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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 49479
Released: March 27, 2001 |
| Our Price: $147.00 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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| Features:
Color Dolby DVD NTSC | |
Editorial Review:
Neil Young has never been one to eschew change, and this 1983 concert certainly found him in a transitional mode. Recently signed to Geffen Records (who would later sue him for producing work they deemed insufficiently commercial), he had released Trans, an album that, with its computerized tracks and electronically altered vocals, remains one of the oddest (and more underrated) in his entire catalog. He was also touring with a band drawn from virtually all phases of his career, with bassist Bruce Palmer (from the Buffalo Springfield), drummer Ralph Molina (from Crazy Horse), guitarist Nils Lofgren (a longtime Young henchman before he joined Bruce Springsteen's group), steel guitarist/keyboardist Ben Keith (a Young accompanist to this very day), and others.
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (whose many other credits include the Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus), the concert itself is also an eclectic mix, with classic rockers ("Cinnamon Girl," "Like a Hurricane," a rousing "Hey Hey My My") balanced by three Trans selections and a mostly acoustic interlude featuring "Old Man," "The Needle and the Damage Done," and "After the Goldrush." There's even a brand new (at the time, at least) tune named after the host city. The German audience eats up every second of it, and despite the lack of bonus features, Young fans are likely to enjoy this DVD as well. And with good reason: Neil Young in Berlin is undoubtedly one of the more interesting documents from a fascinating musical life. --Sam Graham
In Berlin Reviews:
Great Old Show 
2009-01-19 - This is a fantastic show for the production quality (25 years ago!)and Neil's performance. I skip the three "Trans" synthesiser songs, but the rest more than make up for it. This is the best old Neil video you will find!
Neil Young In Berlin
2008-03-29 - This is the best DVD I have ever seen. Just awesome. Lots of excellent closeup footage of Neil sweating and really getting into his music. Every song is a favorite. His backup guitar guys are outrageously talented, and to see Neil do his best is a real treat. Watching him play "Hey, Hey MY MY" is mind bogeling. And, of course "Computer Age", "Sample and Hold" Transformer Man" played with the Trans Band, all are so exciting to watch.
There is no sitting down on this DVD. Absolutely my favorite anything to watch......forever! I'm a 62 year old rock'n'roll Gramma, thanks to Neil.
huh??? 
2007-11-26 - I must have gotten hold of a different DVD than the rest of the reviewers. But it sure looks to have the same cover and everything.I had read the reviews and was really looking forward to this DVD. What an utter disappointment!! I would think Neil would be too embarrassed by this DVD to let it be available. The sound is just totally TRASH!!! I could only force myself to watch about ten minutes of the performance. It's hard to figure how none of the reviewer's of this DVD had anything really bad to say about the sound on it. The lack of sound makes this a total "THUMBS DOWN" DVD.
Trans(it) to Berlin
2007-08-20 - Being a "moderately serious" Neil Young fan I bought this DVD for completeness and for "nostalgic reasons" (this Tour I experienced my first ever Neil Young concert). I did expect to get some kind of a "bootleg" with moderate quality and was surprized to find both a rather high quality sound and video, given this is a low price DVD and a rather simple recording back in 1982 (1983?).
What I do remember from that concert are blow-away versions of Hey Hey My My and Like a Hurricane, a rather "embarrassing" Transformer Man "ballet" and a Nils Lofgren jumping across the stage like some crazy "Hampelmann" (whatever that is in English). However Nils Lofgren did play a couple of own "classic" songs during the concert. I do not know if he "was allowed" to do that internationally, but he had a good name in Germany because of an excellent "Rockpalast" concert on German TV televised live over most of Europe.
Most of this can be seen and heard (about from the Nils Lofgren part) on this DVD and I think that some of the songs (including for example the other songs from the TRANS-Album) can still blow you away.
One thing I find rather strange is that the editorial of Amazon places the concert in 1983, where as all other sources say it was the the 1982 tour. I am however quite sure that I did own the Trans LP (bought in January 1983 according to my "library card") when I saw the concert which would place at least the Cologne concert in early summer 1983?!?
Whatever - an excellent concert considering time and effort - and the only chance to see and hear songs from the TRANS-period. As an added bonus the encore is a song called "Berlin", which apparently never appeared again yet (let's all hope for the NY archives!). Berlin is actually an excellent song, it alone justifies the expenditure.
Neil is young & that's attractive to see on this dvd.
2007-06-25 - It's a pretty good dvd, and his songs 'Hurricane' & followed by 'Hey, hey, my, my,', these 2 really rock good. The bonus track called Berlin is ok, and the opener 'Cinnamon Girl' is good enuf to be called cool. I recommend to buy this if u want to see Neil in the early 1980's, cuz he's young in this video. Recommended. His other older songs r good 2, i.e. 'old man', and 'after the goldrush'. Just go out & get it, cuz Neil's a positive guy. Let him make your day (better than Dirty Harry, who's not Canadian.)
