Customer Reviews

Al Stewart - The Best of MusikLaden Live [VHS]

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I was stunt to see the DVD on the store shelf. Being Al Stewart's fan since "Year of the Cat", I bought it with great feelings. The band is "Shot in the Dark" in his '79 album "24 Carrots." The songs are well chosen, especially "The Palace of Versailles" and "Valentina Way." I enjoy watching Peter White with the guitar in "On The Border" as much as I did in Al's concert in San Francisco back in 1983. I highly recommend this DVD to anyone who enjoys the sound of guitars, sax, and piano.

I have this DVD and loved it! It is about time that someone out there put out something to showcase Al's remarkable talent.. The Video was a little muddy in some places, but the show was still great. Time Passages and Year of the Cat are my 2 personal favs. I hope that there are more DVDs with Al Stewart soon... Good music from my childhood. Beautiful memories come back to me in these songs...

I purchased this DVD a few years ago in anticipation of purchasing a DVD player someday. The DVD sat on a shelf until last week when it was the first DVD I played on my newly acquired DVD player.

I enjoyed the performance thoroughly. The video was satisfactory although the sound in some sections was distorted. The sound issues seemed to be mostly toward the beginning of the DVD. The DVD video quality seemed quite good to me. Since this is a reproduction of an original television broadcast, the original media was more than likely videotape, as opposed to 16 or 35mm motion picture film. The DVD quality is about what I would expect from a reproduction of a television broadcast videotape.

I wish there were more satisfactory quality visual recordings of Al's work during the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Unfortunately, everything else I have seen to date is amateurish and poor quality.

In summary, I recommend this DVD to anyone who appreciates Al's work.

Lisa A. Compton

Exton, Pennsylvania
United States of America

I'd say most other reviews have nailed it pretty well. But, you watch this and when your screen goes blank you say "give me more Year of the Cat, Past, Present, Future or Modern Times." (And even prior) You become so aware of the body of work he had those long 23 years ago, that this could have made for an incredible concert back then. Watch this with your very favorite significant other, adult beverage and all your CDs because you will want to have an evening with Al . . . . and wonder how all that time flew by us so fast!

Al Stewart is almost always referred to as underrated, and he is with the general public; but, everyone who goes back to discover his many terrific and brilliant recordings will appreciate this "souvenir" from his most "pop" period. The quality is actually better than I expected it to be. I would give it 5 stars except for it's a bit short. It is at least 4 stars, however, and well worth owning.

This video is Al Stewart live on a German TV show in 1979 playing about seven of his best songs from the 1975-1979 period. The picture quality is pretty good and the sound is clear but a little muddy in places--remember this was a TV broadcast. The band is great and the performances sound amazingly close to the studio recordings but with more intensity.

There are very few performances of Al Stewart inmortalized on DVD or video.

The video and audio quality is good for a concert taken place over 25 years ago. But, most important, is the performance of the artist, and Al Stewart has a way of elevating the audience to a much higher level, and that's what I percieved while watching such great concert.

Great songs, great performance. Don't miss this opportunity to adquire a rare gem. Once you see it, and enjoy the songs, you will want more of Al.

Captured VERY live at the time of "Time Passages" (an era Al admits was his most commercial) this video is nothing less than a time capsule, recording Al and Peter White at a moment in time that no longer exists anywhere. Pre-MTV, this show makes you feel like you are sitting in the audience. No "special effects" and no announcer -- just good music. The audio and video quality is fine -- so sit back and ENJOY the show!

Al is overlooked in the music biz he has a great sound not all the showoff stuff that is on a lot of music just great music

Everyone has their "set point" to when the invest in new technology. One friend of mine wouldn't buy a compact disk player until they could buy the Beatles music on CD. Well, this DVD made me decide to get a DVD player .... and it's worth it! Great show, great music.