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Not to be judged by its cover

I finally got my hands on it - my Perihelion DVD, that is!

"There's no second chance to make a first impression" they say; my first impression - what a poor package! A quick look at the front and back covers (before taking the shrink-wrap off) reveals that it doesn't even have the concert details on it - where and when? - dunno! I suppose it'll all be on the lavish booklet inside.... Open the box and we find - yes, a stapled together, multipage booklet with all the... just a minute, it's an advert from the DVD company. Yes OK, so I can buy storage racks and other DVDs by obscure people I've never heard of, but where's the information about this DVD? Nowhere! As a commercial DVD packaging exercise - this sucks, big time.

So, my expectations for playing the DVD were suitably low. OK, into the player - main menu - select DTS soundtrack - press Play....

Fantastic!

All is (nearly) forgiven - the show rocks. Excellent sound quality (either DTS or Dolby Digital) and great pictures, although the editing leaves a bit to be desired - no close-ups when you need them in the solos. Oh well, this makes up for the cover; I can see they've spent the money on the content and... wait, where's the Steve Morse Riff-Raff intro to Smoke On The Water - gone to the cutting room floor! Oh dear. In the backstage 'extra feature' you can see Steve and Roger practicing it before they go onstage. D'oh!

The band's performance, however, is as fantastic as you would expect. Ian G. in fine form, Jon Lord sparkling, Steve blows that other chap (him with the green tights and pixie hat) away completely, and Roger and Ian P - just fantastic!

So overall 10/10 for sound and picture quality, 10/10 for performance, 7/10 for show content, 3/10 for the DVD package.

Would I recommend it to my friends - Oh yes!

Nick Naylor, UK

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