Customer Reviews

Greatest Hits CD+DVD

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Well one pleasant suspire hear is the DVD is a separate disk, I had expected it to be a two sided sided disk with the DVD on one side, and the hits CD on the other.

The packaging is cool. The CD case is in a sleve and between the sleve, the booklet and CD we have alot of GFR promo shots, including some from the We're An American Band-Shinin On period and even a picture of the HUGE crowd GFR and Humbel Pie Drew at Londons hyde park in 1971. Overall a nice JOB.

On the DVD is included the We're an American Band promo Rockumentry, which is cool, but has been out there for years in other forms. In truth this copy does not look much better then the version's I already have. BUT it is nice to have it on a professional DVD, instead of one I burned from tape. The Second track is inside Looking out from PBS in Hershey Ra WITF TV which is totally fantastic. Mark, Don and Mel in 1969 with the cloths from that period; Mark with His Messenger Guitar, with Tape over the holes, is just too cool; With Don and Mel the best rhythm section in rock and roll history, you cannot go wrong. This looks and sounds great. The Third Track is Some Kind Of Wonderful From the Place at Auburn Hills, MI in 1997 during the ordinals reunion (1996-1998), a very nice version. the Next track is We're An American Band from that same show; Since we already have a versions of WAAB I would of picked another track hear, maybe loneliness would of been a better pick hear. BUT still I cannot complain, GFR on DVD is very Cool.Both SKOW and WAAB are pristine (why not get this whole show out on DVD?) both tracks look and sound great. To Close out the DVD we have I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home from the famous Shea Stadium Show in 1971 were GFR sold out faster then the Beetles. This is very very cool, it looks very good and sounds very good, we have got to get this whole show out of DVD. Well, I love it, the DVD is fantastic, BUT please capitol could you not have made it a bit longer?


The CD is the standard GFR 14 hits, of course they all sounds great, capitol has done a very good job with the re mastering. We're An American Band-Number one hit; Time Machine; Walk Like A Man; Some Kind Of Wonderful; Shinin On; Heartbreaker; Rock N Roll Soul; the Loco Motion-number one hit; Footstompin' Music; Mean Mistreater: take Me; Bad Time; Bad Time; I'm Your Captain; Inside looking Out. All great songs by Americans Gratest bad, a must have for any rock n' roll fan.

This hits Package is well worth it for the CD alone and even more so for the DVD, finally GFR on a professional DVD. I hope this is just the start of GFR on DVD. If you don't have GFR hits CD this is a good one to get.

It's about time Grand Funk's fans had a real DVD! All we have had up to this point is the occasional bootleg. My only complaint is that the DVD is WAY too short. Both of the represented concerts need to be released in their entirety! Even with this DVD we are only being teased.

As for the greatest hits CD, it should have came with the DVD in the first place, instead of having been released a couple of months before without it.

Overall, the purchase is well worth it for the DVD. As for a greatest hits collection, I would recommend 1999's "Thirty Years of Funk Anthology". (Also for historical purposes, I would like to se a CD release of "Mark, Don, & Mel: 1969-71".)

I hope that this is the begining of us finally getting some more Grand Funk Railroad on DVD! CAPITOL, ARE YOU LISTENING?!!

Compared to an old cassette of "The Best of Grand Funk Railroad," the sound of the digitally re-mastered recordings are no comparison. They are smokin'!!! The added bonus of the DVD just enhances enjoyment of some good old-time rock-n-roll!

You want to know why the PEOPLE loved GFR - watch the DVD. The critics panned them so much - and why? They were truly the American Band - quintessentially the best garage band. On the DVD - "Inside Looking Out" ALONE is worth the price... then add the amazing "I'm Your Captain" at Shea Stadium (where, by the way, they outsold the BEATLES) and you've got some amazing memories RIGHT HERE. I was blessed enough to have seen the 3 Amigos twice in the day.... this just brings it all back. If I were to have any negative comment, it would be that Capitol could have incuded MORE.

I've been a Grand Funk Railroad fan since I was 14 (not 50) and never saw them perform - just listened to their albums. Mark Farner's performance of "Inside Looking Out" is outstanding as well as Don Brewer and Mel Schacher. Of course I love the CD - all the songs I loved and still love.

Oh my god, as a great GFR-Fan I had to grow up to 46 years old for seeing this fantastic group in motion pictures. I was waiting decades for this. On the DVD are 5 titles from different times, but everyone presented in inimitable playing passion. Not only in musical case, this band was standing behind, what there were doing and saying about social and political themes. This is what you can feel in the power of the American Bands music.

Together with the CD this package is an ideal access into the world of handmade, progressive music. I hope this release will not be the last of it on DVD. I don't wonna wait for years to get concerts like "Shea Stadium 1971", the Live Tour "Caught in the Act 1975" or "Bosnia 1997" on DVD.

Please Mark, Don, Mel and Craig and Capitol Records notice this and take care of your fans.

I first heard GFR at the age of 15 and have waited 31 years to see them "in the flesh". The sheer power and drive is unique to Grand Funk. Amazing drumming by Don and the bass work is so tight. The sound is brilliant even on the older footage. Please can we now get the full concerts?

great disc,very happy...it's nice to see gfr on video,even though more performances would be nicer

The CD is great and what I wanted, however, the DVD leaves a lot to be desired. Really disappointed in the DVD. Thought it had more concert footage, only has 3 songs and a short bio.

The CD includes their most important hits, except track 11 ("Take me"). The DVD could be much better, but we cannot expect more, because this is a "CD + DVD" edition. I am satisfied just to watch Inside Looking Out from the original 1969 PBS show, 1st time on DVD.