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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia | | Format: | Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language: | English | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Monterey Video | | Run Time: | 150 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | October 12, 1999 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 47 reviews |
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39 of 39 found the following review helpful:
 Best Live Video Available Nov 15, 1999
By P. J. Voisine
"PJV"
This is by far the best Grateful Dead I've ever seen - for many reasons: sound and video quality, performance, selections. . . But the most important aspect that puts this particular video above every other is the fact that it is pure performance video. Little or none of that dreamy, colorful overlay stuff that distorts the performances and, in IMHO, is overused on all other live GD recordings. This can be watched over and over. It's the Greatest!
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine.... Oct 21, 1999
By Dave Bucholtz (desdave@aol.com)
Well, whats to say of an amazing concert--recorded on video for future prosperity... and then digitally re-mastered and released on DVD. Aside from being mastered on video tape, the visual aspect is captivating. The audio is of extremely high quality, and the caliber of the show is top notch for that time period. The band is having fun, the crowd is having fun... and with the right preparation, you too can "be there!". I highly recommend anyone interested in an amazing band displaying its playing prowess to order this DVD. Oh, the only difference I noticed from my VHS to my DVD is that in the first set when they splice in the footage from the follwing night, they fade it down and make it absolutely clear that it is a different show--whereas in the VHS version, it is seamless and aside from Bob Weir's shirt change, one may well have not even noticed. Whoa, oh oh it's Magic!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
The best we've got Feb 02, 2000
By Mark Coffey
"austindeadhead"
Any Deadhead can quibble over song selection, and present a wish list of what might have been, but the unmistakable fact is, unless somebody opens up the video vault, this is the best (almost complete) live Dead performance we have. As another viewer correctly states, there are three songs from the last show substituted at the end of the first set, but I happen to find their presence very valuable. "Desolation Row" is a nice understated version, with chilling harmony from Jerry near the end, and I found the "West L.A." to be a fiery performance to rank near the best. My only quibble (well, a Deadhead has to quibble!) is not enought Primal Dead. "The Other One" would have been nice! Great stuff, though, and beautiful sound and camera work.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent Example of 80's Dead Jul 11, 2006
By Poogy
First, let me get out of the way one reviewer's comment about how bad the video supposedly is. Rubbish. The reviewer needs a new DVD player. It looks just fine.
The music is about as good as any show from that period. You won't get golfballs from a walnut tree, and you won't get truly classic Dead from 1989. With some exceptions, the jams had gotten shorter, and the shows more formulaic. Everyone has his own preferred setlist, and mine happens not to include Let the Good Times Roll (ZZZZ) or Johnny B. Goode (many others do it better), but Garcia was fully capable of playing inspired music at that point and he does so here, in China Cat (goosebumps), for example, or The Wheel (lovely and ethereal). I loved seeing him beam beatifically at Brent, who gazes at him with the face of an adoring puppy, and launch into the kind of intricate, melodic run that only Garcia could do, with the most relaxed expression on his face. It's true that he looks twenty years older than he was -- that's what fifteen years of the Persian, Haagen-Dazs, and channeling the energy we all wanted from him will do, I suppose -- and it's sad, but he lived the life he wanted, and we were the beneficiaries.
It's a solid performance, with nuggets to amuse any fan, and a well-filmed production thankfully free of "trippy" gimmicks.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Amazing! Oct 22, 1999
The music on here is, in a word, superb. Great jamming. This DVD doesn't have super-duper surround sound, doesn't have widescreen video, and isn't packed with extras. If you're looking for that, try something else. But...if you want great music from a great band, pick this one up. The sound is crisp and full and the interplay among band members draws you in. Highly recommended!!!
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