| | |  | ICON Fine Art | Home » » Miles Davis: Stadthalle, Vienna 1973 | | | | | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Dave Liebman, Miles Davis, Al Foster, Reggie Lucas, Pete Cosey | | Director:
| No Director Available | | Format:
| Color, DVD, Import, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| 101 DISTRIBUTION | | Run Time:
| 63 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| November 17, 2009 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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17 of 19 found the following review helpful:
 Great performance, terrible audio/videoApr 21, 2010
By Wendell Stewart III
This DVD is for hard core Miles fans like myself. This is a 5 star performance by one of the most unique bands in history. I saw this band play many of these same songs (although Miles never really plays the same song twice) in a club in Phila in 1974, and it was probably the most memorable performance I've ever seen in my life. Since then, I've always been on the edge of my seat, waiting for a DVD to be produced showcasing this band. This is an absolute killer performance, but unfortunately, the recording sounds like it was made on a cheap mono cassette recorder circa 1974. The video isn't much better either. What a shame!
As was the case on Agharta, some of the songs are mislabeled. "Turnaroundphrase" is really "Moja" from Dark Magus. "Turnaround" can be heard on the On the Corner Sessions and "Prelude" on Agharta. Also, the tune labeled "Funk" is really a continuation of "Right Off" which is roughly a 9 minute version. The rhythym section on this band is unlike any other. Pete Cosey shows why he is "the man" on Calypso Frelimo. Perhaps someday someone will come across a high quality video recording of this incredible band. I'm still waiting.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 C Grade BOOTLEG. UNWATCHABLE!Nov 08, 2011
By W. T. Hoffman
"artist and musician"
I just watched the complete performance of this MILES DAVIS concert from 1973 on youtube, after recieving this DVD of the very same show, the "STADTHALLE VIENNA" concert today. I bought the MILES DAVIS STADTHALLE VIENNA DVD thinking that the youtube broadcast was created from the DVD on sale here. NOPE! IF ONLY! The youtube broadcast was recorded onto DVD (or perhaps VHS) from the 2008 WDR TV broadcast of this concert, and its an "A" or at worse an "A-" quality. The sound was clean, the image sharp and the color fully true to life. So, for what POSSIBLE reason would the "JAZZ VIP" produce this DVD off a VHS VIDEO recorded from a VHS VIDEO recorded from a 30 year old BROADCAST of the concert? (JAZZ VIP video productions even used their "JAZZ VIP" logo to cover over the TV station identity stamp in the corner of the screen.) Why use a second generation, or more likely a third generation tape, of a concert that was broadcast within the last couple of years? I know what bootleg VHS tapes look like, and how they are graded. I've seen enough second generation tapes, to recognise the distortion caused by making a copy of a copy of a copy. There is NO REASON for these bootleg DVD manufacterers to use such a distorted, unwatchable version of a concert that you or I can watch RIGHT NOW on youtube in near perfect quality. Even if the master tapes were destroyed, and it was a rare copy of a historically significant show unseen for decades, to recieve a DVD so distorted in quality is UNACCEPTABLE!
Of course, it could be the DVDs are mismanufactured, in which case they should all be returned. But i doubt it, since this is apparently the same company that produced the same quality DVD of another show from MILES 1973 european tour, that is equality unwatchable (STOCKHOLM 73). I have NEVER once bought a DVD or VHS tape of any concert or movie, even one where Amazon reviews complained of poor video quality, and recieved such a crude, unwatchable product. It doesnt matter that this is a good performance. For fans of Miles, you know his band is of such high calibre, that they cant play a poor performance. At worse Miles might play an uninspired show, but all his performances are "Good". The fact remains, this DVD's quality is the lowest of amateur standards, and I am completely serious. IT remains indisputable... The video and audio is horrible, and unwatchable. AVOID THIS.
 5 star performance... but...Sep 25, 2011
By Talking Wall
"Never trust a man with manicured hands"
If you are one of those people (most likely a male electric guitar player but what do I know?) who has discovered the incredibly dense, funky, psychedelic music Miles Davis made with Pete Cosey, Al Foster, Michael Henderson, Reggie Lucas, Dave Liebman and Mtume and "just can't get enough of that funky stuff" then you want this video.
It's true, the video quality is certainly not all that great and the sound, while not terrible, is never going to be described as outstanding. It isn't audience-recorded bootleg bad but it isn't great either. HOWEVER, - you get to watch this band in action at the top of their game.
This was clearly an incredible concert to witness live and, since you and I couldn't be there, all we have apart from "Agharta", "Pangea" and "Dark Magus" along with bits from "On The Corner" and "Get Up With It" is this footage (and the CD version). For me, the DVD is worth it just to see what the heck Pete Cosey's hands are doing while he's making all those amazing sounds. That really sums up my need to obtain this. If you want to see what Pete Cosey was doing to create all that sonic weirdness, buy this, otherwise, skip it.
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