DARLENE LOVE:THE CONCERT OF LOVE DVD Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm a VERY "happy camper"! Finally - after nearly 50 years there is a full length Darlene Love concert available for home video - to watch again and again! Its hard to believe that no one captured this rock and roll legend - and 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - like this before. Sure, she shows up singing one song on some of the "oldies show" compilation - and usually just as part of the Crystals - and she is on most of the Rhino Home Video tapes of Shindig! (still not out on DVD, but then she's part of The Blossoms.
It took Love herself to make this happen - she is listed as one of the Producers - and I'm thankful for that. There's a lengthy review posted on Amazon listing the detailed contents (though I will point out that Bobby Soxx and the Blue Jeans has two "x"'s, not one) so I won't rehash much of that. It's a well-done review. But I'll add a few more of my impressions.
This concert was recorded in Englewood, NJ at a performing arts center. The audience is of the age you see in those PBS oldies shows. But heck, that's my age - and probably yours - and we collected all those Love records (Crystals, Bobby Soxx, the Phil Spector Christmas Album, and her own singles. One gem performed here is the rare single "Stumble and Fall" which Spector never released in the 1960s. This will be new for many. Not for me though; I have the original promo 45 and have played it often over the years. Its probably my all-time favorite Love song.
Nearly every hit she had is performed in this hour-long concert. And even a "hit" she didn't record - Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High".
Love is backed by a full band (plus strings), plus NINE (yep!) backup singers. (Hey, they had to recreate what Phil Spector did in the studio! There are some short song intros but, basically, its wall-to-wall music.
I'll certainly treasure this DVD and watch it a lot. You can never get too much Love! Grab it while you can and savor it. And know that Love herself will benefit from you purchase!
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"


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