Product Details

• Actors: Buddy Rich
• Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 4.0), English (DTS 5.1), English (Stereo)
• 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: Lightyear
• DVD Release Date: June 24, 2003
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009MEAH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,563 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forever Thankful, September 24, 2003

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Rob (Devils Canyon, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy Rich and His Band - Channel One Suite (DVD)

Let's really be grateful that we live in a time when performances of great geniuses like Buddy Rich can be taped and preserved for all of us now and in the future. Think what it would be like to have a tape of Mozart or Bach. Even in his late 60's and tired from being a working drummer since he was 1 and 1/2 years old, and playing a kit that most kids today would scoff at, Buddy was still the greatest of them ALL. And this band smokes! It sometimes seems that real music is forgotten in this age of sensory overload and slick, hi-gloss junk. Be thankful this DVD exists if only so people can witness great music played by great musicians. Forget the sometimes cheesy production, thats show biz. If you want to see real cheesy and mindless swill, turn on MTV. And they call it music? Be forever thankful that this DVD exists. ...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great second set, first set is West Side, December 22, 2004

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Firebrand (Woonsocket, RI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Buddy Rich and His Band - Channel One Suite (DVD)

Quick echo of everyone else's comments...this is basically Set Two of the same concert in the Lost West Side Tapes...get West Side (part 1) and Channel One Suite (Set 2).

I like Westside more for displaying Buddy's drum solos, but Channel shows off his band more...and plus, I love Love for Sale...and that one is one this DVD.

The quality of the video is surprisingly VERY good, considering the footage was taken in the 70s...it really looks like an early 1990s movie, nice job. And sound? DTS and Dolby Digital 4.0...can't get better than that. Nice mix of the band

Give thanks to the DVD gods that we have Buddy Rich immortalized for eternity, in DTS glory and great video quality.

Thanks Buddy...we will miss you!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Channel One DVD, September 26, 2003

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J. Turchin (Los Angeles Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buddy Rich and His Band - Channel One Suite (DVD)

After first owning the first installment i must say this DVD is an improvement over the first one, that being the West SIde Story Set. The sound seems better to me on this DVD than the other and the picture is really sharp. As been said before, the band probably had better nights, but still they kicked butt on this DVD. I liked some of the extras, except i thought the explanations by the techs was too long. I wanted to see more Buddy, not more wires and cords and machines. One segment would have been enough, but they had three different segments on the tech aspect of the show, but id recommend this to anyone. Its BUDDY!!