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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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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)?

First, to answer a few points that have been made in other reviews/comments. This was not shot with TV cameras, but with film cameras for theatrical release. It was never shown on TV. So we're blessed to have real film clarity and depth that is preserved with digital HD. (ed. note: upon further research, the film was shot with TV cameras. However, the quality is so good that it fooled me into thinking it was filmed, not taped.) Also, Chuck Berry performs with Gerry and the Pacemakers because in the 60s and to this day, Chuck never toured with his own band. Promoters in each city had to provide a stage band for Chuck, and any musician who didn't cut his musical chops on Chuck's songs didn't deserve to share the stage with him anyway. OK, now that's out of the way. As I've said, the clarity of this *film* is remarkable, so you HD nerds don't need to waste your time worrying about it. It is incredibly sharp. You get the entire film as it was shown, with no cuts or edits. The sound is also incredibly clear, regardless of the time. Some of the artists use backing tracks and/or an off-stage house band. But the vocals are all live. Most of the performances are remarkable. Yes, there are some forgettable and long forgotten artists but it was 1964 and all of these acts had hits on the charts. Occasionally, dancers jump around on stage and it seems kind of silly and distracting, but again, that was the times. What you get is likely the best James Brown performance ever captured on film. The Beach Boys prove that they could really rock. Marvin Gaye also delivers a great performance, showing some of the greatness that would follow. It's also kind of sad watching him knowing how his life would tragically end. Diana Ross and the Supremes also deliver; Ross' voice is crystal clear and beautiful. The Stones provide a rare live performance of Off The Hook, an obscure early Jagger/Richards penned gem. To have this film of a pre-Satisfaction Stones performance is a treasure. Yes, I will buy this and I can't wait.

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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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If you haven't seen THE ROLLING STONES: GIMME SHELTER (CRITERION COLLECTION BLU-RAY) it's an iconic documentary filmed by famed movie-maker brothers David and Albert Maysles (The Beatles - The First U.S. Visit, Grey Gardens / The Beales of Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection (2-disc set)) that was supposed to feature "The Rolling Stones" in concert at Altamount Speedway in Northern California. What was going to be the West Coast's answer to Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition with Amazon Exclusive Bonus Disc) ended up being something far more sinister as people experienced bad acid trips and the Hell's Angels roughed up audience members and performers. It eventually ends with a stabbing death that's caught on film in this documentary. GIMME SHELTER not only shows the Rolling Stones in concert at various venues before heading into Altamont, but it also shows the wheeling and dealing that went on behind-the-scenes to get the concert off the ground. And it films the reaction of the Stones, particularly Mick Jagger, to the stabbing death as the footage is presented to the group after the incident. The documentary is riveting and the event itself has since been touted as the "defining" moment that brought an end to the Hippie's "Peace & Love" idealism and what could happen without rules and order. Picture resolution is excellent, but don't expect it to be razor sharp like something that was filmed recently. ==== BONUS FEATURES ==== *** KSAN'S RADIO ALTAMONT--(01-hour and 29-minutes)--Indexed & "Play All" * This is audio only, over a static image, of excerpts from the KSAN radio broadcast that followed the next day after Altamont. DJ Stefan Ponek describes what the content of the radio show was and what you're about to hear, sometime in 200? before his death, but it can get confusing because you don't know who is talking. Basically Ponek and other guests discuss what happened at the event and have people calling in. *** OUT TAKES--(18:28-minutes)--Indexed & "Play All" * Stones on stage * Mixing * Backstage with Ike and Tina Turner and the Ikettes *** STILL GALLERY * Color and Black & White images by photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower *** 38-PAGE BOOKLET Anyway, I recommend this to documentary and history buffs and 60s Rock fans.

John Burks of Rolling Stone Magazine called the free concert at Altamont Speedway on December 6, 1969 as "Rock & Roll's Worst Day". Many performers called it the end of the peace movement. With the success of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in Woodstock, New York in August 1969, many people have wanted to see a concert in the West. So, what better to have it in California with a free concert to be held on a Saturday, December 6, 1969 at the Altamont Speedway in Northern California. With an amazing lineup which would include the Grateful Dead, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills & Nash and rock n' roll's most electrifying band, the Rolling Stones. And the footage would be recorded as part of a documentary on the Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour directed by Albert and David Maysles (known for their work in 1968 for "Salesman" and later in 1975 for "Grey Gardens") and Charlotte Zwerin. Of course, the documentary known as "Gimme Shelter" would become more than just a documentary about the Rolling Stones, it would be a documentary that would capture the Rolling Stones performing at the Altamont Speedway concert. A concert unlike Woodstock which was peace, love and rock n' roll, the free concert at Altamont was stained with violence including a homicide. "Gimme Shelter" received restoration for it's 30th year anniversary in 2000 and in 2009, the film was given its High Definition treatment by the Criterion Collection as it was released on Blu-ray. VIDEO: "Gimme Shelter" is presented in 1080p High Definition with its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1:33:1. According to Criterion, the new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from the 16mm camera original and the 35mm duplicate negative under the supervision of co-director Albert Maysles. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, jitter and flicker were manually removed using MTI's DRS system and Pixel Farm's PFClean system, while Digital Vision's DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain and noise reduction. Although I have never owned the standard DVD version of "Gimme Shelter", I would assume that this high definition release is the definitive release yet. There is a good amount of grain on the film but personally, this is literally a time capsule of a significant event in American music history. It's not a pristine video transfer but again, considering the original source, I felt that "Gimme Shelter" looked very good. AUDIO & SUBTITLES: As for the audio for "Gimme Shelter", according to the Criterion Collection, the soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit from the original 35mm magnetic multitracks. Clicks, thumps, hiss and hum were manually removed using Pro Tools HD. You get two lossless audio tracks. The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and the DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. I compared the two soundtrack and I felt the 5.1 track, the audience is more prominent and I just felt the electric guitars, percussion and bass were more punchy and clear. Especially Mick Jagger's vocals during the performance scenes but the 2.0 track is no slouch either for those who prefer to have that stereo option. The soundtrack sounds great coming from the front channels as well. So, it really comes down to audio preference. I'm more the immersive soundscape audiophile who prefers hearing sounds all around than just the front channel. Subtitles are in English SDH. SPECIAL FEATURES: "Gimme Shelter - THE CRITERION COLLECTION #99 comes with the following special features: * Audio Commentary - Audio commentary featuring directors Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin and collaborator Stanley Goldstein. This is the same commentary from the 2000 DVD release. * 1969 KSAN Radio Broadcast - (30 minutes) Audio excerpts from KSAN Radio's Altamont wrap-up, recorded December 7, 1969, with introductions by then DJ Stefan Ponek for the 2000 edition. Expect to hear comments from Emmet Grogan, leader of San Francisco's counterculture movement, Sonny Barger, head of the Oakland Chapter of the Hells Angels at that time. * Outtakes - (19 minutes) Performances by the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in 1969, including "Oh Carol" and "Prodigal Son," plus backstage outtakes and footage of the band mixing "Little Queenie". Backstage includes Mick Jagger jamming with Ike and Tina Turner at Madison Square Garden. * Images from Altamont - Altamont stills gallery, featuring the work of renowned photographers Bill Owens and Beth Sunflower. Awesome still images from the event. * Trailers - Two theatrical trailers plus the re-release trailers. EXTRAS: * 40-Page Booklet - Featuring the following essays: "Rock-and-Roll Zapruder" by Amy Taubin, "The True Adventures of Altamont" by Stanley Booth (who traveled with the Rolling Stones and gives his insight and experience at the Altamont event), "Snapshots from the Road" by Georgia Bergman (who was the personal assistant of Mick Jagger from 1967-1972), "The Decade that Spawned Altamont" by Michael Lydon, "The `Demonic Charisma' of Gimme Shelter" by Godfrey Cheshire (film critic/filmmaker) and a big fan of the film, who challenges Pauline Kael's 1970 review. JUDGMENT CALL: This is probably the first Criterion Blu-ray which I watched once, watched it again and days later, watched it once again. I suppose that like some people who have re-watched the Zapruder JFK assassination footage or the video footage from momentous times that were significant, you just can't stop watching it. "Gimme Shelter" was a documentary that captured my attention from beginning to end. We get literally two documentaries in one. We get to see the rock legends, the Rolling Stone at their best in Madison Square Garden performing with such flair. This is the Rolling Stones that I would have loved to see perform back in the late '60s and early '70s. I was just in awe by their performance in this documentary because my exposure to the Rolling Stones was what I have seen from the '80s and now. I can see why my parents and millions of people loved the band back then. Mick Jagger was just all out and cool and to see him and the band on stage was just fantastic. And then we get what was supposed to be an awesome day of music, becomes the worst thing you can imagine happening at a music festival. Chaos. For one thing, watching it and thinking how this event was pulled off with lack of organization, lack of security...it leaves me in awe. Granted, the film was created before I was born and with the way things went at the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, I am guessing that organizers were not expecting any chaos. After all, it was a time of peace and love. But also, people were on some major drug trips at the time and for the Hell's Angels, they came for the beer and to do their job of protecting the stage and they came in the cue sticks and if people were going to get in the way, they were going to get beat down. In hindsight, one can wonder how in the hell this could of happened but watching the film, was there any doubt that any decorum would take place? This was organized chaos and David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were in the right place at the right time. No one expected four people to die at this event, then again, no one expected people to give birth at this event. I've read that no one expected 300,000 people to be at this event but when you have these major bands headlining, especially the Rolling Stones, this was significant and somehow, it's hard to comprehend some of the decisions that were made prior to this event happening. Keith Richards told the London "Evening Standard" in regards to the Altamont event, "Really, the difference between the open air show we held here in Hyde Park and the one there is amazing. I think it illustrates the difference between the two countries. In Hyde Park everybody had a good time, and there was no trouble. You can put half a million young English people together and they won't start killing each other. That's the difference." May it be the naiveness of the Stones and their manager but regardless, "Gimme Shelter" shows us the end of the hippie era. Where "Monterey Pop" and "Woodstock" which both have respected documentaries showed the good of music during the late '60s, "Gimme Shelter" showed us the bad. Where hundreds of thousands of people were expecting awesome music for the day, those who were in the front row got to see the worst. And the Maysles and Zwerin were there to capture it on camera. The filmmakers were at the right place at the right time and for decades, many people can watch this film over and over and listen to the wonderful music of the Rolling Stones but also get a dose of chaos all in one documentary. The Blu-ray release of "Gimme Shelter" is once again, another magnificent release from the Criterion Collection. The restoration and how its presented on HD is great, considering this is a 40-year-old film. And also special features and a booklet that are equally fantastic. This is a release that is simply worth owning. "Gimme Shelter" is a fascinating documentary that has endured for decades and for us who were not around during that time, we watch this film like we see other tragedies that happened in American history, we see this and ask "why?". Like those who stood and cheered in Arlington, Texas with smiles on their face and then see chaos of John F. Kennedy being murdered. Here we are six years later after Kennedy's death but this time, at an even that was supposed to be peaceful and somehow ended up becoming deadly and the cameras catching the events leading to Meredith Hunter's death. The documentary leaves us and possibly the viewers of other generations after me asking how can this happen? Why were the Hells Angels brought in? Why was this even so badly organized? Why did Hunter bring a gun? Too many questions but not many answers? "Gimme Shelter" is a fascinating and important film covering that one day where rock n' roll went wrong. This Blu-ray release is highly recommended!

Having recently and reluctantly given a negative review to the overpackaged and underwhelming new issue of "Get Yer Ya-Yas Out", I am pleased to report that the "Gimme Shelter" Blu Ray exceeds my expectations. A huge Stones fan since my high school days in the early 1980s, I've watched this film many times. It's never looked and sounded better. Yes, the source material is very grainy and (for some reason) in 4:3 aspect ratio. Nevertheless, the blu ray offers visual details unseen in various previous releases. But the sound is where this disc shines. Large stadium shows usually disappoint, especially 40-year old shows; but this release makes excellent use of the surrounds to add depth and realism. The rear speakers are not reserved for crowd noise, as is frequently true; they also reveal musical detail I've never heard, including more of Keith and the criminally underrated Mick Taylor. The disc exposes an awful lot of squeaky feedback and other flaws but to me, that only adds to the immersive texture of the disc. For the uninitiated, "Gimme Shelter" isn't simply a concert film. Live tracks from late 1969 are interspersed with documentary footage about the logistics of setting up a massive free concert; later scenes in the film show various goings-on among the crowd and onstage, culminating in the graphic killing of an armed audience member. I especially enjoyed the oily antics of lawyer Melvin Belli, whom the Stones hired to con the property owners to agree to an invasion by a zillion hippies. The hippies themselves are shown to be a lot more violent and malevolent than today's Baby Boomer filmmakers would have you believe. There's a dark and ominous tone throughout the film. A fan punches Jagger upon his arrival at the show; concertgoers fight over parking near the site, many others rush onto the stage impatiently demanding the Stones to hurry up and play (a few particularly unattractive ones do so naked), while others engage in all kinds of antisocial behavior. The PA is constantly imploring fans to move back and get off the stage and scaffolding, while begging for doctors and bandages to come forth to treat the sick and injured. If you didn't already know how it all turns out, you'd be expecting some kind of disaster to occur. The Stones repeatedly halt mid-song to push back the crowd and implore everyone against beating the crap out of one another. Somehow (and this had to be a "lucky" break for the filmmakers), a camera catches the seminal moment of the event, a killing in the crowd. If you only want to see some great live Stones, there are other choices (my favorite is the hard-to-find "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones"), though the actual performance footage shown in "Gimme Shelter" is excellent (I would have loved to attend any other show on this tour). The movie also has brief live snippets from Tina Turner, Jefferson Airplane and others, but the Stones are clearly the main event. But this is more documentary than concert movie. With a warts-and-all approach by the filmmakers, it's a fascinating look at an overly-romanticized period in American social history. And it's never looked or sounded better.

Not a bad CD but way to short on the actual music side, just getting into it when it ended.

What can you say, the Rolling Stones at their BEST, This is when Rock and Roll was also at is't best !!!!!