The Rolling Stones - Live at the Max (Large Format)

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This 1991 concert film was shot in the IMAX format and was originally presented on enormous IMAX screens, with outstanding visual and audio clarity. The dimensions may have been scaled down for this DVD release, but the show is still huge in energy and talent. Filmed during a European leg of the Rolling Stones' Steel Wheels tour, this production boasts 15 songs and an extraordinary stage set with inflatable floozies (for "Honky Tonk Woman") and wild dogs (rather cleverly for "Street Fighting Man"). The Stones' set emphasizes material from the late 1960s and early '70s ("Tumbling Dice," "Happy," "You Can't Always Get What You Want"), but the band's performance is so furious that the show is far from a pandering oldies act. Highlights include "Paint It Black," at once brutal and delicate, as well as a muscular "Rock and a Hard Place," a psychedelicized "2,000 Light Years from Home," and a cheeky "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll." Once kings of a gloriously sloppy sound, the Stones prove to be as effective in their artistic maturity with small, breathtaking touches as they are with chunky orchestration. Guitarists Keith Richards and Ron Wood play as if they are of one mind, Richards providing powerful leads while his partner captures some of the texture of the group's original recordings. Bassist Bill Wyman, still in the band at this phase, offers wit and an encyclopedic grasp of rhythm & blues history, while drummer Charlie Watts adds control and swing. Mick Jagger prowls, climbs around the set, and delivers all the charismatic goods for adoring audiences, even touching the forbidden fruit again in a feverish peformance of "Sympathy for the Devil." The DVD also includes a full Stones discography. --Tom Keogh

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To see the Stones "live" is an unbeatable experience. For quality, this video is the closest to it you can get. Shot in the "IMAX" format during tour stops in London, Berlin and Turin, this is a classic concert film of the Rolling Stones' blockbuster "Steel Wheels" tour. Play it to the max. Songs: Start Me Up, Sad Sad Sad, Tumbling Dice, Ruby Tuesday, Rock and a Hard Place, Honky Tonk Woman, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Happy, Paint It Black, 2000 Light Years from Home, Sympathy for the Devil, Street Fighting Man, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, Brown Sugar, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction.

Customer Reviews:

Yikes, what a joke..........2005-05-19

What the hell happened to these guys? I have not bothered to see the Stones since about 81, and watched this out of curiosity. Everyone says they're "better than ever", but... What's with all that junk all over the stage? Why do they need 3 keyboard players and a 5-piece horn section? Why do they need huge inflatable things, 10,000 spinning lights, and flashy pyrotechnics? It all makes the Stones themselves seem utterly ridiculous and unimportant, as if their music alone is not enough entertainment. No wonder their tickets are so expensive.
KR and CW are a great rhythm section, and they should not need ANY of that unimaginitive, hi-tech slick show-biz crap to pull off their tunes live. Why Stones "fans" eat this BS up is beyond me.
Watch Gimmie Shelter or C***s****r Blues or the TAMI Show for the Stones live without - not this silly Hollywood crap.

Exellent audio; good video.......2004-09-26

THX audio is very good - in contrary to other reviews. Noise from audiences is at reasonable level and helps create the proper concert ambient. You must have good center speaker as it will be heavily drived at times. The song performances are strong and combined with good camera work. I'm not real familiar with The Rolling Stones but this dvd gives me a very positive impression.

This video transfer from IMAX format is not as good as I expected. I can see some grainy artifacts especially in the low light scenes. Overall it's still pretty good.

I have the THX version and it still sucks!.......2004-06-05

Like everyone else with any musical taste I love the Stones, and have been following them since I was fifteen and was hooked by "Satisfaction". That said, there seems to always be a propensity by whoever does the mixing for Stones' movies/DVDs to screw up the sound (maybe the Glimmer Twins themselves?). For instance, I have a number of bootlegs from the 1972 tour (Mick Taylor, decadence, hooray!), most of which are brilliant, full-bodied and powerful, then you get "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones", and it is comparatively anemic (actually awful) - guitars too tinny, the bottom rumble eliminated, Jagger too loud, and instead of sounding powerful, it sounds fragmented not like a real band at all. "At the Max" continues this tradition (?). I have videotape of that tour and, again, it is great, but I can't even watch this DVD, they manage to make the Stones sound boring!! The good news is that on Four Flicks, at last, a really decent job of mixing has been done that actually does sound like a Stones' concert - major regret that they didn't learn to do this before Bill Wyman left the band. At least we have "Gimme Shelter", which in its newest incarnation comes pretty close (ever hear it in a theatre with a good sound system turned up loud? Magic!) But unless you must have everything, I would avoid this one.

horrible sound -.......2003-09-20

what's with the sound on this dvd. The audience noise is louder than the Stones. The musical quality is compared to an old record which has been ran over by a truck. The crowd's screaming and yelling drowns out 85% of the music.

This concert video is the best argument why stadium concerts are not made for music.

The Rolling Stones-Live at the Max.......2003-04-06

Very good but audio does not even come close to DTS Quality

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Yikes, what a joke...
Exellent audio; good video
I have the THX version and it still sucks!
horrible sound -
The Rolling Stones-Live at the Max

Rolling Stones - Live at the Max

Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

ASIN: B0000897DB

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Nice price NTSC DVD featuring 18 tracks (including end credits) shot on the 'IMAX system in London, Berlin and Turin this is a classic recording of the Rolling Stones, 1990 'Steel Wheels' tour set. Tracks include 'Start Me Up', 'Tumbling Dice', 'Paint It

Customer Reviews:

Yikes, what a joke..........2005-05-19

Exellent audio; good video.......2004-09-26

I have the THX version and it still sucks!.......2004-06-05

horrible sound -.......2003-09-20

This concert video is the best argument why stadium concerts are not made for music.

The Rolling Stones-Live at the Max.......2003-04-06

Very good but audio does not even come close to DTS Quality

The Rolling Stones - Live at the Max (IMAX - Panorama)

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The crest of the wave...

The Rolling Stones - Live at the Max (IMAX - Panorama)

Manufacturer: Castle Rock Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

IMAX | Documentary | Genres | DVD | Video
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ASIN: B000BN76BM

Product Description

Seeing the Stones 'LIVE' is an unbeatable experience. For quality, this video is the closest to it you get. Shot on the 'IMAX' in London, Berlin and Turin, this is a classic recording of the Rolling Stones 'Steel Wheels' Tour set. Play it to the MAX! REVIEW: You can't always get what you want, but you CAN get this video of one of the world's greatest rock 'n' roll bands giving one of the finest performances of their brilliant career. Filmed in 1990 on the European leg of their "Steel Wheels" tour, the Stones are at their best -- Singer Mick Jagger is as sensual and compelling as ever, and guitarist Keith Richards is an entertaining mess. Sixteen songs, including massive hits like "Ruby Tuesday," "Paint It Black," and "Brown Sugar," are performed. TRACKS: "Continental Drift" .. "Start Me Up" .. "Sad Sad Sad" .. "Tumbling Dice" .. "Ruby Tuesday" .. "Rock and a Hard Place" .. "Honky Tonk Women" .. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" .. "Happy" .. "Paint It Black" .. "2,000 Light Years from Home" .. "Sympathy for the Devil" .. "Street Fighting Man" .. "It's Only Rock 'N' Roll" .. "Brown Sugar" .. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" ++++DVD FEATURES: This officially licensed release from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (playable world-wide) with 4:3 Full Screen and Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound in ENGLISH. Icludes Interactive Menus, Song Selection (Scene Access) and three Previews.

Customer Reviews:

The crest of the wave..........2006-04-11

Really, only one thing needs to be said about this: it was Bill Wyman's final tour with the Stones. Sure, the sound is good, the playing, excellent, the choice of material, diverse, blah-blah-blah. But I assume you already have "Gimme Shelter": those first three live numbers, that's where the Stones absolutely PEAKED. But this performance was from the 1989 "Steel Wheels" tour, and the Stones had just very recently recovered from two almost fatal blows: 1) Original pianist, Ian Stewart died in 1985, taking - really - the band's integrity with him, God rest his soul; and b) Mick and Keith had both pitched rather embarrassing hissy fits when each produced solo material, thus nearly breaking up the band. But here, they're in fine form, and it's the beginning of the final era of the Stones when they'd drag along 4-piece horn sections and several backup vocalists, et al. But, as I said, this is worth the purchase, just for the presence of Bill Wyman. A great show, too! Now, about a monh later, and having now received this, I doubt that it is the exact same "Stones At The Max" that I/we saw at the IMAX Theater in in Atlanta in 1994. The vocals are inaudible (and it irritates the mortal $#!+ out me that after that third "flash-pot" thing goes off at the beginning, you don't hear "Start Me Up" louder. Still...you get what you pay for, and, as I said, this was Bill Wyman's final tour - and that alone justifies this...this "remake."

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