Barry White – Live In Frankfort 1975 (Umbrella Entertainment PAL DVD/Region 0/Zero)
PLEASE NOTE: This Barry White DVD concert that can only be operated on machines
capable of playing back DVDs that can handle Region Zero/0, PAL format
software, and can be ordered from our friends at Umbrella Entertainment at the
website address provided at the end of the review.
Picture:
C Sound: C+ Extras: C Concert: C+
Though I
found him repetitious at times, the music of Barry White is sounding better these
days when so much music now is more noise than beat, melody or anything that
resembles originality. His music
continues to sell and some of it is more iconic than others realize. Here from his Live In Frankfort 1975 concert, he performs, singing or conducting:
1)
Love’s Theme
2)
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love,
Babe
3)
Never, Never Gonna Gove You Up
4)
I’ve Found Someone
5)
Under The Influence Of Love
6)
It May be A Winner Outside
7)
I Belong to You
8)
Rhapsody In White
9)
I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little
Bit More Babe
10) You’re The First, The Last, My
Everything
Many
liked this singing, while others thought it killed R&B, leaving an opening
for the major labels to kill it, which with the big Disco push and some other
ugly stories they did. Outside of that
his music has become a sort of archetype and to some, a joke. The feel of the instrumentals and
arrangements actually tend to stand the test of time than some of the lyrics
and the result is that it makes this short concert a mixed affair.
To its
credit, it shows the singer at his prolific peak, but not enough. Too bad there was not more or more extras,
but fans will be happy and it is an interesting transitional work from the
R&B of the past to its end and what Disco brought about.
The 1.33
X 1 color image may be a PAL source, but even if it is NTSC, it is too soft
here, has some aliasing issues and is a is at least a generation or two
down. This affects the Dolby Digital 5.1
mix, pushing the alternate Dolby 2.0 Mono tracks to a breaking point. Trailers for other Umbrella music DVD
releases and two interviews with White and his wife Glodean are the only
extras.
For more
on Barry White, try this link for a documentary on his life:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/5209/Let+The+Music+Play+–+The+Barry
As noted
above, you can order this import Barry
White DVD exclusively from Umbrella at:
http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/
- Nicholas Sheffo
