Joe Jackson Live in Tokyo....Opinons??

[Bobo U2]

I have the 25th anni. DVD, it's ok. Tokyo is the only other live disc left. Anyone have the Tokyo disc? Any plans to release a DVD from his last tour?

[-=Rudy=-]

Haven't seen either one, but reading a description of the 25th Anniv. DVD, it doesn't appear to be the "reunion" lineup that toured in 2003...? (The description mentions a "percussion-heavy band", not something the Quartet had in place.)

Was there ever a video companion to the "Summer In The City" live recording?

[SamS]

I have the 25th anni. DVD, it's ok. Tokyo is the only other live disc left. Anyone have the Tokyo disc? Any plans to release a DVD from his last tour?

I have the Tokyo DVD. The peformance is decent. Sound is nothing exciting. I believe it's Dolby Digital 2.0. The mix is weak, sounds distant. The picture is the worse part. It was shot on bad '80s video and is hampered by bad concert lighting. Since the video was shot with interlaced cameras on a stark set, if you're watching on a digital TV, you'd better have a DVD player with great deinterlacing or "jaggies" will show up all over the image.

I really enjoy JJ, but I don't play this one very often :(


Was there ever a video companion to the "Summer In The City" live recording?

Unfortunately, no.

[VeeDub]

Rudy, the 25th anniv. DVD is the "Night and Day II" tour, the last tour prior to his reunion with the original JJ Band.

I have the Tokyo DVD and would agree it's nothing too great from a video/audio standpoint, but I do love the performance.