4.0 out of 5 stars
For the MTV Generation Only?, April 13 2004
This review is from: Bryan Ferry&Roxy Music (DVD)
If you're looking for old Roxy Music footage, look elsewhere. You won't find much here. But if you were a fan of Bryan Ferry's solo career and MTV, you should be pretty content with this collection. Music videos didn't really take off until the 1980's, so that may explain the lack of older Roxy songs. There are some glaring omissions (e.g. "Avalon"), but I guess there's only so much that can be put on one disc. And for the older folks, there are some Roxy Music tunes as well ("Re-Make/Re-Model", "Same Old Scene", "Angel Eyes"; "The Main Thing")
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Want It? Get it from Amazon.ca in Canada, Feb 27 2003
This review is from: Bryan Ferry&Roxy Music (DVD)
I personally don't understand the in's and out's of this particular situation - but looks like Video Collection is OOP in America, and maybe soon to be in Canada (until it sells out). Anyway, I got mine just after getting the video. Well maybe it isn't the greatest collection on earth but its better than nothing and that's what we have right now (until something else comes out). In the meantime you get a bunch of videos that are going to impress and some maybe not but hey, that's what the fast forward/next track buttom is for. And that's the beauty of DVD. When it comes to this disc there are a lot of videos to explore and they are really good, from the first Your Painted Smile to my favourite Don't Stop the Dance.
I think the real reason for the problem with the release of this DVD is the cheese factor, which could be a slight embarasment for The Man. I'm thinking of videos like These Foolish Things, What Goes On, Angel Eyes, You Go to My Head. These are my least favourite and could have been left out. Still, that leaves 20 videos that are well worth the price of this DVD. I've never seen the More than This video but I have seen an excerpt from Avalon and I don't miss it.
So get this disc in the meantime if you can't wait for a nebulous promise of something in the future. Oh, and in case Ferry and company are reading, how about releasing Live in Europe on DVD? That would make up for the fact that every North American release of the video had a sound problem in the audio. Now there's a greatest hits live video from yesteryear that would be a great compliment to this disc or any release in the future. So in the meantime, enjoy this disc!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Bryan Ferry & Management have pulled this DVD, Jan 29 2003
This review is from: Bryan Ferry&Roxy Music (DVD)
Evidently, this DVD release was NOT authorized by either Bryan Ferry or his Management and they have pulled future release of this due to too many omissions. Not only are the releases "More Than This" and "Avalon" missing, but so are Bryan Ferry's solo releases post 1995. Also, there are more earlier video releases both from Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry that are missing. On top of that, the picture quality is lacking on some of the videos on the DVD. Bryan Ferry is going to release a NEW and COMPLETE version between 2003-2004 with many extras. I would imagine the NEW version that will be released will be like the recent two DVD release by David Bowie which is excellent in every way with every release including rare BBC & Dick Cavett performances. It may be a good idea to avoid this release and wait for the Bryan Ferry AUTHORIZED version.
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