DVD "SAILOR Live In Concert" |
SAILOR 2004 Alpha Centauri - ACE 11097 A Re-release
of "Pirate Copy - Peter
Lincoln |
A
Glass Of Champagne BONUS FEATURES:
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SAILOR's very own review of this very special show: High Wycombe - The Band's
Perspective SAILOR, Grant Rob Peter and Phil, were all
initially very nervous about attempting such a large
venture in the UK - their own 'Headline' concert, and at
the same time arranging to have the first ever 'Live In
Concert' DVD filmed by Angel Air at the November 16 2002
Show at the Swan Theatre in High Wycombe. |
Reviews...
Review by German music magazine "Good
Times" issue September 2003:
For nearly thirty years hardly anything has changed in SAILOR
(except for the line-up): The Nickelodeon was updated technically
and with synthesizers, but it still fascinates with its
fairground-sound. The songs have always sounded as if they were
from the 1920s, and at the same time dust-free ("Girls Girls
Girls", "One Drink Too Many",
"Jacaranda", "The Old Nickelodeon Sound").
The stage is still lightened by an intimate
sailor-pub-illumination and a streetlamp. And the original
members Phil Pickett (nick), Grant Serpell (dr) and "the new
guys" Rob Alderton (nick) and Peter Lincoln (voc, gtr) are
still faithful to their outfits.
In spite of all the show and the closeness to the English
Cabaret, SAILOR, whose respective members have kept the fun of
playing, are a convincing band, especially because of their music
and vocals. "Pirate Copy" is therefore not only
advisable for fans. As a bonus there are three
"unplugged"-tracks, a detailed band-history and
interviews.
(Angel Air / Fenn, 150 Min.)
Review by SAILOR fan
Stephen, written on 14 May 2003:
My copy of SAILOR's DVD arrived this morning. I've now played it
through three times and I must say it's brilliant, marvellous,
fucking out of this world! It's taken a long time for this day of
joy to arrive but it's here now.
I've been a fan of SAILOR since the first SAILOR album - before
the hits came along. I remember many a gig up and down the UK.
And what a great set of albums from 1973 to Live in Berlin.
I had wanted to go to the concert last November, but my wife was
due to give birth on the same day. Finally our lovely daughter
Taryn arrived two days later. I mention this because I can't wait
for the next opportunity to be there, especially after having
watched the DVD - and Taryn watched it once all the way through
(although she did sleep through the second play). So we have
another fan in the making.
It's a great DVD, brings back wonderful memories, to hear the
greats from many great albums - I only wish the guys could have
played for hours to get in all of the favourites - where is Quay
Hotel!!!!!
Please post this wherever to let people know how great the DVD is
- I'll tell everyone I know to order a copy.
Stephen
Review by SAILOR fan Uli
Neumann, written on 24 May 2003:
I was lucky to be able to visit that glorious night at the High
Wycombe "Swan Theatre" in November 2002. After coming
home I wondered if all that I saw and heard there was true or was
it a dream? It was a really marvellous concert, the very best
that I have ever seen in my whole life. About sixty photos I took
there were the only possibility to remember so far, because the
announced DVD wasn't available for a long time. But now waiting
has come to an end, the DVD is in my DVD-player. I tell you that
I can't describe how fantastic this document of music is, my
words are too poor for that.
You can watch the whole concert in a perfect video and sound
quality, not a single song they performed in High Wycombe is
missing. You can see Peter Lincoln, the gifted musician at the
guitar and perfect singer, Phil Pickett at the bass side of the
Nickelodeon, absolutely perfect and very entertaining, at the
drum, with the right feeling for rhythm, drums and percussion,
the man who doesn't seem to become older, Grant Serpell and at
the treble side of the Nickelodeon, the youngster of the
SAILOR-crew, Rob Alderton. He's a real musical genius, improved
the Nickelodeon by adding a third keyboard to bring back the
original sound of the first Nickelodeon, absolutely perfect. It
fantastic how the four guys interact with their audience and to
see how much fun they have in performing live. And finally and
not to forget, the man without SAILOR would not be able to
perform live, the constructor of the new Nickelodeon, Graham
Naylor.
All these members are interviewed on the DVD in addition to the
interview with Katrin and Karsten Wagner. The SAILOR history and
some unplugged tracks make this DVD complete. Your SAILOR
collection is not complete without this.
Buy this, even you don't have a DVD-Player at the moment, you'll
be sorry if you don't. Perhaps you can complete your PC with a
DVD-ROM, so you can watch this DVD at your monitor.
So let me say finally, that all I told you is nothing in
comparison to the feeling you get while watching this recording
of SAILOR 'live'.
Uli
Review by
Empiremusicwerks:
One of the creators of theatrical rock, SAILOR lead the glam rock
scene in the early 70's. Their live shows where full on
theatrical productions that made them the most original chart act
of the 70's. First time captured live on DVD.
Review by
"Deichgraf", 18 June 2003
A must, not only for SAILOR-fans. Everyone who missed the
great concert in November 2002 can now catch up on what he or she
missed. You can see and hear everything that SAILOR have
performed that night, no cuts. Of course it includes the world
hits "Girls, Girls, Girls" and "A Glass Of
Champagne", but also old songs that SAILOR haven't played
'live' for a very long time. Angel Air managed it in a wonderful
way to capture this wonderful concert in a perfect picture- and
sound-quality.
Review by Tony Shelvin,
music critic for Cambridge's East Anglian Daily Times:
Hello again, SAILOR
SAILOR Live In Concert DVD
SAILOR? Still together? Well reformed actually; and, like many
bands of their generation, making a very nice living in Europe,
where the people are not quite so fashion-conscious as us Brits.
This DVD is a concert that the band performed last year in High
Wycombe of all places, filmed for Angel Air's Wave DVD Series,
and a jolly fun evening it appears to have been.
The band are best remembered for their chart hit, the Roxy
Music-sounding A Glass of Champagne and the Vaudevillian Girls
Girls Girls, both of which feature here and also in the bonus
'unplugged' section. One of the founder members Georg Kajanus
declined the reunion, but his replacement, Peter Lincoln, sounds
uncannily like him. Henry Marsh also stayed at home but the
rotund Rob Alderton looking like Christopher Biggins in a Noel
Coward play is a superb piano/accordion player and feels right at
home in the wacky cartoon-like setting.
Included in the set list is Karma Chameleon which SAILOR's Phil
Pickett co-wrote with Boy George. It sounds really delightful
with a laid-back accordion and mandolin backing.
It's great to see the band has retained its Nickelodeon - a
Heath-Robinson contraption made up of pianos, organs, synths,
glockenspiels and doorbells. This monster adds much to the
proceedings of what was obviously a very pleasant evening spent
in the company of an unusual and highly entertaining band.
Review by courtesy of Phil Pickett!!
Review by Hans-Joachim,
written on 10 July 2003:
Fantastic!
I am simply enthusiastic! I will never understand, that a band
that has made such great songs throughout the years (the
recording-quality was also very good most of the time - that's
important for me!) has never reached the significance that they
surely deserve. Back to the DVD: Great picture, great sound and
the music of this live recording TERRIFIC. They are real
musicians - although only! half of the original line-up. I hope
they will have success with this DVD - THEY DESERVE IT!
Some pictures from the DVD:
Last updated: 05 March 2005