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Jeff Buckley - Live In Chicago (2005) DVD9 PAL
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Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jeff Buckley's untimely death gives this 108-minute live performance inevitable poignancy and power as a rare, complete document of his passionate writing and playing style. At the time of Buckley's ascendance in the mid-'90s, both his high-flying vocal attack and his edgy poetic sense struck older listeners as genetic markers from his father, folk-rock legend Tim Buckley. Yet Buckley fils pursued a much more electric, rock-ribbed style, nodding toward behemoths like Pearl Jam and even Led Zeppelin.

This 1995 concert is a single, complete show from the tour that yielded the posthumous Mystery White Boy live album. It likewise impresses, both for Buckley's own songs and the bold cover choices included, here including songs associated with Nina Simone and the MC5 (a range that explains the emotional epics that Buckley favors).

Visually, the unadorned lighting scheme casts an often harsh light on the pale, dark-haired frontman, but a generally solid performance is sonically captured with satisfying detail, and the 5.1 surround sound mix gives the DVD version an appropriate club ambience. The DVD also includes two bonus acoustic performances. --Sam Sutherland

Live in Chicago is a live DVD by Jeff Buckley, recorded on May 13, 1995 at Cabaret Metro during the Mystery White Boy tour. Originally broadcast on Chicago music video program JBTV, it was released on DVD and VHS on May 9, 2000. In 2007 it was re-released with a different cover to accompany the release of So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley.


Actors: Jeff Buckley, Michael Tighe, Mick Grondahl, Matt Johnson
Producers: Gary Fisher
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Live, PAL
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (PCM Stereo)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
DVD Release Date: May 9, 2000, 2005 Cigra srl licensed by Sony
Genre: Pop, Rock
Run Time: 125 minutes


Tracklist:

Live at Cabaret Metro, Chicago

01. Dream Brother
02. Lover, You Should've Come Over
03. Mojo Pin
04. So Real
05. Last Goodbye
06. Eternal Life
07. Kick Out the Jams (MC5)
08. Lilac Wine (Nina Simone)
09. What Will You Say
10. Grace
11. Vancouver (instrumental)
12. Kanga Roo (Big Star)
13. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)

Bonus material

So Real (acoustic) (Recorded November 19, 1994)
Last Goodbye (acoustic) (Recorded November 19, 1994)
Previously unreleased Electronic Press Kit (EPK)


Video: MPEG-2, PAL, 8340kbps, 720x576, 16:9, 25,000 fps
Audio: English, DTS Audio 5.1, 1536kbps, 48 kHz
Subtitle: -
Playtime: 1:50:00s