Live At The Max

I remember when this concert was first released for IMAX theaters back in 1991: it was the first really cool IMAX movie, and a great concept -- a rock concert on one of those huge, larger than life screens. The visual impact of seeing this thing at an IMAX theater was awesome, and highly entertaining to say the least. Until recently, there was no way to really recreate that excitement at home, but this Blu-ray is certainly the next best thing.If you have a home theater set-up, with a big screen hi-def. monitor or projector, then this title is the one for you. I've got a fairly big Mitsubishi (73"), and it does a fine job showing the Rolling Stones in all their glory. Filmed with IMAX cameras back in 1989-1990, the clarity, sharpness, and overall direction of the production is visually stunning. The audio quality, as well, is very good.Vintage Rolling Stones concerts is what I am into. This being a 20 year-old concert (at the time of this Blu-ray release), it represents the best, oldest show available at this time. "Gimme Shelter" is cool, but "Let's Spend the Night Together" (the 1983 concert film of the 1981 tour) is the one I am waiting for on Blu-ray. (The mythical "Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones" from 1972 would be the best...) Until then, LIVE AT THE MAX gives Stones fans something to really enjoy. Notably, LIVE AT THE MAX also marks the final shows with all 5 "original members" (including "new guy" Ron Wood), as this would be bass player Bill Wyman's final tour. It is great to see some of these older rock concerts released onto Blu-ray disc. LIVE AT THE MAX does not disappoint.

First off I have to say that the older reviews of this DVD are from the original DVD release and you will see many low star ratings and complaints about the sound mix. This was Remastered in 2009 to a STUNNING new brilliant audio and picture mix. It's been totally revamped and you must get a copy!This DVD to be truly enjoyed you need to treat yourself and get a 5.1 Home theatre sound system. Don't just watch this on your tv or jack the sopund through a stereo. The new 5.1 mix is incredible! Ronnie Wood's Guitar work comes in the back leftr speaker so Crisp and clear! Keith's Guitar comes in center and right speakers. There is just tremendious sound separation, it's truly a masterpiece of remixing.The Picture is superb and clean and sharp. The close ups are fantastic!This was shot on Film (Imax) and this gives the show a theatical feel (which it was actually was).The Stones played a very enjoyable set and in great spirits, all through the show, you can see Ronnie and Keith play off each other ans really see the chemistry they have. Mick's voice is strong and sounds great. This DVD is more than 5 Stars, it's just that good!This is not your typical DVD of a concert being filmed, they were making a MOVIE and knew it, the quality of the stage production and crew and Band all come through as true champions.This DVD once agian shows and reaffirms that the Rolling Stones is the greatest Rock and Roll band!The song's all sparkle with energy and excitement, I just with it could have went on for another hour it was so enjoyable.(Sadly this was Bill Wymans last tour with the band)

Unfortunately, the entire show was not provided, but that being said most of the high points are included. This was Bill Wyman's last tour, so another founding member was bowing out, and consequently the song list has an abundance of great songs not often played live before. I think that other than the '72 DVD concert with Mick Taylor, this is other essential DVD for Stones fans. Honorable mention to "Shine A Light" as well due to Martin Scorsese's masterful direction.

This was a very nice and visually clear blu-ray DVD. It was a little short, being only a little over 70 minutes in length. The songs had a strange audio mix on the first half of the disc. It was Keith's guitar playing very prominent over everything thing else including Mick's vocals. I really enjoyed the video of "2000 Light Years from Home", which I do not remember hearing them ever doing on tour. This also was the last DVD to have bass player Bill Wyman, as he left the group not long after this was recorded, which to me is historic in itself. I just wish the Stones would drop the songs, "Satisfaction, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Women and Jumping Jack Flash" which always seem to be on every Stones DVD and in every Stones concert from the last 20 years. Don't get me wrong they are good songs and they do them well but they are being too repetitive when they have many great songs in their back cataloge that many of us would like to hear live before the group retires.

This is an excellent performance from The Rolling Stones. The video is excellent. It is not a wide screen film though. I have never been to an IMAX theater so I wasn't sure what the aspect would be. It's more of a square viewing screen rather than a wide shot. I love it all the same though. It looks great on my TV. Thanks!

I have the old DVD of this and just received the Blu Ray tonight. I popped it in to check the quality and ended up watching the whole show start to finish, it was so great! The audio on the DVD was so bad I contacted the producers who mentioned they knew about this and were working on a new mix. The audio and video in the Blu Ray version is a HUGE improvement! The band is so energetic, the guitars sound great, the IMAX filming makes you feel like you are on stage with the Stones, and the band sounds tight and rocks hard. I noticed several things that I never saw watching this concert on DVD. The guitars in particular are much more prominent and Keith is so much fun to watch. My only complaints are (1) the audio and video do not appear to be perfectly synced (which I have noticed on almost every concert DVD I own! I think the skill of audio engineering has been lost) and (2) some pixelation between chapters, which I am assuming is a problem with my PowerDVD software and not the disk. But this is a 5 star must have show! Probably my top official stones performance available, and includes Bill Wyman on bass!

Those that've seen 'em, say they're the best live band in the world. Legendary in fact, with Jagger at whatever age he is now, bounding about a 20 year old.The Rolling Stones aren't my favourite band - dare I say it, their sheer rawness doesn't seem to translate down to CD all that well, at least for me (and they were before my musical 'time'). Maybe Live, where all that noise and energy can be focussed, I'll appreciate them a lot more. So, my quest to own one decent Stones Live DVD led me here, not too old for technical (viewing) technology to be an issue and not be too new to be costly or without reviews and recommendations from other Amazon customers.It certainly sounds very good and with good visuals. It seems to have most of the great tracks, done Live and with Jagger playing up to both the audience and music itself in his customary manner.What more could I want? Not a lot really, which is why it's five stars and comes recommended!

I saw this film at what was, at the time, the only place it could be shown in the UK - the IMAX theatre at Bradford. In the meantime I have enjoyed occasional screenings at home of a Laserdisc edition. The Blu Ray release is nothing short of magnificent in both picture and sound. It does full justice to the excellent source material and the transfer from IMAX has been done very well.

I saw the IMAX film of this concert just after it was first released. I thought, then, that the IMAX film was better than being at the concert - the sound was excellent, but, best of all, the picture quality was astounding. I bought the DVD of Live at the Max about two years ago. The sound was passable, but the picture quality was appalling - certainly not as good as I was expecting. I have recently upgraded my system to HD TV and Blu-ray player and thought I'd try the Blu-ray version of Live at the Max. It is astonishingly good in both audio and picture and at least as good as the IMAX film. An advantage, of course, in watching the Blu-ray version as compared with the IMAX film at a theatre, is that the Blu-ray version can be paused for refreshment breaks!

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This is my third live Stones video, and I must say I like this one the least. Image and sound are OK, but I think the performance itself is over the top. I like them more as a 5-member band without all the extras (3 background singers, a complete brass band, ... in this case).