The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus[Blu-ray/DVD/2 CD]

Bought as a gift. Recipient happy

This DVD arrived in a timely manner packaged so no damage occurred during shipping. The movie was great and I would recommend this seller.

I've seen bits and pieces of the Circus performances several years ago, but not in its entirety until I recently purchased the blu-ray. I have read reasons why the film wasn't released for years. Two of those reasons: the Stones not performing well and the Who upstaging the Stones is HS/BS. Someone even commented that Brian Jones was performing poorly- BS!. There's only one reason why the Circus was kept in the vaults and that has to be because it was Brian Jones last performance. He performed just fine and was having a good time. To see Brian Jones performing and promoting Beggars Banquet songs is something everyone must appreciate. Jones is having a good time and it's very sad what happened to him. To this day there is talk that his passing still has questions. I am not by any means saying that the Stones are only the Stones with Jones. Not that at all. The Stones became legends with or without Jones, but I am saying the Circus needs to be judged in a good way and not just for the sake of Brian Jones R.I.P. but because we get the Stones with Jones as his last performance and we get John Lennon with Yoko and Clapton and we get the Who with Moon and we get Jethro Tull with Tony Iommi which I never even knew until I watched and read about Iommi playing with Tull B.T.W. Mick Abraham had never been video recorded playing with Tull, and we get Taj Mahal with Native American Jesse Ed Davis who played with Harrison at Bangladesh. Marianne Faithful sings nicely. I read that Zeppelin might play the Circus. That would have been awesome had they been included. Including Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention would have been very cool. All in all, we can't judge the R & R Circus with any kind of disdain based on that all the performances are good, music video production was in its early stages and that there aren't many moments captured of Brian Jones w/Stones, John & Yoko performing and backstage, Taj Mahal & Jesse Ed Davis. It's not a crime if you don't see the R & R Circus, but it is a crime to judge it harshly.

Absolutely lovely Blu-Ray upgrade, with improved 5.1 sound. No new features or added footage, it’s exactly the same material as the DVD release a decade or so ago.

This new release of the legendary Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is only a slight upgrade to the original DVD/CD released in 1995. There is no new footage or commentary beyond the extras provided on the original release. Even the David Dalton essays are repeated. Oddly, the photo gallery from the original DVD is missing from this edition. Because this show was recorded in 1968, there is only so much that modern technology can do to improve the sound and visual quality. The colors on the video are noticeably brighter and cleaner, and the audio is just a bit more cleaner. There is a bonus that this edition provides over the 1995 release. A second CD contains the audio from the bonus performances by Taj Mahal, The Dirty Mac, and Julius Katchen that appear on the Blu-Ray and DVD. And there is never before released audio of The Dirty Mac rehearsing “Revolution” and “Warmup Jam.” Plus the Blu-Ray, DVD, and CDs are all in one package. In 1995, the DVD and CD were available only as separate releases. This is still a 5 star release as it was in 1995, and the upgrades make this more so.

Great great great a must see stones Lennon Clapton the who what do I need to say great 😃

The Rolling Stones, The Who, John Lennon and Eric Clapton: you can smell the weed and see the heroin coursing through the musicians' veins. The spirit of 1968 London pop music is captured in all its multi-colored psychedelic splendor. Some is good (Taj Mahal), some is mannered (Marianne Faithfull), some is pre-recorded (Jethro Tull), some is fascinatingly dreadful (the circus elements). However, The Who and The Stones blow off the roof and take this from a tacky period piece to a timeless rock and roll classic. This belongs in the collection of anyone with serious interest in late 60's rock music or The Rolling Stones in particular.

A great performance by Mick and the guys. A must see.

C est un must a avoir pas juste pour les Stones mais aussi pour la performance des Who ,allez -y sans crainte,je suis un grand fan des stones et j ai vraiment aimé.

ミア・ファローは、ショーを欠席するかわりに友人のファッション・モデル、ドヤーレ・ルナを送り込んだ。彼女は火喰い術師のアシスタントとなって登場した[キースが紹介している]。また、ジェスロ・タルは前任のギタリストの代わりに急遽トニー・アイオミを抜てきした。彼は、この後すぐにブラック・サバスを結成する。さらに、The Dirty Macというネーミングには諸説あるが、McCartneyと無縁とは考えにくい。ジョンとミックがバンドを紹介する際に、ジョンが“ベースはキース・リチャーズ”というと、ミックがすかさず“Dirty”という。その直前に“クリームからエリック・クラプトン”に対しては“Beautiful”と賛辞を贈る。尤も、クリームはこの時すでに解散していた。ミッチ・ミッチェルはまだエクスペリエンスに在籍していたものの、翌69年6月29日には終焉を迎えることになる。ジョン自身、すでにビートルズに対しての興味を失っており、翌69年9月12日にはエリック・クラプトンを含むプラスティック・オノ・バンドとして初ステージを踏むことになる。 等々、話題に事欠かない、このTV特番は当時放映されることなく、30年近く“幻”とされてきた。 これを初見したときは、それだけで驚異だったが、今観返すと、つくづくよく出来た66分番組だったと思感じ入った、と同時に勝手な連想だが、当時、ブラジルで勃興していたトロピカリアの番組もこんな感じだったんではないか、とふと思わされた。カエターノ・ヴェローゾ、ジルベルト・ジル、ガル・コスタといった血気盛んな若者たちを中心に音楽だけでなく、美術、映画、ファッションの各方面でダダイズムのように既成の概念を破壊すると同時に、伝統の深層に回帰するような運動でもあった。つまり、表層の流行現象に対するアンチ・テーゼだったのだ。 それと似た趣旨であることは、この番組が“サーカス”と銘打っていることに明らかだが、“サーカス”とは、わが寺山修司も同時代に標榜したコンセプトである。アメリカではブラッドベリなども盛んに使っていたが、要するに、“驚き”をコンセプトとした“伝統”行事である。根っこは“伝統”ではあっても、常に“驚き”をもって現実を刷新していく、というか。R & Rもそういうものとして“伝統”の中に位置づけられてもいいのではないか、というか。当時にあっては気宇壮大なコンセプトも見え隠れする、といったら穿ちすぎか？それはともかく、ここにセレクトされたミュージシャンは、1968年のロック界の現状を見事にコンデンスしているとともに、各ミュージシャンの熱演をよくぞ撮っておいてくれたというシロモノばかり。見慣れたフーの演奏も相当に出来がよいし、初っ端のジェスロ・タル―とりわけイアン・アンダーソンの奇怪な片脚奏法や、タジ・マハール・バンドでのジェシ・エド・デイヴィスのクラプトンに勝るとも劣らぬ鋭角的なギター、ミックの子を堕ろしたばかりのマリアンヌ・フェイスフルの蒼ざめた人造美人ぶりなど、みどころは多い。ストーンズの演奏は、練習不足の気味も感じさせつつ、それでも目標は明確だった気がする。唯一の黒人、タジ・マハールのごっついヴォイスとは異なるミック・ジャガーのしなやかなヴォーカルが牽引する楽曲の出来がまず抜群だし、彼ら自身も意識していなかったオリジナルな凄みも段々と見え始めているのを今なら確認できる―ブライアンの最後の光芒と共に…。 番組が放映されなかった理由に、ストーンズ自身が自分たちの演奏にOKを出さなかった、というまことしやかな話があるけれども、もしそれが本当なら、後日きっと彼らは後悔したはずだ。マイケル・リンゼイ＝ホック作品としては、明らかにLet It Beよりも優れているのだもの。

If you are a fan of the Rolling Stones, then this is a piece of Stones history you want to have in your collection.

My goodness, what a time this Blu-ray makes us want to live in. Marianne Faithful has always been beautiful and too talented, but damn it, her voice had me in tears. The opening acts were fantastic, except Yoko doing her "art" or "music". I found myself saying, 'sit down Yoko' a few times. Getting to the Stones though. What do you say? Well they played my faves in there for sure, but an old one I forgot about may have had me choked up a little was "No Expectations", and with the audio being so damned crisp, just hit those heart strings big time. There really is little to say in the negatives on this. Nope... Not finding much. I am sure there will be others who say the sound is too crisp, or that the video is too good, but honestly, it is great to see how good this holds up. I'm sure it will show these youngens what great means. Thanks to the cast of the circus, the people behind the scenes, except that one techie who got a bit too into the music. The people who remastered this to Blu-ray, they need a massive amount of credit for this.

Maravilhosa qualidade de áudio e vídeo. Tenho essa apresentação em laserdisc e posso dizer que esse DVD está fenomenal, muito bem tratada a imagem e o som. Imperdível. P.S: Yer blues tocado por Eric Clapton definitivamente não é desse mundo!