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In front of a crowd at the Rotterdam Music Hall, Prince and his band bring to life his album "Sign 'O' the Times" that garnered him a Grammy nomination for "Album of the Year". This ground-breaking concert film has been completely digitally restored, enhanced and remastered in Dolby Digital 2.0 and 5.1 in time for this DVD release! Directed with the raw energy of the Minneapolis rocker himself, the movie is punctuated with specially filmed, dramatic vignettes appearing occasionally between songs. Drummer Sheila E. rocks the house and Sheena Easton makes a special appearance to strut her stuff. You won't want to miss these sizzling live renditions of his hits such as "Little Red Corvette" and "U Got the Look". This is Prince unleashed!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Words cannot describe it!,
This review is from: Prince: Sign O The Times - Live (DVD)
Who cares how long it took..? Actually I do, and so do plenty of others it seems - it's at sales rank position 73 on 22 June 2005 and apparently still rising! Still, here it is at long last.On a technical level, the DVD surpasses all expectations. Audio and image are crystal clear which is particularly amazing for something recorded almost 20 years ago now. If you ever had this on tape you will be amazed. As other reviewers have said, the picture quality for You Got The Look is indeed the dreadful exception but you get the promo video for the single, not live footage, plus it is meant to be a "dream sequence" and I think was inferior on the original VHS edition of the movie. The audio for the track is however of the same quality of the rest of the DVD and great to listen to with its extended intro. As for the live performances of Prince and his entourage, be in no doubt that this is the best you will ever get, and that's pretty near perfect. The arrangements of the songs taken from the album are in many ways better than on the album itself, particularly "Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" which is far more energised than the album version as recorded in Paris, "Hot Thing" with its fantastic extended organ intro, "Forever In My Life" with its wonderful warm up and much improved "gospel" backing, and "I Could Never Take The Place..." which is just Prince at his absolute best. Overall of course there are no duds here at all - I just thought I should mention my favourites. Be in no doubt - whether you bought this on tape the first time or are diving into Prince's back catalogue to understand what the fuss was all about in the 80's, you really should buy this DVD.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!!,
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This review is from: Prince: Sign O The Times - Live (DVD)
Finally, an official release of a great piece of musical nostalgia. It just so happens Alliance Atlantis is also affiliated with the movie's original distributors, Odeon Films. This probably explains why the picture and sound appears to have come from a good high-quality source. There are no extras, but that's OK. I'm just glad that this film's getting the DVD remastering treatment it deserves. Better than all previously-released VHS, laserdiscs, and DVDs (PAL or otherwise) combined!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Prince Video! :),
By MurphyBrown "SJR" (Lake Norman, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Prince: Sign O The Times - Live (DVD)
After reading many reviews, I purchased the Canadian version of Prince: Sign O The Times - Live...and LOVED IT!!! (I'd read the Canadian version was the best quality of this video, especially for the sound quality.) The video and sound quality were GREAT! I'm a HUGE fan of Prince and highly recommend this particular video!!!
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