The Everly
Brothers Reunion Concert – Live At The Royal
Albert Hall (1983/Eagle DVD)
Picture: C+ Sound: C+ Extras: B- Concert: B-
The Everly Brothers
remain one of the most successful duos in music history, even after they broke
up when they just could not stay together anymore and left a legacy of great
hits in their years at Warner Bros. records and especially Cadence
Records. As Hall & Oates passed them
up in 1983, they felt the time was right for them to get back together and with
a huge fan base, reunited to great acclaim and success at the Royal Albert
Hall. The show was taped and is now on
DVD as The Everly Brothers Reunion
Concert from Eagle.
Sounding
good and delivering decent performances (especially considering the gap in
performing), the duo plays:
1)
Claudette
2)
Walk Right Back
3)
Crying In The Rain
4)
Cathy’s Clown
5)
Love Is Strange
6)
MEDLEY: Take A Message To
Mary/Maybe Tomorrow
7)
I Wonder If I Care As Much
8)
When Will I Be Loved
9)
Bird Dog
10) Be-Bop-A-Lula
11) Barbara Allen
12) Put My Little Shoes Away
13) Long Tome Gone
14) Step It Up & Go
15) Bye Bye Love
16) Wake Up Little Suzie
17) MEDLEY: Devoted To You/Ebony
Eyes/Love Hurts
18) (‘Til) I Kissed You
19) All I Have To Do Is Dream
20) Temptation
21) Lucille
22) Let It Be Me
It was a good concert,
an important concert and one worth revisiting from a duo that deserves to be
rediscovered. I like the Everlys and it
would be nice if they and their music found a much0oneeded revival in a sea of
junk that passes for music these days.
This DVD is a good start.
The 1.33 X 1 full color, PAL, full frame image has some
aliasing errors and softness, but looks pretty good in this NTSC DVD, while the
DTS 5.1 mix is may be the best of the mixes here (including Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo), but the
recording shows its age. Extras include a
paper pullout with an essay and tech info, while the DVD adds the vintage
featurette Rock ‘N’ Roll Odyssey.
-
Nicholas Sheffo
