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Gladys Knight & the Pips Feat. Ray Charles: Live in Los Angeles

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This concert was recorded in Los Angeles in 1977. Amazingly, 30 years later, it has finally been released! It not only features Gladys Knight and the Pips at their peak, but Ray Charles at his as well. All of the vocals are knock outs. Gladys singing "Evergreen" and "The Way We Were" sears with raw emotion. Ray Charles singing "America The Beautiful" stirs the soul. Ray does several numbers with Gladys and several of his famous numbers with the Raylettes. And of course there are all of those cooking classic Gladys Knight and the Pips hits. This is Gladys Knight at her soulful best!

I have had this concert on Laserdisc (remember those?!) since the early 80's and back then I even had trouble finding it because it had only been released in Japan.
So it's about time that this fabulous concert finds it's way onto DVD. If you're a fan of Gladys Knight like me, you will enjoy every single minute of it.
It's not every day that you can look at history captured on film.
Ray & Gladys at the top of their art.

I am a Motown fan! I am a Detroiter and grew up with the Motown artist. This is a great DVD to add to your collection. Gladys Knight & the Pips have always been a class act! What makes it even more spectacular is the addition of Ray Charles & The Rayettes.

I contiuously search for vintage DVD concerts from my era. When i purchased Gladys and the Pips feat. Ray Charles, my memories of seeing this group live were reincarnated. A great DVD and must have for Gladys Knight and Pips fans. Clarity of DVD and sound reflect technology during time period concert was recorded....not a detriment.

Very enjoyable concert. Viewing DVD is almost as good as seeing the concert live. Recommend purchasing this DVD.

I purchased this video and avoided the one that listed Hudson Street as the studio I payed double the price because the studio listed said Immortal Studio, i have previously purchased DVD that had been produced by Hudson Street and the Quality is always the worst of any reproduction that is on the market. so to my surprise when I turned on the Dvd i was already disappointed because it said Hudson Street and not Immortal they are in different packaging but the same crappy product, had i known this i would have avoided the DVD even though I am a diehard fan of Gladys Knight,even though you might see 2 dvds for Gladys Knight and think you are being savvy and avoiding a terrible product by Hudson street be warned . the Video is of poor quality, grainy,not clear if you insist on having the product purchase the one at the lower cost save the money

I LOVE Gladys Knight and recently attended "An Evening With Gladys Knight" here in Sacramento. I was so looking forward to having a DVD that captured the best of her work, however, I was disappointed in the quality of this DVD. I realize this concert was recorded many years ago, however, this DVD is almost unwatchable. Extremely poor visually, a constant blur - it reminded me of a DVD made from a video copy 3rd generation. Not recommended even for the most devoted Gladys Knight fans.

Please, Gladys Knight fans, do NOT by this DVD. The video is about the worst I have ever seen. I don't have severe problems with the audio, although it is not good. The studio producing these should not be awarded with a purchase. I can't watch the pure fuzz video. I just have to turn off the picture and listen as I would a (somewhat crappy) cd. Word to the wise....steer clear!

Five stars for the concert!!! However, since the dvd quality is so poor I had to give it 4 stars. The musical content is so great, it would be unfair (IMHO), to give this dvd a poor rating. Seeing the Pips grand stepping choreography as they sing along with Gladys is a keeper! Then, to see and hear Ray Charles is awesome....especially when he sings America the Beautiful!!!



Note: whoever wrote the liner notes got their info wrong! Merald "Bubba" Knight is Gladys's brother!!! NOT her cousin!!!!

i am a huge gladys knight fan but this was a big let down. i anticipated good photography, not great just good. it was barely fair if you like to to see a big fuzzy screen. the sound was awful, very camcorder quality. she sang 3-4 good songs but they were poor sounding so you can imagine the songs that you have never heard before. a lot of hopping around by the pips that made watching gladys very hard to keep track of on stage. they seem to think that people come to watch them rather than her. all in all a very big deal about nothing. i do not want to even go into ray charles.