Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77482 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-05-27
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Widescreen, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Special Features
16:9 Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
Region 0
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English\Dolby Digital Stereo English
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
Dolby Digital Stereo
Band Biographies
Backstage Interviews
Rehearsal Footage
Photo Gallery

Synopsis
British hard rock band Bad Company are the epitome of straightforward 1970s power rock. With a lineup that included former members of Mott the Hoople and Free, the band were a British rock supergroup. MERCHANTS OF COOL is the video version of Bad Company's live album of the same name. The release features the rockers performing some of their biggest hits live, including "Feel Like Makin' Love," "All Right Now," and of course, "Bad Company."

Customer Reviews

Total delight
Lovers of Free, Bad Company and Paul Rogers, will be entirely happy with this superb performance. Rogers looks totally in control and in command of some of the greatest Bad Company material. The performance is strong and totally what you would expect, and more, from the world's greatest blues rock vocalist.

Backed by Simon Kirk on drums, the original Free drummer and a fine performance by Jazz Lochrie on bass, the band are superb. Dave Colwell also adds the flavour that both Mick Ralphs and Kossoff gave to the original material and is a great foil to Rogers. Paul Rogers is at his best and has never sounded better. His stage presence is wonderful.

The only negative is that the recording of the bass is light but overall, you really wish you had been to this one! It is noticeable that the band themselves enjoys the performance which gives a special edge to the gig.

Definately one to have!

Bad Company - Great Company!
I got this to show the kids what Dad used to like. I thought I would play it once or twice and forget it. No chance. With a decent 5.1 sound system and the volume switched up, go back and remember, for new fans sit back and enjoy.
For a start the band look as though they are enjoying themselves. It kicks off with Burnin Sky and really rips with Can't get enough. Paul Rodgers demonstrates, why he is one of the best rock vocalists of all time. Simon Kirke is great and the new guys are good. They slow down for Seagull and then launch into Ready for love, further down the Free hits get aired. This could have been longer but is still worth 5 stars.

The Boys are Back in Town!
Anyone who likes Free, Bad Co themselves, or Paul Rodgers' solo work will love this. The excitement level hits fever pitch from the first note of Burnin' Sky and stays there as the band pick the highlights from a back catalogue of rare quality. Blues-rock never sounded or looked so good, and along the way Rodgers confirms his position as one of rock's premier frontmen. At 50+ going on 35, he looks great and sounds better. Only when he is stationary at the piano for a couple of songs, focused on his instrument, does the passion drop briefly from "intense" to merely "spellbinding". The great songs just keep on coming - Rock Steady, Ready For Love, Bad Company - sung and played by all with real energy and the honesty that only comes from musicians who are truly having a blast. Kirke and Lochrie are rock solid while Bucket seems to feel the songs rather than just play them. Only the Lorelei tapes come close to generating the same excitement.

Did I mention appearances by Slash and Neal Schon, a Beatles medley and two new tracks? No? Just buy it - get lost in the rock'n'roll and drift away.

Would have been five stars if it was an hour longer.