Emerson, Lake, & Palmer: Welcome Back

If you've seen the concerts, own the albums, know the songs, this dvd's for you. It's not a concert, it's a documentary. There are plenty of the songs we know, but not cohesively done as one concert vid. There's much talk, background info, photos and footage from the whole lifespan of the band. This is meant for the hardcore ELP fan, as I am. Not meant for dilettantes. Pass it up if you're looking for a regular concert. Snatch it up if you can't get enough ELP.

....that a lot of DVD's out now are just straight reissues of product previously only available on VHS, hence no extras.The critisism I've read for this release is unjust. Complaints of "they don't know how to make a DVD" are rediculous. This is the exact same material that was on the original VHS and it's about the same price as when I bought the VHS new. Some may complain that interviews interrupt the music constantly and I agree, that is annoying if it's supposed to be a concert film. However, this is a DOCUMENTARY! That's the way they are.And it's not a bad documentary at all. There's cool old footage and new interviews with the band during the comeback "Black Moon" period. I do feel they could have gone a little bit more in depth and shown more old footage and presented more interviews but what is there is fine. Not outstanding, but entertaining enough for ELP fans.

I have to agree with the other reviews of this DVD, in that no whole songs are played, and that is basically an INTERVIEW DVD. However, I guess that is why I liked it, because it presents the background of ELP that many of us haven't heard before. I've been a fan of ELP since day one, and saw their 1977 concert tour with the full orchestra BEFORE they had to abandon it. So, seeing the bits and pieces of that tour on the DVD brought back a lot of memories. But, I agree that ELP should put out a REAL concert album, like the California Jam concert, which I feel was their greatest work ever! I mean, it's about time and we've all waited long enough!

My Progressive Heroes

This dvd was disappointing, knowing of the quality of ELPs work made this dvd hard to swallow.First off the quality is low with popping and clicking across the entire length of this dvd. The fact that is from 1992 is no excuse, I have an Ozzy concert from same year with much higher quality. Then on top of this not one whole song is ever played constantly being over shadowed by talking in the middle of songs is no way to make a dvd thats what extras are for. Its apparent that these people {the ones who produced this} had no idea how to make a good dvd. I do not like a supposed concert dvd with less music then talking. Ohh well with the poor quality it does not matter all that much. I was expecting so much more out of one of my favorite bands of all time. Don't buy it unless your a hardcore ELP fan even then.... Try the new Live DVD from ELP it's much better. On a side note for pure reference it's intresting historical perspective.

Arrived when promised, great crystal clear video. I love it.

Don't waste you time on this. All of the performances are chopped up with cheesy interviews. On the other hand, if you are such a total ELP fan that you will enjoy little excerpts of performance mixed in with little excerpts of interviews, maybe you'll like. Personally, I don't get it, and I wish that I had known what it was before I bought it.

Loved it !!