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• Format: Subtitled
• Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
• DVD Release Date: August 3, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003RIBQE6
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,777 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

  #6 in	Movies & TV > Music Video & Concerts > Series > Classic Albums
  #15 in	Movies & TV > Documentary > Music & Performing Arts

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CLASSIC ALBUMS:DAMN THE TORPEDOES - Blu-Ray Movie

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You'll never listen to the Petty album the same way again after watching this episode in the "Classic Albums" series, August 1, 2010

By	Steven I. Ramm "Steve Ramm "Anything Phon... (Phila, PA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tom Petty - Classic Albums: Damn the Torpedoes (DVD)

You'll never listen to the Petty album the same way again after watching this episode in the "Classic Albums" series

Eagle Rock has been issuing this series of Classic Albums videos for ages - back to the old VHS days. This newest volume - for Tom Petty's 1979 album is one of the best, in my opinion, because it digs so deep into the recording process.

The album itself lasts only 40 minutes but in the 95 minute presentation here (which includes 45 minutes of deleted scenes not show on the original TV broadcast) we get to hear music that never made it to the album. And in some cases the musicians themselves haven't hear it in over 20 years. Sure there is some archival footage of Petty and the band performing in the 1970s but the bulk of this DVD shows Petty and the other members of the band - Mike Campbell, Ron Blair and Benmont Tench sitting at the huge mixing board with producer Jimmy Iovine and engineer Shelly Yakus. As they play back the original tapes, each points out hidden gems of sound. (Did you know that its Jim Keltner's "shaker" that made one of the tracks the hit it was? And in a few cases the musicians continued to play even as Yakus was fading out the record. Here we get to hear - for the first time - what happened after the fadeout. The real gem for me was the last bonus chapter. Watch it and you'll find out why - if you are a fan of this album - you've literally heard Yakus' name before!

Though no complete songs are performed here, you will find yourself digging out the album - or buying it again on CD - just to hear notes you never realized were there the first time you listened to it. I know many were new to me!

Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Series Gets Better and Better, August 4, 2010

By	Michael Costa (Chicago,, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Tom Petty - Classic Albums: Damn the Torpedoes (DVD)

First of all, this series is really hitting its stride--they're nailing everything a fan would want to know about each album, and the DVD extras are a must. They're often as good or better than the actual show. Check out "Never Mind the Bollocks" for the best example of that.

"Damn the Torpedoes" has always been one of my favorite albums (I've owned it in every medium possible since it was released in 1979) and everyone here, even Jimmy Iovine, is present to to break down one of the best sounding, finest written rock albums of all time.

Only Stan Lynch, who left the band in the 90's, has archival interview footage, instead of being specifically shot for this show. No problem though, because I can watch Mike Campbell play his Rickenbacker part for "Here Comes My Girl" about a thousand times (check out the DVD extra about that guitar--which is also on the cover--and its connection to George Harrison), or Benmont Tench play his part from "Don't Do Me Like That" another thousand times.

Eagle Vision is really on a roll with what they're deeming to be considered a "Classic Album" for the series. They're all records that come from an era when creativity trumped the ease of technology in the studio.

In fact, many of the sounds you can duplicate on Pro Tools and other recording software programs come from the fertile minds of this era in rock--these people are legends, and they need to have their stories told before they pass away, much like Ken Burns's approach to his documentaries.

I have only one complaint about "...Torpedoes" though--I really wanted to know why Tom Petty yells, "Shelly! Hey! Here Comes My Girl..." during that song. I know Shelly is Shelly Yackus, the engineer on the record... but what's the story behind that?

5.0 out of 5 stars TP Damn the torpedos DVD review, September 5, 2010

By	Kate Kelley McCabe "zipperqueen" (Ashland, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Tom Petty - Classic Albums: Damn the Torpedoes (DVD)

very well done. Tom and Mike Campbell went into
some technical things with the recording of this
album. It was fun to sort of get to experience
that with them. Highly recommended especially for
TP fans...