Product Details

• Actors: John Denver
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 5
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Run Time: 592 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002N7W3N0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,864 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

John Denver is one of the most successful and best loved recording artists of the 20th century. His easy going manner, fine voice, superb songwriting and dedication to environmental issues all combined to build a huge global fan base that has continued to grow since his untimely death in a plane crash in 1997. This superb 5-disc set is the definitive John Denver DVD release. There are three complete live performances with full band from Australia in 1977, Japan in 1981 and England in 1986. These are complemented by a solo acoustic performance from Japan in 1984 and his performances at Farm Aid from 1985, 1987 & 1990. The final disc has two hour long documentaries made by John Denver, his 1990 Earth Day program about environmental issues and his 1972 show about the Bighorn sheep of his beloved Rocky Mountains.

TRACK LISTING:
DISC ONE - Thank God I'm A Country Boy - Live In Australia 1977
1) Farewell Andromeda
2) Spirit
3) Fly Away
4) Looking For Space
5) Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
6) Baby You Look Good To Me Tonight
7) Druthers
8) I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
9) How Can I Leave You Again
10) Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
11) Love Is Everywhere
12) Pickin' The Sun Down (Blue Grass & High Sierra)
13) I Want To Live
14) Rocky Mountain High
15) Follow Me
16) Moreton Bay
17) To The Wild Country
18) Grandma's Feather Bed
19) Back Home Again
20) Matthew
21) Thank God I'm A Country Boy
22) Take Me Home, Country Roads
23) Annie's Song
24) Eagle And The Hawk
25) Calypso
26) Sunshine On My Shoulders
27) Leaving On A Jet Plane
Bonus Tracks:
1) It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
2) Thirsty Boots
3) Boy From The Country
4) Like To Deal With The Ladies
5) When I'm 64

DISC TWO - Rocky Mountain High - Live In Japan 1981
1) Starwood In Aspen
2) Take Me Home, Country Roads
3) Follow Me
4) I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
5) Leaving On A Jet Plane
6) Goodbye Again
7) Rocky Mountain Suite
8) Matthew
9) Fly Away
10) Dancing With The Mountains
11) Back Home Again
12) Thank God I'm A Country Boy
13) Sleepin' Alone
14) Rocky Mountain High
15) Eagle And The Hawk
16) Annie's Song
17) Calypso
18) Sunshine On My Shoulders
Bonus Tracks:
1) Mother Nature's Son
2) How Mountain Girls Can Love
3) Sweet Surrender
4) Johnny B. Goode
5) Memphis
6) Lil Suzie
7) Boy From the Country

DISC THREE - Country Roads - Live In England 1986
1) Farewell Andromeda
2) Take Me Home, Country Roads
3) Grandma's Feather Bed
4) Back Home Again
5) Matthew
6) Dreamland Express
7) The Harder They Fall
8) I Can't Escape
9) Flying For Me
10) What Are We Making Weapons For
11) Sunshine On My Shoulders
12) Eagle And The Hawk
13) Wild Montana Skies
14) Relatively Speaking
15) I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
16) How Can I Leave You Again
17) I'm Sorry
18) Shanghai Breezes
19) Fly Away
20) My Sweet Lady
21) Heart To Heart
22) Rocky Mountain High
23) Annie's Song
24) Calypso
25) Peace (poem)
26) It's About Time
27) Perhaps Love
Bonus Tracks:
1) Boy From The Country
2) Claudette
3) Don't Close Your Eyes Tonight
4) I Remember You
5) Sweet Surrender

DISC FOUR - Solo Acoustic Show - Live In Japan 1984 / Farm Aid
1) Rocky Mountain High
2) Sunshine On My Shoulders
3) Leaving On A Jet Plane
4) Goodbye Again
5) Follow Me
6) Matthew
7) Grandma's Feather Bed
8) I Want To Live
9) Rhymes & Reasons
10) Eagle And The Hawk
11) The Gold And Beyond
12) Take Me Home, Country Roads
13) Biwako Shuko No Uta
14) Seasons Of The Heart
15) Annie's Song
16) Calypso
17) It's About Time
Farm Aid 1985:
1) Take Me Home, Country Roads
2) Back Home Again
3) Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Farm Aid 1987:
1) Take Me Home Country Roads
2) Matthew
3) What Are We Making Weapons For
Farm Aid 1990:
1) Rocky Mountain High
2) Matthew

DISC FIVE - Documentaries
1) The Bighorn (1972)
2) Earth Day Documentary (1990)

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Box Set!, September 18, 2009

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JD Fan (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Around The World Live (DVD)

This superb 5 disc set is the definitive John Denver DVD release. There are three complete live performances with full band from Australia in 1977, Japan in 1981 and England in 1986. These are complemented by a solo acoustic performance from Japan in 1984 and his performances at Farm Aid from 1985, 1987 & 1990. The final disc has two hour long documentaries.

TRACKLISTING - JOHN DENVER - AROUND THE WORLD LIVE

Disc One - Thank God I'm A Country Boy - Live In Australia 1977
1. Farewell Andromeda
2. Spirit
3. Fly Away
4. Looking For Space
5. Come And Let Me Look In Your Eyes
6. Baby You Look Good To Me Tonight
7. Druthers
8. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
9. How Can I Leave You Again
10. Singing Skies And Dancing Waters
11. Love Is Everywhere
12. Pickin' The Sun Down (Blue Grass & High Sierra)
13. I Want To Live
14. Rocky Mountain High
15. Follow Me
16. Moreton Bay
17. To The Wild Country
18. Grandma's Feather Bed
19. Back Home Again
20. Matthew
21. Thank God I'm A Country Boy
22. Take Me Home, Country Roads
23. Annie's Song
24. Eagle And The Hawk
25. Calypso
26. Sunshine On My Shoulders
27. Leaving On A Jet Plane


Disc Two - Rocky Mountain High - Live In Japan 1981
1. Starwood In Aspen
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads
3. Follow Me
4. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
5. Leaving On A Jet Plane
6. Goodbye Again
7. Rocky Mountain Suite
8. Matthew
9. Fly Away
10. Dancing With The Mountains
11. Back Home Again
12. Thank God I'm A Country Boy
13. Sleepin' Alone
14. Rocky Mountain High
15. Eagle And The Hawk
16. Annie's Song
17. Calypso
18. Sunshine On My Shoulders


Disc Three - Country Roads - Live In England 1986
1. Farewell Andromeda
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads
3. Grandma's Feather Bed
4. Back Home Again
5. Matthew
6. Dreamland Express
7. The Harder They Fall
8. I Can't Escape
9. Flying For Me
10. What Are We Making Weapons For
11. Sunshine On My Shoulders
12. Eagle And The Hawk
13. Wild Montana Skies
14. Relatively Speaking
15. I'd Rather Be A Cowboy
16. How Can I Leave You Again
17. I'm Sorry
18. Shanghai Breezes
19. Fly Away
20. My Sweet Lady
21. Heart To Heart
22. Rocky Mountain High
23. Annie's Song
24. Calypso
25. Peace (poem)
26. It's About Time
27. Perhaps Love


Disc Four - Solo Acoustic Show - Live In Japan 1984 / Farm Aid
1. Rocky Mountain High
2. Sunshine On My Shoulders
3. Leaving On A Jet Plane
4. Goodbye Again
5. Follow Me
6. Matthew
7. Grandma's Feather Bed
8. I Want To Live
9. Rhymes & Reasons
10. Eagle And The Hawk
11. The Gold And Beyond
12. Take Me Home, Country Roads
13. Biwako Shuko No Uta
14. Seasons Of The Heart
15. Annie's Song
16. Calypso
17. It's About Time

Farm Aid 1985:
1. Take Me Home, Country Roads
2. Back Home Again
3. Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Farm Aid 1987:
1. Take Me Home Country Roads
2. Matthew
3. What Are We Making Weapons For
Farm Aid 1990:
1. Rocky Mountain High
2. Matthew
Total Running Time: 99 minutes

Disc Five - Two One Hour Documentaries

66 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Think I Appreciate Him More Every Year, October 1, 2009

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This review is from: Around The World Live (DVD)

I've always loved John and his music. However, in the years since his tragic death, I've actually come to appreciate him more. As I progress in my own life experience, I can understand with greater clarity just how powerful this man was.

Time and again, he made choices that had an adverse effect upon his career. There are so many times when he stayed true to himself, even though he understood that there would be a price to pay. RCA thought he should go ahead and 'define' himself as a country artist. But he had no interest in restricting himself to one particular genre, no matter how profitable it might be.

With his wholesome, cleancut image,and his undeniably pristine worldview, he could have been the preeminent superstar for America's churchgoing community. However, his spirituality was unconventional, and he said so. Again, this cost him heavily. I know. I'm from the Deep South, and I know Fundamentalist types who despise him for this very reason.

Now, between those 2 audiences, that's an awful lot of money that he simply gave up.

Then, in the 80's, he spoke out forcefully at the Senate Hearings on censorship. John certainly had nothing to gain from any of this. If anything, he stood to LOSE fans. But he went to the mat for free speech, when some of the people who had the most to gain.............. stayed quietly on the sidelines.

I think he was an impressive man. Of course, I'm not looking to make him out to be more than a man. He had his flaws, like all of us. But, at the end of the day, he handled money, fame, and influence in a way that others would do well to emulate.

When it comes to his music, what can you say? I mean, you just don't run out of great songs. He was such an incredible talent. And his music, in addition to being melodic and beautiful, spoke to things that many of us deem the essential elements of life. Has anyone ever used the imagery of the natural world with such vivid effect?

A great example of his depth and brilliance came at the beginning, and the end, of one of my favorite albums, 'Spirit.' The first song on this cd is 'Come and Let Me Look In Your Eyes.' The final song is 'The Wings That Fly Us Home.' Each of these tunes represent the quest for spiritual enlightenment, and the process of seeking answers to life's questions.

They deal with similar aspirations. But the first is told from the perspective of confusion, even despair. The second, while exploring the same themes, is rendered from a place of majesty, awe.........and peace.

So many critics try to make him out to be trite and irrelevant(probably my least favorite word.Who are they to tell anybody what is relevant?) But I think you'll find more strength and depth in John than you will in any of his detractors.

What can I say? John Denver was the best. This dvd collection is long overdue. I hope that, ultimately, they release some of his classic tv specials. He was one of a kind.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DVD Release of the year- Cannot Wait, August 30, 2009

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Ken Ashby "kashby14" (Hobart. Tasmania. AUS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Around The World Live (DVD)

As I have read on Amazon.co.uk this 5Disc DVD Box-Set is Live concerts in Sydney {Aust}-Japan-England all digitally re-mastered from the master tapes.....All John Denver fans will be waiting for this.....Fantastic news. This will bring back wonderful memories for millions of fans around the world....WELL DONE