Product Details

• Actors: Hanoi Rocks
• Format: Color, DVD, Import, NTSC
• Language: English (Stereo)
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Cherry Red UK
• DVD Release Date: June 10, 2008
• Run Time: 58 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001673UWG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #111,210 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #73 in Music > World Music > Europe > Scandinavia > Finland

Editorial Reviews

This performance filmed on April 23rd 1984 at the Palais in Nottingham England has since established itself in the annals of Rock n Roll legend. The Nottingham Tapes was born. Here at last for the first time on DVD is that very footage in all its sleazy gritty glory. As a piece of rock history it is priceless as a piece of pure rock n roll pleasure it is peerless. Formed in Helsinki in 1979 Hanoi Rocks drew their influences from American proto punk bands such as The Stooges The Sonics and most obviously The New York Dolls. But unlike their punk peers they delved into the music that inspired their heroes - Chuck Berry Little Richard and other Rock n Roll icons. Add a healthy slice of glam rock to the mix and you had a band that would in turn become a massive influence on generations of rock bands that followed most significantly Guns and Roses and Manic Street Preachers. For the best part of five years Hanoi Rocks stormed the world relocating first to Stockholm then London and although they never achieved the commercial success they deserved they amassed a huge cult following that still thrives today. So much so that Mike Monroe and Andy McCoy reformed as Hanoi rocks in 2002 and are still touring.Track Listing/Features:Back To Mystery CityUp Around The BendI Cant Get It MotorvatinMental BeatBoulevard Of Broken DreamsDont Never Leave MeTragedyMalibu Beach NightmareUnderwater WorldLost In The CityI Feel AllrightTaxi DriverBlitzkrieg BopSystem Requirements:Running Time: 60 minutesFormat: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD/LIVE PERFORMANCES UPC: 5013929936959 Manufacturer No: CRDVD169

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Days, August 4, 2008

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Steven Swan (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Nottingham Tapes (DVD)

This is a DVD of an early 80's show with many of their early classics.

Recorded by Jettisoundz Video Crew from a show on April 23rd, 1984, you get all the feel of a raucous glam band in an intimate venue/small club. Many early 80's video tricks, well edited in my opinion and a nice view of the stage. The show early on seems to focus on Monroe and McCoy, but there are band shots throughout of course, and different angles for each song.

The product description up above is the correct set list, on the menu of the DVD and the outside packaging of the DVD case the songs Lightning Bar Blues is actually "Mental Beat", and Don't Follow Me is actually the song "Lost In The City"...no big deal, but it's worth noting when you use the chapters/select a song to see and hear.

Highlights for me were "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" into "Don't You Ever Leave Me", and the band seems in top form with the timing throughout the show, very tight....yet loose at the same time, but that's what makes them so legendary to me I guess. And of course Monroe breaks out the Sax (and Harmonica at one point) for "Malibu Beach Nightmare", and "Underwater World". I did get a kick when Monroe wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, perhaps that's something he did at every show, because I remember that comment from All Those Wasted Years, maybe if you are at a Hanoi show it does feel like Christmas?! Anyway, "Taxi Driver" is here of course also, and then there's the finale of the chaotic "Blitzkrieg Bop" that when the smoke clears, and the stage is cleared, we see Monroe on Drums; and Razzle on vocals; great way to end the show.

I Purchased this along with their latest studio release "Street Poetry", hope to give full review soon. Recommended also is their recent other studio releases "Twelve Shots on The Rocks", and "Another Hostile Takeover". Michael Monroes solo work from the late 80's into today is good stuff also, I have a few of his solo releases, and he just get's better and better it seems. He and Hanoi Rocks is one of the greatest glam rock bands/artists of all time and deserve to be in the RNR Hall Of Fame,

5.0 out of 5 stars Hanoi Rocks "The Nottingham Tapes" DVD, June 20, 2011

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John P. Ladshaw - See all my reviews

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This is must for fans of REAL ROCK & ROLL. Hanoi Rocks hits the stage like there no next second much less no tomorrow. They play hard and fast and glamorous. This DVD will get your blood flowing even if you are dead. It's fun and exciting and a great moment in time captured once and for all. Buy it, steal it, copy it, but it's a MUST HAVE.

4.0 out of 5 stars great show front row, November 23, 2010

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A You "avandguard" (seattle,wa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nottingham Tapes (DVD)

this is a front row seat. Not the best video definition, but it's a great opportunity to see this band live, the precursor to G&R etc