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NTSC/Region 2-6. Two long deleted Rainbow home video releases make their DVD debut on this double disc set. Live Between the Eyes is a concert that was filmed in San Antonio, Texas, in August 1982 during the Straight Between the Eyes tour. The Final Cut, first issued in 1987, contains eight of the later Rainbow promo videos, plus two songs from the Japanese tour of 1984. a must have for fans of Deep Purple and Hard Rock in general. Universal. 2006.
Product details
Aspect Ratio
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1.33:1
MPAA rating
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NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions
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5.39 x 0.67 x 7.64 inches; 2.4 ounces
Item model number
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9842412
Director
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No Director Available
Media Format
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Multiple Formats, DTS Surround Sound, PAL, Import
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Decent replacement for the videotape of this iconic band. Great value! Two DVD’s, and each has a different program. One disc contains a live concert and the second disc is an overview of live and MTV-style music videos. Good purchase for bona fide Rainbow fans!
The concert is fantastic. The videos bring back good memories. If you have a region free dvd player and you are a ritchie Blackmore I recomend this dvd set.
This title contains two separate releases: "Live Between The Eyes", a concert from San Antonio, Texas in 1982 and "The Final Cut", a collection of promo videos from 1979-1984. This is currently (Feb 2008)only available as a Region 2 release, which means you'll need an all-region DVD player to watch it if you live in the US. Despite the complaints in other reviews here, it is clearly stated in the product description what region code it carries. I bought an all-region DVD player here on Amazon (a Phillips)that was very inexpensive and it plays this title just fine.
Finally available after being out of print for years, it was sure nice to be able to retire my aged VHS tapes of these two releases. The San Antonio show is great, IF one likes or can handle the Joe Lynn Turner era of Rainbow. Much more commercial or pop-oriented than the 70's era Rainbow, this is also the most financially successful era of Rainbow. The band is cooking though and all the songs rock harder than the studio versions. They also allow Blackmore to do what he does best, which is to stretch out and turn songs into platforms for his improvisational magic. An extraordinary guitarist, the San Antonio show captures him at the top of his game. The Final Cut was originally released as a video companion to the Final Vinyl audio set. It is essentially a collection of videos from 1979-1984 and includes several live clips from the final Rainbow shows in Tokyo 1984. These were recorded right before Rainbow broke up and Deep Purple reformed. This is an essential release and priced very reasonably for a 2DVD set.
Ok - finally broke down and got this and here's the deal - VERY frustrating package that you should only get if you ALREADY have the Live in Munich DVD, which is superior. My obsession with Blackmore (one of my 5 all-time favorite guitarists) is enough to overcome my ambivalence towards pop-star lite Joe Lynn Turner (don't really like him when compared to Dio or Bonnet, much less Gillan, but don't exactly dislike him either and he DOES have some good songs)!
So that, coupled with the fact that I saw the Live Between The Eyes tour in Atlanta shortly before the Texas show was filmed for this release, and have owned the VHS for 20+ years, was enough to make me purchase this double DVD set. Besides, I have the Final Cut CD but have never seen the video though I recorded many of the videos off MTV (back before they became a national disgrace run by demons!!)
The Live Between The Eyes is nice, remastered and in 5.1 (as is the Final Cut), though otherwise it is the same as the VHS. And, personally, the Final Cut DVD is worth it for the 10 minute Difficult to Cure with the Tokyo symphony Orchestra alone!! And there were 2-3 videos I had never seen before. So, overall it is a worthy addition for hardcore Rainbow fans or those crazy people who like the Turner era Rainbow better than the Dio era! :)
But, here comes the frustrating part, it is a shot in the dark whether you'll be able to play it or not. As several reviews (and Amazon themselves) have mentioned it is NTSC BUT is NOT region 1?!?! (Mine anyway, it seems some of them are PAL.) I commented out loud "Who the heck is NTSC but NOT region 1" and a military buddy immediately commented "Japan"!!! Which, in hindsight, makes sense because Rainbow (and all things Blackmore in general) are HUGE in Japan!
Yep - NONE of my DVD players would play it! I felt sure that at least one of them would because it's supposed to be multi-region, even PAL capable, and has played just about anything I put in it. But noooo...it wouldn't play it either. Fortunately I did find a computer program that allowed me to change it to region 1 and re-burn it so that's how I know all the above. I simply put the DVD-R discs in the box with the originals and put it back on my bookshelf. So, without technical difficulties I would have given this 4 stars but, as is, I can only give it 3.
Bottom line, if you are into Blackmore as much as I am, then you need this (especially if you saw this tour and want a memory). But ONLY if you already have the Live in Munich (with Dio) DVD - THAT'S true Rainbow!! But, whether you'll be able to play it or not is anybody's guess!!
This package comes with 2 DVDs. One has the Polygram Final Cut video, and the other one has this Straight Between the Eyes concert, from 1982. This one was totally new for me. Ritchie is really excited on stage, as I have never seen before. Although his playing is not that fantastic, when compared to other concerts such as the Live In Germany from 1977, his intensity on stage calls attention. They play several songs from the Straight Between album, and some pieces from some Purple songs (Lazy, Woman From Tokyo). Smoke on the Water ends the set. Ritchie uses his tradicional white stratocaster the hole set, and switch to one half-Fender when the time of guitar crash comes. Comments from the others: Roger Glover plays his usual, Joe delivers some great vocals, David and Bob play really great. I totally recommend it for all Purple and Blackmore fans.
Je n'ai jamais été un fan de Joe Lynn Turner... Comme beaucoup de fan de Purple, il m'a laissé un souvenir assez désagréable. Et comme les albums de Rainbow auxquels il a participé n'étaient pas de grandes réussites (à part le somptueux "Difficult To Cure", le premier), c'est sans illusions que je me suis décidé à acheter ce double DVD. Ma première réaction a été de faire l'impasse sur le premier DVD (le live) et de me plonger dans le second, les clips et extraits de concert. Je connaissais la plupart des images mais c'est toujours un régal et les commentaires sont relativement intéressants. Finalement, j'ai regardé le concert enregistré à San Antonio au Texas en 82. Et là, la claque... Certes, Turner ne me convainc toujours pas, c'est un bon chanteur, mais sans plus... Par contre, Blackmore m'a rarement semblé aussi "enthousiaste" (pas au point de sourire, il ne faut pas exagérer...), virevoltant et sautillant, alignant des soli de grande classe et des rythmiques endiablées. De son côté, Glover est régulier, pas impressionnant mais bon. Rosenthal est un soutien qui peine à contrebalancer le maître, mais la tâche était quasi insurmontable. Quand à Rondinelli, impérial et puissant, c'est vers lui que se tourne le maestro pour se ressourcer entre deux attaques de guitare. Honnêtement, Rainbow version Turner remonte allègrement dans mon estime après avoir vu ce concert. Seul bémol, la version de Smoke on The Water. Déjà que Rainbow le joue ne me semblait pas très naturel, mais visiblement, je n'étais pas le seul, version tronquée, pour ne pas dire bâclée. Le concert aurait pu se terminer sur une note plus positive!!! Mais bon...
Well you sure do get your money's worth with this DVD. A live concert AND a video compilation. A much over looked line-up of Rainbow (featuring Joe Lynne Turner on vocals.) is a very tight perfomance from all members. But as usual you just can't get away from Ritchie Blackmore's genious. Just take a look at Difficult to Cure (Beethoven's 9th) on The Final Cut. All you wanna be guitarists out there, stop shredding for the sake of it and watch a master at work because there's a hell of a lot more to playing guitar than speed (even tho Ritchie's pretty damn fast anyway). It's almost like he fills every emotion he's got into every note.
Definatly a DVD i will watch over and over, Some of Rainbow's video's on The Final Cut maybe a little laughable by today's standereds but have an irrisistable charm. Enjoy!
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