Live At The Royal Albert Hall [CD + DVD Video]

Blues & Rock/Rythm & Blues
premiera polska: 2012-03-23
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
opakowanie: plastikowe etui
opis:
Opis dystrybutora:
W dniu 28 czerwca 2011, BB King grał na londyńskiej scenie Royal Albert Hall.
Obok z BB Kinga na scenie wystąpili Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood, Mick Hucknall i Slash. Koncert BB Kinga i przyjaciół zachwycił publiczność ulubionymi utworami "I Need You So", "Key To The Highway" i "The Thrill Is Gone,". Magiczny wieczór zwieńczono występem wszystkich artystów na scenie we wspólnej interpretacji "When The Saints Go Marching In".

Tytuł dostępny na dwóch nośnikach:
dwupłytowym CD+DVD Video i Blu-Ray.
Editor's info:
B.B. King Live at the Royal Albert Hall is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Shout! Factory with an AVC encoded 1080i transfer in 1.78:1. Once again a live concert performance receives a generally fine and sharp looking presentation, though once again aggressive blue lighting results in rampant banding and posterizing. When B.B. asks for the upstage lights to be raised so that he can see the audience, and a battery of blue lights comes on, it's a paradigmatic example of banding, and once the camera switches to the audience, which is bathed in an hallucinogenic swirling hue, it's another perfect (if that's the right word) example of posterizing. Fine detail is quite good in the many close-ups, but it's noticeably lacking in some of the midrange and especially the far shots. There is some minor aliasing and shimmer around things like the guitar strings and, strangely, the stubble on B.B.'s face.

Shout! Factory has given B.B. King Live at the Royal Albert Hall two lossless audio options, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix and an uncompressed LPCM 2.0 stereo fold down. This is perhaps the first live concert Blu-ray I've personally reviewed that is occasionally hampered by something that should never, ever be an issue with a release like this, namely feedback. The first time I heard a momentary high squeal, I thought I had simply mistaken some other sound for feedback, but when it happened again (and again), I knew exactly what was going on. The good news is (if there is good news), whoever was at the mixing board catches these gaffes very quickly, so you'll hear just a second or two of a high pitch squeal, which is then mitigated by some fast slider action. But something like this should have never happened in the first place, and especially not in the recurrent way it does here. Other than this admittedly minor annoyance, the rest of the audio here sounds great in both the surround and stereo mixes. Fidelity is excellent, balance is really well maintained, and the 5.1 mix offers a nice ambient hall spaciousness that shows why the Royal Albert venue is so prized by musicians.

utwory:
CD:
01 I Need You So 05:21
02 Key To The Highway 04:42
03 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 05:06
04 All Over Again 04:17
05 Rock Me Baby 09:08
06 You Are My Sunshine 06:44
07 B.B. Jams With Guests 15:22
08 The Thrill Is Gone 08:09
09 Guess Who 06:03
10 When The Saints Go Marchin' In 07:33

DVD Video:
01 I Need You So 03:14
02 Key To The Highway 03:08
03 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 02:22
04 All Over Again 01:44
05 Rock Me Baby 05:30
06 You Are My Sunshine 06:17
07 The Thrill Is Gone 05:15
08 Guess Who 05:30
09 When The Saints Go Marching In 03:42
01 Backstage chat with B.B. King 05:00
02 Interviews with Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood and Mick Hucknall 06:00
03 Slash talks music and B.B. King 05:00

wydano: 2012-03-23
nagrano: 28 czerwca 2011, Royal Albert Hall
more info: www.universalmusic.com
more info2: www.bbking.com