Product Details

• Actors: David Bowie, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, Roy Orbison, Billy Joel
• Producers: Burt Sugarman
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Video Service Corp.
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000J2FJI2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,418 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Live On Stage 1974 - 1980 + Million Sellers + Classic Comedy : The Midnight Special defied boundaries of late night television by presenting breakthrough live performances from artists of all genres. It was a live concert event every week! Live performances, not lip-syncs, from top artists of the day! An eclectic musical mix of pop, rock, R&B, and country for every generation! Digitally re-mastered state of the art Dolby 5.1 surround sound. Plus, classic comedy routines from top stand-up comics! 1974: Ike & Tina Turner, Barry White, Sly & the Family Stone,David Essex, O'Jays,(Marvin Gaye, Golden Earring, Bill Wither, James Brown, Gordon Lightfoot, BB King & Gladys Knight,Maria Muldau, Neil Sedaka, Redbone, Aerosmith. stand-up comedy from Freddie Prinze and David Brenner! 1975: The Bee Gees..Nights On Broadway Peter Frampton..Show Me the Way Helen Reddy...I Am Woman KC & The Sunshine Band...Thr at's The Way I Like It Rod Stewart...You WeaIt Well Earth, Wind & Fire..Shining Star Orleans..Dance With Me Natalie Cole..This Will Be (an Everlasting Love) Barry Manilow..Could It Be Magic Ohio Players...Love Rollercoaster Olivia Newton-John.....Have You Never Been Mellow Glen Campbell...Rhinestone Cowboy Aretha Franklin & Ray Charles..It Takes Two To Tango Minnie Riperton..Lovin' You Kiss...Black Diamond PLUS - Live Stand Up Comedy From David Steinberg and Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber!1976: Elton John (Your Song), Hot Chocolate (You Sexy Thing), Fleetwood Mac (Over My Head), Diana Ross (Love Hangover), Tom Jones (Delilah), Donna Summer (Love To Love You Baby), Wild Cherry (Play That Funky Music), Ray Charles (Georgia On My Mind), Heart (Magic Man), George Benson (Masquerade), Janis Ian (At Seventeen), and many more!1977:Heart, Andy Gibb, Bread, Dave Mason, Manfred Mann's Earth Band .

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing, November 1, 2010

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Interzone_Records (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Midnight Special: Million Sellers (DVD)

Million Sellers:

Roy Orbison: Pretty Woman
Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon
Peter Frampton: Baby I Love Your Ways
John Denver & Mama Cass Elliot: Leaving On A Jet Plane
Bee Gees: Jive Talking
Linda Ronstadt: You're No Good
The Guess Who: American Woman
Al Green: Let's Stay Together
Aretha Franklin: Respect
David Bowie: Space Oddity
Blondie: Heart Of Glass
Labelle: Lady Marmalade
Steve Miller Band: The Joker
Billy Joel: Traveling Preacher
Donna Summer: Last Dance

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I AGREE...5 stars! (for some but none are less than 3), November 1, 2007

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JP "ZappaFan" (Macon, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Midnight Special: Million Sellers (DVD)

I have been wondering when these Midnight Special DVDs were going to start showing up used here on Amazon. I remember watching this show while growing up, along with Don Kirshner and, later, Nightflight and After Hours. The MS producers have quite a few DVDs out so far, 2 for each year 1973-1980! One with the year and one called "More" with the same year. Of course some are far better than others and I am not going to review every single one but will probably, eventually, post for the ones I think are the best.

There's some truly amazing stuff on some of them! The usual suspects are all here (Fleetwood Mac, The Doobie Brothers, Heart, The Ohio Players and The Brothers Johnson from the mid-70s are priceless!!) AND.... ....Imagine the original line-up of Edgar Winter's White Trash doing a 12 minute improv of the classic Frankenstein!! Edgar plays keyboards, sax and drums at various times and Ronnie Montrose is so young he looks like a teenager!!

Also, not only "Show me the way" but Frampton's classic "Do you feel like we do" - And not the usual castrated version we used to see on TV either!! The full-blown 12-15 minute version that's on his classic Comes Alive album. Probably recorded around the same time too considering it's on the "More 1975" volume.

Great stuff though I was initially wary of the price (originally $43 for 2 discs including shipping). But, in hindsight, that probably wasn't so bad considering what people are wanting for some of these used copies!!! And I do see the 1st 2 discs they sent me on here; "Million sellers" and an all Comedy disc. The individual years began after that, again, 2 at a time.

The bottom line is they are MUST HAVES for fans of ANY genre of 70s music, these discs are that good and all are remastered in 5.1 too boot!! As a bonus each disc also has 2 stand-up comedian clips - that's right - people like Pryor, Carlin and many, many others in their prime!

Enjoy!!

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All the concerts I missed and MTV did not exist, December 24, 2006

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This review is from: The Midnight Special: Million Sellers (DVD)

Watching the live 1970s TV performances that I missed in my early 20s, (didnt go to concerts either) only enhanced my enjoyment of this album. Most of the artists were my age then,yet I was aware that their talent represented breakthrough music for a new generation, space exploration, and the new transience of relationships . What stands out were the performances of David Bowie in his Alladin Sane phase, the steve miller band, Blondie, Donna Summer, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, Peter Frampton and Al Green. The performers were in the prime of their youth performing their million dollar sellers with their original musicians or duet partners as with David Bowie or Peter Frampton and their own original lyrics. They seemed fresh, and their voices were confident. They had fun being with so many other acts on the same night and the audience was small enough to be intimate. They were on a par with seeing Elton John live with a great band 1 1/2 years ago at MSG for a Katrina benefit.The great camera angles caught the light in their eyes and their smiles as though I had a front row seat.