Stackridge – The Forbidden City (Concert)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C- Episodes: C
Former in
the early 1970s, Stackridge was a band that combined folk and pop with touches
of the Classical Music-infused Progressive Rock movement of the time. Still together by April 2007, this concert
DVD The Forbidden City has been
issued by Angel Air Music (MVD in the U.S.) and they are not bad, but this
concert was a bit shaky.
Featuring
25 hits, the nearly 2 hours wore thin quickly and I got the impression that
this was not their finest lineup, work or hours. Fans will like it, maybe, but I would want to
start with their early albums like Man
In A Bowler Hat. Maybe they’ll get
reissued soon.
The anamorphically
enhanced 1.78 X 1 full frame image is not bad, but has hazing and detail
limits, though color is on the consistent side for what is probably an HD
shoot. Text band history, Rooftop
Interviews, a quiz and previews for other product from Angel Air are the
extras.
- Nicholas Sheffo
