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Live reunion tour concert from Bad Company, featuring Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke & Mick Ralphs performing a one night only sold-out show at The Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida on August 8, 2008. Featuring 17 hit songs! Bad Company, Honeychild, Sweet Lil' Sister, Burnin' Sky, Gone Gone Gone, Pack, Live For The Music, Seagull, Feel Like Makin', Movin' On, Simple Man, Rock Steady, Shooting Star, Can't Get Enough, R & R Fantasy, Ready 4 Love, Good Lovin' Gone Bad.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By D. Nicholas
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I reserved and purchased this early. Big mistake...although the picture was good, I was very surprised at the sound. Paul's voice was too spread out, and there was a distinct lack of bass. Treble was, overall, "tinny." Bass was substantially lower than was present on my other Bad Company/Paul Rogers standard DVD's/blu-rays. I have never had to crank the feed to my sub from 0.0 to 6.5. on Bad Company material. I played a number of other DVD's during our Tuesday Night "Rock Show," and found that several standard DVD's sounded better...Echo and the Bunnymen for one. This DVD needs tweaking on the sound end. I will be checking [...] for reviews, BEFORE I buy, next time.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By robi1138
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
...after reading the other reviews. Don't get me wrong, it's not the greatest concert disc ever but it is very good. That being said, some of the comments about the audio and video are essentially correct (with some caveats).
The picture is grainy and black levels leave something to be desired, but it is sharp and the colors are nice. I didn't see any added edge enhancement and there are no encoding artifacts. Overall, not bad at all but not reference quality either.
The DTS-MA track has exellent resolution and is very clear. However, it is lacking any real bass and sounds too bright as a result. Also the mix suffers from (as others have mentioned) Ralphs' guitar being too loud in the mix and Rodgers' vocals being spread out to the rear channels too much. The stereo track lacked the bite of the DTS-MA track so after much fiddling I came up with a nice compromise. Because my Blu-ray player does the sound decoding internally (and passes the lossless sound to the receiver via analog cables) I was able to pass the core-only 5.1 DTS track over the digital optical cable to my receiver and play a bit with my usual settings. By increasing the crossover on the receiver from 60 Hz to 110Hz and increasing the subwoofer level a bit (about 3 dB), I was able to get a nice bass sound that wasn't boomy and had some definition to it. The other advantage of this method is that it allows you to use the 5.1 track and (surprisingly) Rodgers' vocals are not all spread out but are nicely locked up front with only reverb in the rear channels. Ralphs' guitar also seems less prominent.
Finally, after listening to it twice, I paid more attention to the music and really liked it a lot. The first time through I thought the concert got better as it progressed but listening to the first few tracks again, it really was good right from the beginning. I don't think Ralphs was that bad at all but the added guitarist does help. Rodgers and Kirke are excellent IMO and the added bassist moves things along. Overall a great collection of songs played very well by the three remaining members of Bad Co.
Definitely recommended
Update 4/23/11:
After some more fiddling with my receiver's and Blu-ray player's settings (i.e. setting my main speakers to small and boosting the subwoofer level a tad) the lossless audio track sounds much better. I still think the guitars are a bit too loud in the mix but the overall sound is definitely better than the core-only DTS 5.1 track. Still, both sound very good.
The picture is grainy and black levels leave something to be desired, but it is sharp and the colors are nice. I didn't see any added edge enhancement and there are no encoding artifacts. Overall, not bad at all but not reference quality either.
The DTS-MA track has exellent resolution and is very clear. However, it is lacking any real bass and sounds too bright as a result. Also the mix suffers from (as others have mentioned) Ralphs' guitar being too loud in the mix and Rodgers' vocals being spread out to the rear channels too much. The stereo track lacked the bite of the DTS-MA track so after much fiddling I came up with a nice compromise. Because my Blu-ray player does the sound decoding internally (and passes the lossless sound to the receiver via analog cables) I was able to pass the core-only 5.1 DTS track over the digital optical cable to my receiver and play a bit with my usual settings. By increasing the crossover on the receiver from 60 Hz to 110Hz and increasing the subwoofer level a bit (about 3 dB), I was able to get a nice bass sound that wasn't boomy and had some definition to it. The other advantage of this method is that it allows you to use the 5.1 track and (surprisingly) Rodgers' vocals are not all spread out but are nicely locked up front with only reverb in the rear channels. Ralphs' guitar also seems less prominent.
Finally, after listening to it twice, I paid more attention to the music and really liked it a lot. The first time through I thought the concert got better as it progressed but listening to the first few tracks again, it really was good right from the beginning. I don't think Ralphs was that bad at all but the added guitarist does help. Rodgers and Kirke are excellent IMO and the added bassist moves things along. Overall a great collection of songs played very well by the three remaining members of Bad Co.
Definitely recommended
Update 4/23/11:
After some more fiddling with my receiver's and Blu-ray player's settings (i.e. setting my main speakers to small and boosting the subwoofer level a tad) the lossless audio track sounds much better. I still think the guitars are a bit too loud in the mix but the overall sound is definitely better than the core-only DTS 5.1 track. Still, both sound very good.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
The return of Bad Co... top notch performance! however I don't think this blu-ray was all that great!
it had a lot of noise in the video and just didn't turn out that good! Audio gets about 9 video gets 7
hope this helps out...The best concert I have ever seen in blu-ray is The Moody Blues from the Greek !
in Los Angeles,Ca. That will blow your sox off!
it had a lot of noise in the video and just didn't turn out that good! Audio gets about 9 video gets 7
hope this helps out...The best concert I have ever seen in blu-ray is The Moody Blues from the Greek !
in Los Angeles,Ca. That will blow your sox off!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great show and great sound!!!!!!
I'm dissapointed with practically all te reviewers. The reason it's simple: The sound and image its amazing, great concert and setlist!!!!
I recommend 2. Read more
I recommend 2. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Ariel Diez de Medina Alvarez
4.0 out of 5 stars
All The Hits
Very entertaining Bad Co. blu-ray. All of the hits are there and the guys look like they are enjoying themselves.
Published 19 days ago by James
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing, brings back old memories.
I love these guys, The CD is awesome and the DVD is fantastic. They brought back some very special memories of my younger days.
Published 2 months ago by Janis Joplin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Show
The HD and sound was great. They played all of their best songs. I would recommend this DVD to anyone that likes Bad Company
Published 2 months ago by TomG
5.0 out of 5 stars
Have to love them!
They may be more than 60, but they still know how to Rock and Roll. I've been to a lot of concerts in recent years, put on by groups that were big in the 70's and 80's. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Don't want to post name.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Reunion Concert Ever
I have to laugh at the technoids who have commented on this reunion concert over its so called failings; apparently they have never struggled with 70's vintage live videos of this... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Stephen Breden
5.0 out of 5 stars
110% From 3/4 of Bad.Co
This is my first review that I've sent in, so go easy on me. I've bought several Bad Company & Paul Rogers Dvd's over the years & have generally been happy with all of them... Read more
Published 16 months ago by BRIAN BOYLE, Thunder Bay, Ont
4.0 out of 5 stars
CD and BLU RAY in package
The Blu Ray DVD also has a CD along with it-BUT-the CD is missing 'sweet lil' sister' I guess due to disc space-I would rather have them leave off 'simple man' instead on the CD.
Published 16 months ago by William J. Meehan
3.0 out of 5 stars
Audiophile Viewer
The recording engineer should have understood how Bad Company rocked before in those hits. The sound quality is not satisfactory. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Chiu Kit Ling Monit
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good Video
I thought this was done right. Good sound, good picture. Great Bad Co music. Overall I thought was a very good DVD
Published 23 months ago by Jerry B
