Live Through the 70's

mixed bag
My expectations of this DVD were high, too high perhaps. After viewing I think this DVD is a bit of a mixed bag. Most of the video's are already known to the fans; and some of the "best" material was left out. The real "gems" for me were the Danish recordings of 1970. The video and audio quality is amazingly good, as are the performances. Only the (very young and quiet!) public seems to be quite bored... The Royal Albert Hall show is amazing. Although video and audio is quite bad, the "drive" in this show is unsurpassed. Also the Beat Club performance of "Mean Town Blues" is very good. But why did they leave out "Johnny B. Goode" of that same show? That's imho. one of the best JBG performances. The Don Kirschner's show (with bearded Johnny!) is OK, although the sound is a bit worse here. "Walkin' thru the park" is next; unfortunately without Muddy. I hadn't seen that one before. During "Bony Moronie' an interviewer suddenly fills the screen; very annoying since this line-up (RH, RJH, FR and JW) is imho. the best Johnny ever had. The DVD ends with a few tracks from the 1979 Rockpalast show. Since this show was on TV (at least in Europe), most fans already have this performance. As said, it is bit of a mixed bag, a bag full of concert footage, TV shows and interviews. If they had only left out the clueless interviews on this DVD, and fill it up to 2:30 hrs with e.g. footage from the Captured Live tour it would have been perfect.

Don't bother
Despite some negative reviews, I puchased this video. I did not find it very interesting. It is little more than poor quality audio & video of TV and small european club performances from the 70s. If the quality was better it might be interesting. If you find it anywhere in a $5 bin it might br worth a look.

Worth every penny
I read the many reviews before buying this DVD, and I have to say to those that were negative, to stop being so picky! The version of Frankenstien was worth the price of the whole video!! Yes a few of the songs the video was old and a bit grainy, but they didnt have HD cameras back then. And a german VJ interupts a song for a few seconds (boo hoo). I found the sound to be great on most all of the songs. I saw JW a couple of years ago and he now sits on a chair and plays, but is still impressive as a blues/rock guitarist. I only own 1 album by him, it was recorded live in the 70's, so maybe thats why I found this collection so excellent. I find it hard to believe that anyone would not enjoy this DVD, even a hardcore collector who has tons of his music should find this worth the money!

Strange compilation of clips
Not many real gems here, looks like mostly European gigs and some odd public television stuff. Interesting if your a fan of Johnnys like I am, but disappointing from a performance stand point.

ths dvd sucked....
i have heard better garage bands from my twelve year old .how do i get my money back ?