Product Details

• Actors: April Wine
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cherry Red
• DVD Release Date: May 13, 2008
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0012YG7VO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,942 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This DVD contains a complete and incredible concert performed at London's Hammersmith Odeon during the band's 1981 tour of the UK. They formed in late 1969 in Halifax Nova Scotia and their first hit "Fast Train" appeared in 1971 the same year as the self-titled debut album. The next year brought the band's first Canadian number one single "You Could Have Been a Lady" from the On Record album. In 1976 The Whole World's Goin' Crazy became the first Canadian album to go platinum and their resulting tour was the first to gross one million dollars. After 1978's First Glance and 1979's Harder...Faster 'Just Between You and Me' became April Wine's biggest U.S. hit. The single (one of three Top 40 American singles by the band) propelled 1981's Nature of the Beast album to platinum-record status. 1984's Animal Grace was their last album but in the early 1990's all the original members joined for a Canadian tour which convinced them to resume recording they are still recording and touring the world to their ever-loyal fan-base.Track Listing/Features:BIG CITY GIRLSCRASH AND BURNTELLING ME LIESFUTURE TENSELADIES MANCROSSFIREGYPSY QUEENBETWEEN YOU AND MEBAD TOYSONE MORE TIME21ST CENTURY MANROLLERI LIKE TO ROCK27ALL OVER TOWNI WANT TO ROCKSystem Requirements:Running Time: 66 minutesFormat: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/LIVE PERFORMANCES UPC: 5013929936850 Manufacturer No: CRDVD168

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Could have been 5 stars if...., July 16, 2008

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Joseph Paquette "joepaq" (Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: April Wine-Live in London (DVD)

....the producers had not insisted on adding "special effects" to the concert footage. And, is it too much to ask to have the band member interviews and other addtional footage inserted IN BETWEEN THE LIVE SONGS AND NOT DURING THE SONGS! This IS a great performance by one of my favorite 70s rock bands. But the "enhancements" by the producers are a distraction and that's too bad.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ROCK BAND..... POOR QUALITY DVD RELEASE!!, August 12, 2008

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The Critic "Movie Maniac" (Windsor) - See all my reviews

This review is from: April Wine-Live in London (DVD)

"I like To Rock" but just "Between You and Me" fans of this great Canadian rock band will be completely disappointed with this DVD release. It's evident that no amount of restoration or effort went into cleaning up this 1981 concert filmed at London's legendary Hammersmith Odeon from Cherry Red Records. I have waited years for an official "April Wine" concert release and after viewing this DVD it appears the wait will continue. I can't believe that the studio didn't use the original masters from this show and spend some money on cleaning it up for this release. One look at the disc packaging and disc artwork you'd think this was a major effort put out by Cherry Red Records but that's where it stops.

The picture is barely viewable on a 37" LCD television and the simulated 5.1 surround sound could have been much better. The poor camera editing, strobe effects and between song interviews completely take away everything good from this show. I can't find any formal acknowledgement from the band members that they actually had anything to do with this so called official DVD release from Cherry Red Records anywhere. The band is still incredible, the 15 song set list is equally as impressive but everything else about this concert DVD has left this "April Wine" fan extremely disappointed.

DVD Menu
April Wine: I Like to Rock - Live in London 1981
-Play Programme
-Track Selection
-Other Releases

Song List
1 Big City Girls
2.Crash and Burn
3.Telling Me Lies
4.Future Tense
5.Ladies Man
6.Crossfire
7.Gypsy Queen
8.Between You and Me
9.Bad Toys
10.One More Time
11.21st Century Schizoid Man
12.Roller
13.I Like To Rock
14.All Over Town
15.I Want To Rock

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB SHOW !, September 28, 2011

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H. P. Keable "more bass!" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: April Wine-Live in London (DVD)

I get what the naysayers are all complaining about here, but forget all that crap, this is an absolutely spectacular show by one of the top rock bands in the world late 70's/early 80's. I've watched this show many times as it was one of my very first music video purchases way back then (on Beta no less!), so the audio/video quality is pretty much the same to me, but with no tape hiss and no tracking issues. April Wine's music of this period was for me one of the defining elements of the term "melodic hard rock". So look beyond the fact that Cherry Red did not upgrade this at all in its transfer to DVD, and just the enjoy 65 minutes of one great hard rock show.