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Soundstage: Chris Isaak Christmas

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Having seen the Chris Isaak Christmas show on TV a few years ago and unable to obtain a copy of the dvd, I was delighted to see it was being re-issued for Christmas 2008. A mix of traditional songs plus some great songs penned by Chris - Brightest star / Christmas on TV / Hey Santa / Washington Square / Gotta Be Good - sure to become standards for Christmas in the future.
With guests like Stevie Nicks, Michael Buble and not forgetting 'Rodney' his dog. It's a fun Show! If your an Isaak fan you will buy it anyway. If you know someone who may not have heard of him, maybe you haven't ?! Make this your number one Christmas DVD buy.

I am so happy this is finally available on DVD. I saw this on PBS in Dec 2004, I think. I actually taped it. This is such a great show. I have seen Chris Isaak 6 times over the years and this is more proof of what a wonderful performer and song writer he is. And he is funny and humble at the same time. I like the selection of songs. It has the usual cheerful holiday, secular tunes, but I was glad to see that Chris didn't shy away from religion completely (Washington Square, The Brightest Star, Last Day of the Year). So many artists do because it isn't PC. This DVD -or the CD--can't help but put you in a great mood! "Hey Santa!" makes you want to dance and "You Gotta be Good" makes you smile.

Chris Isaak is joined by Michael Buble, Brian McKnight and Stevie Nicks in this Christmas celebration featuring such classics as White Christmas, Let It Snow, Christmas on TV and more. It's mixed in surround sound for the finest of listening experiences, is captured in high-definition, recorded live in Chicago and provides five of Isaak's own holiday originals as well as the complete performance as original broadcast on PBS. An outstanding presentation.

This is the best Christmas DVD--good music and light hearted with guest singers like Stevie Nicks. I was not originally fond of Chris until seeing him live in CA. He seems to be a nice guy with a kind heart.

I loved watching this during the Christmas season. My husband and friends loved watching it too. Lots of different moods and arrangement of music.. guests were great esp. Michael Buble.

Love Chris, but in this video it is irksome that in the first few songs there is a woman's head, literally just her head, over Chris's right shoulder when the camera is stage center on Chris. She is playing I believe the cello, but you can't really see that until the camera pans away. Poor stage planning for recording. It's almost kinda creepy.

Didn't like seeing the dog sloshed and flopped around by Buble, felt really bad for the dog. And the last song you get gypped because they cut away to the credits, would have preferred to have seen the entire song and then the credits.

Enjoyed the Brian Mcknight duo. Herschel has some of the most beautiful guitars and I enjoyed seeing them. He is so talented as is all of the band. Chris has written some brilliant Christmas songs and his CD is hands down my favorite, I can listen to it year round, just wish the few complaints I have were not there so I could give 5 stars.

The DVD is worth owning, great to just sit and watch or have on the TV in the background for parties.

Koch Vision and Sound Stage presents "CHRIS ISAAK CHRISTMAS" (2008) (58 mins/Color) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- Christopher Joseph Isaak is an American rock musician and occasional actor --- Isaak signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone --- The tracks "Gone Ridin'" and "Livin' for Your Lover" are from his album, were featured in David Lynch's cult classic Blue Velvet --- Isaak's second self-titled album Chris Isaak was photographed by fashion photographer Bruce Weber. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label --- His best-known song is "Wicked Game" --- Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart.

Many guitarists have thought Isaak's main electric guitar is a Gretsch 6120, however Isaak revealed in a 2002 interview with Acoustic Guitar that it is in fact a one-of-a-kind Gibson --- For my electric, I've got a one-off Gibson version of a Gretsch 6120, a sort of Chet Atkins thing --- They made one of these things and gave it to me to see if I liked it, and I liked it so much I've been playing it ever since --- People told me they thought it was a White Falcon, but it's not. It's just a white Gibson. I don't think they ever manufactured any of the things --- They strung up this one prototype, scratched their heads, and said, 'Huh. Give it to Isaak.'(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Track Listing in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English

Scene Index

Disc One #1 -- Chris Isaak Christmas
2. Blue Christmas [3:28]
3. Mele Kalikimaka [2:36]
4. Washington Square [4:39]
5. The Christmas Song (duet with Michael Bublé) [3:34]
6. Let It Snow (duet with Michael Bublé) [3:46]
7. Gotta Be Good [3:01]
8. Pretty Paper [3:03]
9. Hey Santa! [3:02]
10. Brightest Star [4:56]
11. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (duet with Brian McKnight) [4:06]
12. Last Month of the Year [2:35]
13. Santa Bring My Baby Back [2:29]
14. White Christmas [3:20]
15. Christmas on TV [3:54]
16. Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (duet with Stevie Nicks) [3:49]
17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (with Stevie Nicks, Michael Bublé & Brian McKnight) [2:32]
Song Selection
"I'll Be Home for Christmas" Bonus Track

SPECIAL FEATURES
BIOS:
Chris Isaak
Date of Birth: 26 June 1956 - Stockton, California
Date of Death: Still Living

Great job by Koch Vision --- looking forward to more high quality titles from the Sound Stage Collection film market --- order your copy now from Amazon or Koch Vision where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch releases --- where they are experts in releasing long forgotten films and treasures to the collector.

Total Time: 58 mins on DVD ~ Koch Vision ~ (10/14/2008)