David Bowie: David Live [Original recording remastered]

David Bowie | Format: DVD Audio

Product Details

• DVD Audio (January 10, 2006)
• Please Note: This is a DVD-Audio disc which is playable on most DVD players as well as all DVD-Audio players. Click here for additional information regarding compatibility.
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B0006PV4ZY
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,774 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bowie in Surround, March 17, 2007

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S. Lloyd "Destiny's Varmint" (L.A, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bowie: David Live (DVD Audio)

This album being an old favorite, I was not prepared for the revelation of hearing it on DVD audio in Surround Sound (perfect format for live). The sound is round, detailed and full, perfectly approximating live, despite being recorded in 74. Especially noteworthy is "Sweet Thing," which is give a spooky echo, and the two bonus tracks not previously available until recent remasterings. Despite the Surround miracle of the remastering, explained in the liner notes, you have to hear it at DVD bit rate. It's thunderingly intense and incredibly clear.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Concert in Surround!, September 11, 2009

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bowie: David Live (DVD Audio)

In 1974, David Bowie did a six-night concert series in Philadelphia and this 5.1 surround mix by Tony Visconti is nothing short of amazing. Bowie starts with a rousing rendition of, "Rebel, Rebel" before jumping into an incredible version of, "Moonage Daydream". All of Bowie's previous albums are represented here including the classic, "Suffragette City", "Aladdin Sane" and the rarely sung, "All The Young Dudes", a song given to Mott The Hoople. "Space Oddity" is a nice ethereal break in the concert halfway through and in this show version, Bowie sits in a chair on a crane that hangs over the audience. It was magic. The big live hit, "Diamond Dogs" is perfectly represented here, as is, the drum-beat ridden classic, "Panic In Detroit". "Jean Genie"is the second to last song and Bowie rides the bass line to a wholloping end. Of course, this was one of the few concerts that Bowie's end with his lamentable "Rock `N Roll Suicide' and he gives it so much emotion, you feel like you are there.

Visconti's mix is clear and powerful and the heavily protected jewel case contains liner notes from the concert as well as song credits and photos. This is a classic keeper.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Album now in DTS & 5.1, January 5, 2010

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Daniel J. Cohen (Mount Eliza, Victoria Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Bowie: David Live (DVD Audio)

I know a lot of people have canned this album over the years and have a preference for Stage but this is great live album and it would certainly be in my top ten live albums, I've bought both Ryco and EMI versions on cd and they sound great and if you are fan of this album you need to buy this beacuase it sounds great. The surroound sound gives the album a whole new dimension it has been lovingly mixed.