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Volkerball (Limited Edition)

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This breathtaking DVD is a must buy for any Rammstein Fan...

General:
When Rammstein released Voelkerball this past November, I was disappointed to learn there was no America release date. However, frankly that doesn't matter, as even though this DVD is "Imported", it is fully compatible with my NTSC Region 1 DVD player. Also, it may say 3-6 weeks for shipping, but may it be known that I received my copy in under a week.

The DVD:
Overall amazing, in my opinion the best Rammstein Live DVD yet. It makes up for the bad filming of Live Aus Berlin and the overall lackluster of Lichtspielhaus. The actual full length concert was filmed in Nimes, France, but there are also live performances from London, Moscow, and Tokyo. If you are at all hesitant to buy this DVD, based on the fact it has no "new" material, I would strongly recommend you go ahead anyway as Rammstein Live is nothing like their studio albums. They sound infinitely better!

Tracklisting:
France: Les Arenes de Nimes
01. Reise, Reise
02. Links 2 3 4
03. Keine Lust
04. Feuer Frei!
05. Asche zu Asche
06. Morgenstern
07. Mein Teil
08. Stein um Stein
09. Los
10. Du Riechst so Gut
11. Benzin
12. Du Hast
13. Sehnsucht
14. Amerika
15. Rammstein
16. Sonne
17. Ich Will
18. Ohne Dich
19. Stripped

England: Brixton Academy London
01. Sonne
02. Rein Raus
03. Ohne Dich
04. Feuer Frei!

Japan: Club Citta Tokyo
01. Mein Teil
02. Du Hast
03. Los - Trailer

Russia: Olympiski Moscow
01. "Moskau" Special

The DVD also includes a "bonus" Audio CD, with 16 live tracks recorded at the Nimes concert.

FINAL:
This DVD is breathtaking performance by the "Gods of German Hard Rock", and is a must buy for any Rammstein fan or any other hard rock/metal fan. GREAT JOB RAMMSTEIN!

I'll make this short and sweet. If you don't want all the interviews and extras in the Volkerball sets that cost big bucks, buy this package. One concert DVD and one audio CD for a very fair price in a great fold-out package. This is the essential good stuff. The dvd has over 100 minutes of concert footage!!! The dvd is compatible with Region 1 US machines. The CD is full-length (75 minutes)and live. Wow! P.S. This great little set is selling for a lot more than this on ebay.

The price may have made me cry, but the cd itself is pretty amazing. The cuts from concerts all over the world are great! There's alot of music here, and its all amazing!

I'm a huge fan and purchased this because it's a collectors item and I was willing to pay the price. As stated in a previous review, if you have a region free DVD player (or a DVD-ROM drive in your computer), playback of the imported PAL set is not an issue. After researching, I was able to find Volkerball for $118 (US) plus shipping. After getting it in my hands and taking a look at this edition, I started thinking about the cost. The cost of the average newly released 2 CD set is approximately $25 to $30. The cost of the average newly released 2 DVD set is approximately $30 to $40 dollars. So separately you'd be looking at $55 to $70 just for those items. Add to that a 200 page collectors edition hard bound glossy photo book, and in my opinion, the asking price is not that outrageous. For those that want the music for a lower price, there are also Standard (1 CD / 1 DVD) and Limted (1 CD / 2 DVD) edition sets available for purchase.

All that being said, the concert footage is outrageously intense and I loved every minute of it. The making of Reise, Reise documentary was interesting as was Anaconda in the Net. I've been listening to the CD's for about a week now and plan on listening to them quite a bit more.

This is a superb set and the concerts themselves are excellent but to be honest American fans are being stuffed a bit by the ridiculous pricing of this package.
This has been on sale here in Europe for a little while now at around £65.00,( about $110.00), so $170.00 is steep, even taking import costs into account,($60.00 p&p?!),
The problem is that it has all but sold out now in Europe and is just about impossible to track down. Your only options are to try the official Rammstein website and see if they can deliver to the states, E-bay at equally high prices or give in and pay up for this.
The one comfort if you feel you can't live without it is that it is a quality package and the book is very well laid out. If you're not too sure then go for the 2cd 2DVD package that includes the interesting documentary, you miss out on the book but thats all, and an extra $100 or more is a lot for any book.
To be honest I haven't written on the U.S Amazon site before I just felt it was a shame that American rock/ Rammstein fans weren,t being dealt with fairly with what is a great release.

If you can't set the world on fire, then at least set stages in Europe, Russia, and Japan ablaze. Rammstein puts on a show like no other band. And while North America may not get treated to their spectacle live, then we can enjoy the concerts captured here. The DVD in this set captures one full concert from France as well as moments from concers in England, Japan, and Russia. An Accompanying CD has 16 cuts from the Nimes concert (but if you get the 4 disc set, the two cds comprise the entire Nimes concert). The other DVD includes two documentaries.

While the bells and whistles are nice for the price, the main concert DVD is the highlight. Rammstein is a first class group when it comes to performance - mainly for their pyrotechnics. But it's not just setting things on fire or having flames rise from the stage. One of the highlights is Mein Teil, where Til takes a flamethrower to a pot containing keyboardist Flake and then chases him around on stage with a Microphone shaped like a knife. Elsewhere, Flake is seen riding a segway during Amerika while playing his keyboard, with confetti filled finale. And there's no shortage of fire in the concert.

But what makes the concert so special is that Rammstein are a classy metal act that actually performs decent songs, and as engaging as this live show is, they still perform the songs well and performance isn't compromised by the spectacle on stage. The energy and enthusiasm of the audience is also captured well here during songs like Du Hast and Ich Will.

I have to say that I'm not the biggest metal fan, but Rammstein has caught my eye because of their aesthetic appeal. But if this concert proves anything, it's that they boast an incredible discography successfully combining dance and metal, have great lyrics, and also have a very dark sense of humor. All those elements show on this set and this concert is probably one of the best representations of the band.

I've been a fan for over 10 years and never saw 'em live.
Turned my wife on to Rammstein for working out.
Now, she won't work out to any other band.
So, I bought her this for Christmas.
15 bucks for a kick a** live CD/DVD.
Why pay $40-$90 for an extra documentary DVD and big booklet
when you can get the essential stuff for $15.
No English subtitles, so go elsewhere for the lyrics if you need them.
These guys put on a great rocking live show.

I purchased the DVD/Book Limited Edition set off of Amazon in the UK and this was well worth the price. The book is very well done and is some 180 pages BUT alot of the pictures in the book are seen in the DVD. So unless you're a fan of the Very Limited Edition stuff save yourself a few bucks and buy the Limited Edition DVD set without the book. Having the 4 disc is great and the documentary is intersting so I would recommend paying the extra cash to get these. The stage once again is excellent but I feel the Live Aus Berlin was a better and a bit harder of a show. The music is more of a Heavy Metal mixed with a Industrial Sound. Excellent music! I have friends that listen to nothing but dance type mucic that have purchased Rammstein music due to the beat they put out! JUST BUY IT!!

I've been a R+ fan for over 10 years and have almost every R+ product available. I was so excited to get this-the photo album is beautiful. The videos of the concerts blow you away-especially when you see the fans faces and hear them talking about R+ from Moscow to Tokyo. Truly incredible. I cry everytime I watch the DVDs. Having seen them about 8 times-I was at the Nimes concert so to see the majority of it on a DVD, it's like being back their again. I was front row and center and will never forget each and every concert I've seen-they are an amazing band. Can't go a day without my Rammstein fix!!

There isn't much to add that hasn't already been said.. Plenty of positive. The negative: I have to agree with other posters who have mentioned the live DVDs showing too much of the crowd, not enough of the band. I found it really frustrating how the camera would cut away from the band to the crowd, or vice versa, in the middle of a line or pyrotechnics sequence. The video editing here is pretty deplorable compared to other live DVDs I've seen. Biggest compliment I can give to the editing was following Ollie around in the boat during "Stripped."

Positive notes: For anyone who is in the process of learning to speak Deutsch, or anyone who would just like an easy way to learn lyrics, the closed captioning is nice. The audio CD's are really the high point of this release. After watching the concert footage, you'll remember the oddities in sound with the onstage antics and it'll make the CD experience that much better.

The book is cool-looking, but again.. More band, less fans. There's plenty of pics of goth kids to be seen wherever you go, The candid shots and the scenery throughout the travel are the only worthy pieces for the price, and I would say unless you're feeling pretty hardcore, you don't need to buy the book version.