DVD music concerts

Brian Wilson's "Smile" is really good. It has an available 5.1 DTS surround soundtrack, and the video itself is also great. The sound quality beats the hell out of the CD (which is actually very good for a CD).

I have a live concert of Alison Kraus and Union Station. Also has a 5.1 surround DTS available, which sounds great, as are the performances. I think the video quality leaves something to be desired.

Pat Metheny's "The Way Up" is available in HD DVD, so its video quality is top notch and the sonics are excellent as well.

Yes, J.T. Live at Beacon Theater is really good.
Also Seal, live in Paris

Huey Lewis and the News "Live at 25" is absolutely awesome sound quality.

I have had the CD for a while and decided to get the DVD. Well I am very impressed. This is an extremely enjoyable DVD and the band is very tight. Bill Gibson (drums) is fantastic. The sound quality is beautiful (although some may be disappointed that it is not the requisite bass heavy mix) - you can really crank this and it just gets better and better - an extremely convincing "you are there" sound!

I'll also take the opportunity (while bumping this thread) to mention that Jeff Beck "Performing this Week at Ronnie Scott's" is another awesome DVD or Blu-ray performance and with pristine sound quality. Another good one is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Soundstage.

Enjoy ;-)

YES - Live at Montreux 2003

Watched on Bluray -what a fine performance.
Sonics very decent.

What impressed me was the (vitually) note-for-note recreation of their hits without the aid of sheet music!

Sure, they wrote and have been playing the music for some time but I find it astonishing.

Somehow, Shadorne hasn't mentioned "My Name is Maceo" by Maceo Parker. He recommended this DVD on an earlier thread and it has claimed a place in my top four, along with three displays of guitar pyrotechnics:

Jeff Beck PTW (already mentioned)
Richard Thompson in Autsin Tx.
Lindsey Buckingham at Bass Hall.

Thompson's a marvel and his overall performance elevates an otherwise unremarkable video production into something special. Buckingham is a brilliant performer (with an utterly unique voice on electric guitar) and a terrific songwriter, too. The sound/video/production is first rate. Fire these two up up after the Jeff Beck dvd and you will marvel at the range of the guitar as an expressive instrument.

Caution: If you play, you may be forever discouraged at the height of the bar these guys set.