Product Details

• Format: Dolby, Full length, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002L9R73Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #191,466 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

RECORDED LIVE AT NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN IN AUGUST 2008. OVER 2 HOURS OF SONGS INCLUDING HOLLY HOLY,LOVE ON THE ROCKS,PLAY ME,CHERRY CHERRY,HOME BEFORE DARK,PRETTY AMAZING GRACE,SOLITARY MAN,SWEET CAROLINE,SONG SUNG BLUE,MAN OF GOD,AMERICA, AND MANY MORE. ALSO A BONUS FEATURETTE "WELCOME HOME NEIL"

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful concert!, August 19, 2009

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D. MCGUE (Mililani, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HOT AUGUST NIG-SAM'S (DVD)

Superb concert! Neil Diamond looks and sounds great! His voice has not changed! This DVD was recorded in 2008. The quality of the DVD is absolutely perfect in audio and video! He sang ALL his oldies, EXCEPT Hello Again, Shilo, Desiree, Longfellow Serenade, Heartlight, and September Morn. The audience at Madison Square Garden was clearly delighted!. I've been waiting for this since the Neil Diamond, Greatest Hits Live DVD of 1988 and I certainly was NOT disappointed!

DVD Track listing:

Holly Holy

Street Life

Beautiful Noise

Love on the Rocks

Play Me

Cherry, Cherry

Thank the Lord for the Night Time

Home before Dark

Don't Go There

Pretty Amazing Grace

Done Too Soon

Brooklyn Roads

I Am . . . I Said

Solitary Man

Kentucky Woman

Forever in Blue Jeans

Sweet Caroline

Sweet Caroline (Reprise)

You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Dancing with Linda Press)

Song Sung Blue

I'm a Believer

Man of God

Hell Yeah

Cracklin' Rosie

America

Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show

The included CD, titled "Neil Diamond 10 Favorites, includes:

Cherry, Cherry

Shilo

Sweet Caroline

Hello Again

September Morn

Forever in Blue Jeans

Play Me

Pretty Amazing Grace

Love on the Rocks

America

In the "Welcome Home Neil" segment on the DVD, Neil Diamond revisits his childhood neighborhood and home in Brooklyn. It was cute that when he chatted with four African-American guys in their late teens, they "didn't have a clue" who he was. Later he chatted with his team and planned the concert.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Neil Diamond DVD ever!, August 29, 2009

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Melvin Jay Babb (Lewiston Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HOT AUGUST NIG-SAM'S (DVD)

This DVD meets all expectations and then some. Back in August 1972, the original "Hot August night" was recorded in LA. Now in August 2008, IN New York City's Madison Square Garden cones "Hot August Night/NYC" DVD. Neil Diamond is now 35 years older-but he and his band are better than ever. Filmed over a four night run at MSG, the picture and sound quality is top notch-it's not like earlier releases where Video quality is reduced over time. This time, they film the concert and they spared no expense in making this by far the best ND DVD to date.

Neil does a lot of the classics and some new songs from his recent Two albums. This is the Neil Diamond DVD to own and Cherish for years to come.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must have" DVD for any fan, August 27, 2009

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Digger (Christchurch New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HOT AUGUST NIG-SAM'S (DVD)

Having seen Neil Diamond in concert on previous tours, this DVD delivers exactly what we have seen and expect from this performer - a highly polished show that hits all the right buttons by playing the main hits and a scattering of new material and album tracks.

To the DVD content: If you are going to do your first "proper" DVD concert for the market, why not film your performance for a home town crowd. That is exactly what Neil Diamond does, so you do get the extra crowd responses when songs with local references are played (Beautiful Noise, Brooklyn Roads, I Am...I Said, etc) and allows a natural lead-in to the documentary that follows Neil back to his old home and neighbourhood. The concert is a good balance of material and well paced - Neil is still in great voice and his long serving band can't be faulted. It also helps when everyone on stage appears to be enjoying the show as much as the capacity crowd. With such a large back catalogue of material there is probably someone's favourite song that has been omitted ("Soolaimon" for me) but it would have be a pretty pedantic person to complain about the track listing - of the 26 tracks at least 17 would make it on to a greatest hits package. (The tracks have already been listed elsewhere, so I won't duplicate this here.)

It has been a long wait for a Neil Diamond concert DVD to hit the market but nothing is left out - you get the full 2-hour show (none of this advertised "full concert", then as a DVD extra you get bonus tracks that are obviously taken from the same show). In short, if you are a Neil Diamond fan you need this DVD in your collection - you will not be disappointed.