Product Details

• Actors: Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Sting
• Directors: Roger Graef
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, 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: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002ACKBUU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,104 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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SECRET POLICEMAN ROCKS - DVD Movie

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This One's Lacking 'Balls'..., September 10, 2010

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4-Legged Defender "Anthony C. Rubbo" (ATL. GA.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Secret Policeman's Ball: The Secret Policeman Rocks! (DVD)

I have several of these 'Balls' on VHS and was happy to hear that they were to be reissued on DVD, but was disappointed with the results for several reasons. First, the sound quality hasn't been updated - a definite drag in our digital era. Second, the selections leave a bit to be desired; it's like they went for the obvious rather than include the obscure - example: no Ian Anderson, Robert Plant being backed by a band that included Mick Karn and Phil Collins as a rhythm section (a smokin' first),along with Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) on keys. This band did an amazing version of 'Whiter Shade Of Pale', and also played behind Pete Townsend and Kate Bush (represented on a smaller scale here). And there's too much acoustic stuff to constitute real rock. Thirdly, the video itself hasn't been cleaned up let alone remastered, making this lackluster, lackadaisical and lacking true balls...

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could of used an audio and video upgrade, November 14, 2009

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Gis A. Bun (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Secret Policeman's Ball: The Secret Policeman Rocks! (DVD)

If you aren't a fan of [primarily] British comedy but love British music, this DVD is a compilation of the Secret Policeman's Balls [concerts]. You can't really use the term "Rocks" as most of the DVD is acoustic.

On the negative side, they didn't do much to improve the audio or video [still specs in the video] and maybe they had little choice but audio fades aren't great.

On the near positive side, there is also over an hour of interview footage with most of the musicians including a big chunk of recent interviews from Pete Townshend. The interviews are both old and new. What I didn't like much is the editing/splicing.

4.0 out of 5 stars Un documento histórico. Excelentes actuaciones, January 30, 2011

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Jose Marķa - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Secret Policeman's Ball: The Secret Policeman Rocks! (DVD)

Actuaciones de antologia, como las de Sting, Phil Collins y principalmente Pete Townshend, demostrando que fue y es un gran guitarrista armónico, tiene un manejo ritmico de u guitarra inigualable. También el duo de Clapton / Beck, en fin es un concierto inperdible!!!