Product Details

• Actors: Michael Schenker, James Jones, Chris Logan, Wayne Findlay, Pete Holmes
• Format: DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mvd Visual
• DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002M5SZS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,670 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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WORLD WIDE LIVE 2004 - DVD Movie

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21 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Compressed sound and bad vocals make a sad dvd, November 19, 2004

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GLENN LEVY "DVD collector" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World Wide Live 2004 (DVD)

WOW what can I say, I was awaiting this DVD. I'm very disappointed with this DVD, where to start, the sound is so compressed it can't drive my 5.1 setup well at all, the mix is aweful. I had to turn it way up just to hear it a bit. Most DVDS you see all the speaker meters full to the limit with driven sound, this DVD does not even move the the meters at all. His choice of vocalist is not good at all, this guy just does not have the energy that I expect, most strained and unskilled.The people in the crowd seem to be dead or sleeping little wonder. the fact is I have always enjoyed Michael Schenker, but without a vocalist the caliber of Phil{UFO}Mogg. This band sinks Like a german U-boat. Even the soul felt playing of Schenker can't save this DVD from the bad sound and poor vocals. Do yourself a favor if your a UFO fan, pull out the old albums and have a listen, save your money better spent.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely disappointing, November 1, 2004

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M. Ferris - See all my reviews
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This review is from: World Wide Live 2004 (DVD)

I just received my copy and being a HUGE Michael Schenker fan since the 70's, I must say this is a big let down. First the sound quality is horrible, whats up with that in this day and age?? Compared to many other concert DVD's I've purchased this one by far is the worst sounding. My next nit is this: Where's Michael Schenker? The camera is shooting everyone BUT MS. Maybe a better description of this disk should be: "If you look close and quickly, you might notice Michael Schenker on guitar". I can really do without his bass player's drama and posing, obviously has some major self esteem issues. It seems to me that MS gets maybe 20/30% camera time. This is HIS concert right???

They could have found a better crowd for shooting a live concert DVD, this crowd was, lets say, non existant for a better word. My advice is to save your money. I'm still a big MS fan, always will be, but this disk just does not due the man justice.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Best Loyalty Is To Tell The Truth, December 27, 2004

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Alexander T. Newport (Here and Now) - See all my reviews

This review is from: World Wide Live 2004 (DVD)

I don't know why Michael Schenker doesn't just retire those old MSG & UFO songs given the fact that he can't play them nearly as well as he used to. He sounds like a geriatric imitation of his glorious past. His hands these days have no electricity or elasticity. There is very little passion in the man's sound or body language.

Dig, those old chestnuts are meant to be performed with a youthful pizzazz, full of vim & vigor, and sweat dripping off the end of one's nose, but those qualities are not on this dvd.

He's a shell thrice removed from how well he could play back in the early 80's.

The band he's employing look and sound like they should be playing Death Metal or some form of Spastic Rock. They play their parts adequately but don't play with any true soul or artistry. The keyboards sound rinky-dink cheap & amateurish. The vocals are generic modern-day Hard Rock, nothing especially good or bad about them, they get the job done and that's about it. And the same can be said for the rest of the band.

The picture quality is outstanding.

And you do indeed get to see Schenker's hands often enough, but the thing is, there isn't much to watch. Or, better stated, what you see are 8 fingers and 2 thumbs moving minimalistically. They hit just enough notes for us to recognize the skeletons of past virtuosic solos. He plays just enough to get by.

The interview is pure crap because the interviewer sounds like he's asking questions from a sheet of paper and does not rebound off the answers provided. All you get from this interview are short, chirpy answers to very lame, over-asked questions.

It's a red-faced shame that this dvd is the only video document of Schenker in concert ever to be officially released in the USA or England (as of this day in December 2004). If you want pro-shot videos of Schenker performing in his heyday then you will have to surf & search the www and/or make contact with video suppliers in Japan. Look for MSG Rock Will Never Die (Live at the Hammersmith 1983), MSG Rockpalast 1981, MSG Dortmund 1983, and MSG Super Rock 1984 Live in Japan.

Bottom line:

I don't like this dvd. You'd be wiser to get one of his audio concerts such as Back To Attack or Reactivate or Rock Will Never Die.