Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1602 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-07-10
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Live, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 145 minutes

Customer Reviews

Pulse still beating strongly
I was at one of the Earls Court concerts all those years ago and had forgotten just how magnificent The Floyd were live. Inevitably this cannot be fully captured on DVD but this is certainly the next best thing.

After 12 years of watching Floyd tribute bands it was a sharp reminder of just how good the real thing were. As I didn't get a ticket for the Live 8 appearance I suspect that this was my last ever chance to see them live and if that is so this DVD is a fitting tribute as it captures the full majesty of the band live both visually and aurally.

If the guitar solo at the end of Comfortably Numb does not blow you away then you either have no soul or are already dead.

Shine on & on & on & On & on.................

Possibly the greatest show on earth!
Okay, first of all I haven't seen this edition of the concert as it hasn't been released yet, though I have seen the VHS version. I have to say this an absolutely unbelievable concert and my only regret is that I wasn't there to see it live. (Being only 12 years old and ignorant to the ways of the Floyd at the time!)
I have been EAGERLY awaiting this dvd release ever since the first mention in Storm Thorgerson's book in 2003, and the extra's that it promises look superb. I'm especially looking forward to the bonus recording of Marooned!
As for the main feature: it has without question the greatest lightshow ever seen on this planet, it has the whole of Dark Side of the Moon, and THE greatest encore ever (!!!) in Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb (with awesome extended solo) and Run Like Hell.
The camera work is excellent, showing great close-ups of Dave Gilmore's guitar playing. (You could tab most of the solos off this!) And the sound quality will be second to none, especially considering how long's been spent remastering it!
This is an awesome setlist, and bound to be a great package. The only thing, in response to the previous reviewer, you will not need a widescreen TV as it is in 4:3 ratio!! A decent sound system isn't a bad idea though! :-)
This dvd would be great value at twice the price! BUY IT!!!!

It does the flashing red light proud...
Now, I wasn't there; heaven forbid - I was only 13 when the concert was filmed - but, after years of playing my Pulse CD, miming the guitar solo to Comfortably Numb and managing to buy a pirate (?) DVD of this concert from a certain internet-based auction company, I can't think of any other concert DVD which has the same impact as this one.

I consider myself to be fairly learned (and varied in taste) in music and, even though I have seen/heard some fairly amazing musical sights (U2 and, more importantly, Sigur Rós to name just a couple of recent ones), I fail to see how this DVD/Concert could have been bettered; it (well, at least the DVD I bought) has crystal clear sound quality, interesting and varied extras and manages to bring to life the Earl's Court gig of 1994.

With regards to the setlist of the concert, it would have been impossible to please all Pink Floyd fans by including their entire back-catalogue on 2 DVDs (with extras - including an interesting editing of bootlegged films of thier concert performances and the videos used on stage) plus, in all fairness, it was the tour to promote their album The Division Bell, therefore there was only a certain amount of room left for "crowd-pleasers". I feel the ones they chose, i.e. the ENTIRE of Dark Side of the Moon and some classics from The Wall, make for a full and varied concert.

The likes of this will NEVER be seen again - in fact, since 1994 it NEVER has - even U2's PopMart, although infinately impressive, was not in the same league. Buy this to reawaken the experience you had in 1994 (if you were lucky enough to get to one of their performances) or simply to listen, and watch, a GREAT rock concert.

5 stars awarded - as I can't see any better way of making the CD come to life...