What Concert Video are you listening to?

[PaulyT]

I gotta say, he's got the most intense tambourine player I've ever seen!

That is the amazing Ray Cooper. He's been a percussionist for Elton for almost as long as I've been a fan of Elton's. And that's approaching 4 decades now.

Anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Do you know any details about Elton's piano rig? During that extended solo in Bennie and the Jets, there was a synth sound mirroring what he was playing on the piano. At first I thought that might just be his synth player in the background, but it didn't seem possible he could follow Elton that closely especially during a solo like this. Does his piano have built-in electronics? Or does he use some sort of post processing that adds synth notes to the piano channel?

 

[Botch]

Does his piano have built-in electronics? Or does he use some sort of post processing that adds synth notes to the piano channel?

Here you go: http://www.pianodisc.com/midi-controller-retrofit-system/

There have been several similar systems on the market over the years, don't really know what's available today.

 

[heeman]

I'll post my thoughts here on a dedicated thread tomorrow. This may be the best concert video. Ever. :music-rockout:

The Bluray concert is 177 minutes long, the accompanying DVD, with ALL his music videos, is 153 minutes. The warmup band alone, Le Super Etoile de Dakar, was worth the purchase price.

Stay tuned. :music-listening:

This one is on deck for this weekend! I hope that it is half as good as you say.......................

:music-rockout: :music-rockout:

Botch, Thanks for recommending this one!

I only watched the Peter Gabriel concert and not the warm up band. The concert was just superb! The Audio and Video was great considering this was from 1987!

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[Botch]

Glad you liked it! I've been wishing for good video of a PG concert from his earlier days, this suits just fine! :music-rockout:

 

[heeman]

Botch, You have New Blood, right? How is it?

Christmas is coming and I need to get my list going! :teasing-tease:

 

[Botch]

Botch, You have New Blood, right? How is it?

Christmas is coming and I need to get my list going! :teasing-tease:

I do, and it sounds and looks excellent. But, PG is a sage here, not a rock star. Nothing wrong with that, and I'm betting you love 'em both Keith; I do! :handgestures-thumbup:

 

[Botch]

Another from my Gift Box from AIX Records last weekend:

Outstanding jazz quintet performance from these guys, and a few of them I'm familiar with. Simon Phillips on drums (Toto), Alphonso Johnson on bass (Weather Report) Walt Fowler on trumpet/flugelhorn (Zappa), and great pianist and tenor sax player. Lots of free playing on this one, but you can tell the band has rehearsed these numbers well; they are tight! Some great band-wide switching from bebop-precise straight sixteenths, to swinging like mad, then right back again. The two horn players in particular are phrasing as one, this is Good Shit!

The recording isn't one of AIX's best; the drums are a bit too loud throughout, and the piano and bass are a bit too soft. Still, its better than anything you'll hear on the radio now, and the natural reverb of the room sounds really good, particularly on the drums. Would love to hear this band again, on a bluray! :text-bravo:

 

[heeman]

I'll post my thoughts here on a dedicated thread tomorrow. This may be the best concert video. Ever. :music-rockout:

The Bluray concert is 177 minutes long, the accompanying DVD, with ALL his music videos, is 153 minutes. The warmup band alone, Le Super Etoile de Dakar, was worth the purchase price.

Stay tuned. :music-listening:

This one is on deck for this weekend! I hope that it is half as good as you say.......................

:music-rockout: :music-rockout:

Botch, Thanks for recommending this one!

I only watched the Peter Gabriel concert and not the warm up band. The concert was just superb! The Audio and Video was great considering this was from 1987!

:music-rockout: :music-rockout:

One note that I forgot to mention is that Tony Levin was one of the highlights of this concert. The bass part on "Don't Give Up" was fantastic!

 

[Botch]

AIX, 5.1 Surround on Bluray Audio/video

I held off on buying this one, the title cut on an AIX Sampler was good, but not great. The full "album" is very, very good, glad I got it! Very tasty pianist, and the acoustic bass sounds particularly nice on this recording.

One thing I'm starting to notice on the AIX releases, similar bands all use the same setup, lights, rooms, backdrops, persian rugs, even the same plastic potted plants! Doesn't bother me too much as I'm "here for the music", but it is getting very easy for me to visually identify an AIX track.

 

[Babs]

Zing, thanks for this - it was a lot of fun! I know the album of it very well - which I guess was really the second half of the concert, the part with the orchestra. I was a little disappointed that the video doesn't include two of my favorite songs (Greatest Discovery, and Tonight), but still, the whole family had a blast watching this tonight. The girls were amazed by his piano tricks - playing lying down underneath it - and his wigs and costumes, but I think they really enjoyed the music as well, especially Kaya. I enjoyed seeing Elton live for really the first time, never seen him in anything other than MTV videos before. I gotta say, he's got the most intense tambourine player I've ever seen! Yeah the PQ sucked bad, but oh well, I'm glad it exists at all, and it was fun for me to match the video with the music I've known so well.

:text-goodpost: PT! Giving Kudos to EJ! Of course we can't forget Bernie T. What an amazing pair!
We have seen Elton twice, the first time he played with Billy Joel! Yes, that was incredible!!!! The second time he was solo. During that concert, he graced the audience with The Greatest Discovery. One of OUR favorites! Not a lot of people know that tune. Glad to you hear you luv it as well! Zing has seen him twice prior to that or at least once.

It pleases me so that Mika & Kaya appreciate music as they do! A very important element to instill in them! Nice parenting!

 

[Botch]

Watched this one last night:

The last of my order from AIX Records. Very tight band (the pianist is incredibly tasty) but, to my ears, there was something wrong with vocals. Any time her volume went above a certain point it sounded like something was overloading in the recording chain, it started distorting. Maybe it's just the way her voice sounds, but it sure sounded like an overloaded preamp or something instead. Too bad.

 

[PaulyT]

Really? I didn't get that sense at all, and I've listened to this one quite a few times and am quite fond of it. Yeah the timbre of her voice changes a bit as she changes volume and register. And she's miced pretty closely, so you hear breath sounds and such. Were you watching the DD/DTS with the video, or listening to the DVD-A (lossless) side?

 

[Botch]

I watched the video side, will have to try the DVD-A side today; thanks!

 

[PaulyT]

Watched this one the other night, pretty good. Kind of a warm up to the Boston concert a few years later, it seems to me. Same core band, but who had only been playing together for a few months. Good music, good SQ - except I could almost never hear the guitar at all. But man his drummer (Billy Kilson) is amazing. I loved his solo at the end of the show, the thing he did with the symbols (nice separation in the surround mix, too)... he has a great sense of dynamics.

 

[Zing]

But man his drummer (Billy Kilson) is amazing.

Amen!

The next time we get a 'who's the best drummer?' thread, I'm definitely interjecting Brian's name (unless you beat me to it in which case I'll just add a :text-+1: ). That guy's the truth!

 

[Babs]

But man his drummer (Billy Kilson) is amazing.

Amen!

The next time we get a 'who's the best drummer?' thread, I'm definitely interjecting Brian's name (unless you beat me to it)

I just may beat you both!!!!! :teasing-tease: :teasing-tease: :teasing-tease: :teasing-tease:

 

[heeman]

IF you are a Thin Lizzy Fan or a Gary Moore Fan.....................................................................................................


This is a MUST....................................

PQ AND AQ are extremely good and the musicianship is GREAT!!!!

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[Bob R]

One of those jam bands where the music rolls in waves

Recorded October 31, 2000 TRACK LISTING:
1. Lets Get Down To Business
2. Aint Life Grand
3. Space Wrangler
4. Climb To Safety
5. Blue Indian
6. Casa Del Grillo
7. Driving Song, Pt. 1, Surprise Valley, Driving Song, Pt. 2
8. Travelin Light
9. Bears Gone Fishin
10. Dyin Man
11. Porch Song

 

[Botch]

:music-rockout:

 

[heeman]

Got an answer from the label, they'll send me a new one ... in two weeks. Guess they're manufacturing a whole new batch.

Did you get it yet?