Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Private Music
• VHS Release Date: July 1, 1991
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301699610
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,463 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars video dynamite!!, October 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Home & Away [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was lucky enough to have a friend buy this for me while on holiday in the US - it's an incredible piece of film! Leo gives a staggering display of his talents - a real workout for the senses! I was left bewildered and dizzy with a million notes buzzing around my head! This is an absolute must for any guitar fan - i cannot recommend this video highly enough - good on you, Leo!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy......!, February 13, 2005

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tmjcbs - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home & Away [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Don't buy this on VHS anymore, definitely not for the inflated prices I see here: it will be re-released on DVD.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Kottke fan must-have!, August 13, 1999

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Michael A. Yolch (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home & Away [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Just how good will this be" I thought as I shelled out something like 15 pounds for this video in Mildenhall, England some ten years ago.

About as good as it can get for any Leo Kottke fan I discovered about one minute after pushing PLAY! A newcomer to the acoustic fingerstyle realm myself, this video, along with Leo Kottke's 1969 debut humbly titled "6 & 12 string guitar", have been my Bible of what one can possibly accomplish with 10 simple fingers and 6 or 12 little strings.

Aptly titled, this video literally takes you offstage with Leo in his basement, garage, favorite music store, car, porch and down by the lake as he squeezes into scuba gear.

The "AWAY" part of the title takes you LIVE onstage with Leo at the Bathurst St. Theater where he delivers heart, soul and humor into a mind-numbing acoustic performance that sent me to my studio to practice like it was the first day with a guitar in my hands again.

In a nutshell: While all the guitar greats deserve credit where it is due, nobody and I do mean NOBODY can touch Leo Kottke for establishing (and sustaining) the pinnacle of what acoustic folk fingerstyle guitar embodies.Order this video and you will see exactly what I'm talking about here. I promise.

In the meantime, I'm compiling material for my second CD and still dreaming of the day that he and I can share the stage. Until then that dream will continue to be interrupted by the awakening annoyance of my alarm clock!

Peace,

michael yolch