WB/Rhino 2002 | Original 1978
Source: DVD-Audio | DVDFab7 ISO | 6.58 GB | Complete Scans
Genre: Classic Rock

The Band makes its debut on DVD audio with this release, which is worth owning even if you like the four-CD box from Rhino. Condensed down from the box and featuring a six-channel surround-sound mix prepared by Robbie Robertson as well as Dolby digital stereo, it's a separate entity unto itself, with characteristics that separate it from the Rhino box and the Warner Bros. DVD release of the film. Actually, the Last Waltz DVD audio is a 30-track monster on playback, with the instruments given an up-close-and-personal presence that was scarcely hinted at on the old double CD or the original triple album, and can't be replicated on the simple 16-bit stereo playback of the CD box. The in-your-face guitar and keyboard sound on "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Shape I'm In" herald a piercing, potent listening experience, and even the relatively plain Dolby digital stereo track for DVD video players is an absolute revelation -- Robertson's guitar solo and Garth Hudson's sax solo on "It Makes No Difference" sound better than any live performance has a right to, and the pounding rhythm section and organ, coupled with Ronnie Hawkins' boisterous lead vocals on "Who Do You Love," could be a lease-breaker if played as loud as it should be after 11 p.m. in some apartment buildings. The surround-sound mix on "Down South in New Orleans," featuring Bobby Charles and Dr. John, is also worth the price of admission, putting the listener right in the middle of five singers, a pair of guitars, and Hudson's accordion solo. The whole disc is pretty much a total- immersion experience in the concert and the players.

This is a DVD-Audio, remastered, with Advanced Resolution DVD-A Surround Sound, DVD-A Stereo, Dolby Digital Surround Sound. Advanced resolution requires DVD-Audio players, remainder plays on all DVD players.

This disk may be watermarked.

Disc Content:

*Multi- channel surround sound (48 khz/24 bit) - DVD-Audio players
*Advanced Resolution Stereo (48 khz / 24 bit) - DVD-Audio players
*Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - DVD-Video players
*Photo gallery - all DVD players
*Song lyrics - all DVD players
*5.1 Remix produced by Robbie Robertson
*Photo gallery with 125 images