Product Details

• Actors: Brian Wilson
• Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Live, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sanctuary Records
• DVD Release Date: October 28, 2003
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000DBJAL
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,103 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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PET SOUNDS:LIVE IN LONDON - DVD Movie

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This show blew me away!!, December 18, 2003

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Tuco (Phoenix, Az USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brian Wilson: Pet Sounds Live in London (DVD)

After listening to Brian and The Wondermints and the Roxy show on CD for so long, I thought I knew what to expect when I ordered this DVD. Boy was I wrong!! This performance still blows me away every time I watch it. I have listened to Pet Sounds for years and also have the Pet Sounds Sessions CD box set, but none of that comes close to matching the energy and love in this music as performed live at these London shows. The backing band and vocals in this show are far superior and all involved perform with loving sophistication and care. It is truly a blessing from God to have a live performance of these songs performed nearly 40 years after the albums release in digital video and sound seeing as Brian was probably set to have gone the way of Elvis, Jim Morrison and the other icons of rock history. The only thing that could possibly improve this performance would be the presence of the surreal vocal harmony of Brian, Carl, Al, Bruce, Dennis and Mike together. I am glad see that Brian and the Boys are finally being recognized for the fantastic work on Pet Sounds and anyone who even thinks they love music should have this show in their collection. No one is truly musically educated until they experience Pet Sounds and this DVD is a great place to start!! God bless Brian Wilson!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breathtaking live rendition of the best pop album ever made., December 14, 2003

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Herman Grimme (Groningen, Groningen Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brian Wilson: Pet Sounds Live in London (DVD)

I was lucky to see Brian Wilson play live in Hamburg, Germany in January 2002 with this fantastic band, and he performed the entire Pet Sounds album there as well. I was moved to tears by the whole experience: the sheer brilliance of the music and the band, the timeless songs, the vocal harmonies, and the charm and charisma of Brian himself. It was a perfect night. Beforehand I had my reservations: seeing your idols in the flesh tends to spoil the magic and may even lead to disappointment, but this time it went the other way: this show exceeded all my wildest expectations, and this DVD takes me right back - it is a perfect, no-frills document of the Pet Sounds-sequence as he performed it on his six nights at London's Royal Festival Hall. The sound quality and the musicianship means that even the smallest details in the arrangements are brought to your attention in a way that even the Pet Sounds box-set fails to do. Whereas the "Brian Wilson On Tour"-DVD is more like a documentary, this one is music from start to finish. The 40 minute bonus footage on the original Pet Sounds sessions with interviews with key members of the Wrecking Crew is great too. Indispensable for Beach Boys/ Brian Wilson fans, and seriously recommended for any lover of great music. And now he's coming back to do Smile....!!!

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dream-concert by Brian Wilson, December 25, 2004

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Ho In Yang "David" (Charlottesville, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brian Wilson: Pet Sounds Live in London (DVD)

Let's start this way. You are not going to believe what you are watching. Subtle bass lines, resourceful percussion and drums, devotional musicians (Wondermints) playing diverse instruments on stage, ranging from vibraphones to trombones, and harmonizing like the Beach Boys at their peak or better than that. And here is the man who has seen it all and returned from hell like Lazarus. If you are one of those wondering why Pet Sounds is the quintessential album of popular music all together this DVD is going to tell you why. These songs raised the status of pop music from mere entertainment to art. You may cry with "Don't Talk" or leap with joy with "Good Vibrations (encore) but there is no way to escape from the deep emotion of watching Brian (who is more confident than ever) on stage. The image is sharp and the 5.1 surround very effective. It also includes a bonus documentary featuring the original musicians who worked in the 1966 Pet Sounds album (Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, etc.). Go and get it before it's too late. (Note: Brian did not stop here. Two years later -2004-, he released "Getting In Over My Head" including several songs from the unreleased "Sweet Insanity", and more significantly, he completed and released a full range new studio recording of the "Smile" album that he had abandoned back in 1967. Brian seems to have overcome all of his ghosts, heroes, and villains: Phil Spector, Mike Love, Dr. Eugene Landy. "Happy days are here again" indeed.