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AC/DC - Live At Donington: 1991

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The concert was good but there are two glaring flaws that will trouble you on the first watch and limit rewatchability. (1) The sound is obviously overdubbed and has no live quality to it. It sounds like this "concert" was recorded in a studio and sometimes you hear the crowd through it all. It doesn't have that airy feeling one gets at a concert. You will also notice many overdubs. It just doesn't sound like a concert. Very disappointing as it's the same songs just faster. (2) MTV like production which is what makes virtually every concert video block rocks. What is with these producers who are all inflicted with ADD? The ROlling Stones Bridges to Babylon and Eagles Hell Freezes Over and STevie Ray Vaughan's Live at the Mocambo are perhaps the only 3 music DVDs I know that actually give you a perspective of the band while they are playing. Watching any one of those and watching the trashy player to player to crowd to feet to riff to singer to drummer, etc. 3 second flash will realize what it means that more shots means far less. It is very hard to get a feel for the concert. This gets a little better as you go along but it's limited. Angus is featured as the soloist but, of course, you get 5 different shots in 12 seconds and you never really experience what is really going on because it's close up this, zoom out that, side shot here, soom in again, back to the fade out... please, will someone create a school for these guys. Other than that the concert does have energy and the crowd certainly seems like they are having a good time. Potentially worth the money as I got it for under $10 and that is worth it. Decent, has extras, far better than most of the crap out there. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could.

AC/DC has done it again. If the video for Donnington was good, this is unbelievable. Angus is top notch-duck-walk, head bobbing, screaming and all. The band is solid, with Brian cranking out like always. The sound overall is great. If it is overdubbed, which is possible, its still AC/DC, and the music is all here. Favorites like "Whole Lotta Rosie" and "Back In Black" shine, and even some lesser-known tunes are hammered out in this spectacular performance. There's some commentary on the show (done by Angus and Malcolm) and some info and commentary on their discography (also done by Angus and Mal), as well as a new, great feature. Dubbed "Angus Cam", you can view certain tracks with the camera focusing on a certain band member (such as Thunderstruck with Angus) This option is great, and adds to the already immense DVD. A must have for a fan of AC/DC, or just someone who can't wait to sit down and be sucked into the world of Rock and Roll.

Fantastic 2 hour 18 song set from England's now famous site of many a rock concert - Donnington. 5.1 Dolby Surround fills your room with crisp sound. Great camera work. Rich colors. An overload of energy on stage with AC/DC members (Brian Johnson - vocals, Angus & Malcolm Young - guitars, Chris Slade - bass, and Cliff Williams - drums). Absolutely huge crowd scenes - more than any show I've ever scene - on TV or in person. Roving (helicopter) ariel camera shots. Massive speakers making the Young brothers look like minature rug-rats prancing around on stage. This was truly the definition of a monster show. Check out the guitar solo's on "Jailbreak", "Hell's Bells", and "High Voltage" - simply amazing Angus! Great 1991 show and thanks for putting this out finally on DVD with superior sound.

A great song list midway through AC/DC's "Razors Edge" tour:
1. Thunderstruck, 2. Shoot To Thrill, 3. Back In Black, 4. Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be, 5. Heatseeker, 6. 6. Fire Your Guns, 7. Jailbreak, 8. The Jack, 9. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, 10. Moneytalks, 11. Hells Bells, 12. High Voltage, 13. Whole Lotta Rosie, 14. You Shook Me All Night Long, 15. T.N.T., 16. Let There Be Rock, 17. Highway To Hell, 18. For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).

The word going around on the AC/DC forum at Elektra when this first hit the market was that some of the tracks on this DVD had been over dubbed. Meaning that its not the original sound found on the VHS version! And no one knows why as of yet? But that dosent stop this show from beeing worth buying, only the hardcore AC/DC fan will notcie a few slight changes! Its nothing to worry about, the sound is absolutly fantastic!

AC/DC's greatest show is now on DVD. Which is great because I, like many others had the shoddy VHS version that Angus's guitar was not hearable, so I never even knew what the original solos sounded like, the only thing i could tell a diffrence on was TNT it seemed to have been more the "oi oi oi" of the LIVE SE albums chant on TNT ...but again, its nothing to worry about!

The extras are a few alternate camera angles! but there a bonus feature, there not one of those ones where you can press your remotes "camera angle" feature, there seprate all together! Theres not one for every song, or is there any two angles for the same song! Most of them are Angus and Brian, one or two for Cliff and Malcolm, and i'm not even sure if Chris Slade got one or not? There is a short Audio Commentry with Angus and Malcolm and they give you some info about some intresting things! And there is a discography of pretty much all the world released AC/DC albums, with Angus and Malcolm putting some Audio Commentry over the top of them if youd like some info about those albums!!!!

apart from the new dubbing. This DVD isgreat, and will be the video to make all you non AC/DC fans eyes pop open and hear a sound unlike no other! and the enormous crowd headbanging along to the worlds greatest Rock N Roll band thats sure to make you see this band in a whole new light if you know nothing of the worlds most electrifieing band. This DVD is no disapoinment, and features more footage then released on the VHS! for egsample, the VHS did not come with "High Voltage" and tho its seen as to why it was cut because of some malfunctions with Angus's guitar, its there now for you to enjoy!

I picked up this concert DVD on a recommendation from a friend. I was interested to see this newly re-masteded concert, so I fired up my home theatre and gave this DVD a spin. I only made it half way through before turning it off, the sound was good, but there is no way that this was a live sound, my guess is that the sound was either re-recorded or re-dubbed and it left me with the impression that you were listening to a CD! and not a live concert. Second, the so called re-mastered picture was also a disappointment, there was too much grain and artifacts present that it gave the feel of watching an old film projected image from my days at high school! Overall, I was not impressed and this concert is only from 1991, so there is no reason why the film and sound quality should be this poor. I have seen many concerts on DVD that were either this age or older and they looked spectacular!

This video is awesome! Sound quality is excellent. My only complaint is that with the blu-ray the resolution is good enough that you can see the limitations of the original 35mm film it was filmed on (looks a little grainy on a big screen tv - on a small tv you'd probably not notice).

It has a tendency to make you flex your thigh muscles to the beat throughout every song. Well, I guess that's a GOOD thing.
This has to be one of the best rock performances in history. My God, just watch Thunderstruck and the way the crowd moves as one. This is my 3rd favorite video, with #2 being Billy Squire Live In The Dark and #1 being Roger Waters In The Flesh Live.
Oh, CHICAGO Live at the Greek ain't to shabby either.

ACDC Live at Donington is a must-have DVD. It will rock your socks off (from all that thigh muscle twitching you will do!)

Forget all the reviews questioning the remix, that doesn't matter. This DVD totally ROCKS!! Turn it up loud! If you don't have surround sound you should stop reading this review and go get a surround sound system and this DVD.
This is like being at the concert. Well done DVD with lots of features.

I was not dissapointed at all to this DVD and throughly enjoyed it. Angus is not only a great guitarist, but he also the most energetic I've ever seen on film, TV, or in-person. If you're an AC/DC fan and don't have this DVD, what are you waiting for?

You will love every opening of each song. Everything is great
until Brian Johnson starts in. Man, if he would just speak the
lyrics opposed to his attempt to sing, it would greatly improve
the DVD. If he wouldn't sing at all, I'd give it 4 stars. Angus
& Malcolm are simply the best. I will listen to AC/DC with Bon
Scot until the day I die. If you are going to order only one
AC/DC VHS/DVD, this is not it. If you have all the others, then
yes, you'll need to complete your collection with this one.