it used and have some fun.

This overly ambitious video is centered around an ongoing storyline where Bill Wyman poses as a museum security guard to gain access to the closed-off rock n' roll memorabilia section. There he discovers Mick Jagger encased in glass and "awakens" him so they can reminisce over some video clips of their "old" band. Clever and well done, but the focus seems to be more on the storyline than the videos, most of which are mediocre at best. There are also many things about the collection that really tick you off. The sound mastering is horrendous. The clip for "Miss You" (which admittedly isn't that great to begin with - Charlie Watts does his best to look like Abe Vigoda) is constantly interrupted by meaningless footage of Wyman and Jagger in the museum. The video for "Brown Sugar" is nothing more than a hodgepodge of concert performances of the song poorly edited together, purely for the purpose of this collection it seems. The "Start Me Up" clip is NOT the so-bad-it's-good early-MTV clip of Jagger in his form-fitting purple-striped muscle shirt cockstrutting around the other band members on a poorly-lit soundstage, it's a pointless live performance from the 1981 tour which only serves to show the end credits to this collection. Some clips are god-awful boring ("Angie"), while others are shamelessly edited down to nothing ("Waiting On A Friend", "Emotional Rescue"). Only "Neighbors", "She's So Cold", and the trio of well-crafted videos from "Undercover" ("Undercover of the Night", "She Was Hot", and "Too Much Blood") save this from being a total waste of time.

This overly ambitious video is centered around an ongoing storyline where Bill Wyman poses as a museum security guard to gain access to the closed-off rock n' roll memorabilia section. There he discovers Mick Jagger encased in glass and "awakens" him so they can reminisce over some video clips of their "old" band. Clever and well done, but the focus seems to be more on the storyline than the videos, most of which are mediocre at best. There are also many things about the collection that really tick you off. The sound mastering is horrendous. The clip for "Miss You" (which admittedly isn't that great to begin with - Charlie Watts does his best to look like Abe Vigoda) is constantly interrupted by meaningless footage of Wyman and Jagger in the museum. The video for "Brown Sugar" is nothing more than a hodgepodge of concert performances of the song poorly edited together, purely for the purpose of this collection it seems. The "Start Me Up" clip is NOT the so-bad-its-good early-MTV clip of Jagger in his form-fitting purple-striped muscle shirt cockstrutting around the other band members on a poorly-lit soundstage, it's a pointless live performance from the 1981 tour which only serves to show the end credits to this collection. Some clips are god-awful boring ("Angie"), while others are shamelessly edited down to nothing ("Waiting On A Friend", "Emotional Rescue"). Only "Neighbors", "She's So Cold", and the trio of well-crafted videos from "Undercover" ("Undercover of the Night", "She Was Hot", and "Too Much Blood") save this from being a total waste of time.

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The five stars are for the blu-ray image which is far beyond what I anticipated for this 20+ year old film. This is a good concert, a nice memento of Bill Wyman's last tour as the Stones' bassist, and it's got most of the old favorites in terms of song selection. But the restoration of the Imax image is really extraordinary, especially since this concert was available for a long time only on a really sub-par, washed-out looking dvd. I actually use this as a demonstration disc for my blu-ray system and hdtv. It blows away even the most recent movie blu-rays in terms of image quality, depth, crispness, and detail. Stones fanatics will get this for sure, but even casual fans might snap up this very affordably priced blu-ray.

If you love the Stones, you really shouldn't be without this video in your collection. As much as I liked Shine a Light, I think this performance is better.

Really good video....just like being at the concert....I was at this concert in 1989...this is the next best thing to being there...

This was a very nice and visually clear blu-ray DVD. It was a little short, being only a little over 70 minutes in length. The songs had a strange audio mix on the first half of the disc. It was Keith's guitar playing very prominent over everything thing else including Mick's vocals. I really enjoyed the video of "2000 Light Years from Home", which I do not remember hearing them ever doing on tour. This also was the last DVD to have bass player Bill Wyman, as he left the group not long after this was recorded, which to me is historic in itself. I just wish the Stones would drop the songs, "Satisfaction, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Women and Jumping Jack Flash" which always seem to be on every Stones DVD and in every Stones concert from the last 20 years. Don't get me wrong they are good songs and they do them well but they are being too repetitive when they have many great songs in their back cataloge that many of us would like to hear live before the group retires.

This is a great concert from London in 1991. All of the songs are well done. I especially liked 2,000 Light Years from Home, and do not recall seeing it on another DVD. The band is tight and full of energy, with strong vocals. Mick cracks me up with his stage presence and his poses for the audience and camera. The camera work is well done, with limited shots of the audience or annoying quick cuts. The DVD transfer is exceptional on my 50 inch Panasonic 720P TV via 480P DVD player. Based on reviews from years past, there is a version with poor sound - That is no longer the case with the 2009 version. The Dolby 5.1 audio is second to none. The rear speakers are optimized very well and the bass is just right. The stereo sound-field is pretty good too. This DVD 480P re-release is just what you need.....and highly recommended.