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Ladybird Records Catalog # LBDVD 020 Release Year 2005 Date/Venue TV Broadcasts 1991-1993 Source NTSC DVD-R Menu Yes Quality EX / EX+ |
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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