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DECCA61
got my LA 75 today

what a shame i dont like it the package looks more like a 2cd set with the DVD as a bonus ... and the audio of the DVD is just poor ... sounds more like an upgraded audience recording and i have heard many better recordings

after they cancelled the bluray on amazon i feel unhappy

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DECCA61
got my LA 75 today

what a shame i dont like it the package looks more like a 2cd set with the DVD as a bonus ... and the audio of the DVD is just poor ... sounds more like an upgraded audience recording and i have heard many better recordings

after they cancelled the bluray on amazon i feel unhappy

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RoughJusticeOnYa
What a horrendous performance.

I've watched it until "Tumbling Dice" (included); and I had to stop it & take a break after that. Just couldn't stand any more/ any longer.
I'm curious, really wondering, exactly when (if ever) I'll feel the urge to watch the rest of it.

The band sound is a shamble; every rendition of these fantastic songs a disgrace; the guitar section is an onslaught to (then) 25 years of acquired Rock'n'Roll taste;
Jagger is obviously completely lost, acting absolutely desperate;
you can see & hear the greatest R'n'R frontman & performer ever, on stage with the greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World, think: "What the *** am I doin' here..."

Only Charlie, and the as-ever-hardly-audible-yet-omni-present Bill Wyman, are keeping this together (albeit barely). Thanx to this (brilliant) rhythm section, the ship still does sink, but not without land in sight.

It's the Stones at the absolute lowest point of "their 'best' 20 years" (although that last claim, this so-called 'fact', becomes VERY debatable after releases like this. Anybody who preferes this concert/ tour/ couple of years to any of the frequent glorious moments of the 1989-and-counting era, should have their ears & minds checked imo - feel free to take offence or not.)

Only because of "Love You Live", plus some testimonies from a couple of my mates that were able to see the band live that following year, I have reasons to believe that the '76 European tour was slightly better.
And you can think & say about LYL what you want, but: no matter what nor how many 'adjustments' (overdubs etc.) were done in the studio (or whichever of the claims that are sometimes used to slaughter it), at least it is an album you can boogie to.

Could not disagree more. Mythic tour. I saw the Stones in Madison Square Garden in 1975 on nights 1 and 4 of their 6 night stand in New York. This is one of the Stones' most interesting (and polarizing) tours. You literally HAD TO BE THERE to understand the vibe and the raunch and the pure decadence. Seeing it for the first time on DVD and judging the Stones from this is like trying to explain late-era Dietrich or Garland or Sinatra to people who never saw them live...impossible. The atmosphere crackled with danger and testosterone and the buzz was palpable. First tour with Ronnie...the Stones re-appear from their Glam Rock period after losing Mich Taylor and are now the ultimate Debauched Party Rock Band. It was an entirely different vibe and energy than the 1972 STP and 1973 Asian/European jaunts -- funkier, sloppier, and brighter. I know it is conventional wisdom to claim that the 1975 TOTA was a clear step down from the preceding tours, (I always deeply loved this particular tour...no band ever looked more "hip, zonked-out, give-a-fukc jet-set outlaws" than the Stones on this tour) but that is not a fair assessment of the tour as a whole...there was so much more...a lot of it was utterly visceral and rock and roll of the highest order (in the context of its time) and you know what?...as slipshod and shambolic as they were some nights (a flood of coke, heroin, groupies...) the tour was a messy, explosive, ear-deafening detonation! This release captures it perfectly...the agony, the ecstasy, the depravity, the decadence, and the excess. Glorious.

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DECCA61
got my LA 75 today

what a shame i dont like it the package looks more like a 2cd set with the DVD as a bonus ... and the audio of the DVD is just poor ... sounds more like an upgraded audience recording and i have heard many better recordings

after they cancelled the bluray on amazon i feel unhappy

that's what I thought too.
You have 3 options for the audio
- dolby digital stereo 2ch
- dolgy digital 5.1
- dts 5.1

to me, the best one is the 3rd one. Did you try it ?

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What a horrendous performance.

I've watched it until "Tumbling Dice" (included); and I had to stop it & take a break after that. Just couldn't stand any more/ any longer.
I'm curious, really wondering, exactly when (if ever) I'll feel the urge to watch the rest of it.

The band sound is a shamble; every rendition of these fantastic songs a disgrace; the guitar section is an onslaught to (then) 25 years of acquired Rock'n'Roll taste;
Jagger is obviously completely lost, acting absolutely desperate;
you can see & hear the greatest R'n'R frontman & performer ever, on stage with the greatest Rock'n'Roll Band in the World, think: "What the *** am I doin' here..."

Only Charlie, and the as-ever-hardly-audible-yet-omni-present Bill Wyman, are keeping this together (albeit barely). Thanx to this (brilliant) rhythm section, the ship still does sink, but not without land in sight.

It's the Stones at the absolute lowest point of "their 'best' 20 years" (although that last claim, this so-called 'fact', becomes VERY debatable after releases like this. Anybody who preferes this concert/ tour/ couple of years to any of the frequent glorious moments of the 1989-and-counting era, should have their ears & minds checked imo - feel free to take offence or not.)

Only because of "Love You Live", plus some testimonies from a couple of my mates that were able to see the band live that following year, I have reasons to believe that the '76 European tour was slightly better.
And you can think & say about LYL what you want, but: no matter what nor how many 'adjustments' (overdubs etc.) were done in the studio (or whichever of the claims that are sometimes used to slaughter it), at least it is an album you can boogie to.

>< It is good to see that this controversial item makes some difference... no way The Rolling Stones AD 1975 is easy to stomach, if the criterion is (a) the superb form of the band in its Taylor years, and (b) especially the safe entertainer product of 1989- and counting era (which Keith calls "best Stones ever").

But that said, I think you gave up too early. The band is a bit breathless, sloppy and lacks some energy and focus in the first part of the show, I think all the way to (outro of) "Tumbling Dice" - there are some great moments, though (such as the outro of "Ain't Too Proud To Beg", when the band - Keith? - suddenly finds the groove and shows some of their potentia). Some really bad moments, such as "You Gotta Move" - both Mick and Keith sound like being asleep, both struggling to hit the right notes.

But I think you stopped exactly when the things started getting better and more interesting. The next cut "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" - the best live version of the song I ever heard - sets the tune right. It simply makes worthless any 'modern era' try of that song by reminding what the song is really all about. Even Jagger's voice wakes up. Then the experimental and damn interesting "Fingerprint File" moves the band into territory they've never been before, nor ever will be again. Jagger, now have something novel to do, sounds inspired. The ballads next, giving us time to breath for a while, and to be even emotional. Not bad at all, Jagger even singing, you know... (and extra kudos to Ronnie's beautiful solos).

For the show's drama, the Preston set works damn well. It gives us some distance from the ordinary, and besides the songs being good, and Preston performing well, the band plays surprisingly well. It almost sounds like they can't be as sloppy and 'couln't care less' like they might be with their own material...

Be the reason whatever, when the final part of the show starts with "Brown Sugar", the band seemingly had pushed "extra energy" button, and big time - namely, they simply FLY from then on. The sequence from "Brown Sugar" to "Sympathy For The Devil" is one of the strongest and energiest sets I ever heard from them, take any era. It is a showcase of the Stones hitting the transcendental: incredible energy and focus, guitar fiesta with the hottest (extended) rhythm section they ever have had. "Brown Sugar" is tight as hell, Richards and the rhythm section TOTALLY on fire, "Midnight Rambler" might be one of the best captured performances of Mick Jagger ever. As far as the encore number "Sympathy" goes... if anyone prefers the cabaret version they have done since 1989, well, that's really the question of taste... my idea of rock and roll is really something radically different...

Altogether, I think the show is a bit uneven - it both shows the band at its worst, but also at its best. I don't think it is as bad show as its reputation is (compared to other 1975 shows); it is probably the first part of the show which makes this impression, but from "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" on, they are hot as hell. It surely is not Keith's best nights, but being the caliber of player he was back then, plus having some glory moments, he can still make the band shine (mostly).

- Doxa

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DECCA61
got my LA 75 today

what a shame i dont like it the package looks more like a 2cd set with the DVD as a bonus ... and the audio of the DVD is just poor ... sounds more like an upgraded audience recording and i have heard many better recordings

after they cancelled the bluray on amazon i feel unhappy

Didn't realize they cancelled it. That's odd, does anyone know why?

They didn't list it for weeks in the first place, so we all presumed that there wasn't going to be one.

Then, about a week ago this shows up, then it disappears. How very odd.

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DECCA61
got my LA 75 today

what a shame i dont like it the package looks more like a 2cd set with the DVD as a bonus ... and the audio of the DVD is just poor ... sounds more like an upgraded audience recording and i have heard many better recordings

after they cancelled the bluray on amazon i feel unhappy

Didn't realize they cancelled it. That's odd, does anyone know why?

They didn't list it for weeks in the first place, so we all presumed that there wasn't going to be one.

Then, about a week ago this shows up, then it disappears. How very odd.

It may have taken down from Amazon because it was listed in error? AFAIK, no blu ray version was officially announced.

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Love You Live is a bit of an underrated album. The LYL versions of Honky Tonk Women, If You Can't Rock Me, Star Star and You Gotta Move is all much better than the same songs on this new dvd.

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Love You Live is a bit of an underrated album. The LYL versions of Honky Tonk Women, If You Can't Rock Me, Star Star and You Gotta Move is all much better than the same songs on this new dvd.

LYL was heavily overdubbed in studio. The 75 DVD offers the raw deal so imo you can't really compare the two.

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I was surprised to see a Bluray mentioned given the premise of quality of the original pro shot tape. You cant raise that to HD

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Haha, as if any of the '75-'76 performances needed speeding up.

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I still think that the old Love You Live album is better mixed and sounds better than this new release remixed in 2014.

And this release also makes me realise that Love You Live is a bit of an underrated album. The LYL versions of Honky Tonk Women, If You Can't Rock Me, Star Star and You Gotta Move is all much better than the same songs on this new dvd.