This is a common theme, what with favourite CDs and SACDs/DVD-As. I have been enjoying some new music DVD Video recently.
P J Harvey's "Please Leave Quietly" is one of my favourites at the moment. If you like her stuff I can happily recommend it. The broken up format with interviews and other snippets between songs is not ideal but the sound is good for a live DVD and I like the raw slightly chaotic style. On the DVD Polly says that she does not go in for polished concert DVDs, however it sounds great on my relatively fussy system (B&W 804s), particularly given the often distorted/punk-esk style of music.
For something a little different, I am also getting into Martin Scorsese's Blues Collection, particularly "Red White and Blues' recorded at Abbey Road Studios. John Cleary's piano improvisation in the extras sounds amazing. The extras were recorded in stereo (film is in 5.1) but the piano sounds like it is in the room to the left of the left speaker and forward. Amazing 2 channel sound staging. I had to get up to make sure my rear speakers were not working. Other tracks also have amazing depth. Great recording if you have good gear.
Anyone else been blown away by a good music DVD recently???
P J Harvey's "Please Leave Quietly" is one of my favourites at the moment. If you like her stuff I can happily recommend it. The broken up format with interviews and other snippets between songs is not ideal but the sound is good for a live DVD and I like the raw slightly chaotic style. On the DVD Polly says that she does not go in for polished concert DVDs, however it sounds great on my relatively fussy system (B&W 804s), particularly given the often distorted/punk-esk style of music.
For something a little different, I am also getting into Martin Scorsese's Blues Collection, particularly "Red White and Blues' recorded at Abbey Road Studios. John Cleary's piano improvisation in the extras sounds amazing. The extras were recorded in stereo (film is in 5.1) but the piano sounds like it is in the room to the left of the left speaker and forward. Amazing 2 channel sound staging. I had to get up to make sure my rear speakers were not working. Other tracks also have amazing depth. Great recording if you have good gear.
Anyone else been blown away by a good music DVD recently???
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