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This Is Tom Jones (2007)

Starring: Tom Jones Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Actors: Tom Jones
  • Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: Time Life Records
  • DVD Release Date: June 26, 2007
  • Run Time: 270 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000O78LFK
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,511 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Tom is terrific throughout This is Tom Jones, a collection culled from the Welsh singer's late '60s-early '70s ABC television series. Subtitled Rock 'n' Roll Legends, this three-disc set spotlights eight separate episodes (one of which, featuring a performance of "Pinball Wizard" by the Who, is a black & white kinescope). None is complete; judicious (and sometimes not) editing limits the focus to the musical and comedic portions, and that's by and large a good thing. Jones, who was just 28 when the first show aired in February, 1969, displays remarkable versatility, taking on everything from Broadway ("Somewhere," with Leslie Uggams) and torch standards ("Angel Eyes") to stone R&B (Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn on Your Lovelight"), soul ("In the Midnight Hour"), pop ("What's New, Pussycat?" and, of course, "It's Not Unusual"), and rock ("Lodi," "Lucille") and doing a credible job on all of it, notwithstanding a patina of Vegas glitz. But the high points come from his partnerships with the titular legends, especially Janis Joplin (their duet on Eddie Floyd's "Raise Your Hand" rocks) and Aretha Franklin (then at the peak of her powers, Aretha is fine on "I Say a Little Prayer," but her volcanic pairing with Jones on "See Saw" and her own, gospel-tinged "Spirit in the Dark" is the undoubted high point of the entire DVD set). Jones also duets with Joe Cocker ("Delta Lady"), Little Richard (a medley of his classics), Stevie Wonder (then on the verge of his '70s creative explosion), and Burt Bacharach; and while appearances by comedians like Peter Sellers, a then-unknown Richard Pryor, Pat Paulsen, the Committee (with Howard Hesseman), and the Ace Trucking Company (with Fred Willard) deliver a few chuckles, in the end, this one's all about the music. Jones introduces each episode with a brief reminiscence; a 2007 interview with the singer is among the scant other bonus material. --Sam Graham


Product Description

Tom Jones, a man who oozed charisma thanks to his powerhouse voice and slick stage moves, hosted his own weekly musical variety show from 1969 to 1971. This 3 DVD set captures all his swagger and sex appeal. Featuring guest performances from Little Richard, Stevie Wonder, and Aretha Franklin, this set is a collector's treasure.

Track Listings:
It's Not Unusual (several versions)

-- Tom Jones
Help Yourself

-- Tom Jones
Kansas City

-- Tom Jones
Danny Boy

-- Tom Jones
Ain't That Good News

-- Tom Jones
I (Who Have Nothing)

-- Tom Jones
What's New Pussycat?

-- Tom Jones
The Look of Love

-- Tom Jones with Burt Bacharach
What the World Needs Now Is Love

-- Tom Jones with Burt Bacharach
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head

-- Tom Jones with Burt Bacharach
Green Grass of Home

-- Tom Jones
Love Me Tonight

-- Tom Jones
Hello Young Lovers

-- Tom Jones
The Rose

-- Tom Jones
Turn on Your Lovelight

-- Tom Jones
Shake

-- Tom Jones
You Came a Long Way from St. Louis

-- Tom Jones
In the Midnight Hour

-- Tom Jones
Land of 1000 Dances

-- Tom Jones
Angel Eyes

-- Tom Jones
She Loves Me

-- Tom Jones
I Got Plenty of Nuttin'

-- Tom Jones
Hard to Handle

-- Tom Jones
Lucille

-- Tom Jones
I'm Coming Home

-- Tom Jones
Lodi

-- Tom Jones
Down On The Corner

-- Tom Jones
Departure/Ride My See-Saw

-- Moody Blues
Those Were The Days

-- Mary Hopkin
Pinball Wizard

-- The Who
Little Girl Blue

-- Janis Joplin
Raise Your Hand

-- Janis Joplin with TJ
We Can Work It Out

-- Leslie Uggams with TJ
Delta Lady

-- Joe Cocker with TJ
The Letter

-- Joe Cocker
Lucille

-- Little Richard
Jenny, Jenny/Rip It Up/Send Me Some Lovin'/Good Golly, Miss Molly

-- Little Richard with TJ
For Once In My Life

-- Stevie Wonder
Thank You Love

-- Stevie Wonder
A Place In The Sun

-- Stevie Wonder with TJ
Up Tight

-- Stevie Wonder
I Say A Little Prayer For You

-- Aretha Franklin
See Saw

-- Aretha Franklin with TJ
Call Me

-- Aretha Franklin
The Party's Over

-- Aretha Franklin with TJ


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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great time capsule from the end of the swingin 60's!, June 26, 2007
By Richardson "Clarence" (Sunny California USA) - See all my reviews
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This is great fun....and features some brilliant vocals by Tom Jones...who like Elvis was a sex symbol who actually had some powerful pipes! The guest stars are a who's who of the era...well, like the Who, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin , Janis Joplin, Little Richard and Stevie Wonder...wow! The comic support by a young Richard Pryor, Pat Paulson, Peter Sellers are wonderful. The quality of the video is very good and Mr Jones spiced the production up with fun intros and a half hour interview from this year. All great stuff...and not lip synched! very edgy versions of some of these tunes and a bit raw and unpolished at times.

Oh..and to the "EXPERT" who reviewed this title months before it came out..
and complained about the 8 times Tom Jones sings "Its Not Unusual"? 6 of em are the same SERIES OPENING...another is a duet with Stevie Wonder ..with Stevie taking the lead and likewise with Aretha Franklin. Tom only performs it ONCE in this set during his "Concert" segment. Seems the "Expert" might benefit from viewing the DVDs he or she reviews.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Major Disappointment, all shows are incomplete, June 29, 2007
By T. Kleinschmidt (Ewing, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
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I wanted to report to the community that I am EXTREMELY disappointed in the This Is Tom Jones DVD set. None of the shows are complete, most are less than half their original running time, one is about 38 minutes, most are about 25 minutes on average, and Tom gives a 1-2 minute introduction to each of the shows as well. The bonus features aren't very exciting either, but I didn't really care about that. It's really disgraceful, I am going to write to Time Life too. I plan to keep the set, mainly because the music clips that are on there are upgrades in quality from what I already had acquired in the collectors circles, and a few I didn't have at all, but I am just so terribly disappointed. If they put out a set like this, it should at least have a warning that the shows are incomplete. I remember fondly watching this show and the Johnny Cash Show with my father when they were first on the air, so they bring back a lot of memories for me, but this set is just a mess, here are the actual running times.

This Is Tom Jones DVD set

Disc 1
2/4/69 Premiere Show 38 minutes
4/18/69 (Show only survives Black & White - 24 minutes)
9/25/70 33 minutes

Bonus Material:
ABC Network promo for the series Premiere 1 minute
Mid-day KATU Portland, Oregon Interview 1969 6 minutes
Tom Tells his Burt Bacharach Story 5 minutes

Disc 2
11/27/69 21 minutes
12/4/69 26 minutes
2/19/70 25 minutes

Disc 3
4/25/69 22 minutes
10/9/70 30 minutes

Bonus Material:
Tom Jones interview, videotaped in Los Angeles February 11, 2007 35 minutes

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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice job, but the shows are incomplete, June 20, 2007
By Michael Favareille (Pinole, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I got my set from Time-Life ahead of street date. The transfer quality is quite good (the episode with the Who is in black & white--Tom Jones in his intro to the episode says that they don't have a color version of the episode). However, none of the episodes are complete. The initial episode is 38 minutes is the longest of what is on this set. (A 60 minute show in the late 1960's ran approx 47-50 minutes plus commercials) Some of the shows run as short as 20 minutes, which means over half of those episodes are missing footage. (One of the episodes has Glen Campbell's performance absent.) I do enjoy the Tom Jones performanes as well as many of the other musical performances (& it is a delight to see rare footage of Janis Joplin and Crosby Stills Nash & Young), but I would prefer to see the episodes in their entirety. Let's hope future volumes will have complete episodes. Extras include Tom Jones intros, 2 interviews with Jones (from 1969 & a current one), and an ABC promo from 1969 of "new Friday Night shows" (besides Tom Jones, the other two shows were a night-time version of Let's Make A Deal and a game show called The Generation Gap which lasted all of 3 months).
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