Rainbow Live Between The Eyes The Final Cut Region 2 Music Cd

Rainbow - Rainbow Live Between The Eyes The Final Cut Region 2

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Rainbow: Live Between the Eyes - The Final Cut [Region 2]      List Price : $39.98 USD        Your Price : $35.99 USD      ProductGroup: DVD      Actor(s): Rainbow Movie      Release Date : 2006-10-16      Studio : UM3      Label : UM3      Avg. Customer Rating : (8 reviews)      Running Time : 130

Reviews Customer Reviews for Rainbow Live Between The Eyes The Final Cut Region 2      Classic portrait of early 80's Rainbow      Rating:      This title contains two separate releases: "Live Between The Eyes", a concert from San Antonio, Texas in 1982 and "The Final Cut", a collection of promo videos from 1979-1984. This is currently (Feb 2008)only available as a Region 2 release, which means you'll need an all-region DVD player to watch it if you live in the US. Despite the complaints in other reviews here, it is clearly stated in the product description what region code it carries. I bought an all-region DVD player here on Amazon (a Phillips)that was very inexpensive and it plays this title just fine. Finally available after being out of print for years, it was sure nice to be able to retire my aged VHS tapes of these two releases. The San Antonio show is great, IF one likes or can handle the Joe Lynn Turner era of Rainbow. Much more commercial or pop-oriented than the 70's era Rainbow, this is also the most financially successful era of Rainbow. The band is cooking though and all the songs rock harder than the studio versions. They also allow Blackmore to do what he does best, which is to stretch out and turn songs into platforms for his improvisational magic. An extraordinary guitarist, the San Antonio show captures him at the top of his game. The Final Cut was originally released as a video companion to the Final Vinyl audio set. It is essentially a collection of videos from 1979-1984 and includes several live clips from the final Rainbow shows in Tokyo 1984. These were recorded right before Rainbow broke up and Deep Purple reformed. This is an essential release and priced very reasonably for a 2DVD set.     Customer Reviews for Rainbow Live Between The Eyes The Final Cut Region 2 Cd      Another "Where's the domestic release" candidate!!      Rating:      Ok - finally broke down and got this and here's the deal - VERY frustrating package that you should only get if you ALREADY have the Live in Munich DVD, which is superior. My obsession with Blackmore (one of my 5 all-time favorite guitarists) is enough to overcome my ambivalence towards pop-star lite Joe Lynn Turner (don't really like him when compared to Dio or Bonnet, much less Gillan, but don't exactly dislike him either and he DOES have some good songs)! So that, coupled with the fact that I saw the Live Between The Eyes tour in Atlanta shortly before the Texas show was filmed for this release, and have owned the VHS for 20+ years, was enough to make me purchase this double DVD set. Besides, I have the Final Cut CD but have never seen the video though I recorded many of the videos off MTV (back before they became a national disgrace run by demons!!) The Live Between The Eyes is nice, remastered and in 5.1 (as is the Final Cut), though otherwise it is the same as the VHS. And, personally, the Final Cut DVD is worth it for the 10 minute Difficult to Cure with the Tokyo symphony Orchestra alone!! And there were 2-3 videos I had never seen before. So, overall it is a worthy addition for hardcore Rainbow fans or those crazy people who like the Turner era Rainbow better than the Dio era! :) But, here comes the frustrating part, it is a shot in the dark whether you'll be able to play it or not. As several reviews (and Amazon themselves) have mentioned it is NTSC BUT is NOT region 1?!?! (Mine anyway, it seems some of them are PAL.) I commented out loud "Who the heck is NTSC but NOT region 1" and a military buddy immediately commented "Japan"!!! Which, in hindsight, makes sense because Rainbow (and all things Blackmore in general) are HUGE in Japan! Yep - NONE of my DVD players would play it! I felt sure that at least one of them would because it's supposed to be multi-region, even PAL capable, and has played just about anything I put in it. But noooo...it wouldn't play it either. Fortunately I did find a computer program that allowed me to change it to region 1 and re-burn it so that's how I know all the above. I simply put the DVD-R discs in the box with the originals and put it back on my bookshelf. So, without technical difficulties I would have given this 4 stars but, as is, I can only give it 3. Bottom line, if you are into Blackmore as much as I am, then you need this (especially if you saw this tour and want a memory). But ONLY if you already have the Live in Munich (with Dio) DVD - THAT'S true Rainbow!! But, whether you'll be able to play it or not is anybody's guess!! Editorial Reviews for Rainbow Live Between The Eyes The Final Cut Region 2 Audio Cd      Album Description      NTSC/Region 2-6. Two long deleted Rainbow home video releases make their DVD debut on this double disc set. Live Between The Eyes is a concert that was filmed in San Antonio, Texas, in August 1982 during the Straight Between The Eyes tour. The Final Cut, first issued in 1987, contains eight of the later Rainbow promo videos, plus two songs from the Japanese tour of 1984. A must have for fans of Deep Purple and Hard Rock in general. Universal. 2006.