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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Eagle Rock Ent
Salesrank: 30660
Released: July 27, 2004 |
| Our Price: $10.17 |
| Used Price: $9.97 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Color Compilation Dolby DTS Surround Sound DVD Full Screen NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
ERIC CLAPTON, PAUL McCARTNEY, PHIL COLLINS, MARK KNOPFLER, and STING all on one Royal stage for one night!!
On September 15, 1997 at Royal Albert Hall, Sir George Martin assembled an all-star cast to perform a benefit for the island of Montserrat, an island in the Caribbean that ws devastated by a volcanic explosion. The artists that appeared at this show had all recorded some of their biggest hits at Martin's recording studio on the island. Included in this group are PAUL McCARTNEY, STING, ELTON JOHN, JIMMY BUFFET, AND ONE OF THE FINAL APPEARANCES FROM CARL PERKINS.
Track Listing:
Phil Collins - Take Me Home
Arrow & His Band - Hot, Hot, Hot
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede shoes
Jimmy buffet - Volcano
Mark Knopfler - Brother In Arms
Mark Knopfler - Money For Nothing (w/Sting, Eric Clapton)
Sting - Message In a Bottle
Sting - Magic
Elton John - Your Song
Elton John - Live Like Horses
Elton John - Don't Let the Sun Go Down On Me
Eric Clapton - Layla (w/Mark Knopfler)
Eric Clapton - Same Old blues (w/Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Jools Holland, Ray Cooper)
Paul McCartney - Yesterday
Paul McCartney - Golden Slumbers (w/Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton)
Paul McCartney - Hey Jude (w/all the artists who appeared at the concert)
Paul McCartney - Kansas City (w/all the artists who appeared at the concert)
Description of Music for Montserrat:
On the evening of September 15, 1997, legendary British music producer George Martin (who had risen to prominence with the Beatles) held a benefit concert at London's Royal Albert Hall for the small Caribbean island of Montserrat, which had recently been devastated by a volcanic eruption. All of the invited superstars had recorded some of their biggest hits at Montserrat's Air Studios, which Martin had founded in 1970, and this shared history gives Music for Montserrat an added sense of enjoyment among friends. Despite a few vocal dropouts and forgivable mixing problems, this outstanding concert has been captured with impressive fidelity, and while each artist performs songs appropriate to the occasion, they share the stage (along with a house band, choir, and orchestra conducted by Martin) in brilliant combinations that bring out the best in everyone involved.
The show hits full stride with Mark Knopfler's exquisite "Brothers in Arms," which segues nicely into "Money for Nothing" with guest vocals by Sting, who then performs two hits from his Police years. And while Elton John and Eric Clapton form the centerpiece of the concert (especially Clapton and Knopfler's acoustic "Layla"), Paul McCartney anchors the show with a spectacular four-song conclusion. Phil Collins's expert drumming is matched throughout by legendary percussionist Ray Kooper, and McCartney's fully orchestrated "Golden Slumbers" is a genuine show-stopper, followed by a "Hey Jude" sing-along with everyone on stage. They all follow McCartney's lead for a rockin' rendition of "Kansas City" (which the Beatles had performed as early as 1960), by which time Music for Montserrat had given its royal audience a show they would never forget. --Jeff Shannon
Music for Montserrat Reviews:
Great if you have the RIGHT sound setup 
2009-10-11 - I almost sent this item back because the sound was so uneven going back and forth between loud and soft for no reason. luckily I ran across a comment by someone who mentioned you had to use 5.1 or DTS in the sound setup to get it to work right. Sure enough, Doby sounds awful, but when I selected 5.1 the sound was perfect. After that I enjoyed a really great concert with some excellent cuts from Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler-Dire Straits, Sting, Paul McCartney and many others. Brothers in Arms, Money for Nothing, Layla, Hey Jude and a great rendition of Kansas City with everyone joining in. If you think you might like this DVD you will, so buy it, just be sure you use 5.1 or DTS!
All-Star Cast
2009-08-09 - Great set of music artists, each one a star in his own right, performing together. This is a classic.
some good performances on this dvd 
2009-07-14 - I wanted to see Sting and Dire Straights so that is the best of this dvd for me. a good buzz at the concert too.
Music for Montserrat 
2009-03-04 - Well here it is some 12 years after the event and I've only just found out about this amazing little concert, I only discovered about it because I came across Mark Knopfler singing "Brother in Arms" on You Tube, this version gave me goose bumps being supported by the The Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra!!...oh what a wonderful sound met by Knopfler's unique guitar style, but then I discovered this was only one part of a much bigger get together, so thanks again to Amazon.com I found a copy and promptly purchased it, excellent vision and the sound, well lets see, I have read elsewhere that the sound is a bit dodgy, yes it was and I was immediately disappointed, however the DVD gives you the option of three sound formats, Dolby Stereo, Dolby 5.1 Surround and DTS Surround, well in Dolby Stereo the sound brakes up badly, select Dolby 5.1 and it is %98 percent perfect and DTS was even better, every instrument was well mic'ed, mixed and recorded, the grand piano just sounded fantastic when Elton was on, the percussion the sound of the Kick Drum was just right through to Ray Cooper on the Tambourine and boy wasn't great to watch him...if you haven't seen it do yourself a favor and buy a copy, it maybe 12 years ago but it feels as if it was only yesterday.
Amazing To See All These Stars Sharing The Stage!
2008-11-12 - Wow, this was a shock to see rock mega-stars like Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Mark Knopfler side-by-side-by side on stage for a couple of numbers. Add in Phil Collins on drums, Ray Cooper on percussion, Elton John and Jools Holland on keyboards and more good backup musicians, plus an orchestra and big choir and it all made for a memorable night, I'm sure, for those at Royal Albert Hall in London in 1997.
The benefit concert in September of '97 for the residents of Montsserat, a Caribbean island which had been devastated by a volcano the year before. Many of the aforementioned artists had recorded some of their famous songs on that island at the Air Studios at Montsserat.
In addition to the above, there was Sting, Jimmy Buffet, Arrow & His Band and Carl Perkins. It's always a thrill to see and hear rockabilly legend Perkins doing "Blue Suede Shoes," which he also was wearing! Sadly, Carl died a little over two years after this concert.
My personal likes of this concert included Buffet's catchy number "Volcano," with new lyrics covering what happened at Montserrat; Phil Collins' entertaining "Take Me Home;" John doing his first hit, "Your Song;" a wonderful low-key collaboration between Clapton and Knopfler on "Layla;" Clapton's guitar solos and some good keyboard work by Holland on "Same Old Blues;" and the rousing finish of "Kansas City," led by McCartney, who seemed to be the featured performer in this galaxy of rock stars.
With almost two hours of music, anyone can find enough material here to give them an entertaining night of music and when all of these guys get together for the final couple of songs.....well, that has to be seen to be believed. This is a real collector's item for music lovers.
