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Rock 'N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This DVD presents 15 performances (10 in color, 5 in black and white) selected from the Ed Sullivan Show aired at different times in 1950's and 60's. The performers are, in the order of appearance, Jackson 5(with 10 year old Michael!), Bill Haley and His Comets, Elvis Presley, Doors, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Temptations and Supremes, Loving Spoonful, Mamas and Papas, CCR, Young Rascals, and Janis Joplin. Each performance is a gem(with a possible exception of one which appears to be lip-synced); the DVD could very well be called "the 15 best performances of Ed Sullivan". The picture quality is excellent, and the sound clean and good. The commentary by Michelle Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas is concise and yet helpful.

So, why not 5 stars? There are only 15 songs, one each by the above 15 performers. Granted that this DVD is priced a little lower than others, the entire show is only 50 minutes. By the time it ended, I felt that I had seen only the first half of it.

I was really excited when I saw this dvd. It had a lot of the artists I hoped to have and it was reasonably priced. It was however, overpriced as it turns out. The songs start and stop abruptly, in the middle of songs. There is talking over the performances. This is not what it appears. Beware...

I loved the performances on the DVD: the Doors, Bill Haley, and early Elvis, Ray Charles, James Brown, and Janis Joplin, but I was a little disappointed that it only included one Motown performance: Diana Ross and the Supremes and the Temptations. The Tempts were the best part of this video especially knowing the background to their appearance. No Marvin Gaye? No Four Tops? Well, David Ruffin sings the "(I Know) I'm Losing You" duet with Diana, but Diana gets most of the lead. The song sounded pretty watered down for her. Ruffin was the best part of the duet---such a dynamic performer! I was disappointed in the Mamas and the Papas' performance (very very disappointed). There definitely should have been more performances.

Wow, this is a must to have, not only because it has The Beatles, The Doors, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Bill Haley and the Comets, Janis Joplin and an innocent Jackson 5 (plus more) but it has The Temptations and Supremes on stage together. What really is the best is the lead singers of the Supremes, Diana Ross, and the lead singer of the Temptations, David Ruffin, doing a duet of each other's songs and David blows Diana off the stage. Great stuff.

I agree with the first reviewer.

This DVD does not have complete performances of the artists. It's not worth the price in my opinion.

This is a PIECE of CRAP intended to mislead you into buying it. The frustrating thing is that the EDITED performance pieces you get to see are great. In my opinion, that makes it worse! Maybe they didn't have to pay as much royalties if they only showed incomplete performances. The 'commentary' is DRIBBLE and UNINSIGHTFUL. A TOTAL waste of time and money.

DO NOT BUY THIS!

This video brought back great memories of as a child sitting in front of the TV with my parents watching "The Ed Sullivan Show". It was something we looked forward to all week. Being a budding teenager at the time, I looked forward to the new and stirring musical acts that appeared weekly, listening to my parents make comments about the way they dressed or the length of their hair and thinking how I wanted to play music. The Beatles appearance on the show inspired me to take up playing the guitar and I rocked the house until Mom siad "Turn it down". The only thing missing was Topo Giggoio saying "Kees me gooo night Eddie" at the end!

This is an excellent dvd of Rock and Roll Greats of the 50's and 60's that appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The stars vary from the Great Jackie Wilson singing his signature "Lonely Teardrops" to The Beatles first American TV Appearance.There's also appearances by James Brown,Elvis,The Jackson 5,The Temptations & Supremes, Ray Charles,Janis Joplin and the Doors. This dvd has something for everyone.