Prog DVD’s

R 30

Device Voice Drum

Rush in Rio-loooove the fan help on YYZ

Well, I'm not yet really familiar with the prog-scene, but I've bought my first DVD's, which are:

Dream Theater - Live At Budokan
Dream Theater - Live Scenes From New York
Dream Theater - Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A Live Time

Rush - R30
Rush - Rush in Rio

I absolutely LOVE the R30 dvd, even if it was just for the incredible design of the case and the menu's. The concert is pretty slick, but when I bought Rio the crowd on R30 seemed pretty laid-back. It doesn't bother me, but after seeing the show in Rio.....

The DT dvd's are pretty good, but it's obvious they had a nice budget for the Budokan DVD. Some excellent shots, and ofcourse a well performance by the band.
I like the tokyo/5 years in a livetime dvd because of the footage of the gig they did in Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. It's just great seeing them perfom Damage Inc. with Barney Greenway on vocals.

Here's some recomondations:

Jethro Tull: Living with the Past.

Jethro Tull: Slipstream.

Dream Theater: Scenes from New York.

Dream Theater: Live at Budokan.

Flower Kings: Meet the Flower Kings.

Kansas: Device - Voice - Drum.

Muse: Hullabaloo.

Some of my favourites;

Steve Hackett- Once Above A Time/Somewhere In South America (same band but thankfully little duplication; great musicianship- also some top notch newer songs from 'To Watch The Storms' alongside the fan favourites)

Uriah Heep- Acoustically Driven/ The Magician's Birthday Party (the former is mud in the eye for all who say Heep ain't prog and the latter is one gig I'd love to have seen- Ken Hensley's return to the band is emotional for fans)

Yes- Keys To Ascension (an absolute dream of a set list with the band on great form)

Caravan- 35th Anniversary Concert (their new line-up has gelled a treat and they play a terrific set list with the band on great form)

Magnum- Livin' The Dream (great to hear their wonderful 'On A Storyteller's Night' live in full)

Nektar- Live (mix is very dodgy but it's a great show)

Jethro Tull- Living With The Past (Ian's voice isn't what it used to be, but what a gig this is- one of the best line-ups ever with a brilliant set)

ELP- Live At Montreux (takes a while to get going, but it reaches a great climax with some brilliant versions of classics)

Genesis- The Way We Walk (ok there are later songs, but most of em are all great live and the 'We Can't Dance' songs are particularly strong here)

Rick Wakeman- Live In Cuba (great show with a top form band and a crowd that just lap it up!)

Pink Floyd- Live At Pompeii (almost every song sounds better here to me)

Let's see:

• AC/DC: Live at Donington (not prog... but still a good show)
• Dream Theater: Live In Tokyo/ Years in a Lifetime
• Dream Theater: Live Scenes From New York DVD
• Dream Theater: Life at Budokan
• David Gilmour: David Gilmour in Concert
• Steve Hackett: The Tokyo Tapes
• Steve Hackett: Somewhere in South America
• King Crimson: Neal And Jack And Me
• King Crimson: Deja Vrooom
• Kiss: Symphony- Alive IV ()
• Marillion: Recital of the Script
• Marillion: From Stoke Row to Ipanema
• Marillion: Marbles on the Road
• Metallica: Cunning Stunts
• Metallica: S&M
• Opeth: Lamentations
• Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
• Pink Floyd: The Wall
• Primus: Hallucinogenetics DVD
• Rush: Chronicles
• Rush: Rush in Rio
• Rush: R30
• TransAtlantic: Live in Europe
• Roger Waters: In the Flesh Live
• The Who: The Kids are Alright
• The Who: Tommy
• The Who: Live at the Isle of Wight
• The Who: Tommy and Quadrophenia Live
• Yes: Symphonic Yes
• Yes: Yessongs
• Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes
• Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special
• Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

I just got the Magma - Theus Hamtachk Triogie (dont know how to spell it) and it's pretty great, too bad it wasn't a performance from the 70s but it is still very impressive

it starts off kind of slow, but the way they finish with MDK was unbelievable,

Aaron

These are the DVD's I currently have

Live At Budokan- Dream Theater
Live Scenes From New York- DT
Marbles On The Road- Marillion
Operation:LIVEcrime- Queensryche
Live In Tokyo/5 Years In A Live Time- DT
Be Live- Pain Of Salvation.

Budokan is probably my favourit here, but I need to get more.

I forgot Jethro tull DVD's:

- Living with the past ****

- Live at Hyppodrome, England *****

and some proto prog ones:

- Deep Purple - Live in Royall Albert hall 1972 Masterpiece ********

Deep purple - Heavy metal pioneers ****

Deep purple - Machine head ****

Led Zeppelin - How the west was won *****

and some jazz/rock

Billy Cobham - Live in Paris 2000 ***

Billy Cobham - Live at Cannes****

Billy Cobham - Glassmenagerie ****

Al Dimeola - Live at Montreux jazz festival

Miles Davis - Story

micky wrote: The ELP DVD of Pictures at an Exhibition is an essential if you can forgive the cheesy special effects which intrude during the performance... still even with it.. a view into why many oldtimers I've talked to (yes older than I ahhahaha) say that ELP live was amoung the best shows period they saw in the 70's.

Excelent music but the DVD has a terrible flaw.

I hate those videos in which they play with the collors so much that the band members look as a caricature.

For God's sake, I want to see the bend, not an animation, plus I find very distasteful when Keith rubs that stick (Threefates said it is called a ribbon) and makes it sound with his arse.

Iván