Product Details

• Format: Import, PAL
• Language: Italian (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Italian
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sony/Bmg Italy
• DVD Release Date: August 26, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BYAD9I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,863 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #65 in Music > World Music > Europe > Continental Europe > Italy

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great live album, May 10, 2003

By 

Georges Poulin (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live in Japan (Audio CD)

A great live album from La Premiata, arguably their best live effort since "Live in The USA" (a.k.a."Cook" - 1974). For one, the track selection is better than that of "www.pfmpfm.it(IlBest)", a result of more cuts from "Photos of Ghosts" (actually all of Photos of Ghosts except "Old Rain"). Also, PFM just seems to happen to play with even more feel and virtuosity.

Mussida (guitar and vocals), Premoli (keyboards), Djivas (bass), Di Cioccio (drums and vocals), and Fabbri (violin) are in great shape and all play with energy, brio and a great deal of fun as can be heard... and seen, if you're lucky enough to put your hands on the DVD rendition of the show (see PFM's website to find it).

(I do have this DVD at home and, even though it's encoded region "0" instead of "1", and in PAL in lieu of NTSC (and therefore can't be played on our North American DVD players and TVs), I can play and fully enjoy it on my son's XBOX, plugged on the TV and sound system. So good to see these guys play live again, after more than 25 years !)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong, but not much different than PFM's last live album, February 3, 2003

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woburnmusicfan (Woburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live in Japan (Audio CD)

This 2-CD set captures the entire May 12, 2002 concert in Tokyo by the Italian progressive-rock band PFM, in honor of the 30th anniversary of PFM's first album, "Storia di un Minuto". Naturally, the decision was made to have the concert include all of their SECOND album, "Photos of Ghosts" (except for "Old Rain"), although you do get four cuts from "Storia". Drummer/front man Franz DiCioccio, guitarist Franco Mussida, keyboardist Flavio Premoli, and bassist Patrick Djivas are on hand, with the first three splitting lead vocal duties. Former member Lucio Fabbri returns to play violin and backup keyboards and guitar, and Piero Monterisi plays drums when DiCioccio is singing.

The playing is very good, though overall I think the performance and sound mix on 1998's "www-pfmpfm-it" are a bit better. And that's significant, because 75% of this album is the same set as "www-pfmpfm-it"; only 5 songs here didn't appear on the earlier album. Three are cuts from "Photos of Ghosts": "River of Life", "Promenade the Puzzle", and the title track. The first two come off very well, the third is too slow and stodgy. "Peninsula", from the "Jet Lag" album, is used as the acoustic guitar solo before "Out of the Roundabout". As on "www-pfmpfm-it", "Il Banchetto" and "Dolcissima Maria" are medleyed together, and "Si Puo Fare" has a long band introduction in the middle. Sadly, the only track from PFM's great 2000 album "Serendipity" included here is "La Rivoluzione". For some reason, PFM thinks no set is complete without "La Carrozza di Hans", "Dove...Quando", "Suonare Suonare", and "Dolcissima Maria", none of which I consider essential. I would much rather have had some more "Serendipity" cuts included. There is a 15-minute "Altaloma" jam after "Mr. 9 Till 5"; it's listed as 5 separate tracks, but it's really all part of one extended jam. Old songs "Impressioni di Settembre", "E Festa", and "La Luna Nuova" are also included; you may know them better as "The World Became the World", "Celebration", and "Four Holes in the Ground".

The album also includes two studio tracks: "Sea of Memory", co-written and sung by Peter Hammill, and "Bandiera Bianca", a cover of an Italian hit. If you want live versions of all the "Photos of Ghosts" songs and a long jam, you might want to buy this album over "www-pfmpfm-it". As I write this, "www-pfmpfm-it" is available at 55% of the price of "Live in Japan"; it's a better value, and in my opinion a better album. Of course, if you're like me, you'll end up getting both.

Oh, the pain: This concert was also filmed in high definition and is available on DVD, but only in the PAL format, which can't be played on the DVD players sold in North America.

(1=poor 2=mediocre 3=pretty good 4=very good 5=phenomenal)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart and Soul, April 10, 2004

By 

Damiano Calloni (Milano, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live in Japan (Audio CD)

A great album, played by great musicians; I suggest anyone who in some way loves MUSIC because in these tracks one can listen, dream and, most important, LEARN.
Here we are not joycking, we are involved in what (togheter with many others great album from Yes, Genesis, king Crimson...)will be remembered forever as classical music of 20th and 21th century...beleive me. If you don't know anything of PFM begin here, if you already know PFM you will be suprised once again. In Italy we say that th good wine becames better and better growing old..like this great Rock Group.
p.s many song are sung in english....and in Italy also DVD is sold