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		List Price: $49.95		Label: Video Service Corp Salesrank: 1863 Released: November 17, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Elvis Costello: Spectacle: Season 1 (4pc) (Ac3) Reviews:
'Can't Get Enough (or "The Anti-Oprah")
2009-12-10 - I pay premium for Sundance just for this show and it is the only television I watch. After months of wondering if there would be more (Sundance site kept it a secret), tonight began the second season and I couldn't be happier. I aggree with the reviewer who wishes there was more bonus material - I am hoping that the Second Season box will have far more. Nonetheless, this is the best thing to ever happen to television - I watch it on a TV that can't decipher pink from yellow but I thank God I didn't throw it away because He let me have Spectacle. Mean no disrespect to the good lady or her fans, but can't resist calling Elvis the "anti-Oprah" He is genuinlely interested (and doesn't play to we who find him interesting himself) and this is the stuff that makes for a great and honest interview. This is something completely different, folks. I am sure it is an honor to the artist who is asked to be on the show. Fame and celebrity are certainly not the criteria here... I thank Elvis for Rufus Wainwright. Where Elvis was the only sure thing in music I've known for 30+ years (the "king', if you will, he introduced me to the "prince" at this late age - another "sure thing" to look forward to for the next 30 years. And they gave me Jeff Buckley whom I also an't get enough of and will appreciate for life. Never gave a lick about U2 until tonight;s show.. And I'm looking forward to appreciating Bruce Springstein as well...I've a list of 100 folks I'd like to see on that stage, but they are folk I like already. I thought I knew all music and had many opinions formed that limited my trust in certain artists, Trust Elvis. He's never once let me down and so my world is forced to get bigger in order to make room for more beauty... But I am making a spectacle of myself here.........'Excited re: Lyle Lovitt.... And my 14 year old composer wont miss an episode either as this provocative musical program has brought some light to us in ou darket hour

A must have for the pop music fan without a blu-ray player
2009-12-01 - Ordered both the DVD and blu-ray versions of this after downloading a couple episodes from i-tunes. If you are interested in popular music, songwriting, and musicians--this is a good choice. If you just want videotaped performances, look elsewhere. Elvis Costello, who I never really listened to in his prime, is very knowledgeable and a pretty good interviewer. Episodes usually start out with Elvis and some musicians doing one of the artists songs. There may be a song or two mixed in with the interview and it usually wraps with Elvis doing a song or two with the guest (though not always one of the guests songs). Some of the performances end up being rather interesting--Elvis and The Police doing Purple Haze. The blu-ray was supposed to arrive first and the DVD was to be a gift, but the DVD came first so it became a gently-used gift. Both versions have 5.1 sound, but the DTS version on the blu-ray sounds slightly better--more depth in the mid-ranges. I do wish that they had included more bonus features in the package. There are, for example, a number of behind the scenes clips online that are not on the DVDs. Also, someone should have removed the zoom button from the cameras used for some of the bonus interviews as the camera person got carried away. It did take me more than a few minutes to figure out how to remove the discs from the packaging.

A Masters on Music
2009-11-25 - This series as broadcast on Sundance Channel is an outstanding Master class on music itself. The broad range of the discussions, histories and looks at the real personalities of the artists being interviewed are truly amazing and highly entertaining as well as informative. We've watched every episode and throughly enjoyed them. What "In the Actor's Studio" does for that craft, this series does for music. Along with the promise of additional footage that was cut to make the show fit into the broadcast timeframe, we are looking forward to receiving this into our collection.