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(More customer reviews)I've owned the laserdisc version of this concert since it was first released. While the sound quality is occasionally disappointing (especially Sting), it's generally quite good. And most of the performances are excellent, particularly Knopfler, Elton, Clapton and McCartney.
I'd buy it again, if only for the McCartney/Elton exchange on "Hey Jude." I've watched this concert many times, and it still sends chills everytime Elton's voice appears in the second verse of this song.
As for the complaints about the "tambourine bloke" -- that's Ray Cooper, the legendary (with good reason) percussionist who has backed most of these performers in studio sessions, and who is a mainstay of almost every all star concert. If you want a video concert that will absolutely knock you over, try to find "An Evening with Elton John and Ray Cooper" -- it used to appear occasionally on the Disney Channel (oh, well, so did Annie Lennox's Central Park concert), and if I ever found it on a commercially released video, I'd pay almost anything for it. Listen to Cooper's incredible performance on this concert (or better yet, see one of the live Elton John/Ray Cooper, sans band, shows) and you'll never again complain about Cooper being a "distraction." Ray rocks!
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ERIC CLAPTON, PAUL McCARTNEY, PHIL COLLINS, MARK KNOPFLER, and STING all on one Royal stage for one night!!On September 15, 1997 at Royal Albert Hall, Sir George Martin assembled an all-star cast to perform a benefit for the island of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean that ws devastated by a volcanic explosion. The artists that appeared at this show had all recorded some of their biggest hits at Martin's recording studio on the island. Included in this group are PAUL McCARTNEY, STING, ELTON JOHN, JIMMY BUFFET, AND ONE OF THE FINAL APPEARANCES FROM CARL PERKINS.Track Listing: Phil Collins - Take Me Home Arrow & His Band - Hot, Hot, Hot Carl Perkins - Blue Suede shoes Jimmy buffet - Volcano Mark Knopfler - Brother In Arms Mark Knopfler - Money For Nothing (w/Sting, Eric Clapton) Sting - Message In a Bottle Sting - Magic Elton John - Your Song Elton John - Live Like Horses Elton John - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me Eric Clapton - Layla (w/Mark Knopfler) Eric Clapton - Same Old blues (w/Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Jools Holland, Ray Cooper) Paul McCartney - Yesterday Paul McCartney - Golden Slumbers (w/Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton) Paul McCartney - Hey Jude (w/all the artists who appeared at the concert) Paul McCartney - Kansas City (w/all the artists who appeared at the concert)
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