Get It On: The Seventies DVD Jukebox (2003)

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General		Extras
Category	Music	Custom Play-Jukebox Informational Subtitles-Fact File Menu Animation & Audio
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Year Of Production	2003
Running Time	79:05
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	1,2,3,4,5,6	Directed By	Robert Garofalo
Studio Distributor	Stomp Visual	Starring	Tina Turner Bryan Ferry Kiki Dee Muddy Waters Alice Cooper Eric Burden Joe Cocker Rory Gallagher Chuck Berry
Case	?
RPI	?	Music	Various

    This compilation of live performances is taken from the German television program Musik Laden, and apart from a couple of minor hiccups, the source material appears to have been kept in good condition over the years. Many seminal artists from the 70s are featured here, including T-Rex, Jeff Beck, Roxy Music and the highlight for me - Alice Cooper. Eric Burden and War contribute a barely recognisable rendition of the Rolling Stones' classic Paint It Black, while Bryan Ferry tackles the Bob Dylan anthem A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. The production itself uses a lot of blue screen effects and gives the performances quite a dated look, but it all adds to the character of this collection.

    Although many of the performances are live - some appear to be miming to a studio recording - many of the songs fail to find a natural end and fade out prematurely. This is the only negative aspect to this compilation that I could find, and in general the program is well presented. The cross section of artists makes this experience most entertaining - it would certainly make an ideal party disc.

Video

    This video transfer is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and looks good for its age.

    Sharpness and general clarity is adequate and doesn't present any major issues. Some horizontal shimmering and motion trails can be seen on occasion, but the program is easily watchable. There is no low level noise present in the transfer that I could detect.

    Colours are bold and manage to remain consistent for the duration. I noted a couple of minor examples of bleeding but given the age of the source this is to be expected.

    Compression artefacts are nowhere to be seen in this transfer, however analogue tape artefacts are common. Regardless of this, the quality of the transfer is still good considering the age of this material.

    There is no subtitle stream on this disc.

    This disc is dual layered, however it does not contain a transitional pause during the feature.

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Audio

    There are two audio options to choose from; Dolby Digital 5.1 and a dts equivalent. I listened to both soundtracks in their entirety.

    Vocal delivery is always distinct and easy to understand. There are no issues concerning audio sync at all.

    The quality of these recordings is good. The surround mix is undoubtedly sourced from a stereo master, but this is a good effort. There are no dropouts, but a bit of distortion is evident on some occasions, such as the rumbling bass during Jeff Beck's track.

    The Dolby Digital soundtrack is my preferred of the two, mainly because the dts track is just too bottom heavy for my tastes. The Dolby Digital track is also mastered 5dB louder than the dts option. Aside from this, the two are very similar.

    Surround activity is limited to some slight spill to the rear channels. Lower frequencies are directed efficiently to the subwoofer and fill out the bottom end nicely. The front centre channel is utilised in a similar fashion to the rear channels and only offers some echo effects and spill from the front left and right, which do most of the work here.

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Menu

    The menu pages are nicely animated and very well produced, with some very cool page transitions. The menu pages are not 16x9 enhanced.

DVD Jukebox

    There are a number of playback options included on the disc. Viewers have the ability to skip directly to a particular track or program their own compilation of up to 10 tracks, which works nicely. There is also an option that allows the tracks to be played randomly.

Pop-Up Fact Files

    This is a great feature that provides a scrolling text of interesting facts and trivia relating to the band on screen. I suspect that this feature is contained on an entirely different video stream, judging by the graphics and level of detail. The frame is encapsulated by a blue border and the image is zoomed a little.

    The video transfer is good considering the age of the source material.

    The audio transfer is satisfying.

    There are a couple of interesting little extras included.

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