Arsenio Hall Shows 91-93 (Ladybird) DVD
Ladybird Records
Catalog # LBDVD 020
Release Year 2005
Date/Venue TV Broadcasts 1991-1993
Source NTSC DVD-R
Menu Yes
Quality EX / EX+
UG2P Rating 5.0/5.0

DVD Track Listing

Arsenio Hall Show : 4th September 1991 (Broadcast 9th September 1991)
Diamonds And Pearls (intro) / Let's Go Crazy / Kiss / Cream / Purple Rain / Daddy Pop / Call The Law (NPG Outro)

Arsenio Hall Show : 23rd February 1993
My Name Is Prince / The Morning Papers / Blue Light / The Max

International Special Olympics - Metrodome, Minneapolis : 19th July 1991
Diamonds And Pearls / Let's Go Crazy (intro) / Baby I'm A Star / Push / Peter Gunn Theme

MTV Video Music Awards : 5th September 1991
Gett Off

The Prince Of Paisley Park
Documentary

Comments
Fink's Comments(rates this release 5/5.0)
This is a very good release from Ladybird and a nice collection of TV broadcasts spanning 1991 - 1993. There are a couple of tiny glitches with the picture during a number of the clips, however on the whole the quality is very good. The opening Arsenio Hall 1991 broadcast is the best quality of any of the broadcasts on this collection, and that is not surprising as this has been sourced from the Fullasoul release (listed HERE), and as you would expect the clarity and sharpness of the picture is extremely good - although all credit for that goes to Fullasoul and NOT Ladybird. The brightness on the Arsenio Hall 1993 broadcast is a little overpowering in places, however it is still very good and better than some circulating versions. The problems with this release (besides the blatant thieving of the Fullasoul release) lie in in the editing of the "The Prince Of Paisley Park" documentary. This is a later broadcast on USTV of the excellent Omnibus documentary. Broadcast in 1992 it contains some new footage (added live video and some comments from Alan Leeds). There are commercial breaks every 8 minutes, and Ladybird have rather amateurishly edited around them - with the resulting footage looking rather messy and unfinished.

The documentary itself is extremely good, so it's a pity they have messed it up so badly and ruined the flow of it. Now what I DO have to say in support of this particular release is give praise for the menu's - they are phenomenally good. They are set out rather plain and simple, however the real treat is when you click your selection a coloured silk sheet comes scrolling across your screen to lead you onto the sub-menu - that's the best thing Ladybird have done in a long, long time. It's beautiful, very effective and visually stunning. Unfortunately the packaging is amongst the worse of any of their release with laughably bad artwork (they seem to use the same pictures over and over again), and comes packaged in a tri-fold out sleeve. Overall this release contains enough quality material to be deemed enjoyable, but once again Ladybird are failing to impress - although you gotta love those menu's. 

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