Product Description

Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 02/26/2008

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #19463 in DVD
• Brand: Uni
• Released on: 2008-02-19
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Live
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 186 minutes

Customer Reviews

Deep Grey instead of purple
Being a long time rock fan, I looked forward to seeing one of my favorite groups in the historic Montreux setting. However, I was really disappointed in the Ian Gillan vocals or lack thereof. He sounded strained and even forgot the words in Highway Star. Any DVD or recording that has Steve Morse in it has redeeming qualities, as he is one of the true treasures of the guitar and continues to channel creativity and musicality at every turn. remainder of the band was competent and tight and the audio and video quality was as good as expected from Blu Ray format, but I couldnt get past the poor imitation of himself done by Ian.

Deep Purple, concert
Like always Deep Purple, Live very impressive. Sound good but 7.1 missing again. Overall very good concert.

Not bad
I was a big fan of Deep Purple back in the early 80's. My favorite configuration was Mark II, which I am sure is a lot of people's favorite as well. Since their reunion, I bought a couple of their newer CDs, but never really got into the newer sound too much. I think it sounds too "commercial". In other words, they have sold out. Then I didn't listen to them for a while. I didn't even know that they had picked up a new guitarist -- Steve Morse. This Blu-ray is a bit of a surprise. First, the image and sound quality of Blu-ray is superb. Steve Morse is the biggest surprise. He is great. I like him a lot, more so than Ritchie Blackmore. He gives Deep Purple an updated sound. They now sound more like a modern heavy metal band, even though many of the songs are still classics. It is quite refreshing. Don Airey is not John Lord, but he is every bit as virtuoso. Unfortunately, I do have to agree with the last couple of reviewers -- Ian Gillan's voice is lacking. At 63, he should be thinking of retirement. Then again, without Ian Gillan, Deep Purple will not be Deep Purple. May be they will be lucky (like Queen and Paul Rodgers) in finding a singer that can replace Ian Gillan. Overall, I enjoy this Blu-ray, and would recommend it to any Deep Purple fans.