Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30125 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-09-01
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Import, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Horrible!
I saw clips for this on YouTube, and then discovered this DVD, and bought it based on the clips I saw. A great performance ... but what a disappointment!!

This is clearly a 2nd or 3rd generation dub from some videotape, so already, it's NOT the best video. Given that, I could deal with it, and occasional additional distortion to the picture, but what's incredibly frustrating are the drop-outs in the sound! At least every 5 or 10 mins, there's NOT just a click, but an actual drop-out! At least 20-25 drop-outs are scattered throughout the whole thing, and occasionally, other minor distortions in the sound, which I could ALSO deal with, but NOT DROP-OUTS! It's basically unlistenable, and it's unlikely that I will watch this again, despite the fact that the performance is cool -- it's just an excercise in frustration.

I was warned by some of the guys on the Zappa.com forum, and they were right. I wouldn't pay 3 dollars for this thing.

Maybe 2.

It's a copy from a VHS, but its great if you're not paying 30 dollars for it
It's not an official legal Zappa release. You can get it for free on torrent sites, possibly a better copy. It's a good quality video taken from a TV special. It's great, but you shouldnt pay 30 dollars for it. For an unrelated reason, maybe, visit Zappateers.com. It's an awesome 1988 concert with Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Ike Willis, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Scott Tunes, Chad Wakerman, Mike Kenelly, and I forget the other horn players. Some of the songs are The Black Page, Big Swifty, Black Napkins, Sofa, a cover of I Am The Walrus, Strictly Genteel and many more great songs. By the way, that IS Strictly Genteel at the end and not a Sofa variation as another reviewer said, Sofa is played in the middle of the show. I'm a musician, I know and play both pieces quite well, I am very familiar with the different arrangments of both over the years, and I can tell you without a doubt that the concert ends with a great performance of Strictly Genteel.

Good stuff but an obvious copy
If this is a Zappa Family Trust approved DVD I'll eat my hat. So you might want to get this before they do. That said, this is decent stuff. An obvious dub from VHS of a Spanish TV show broadcast in 1988. It seems to be the whole show. The sound is good, video OK and it is professionally shot. One note - last song is a "Sofa" variation, not Strictly Genteel.