Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii

Pros: live Floyd, wonderful images
Cons: some missing relics

I know many rock fans who think that Pink Floyd began with Dark Side of the Moon. They don't realize that there is a body of great material that was recorded before that seminal album. Many hardcore fans view the early music as the ...

Pros: Stunning and occasionally disturbing images; Excellent song selection
Cons: "Echoes" split into parts; Not available on DVD

A bizarre concept for a concert video, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii features no audience, six songs, and only a glimpse of some of the work the band is most noted for. In spite of the fact that Pompeii would be followed by the watershed...

Pros: Great music, great performance, great interviews
Cons: only a minor thing: footage on "One of These Days"

Let me start out by telling you a bit about myself, and my love of Pink Floyd music. I've been a fan for many years, owning many albums, but having only seen one concert of any sort of Pink Floyd's, actually just Roger Waters live in Berlin. But the ...

Pros: Floyd in their prime
Cons: Where's Astronomy Domine?

The live disc of Pink Floyd's 1969 "Ummagumma" album contains the cream of their early work performed live. This film produced for Belgian television consists of a spectacular performance in the ruins of an amphitheatre near pompeii,...

Pros: Must see for Pink Floyd fans; moody; art-film pacing
Cons: Pretty much of exclusive interest to Floyd fans, or musicians

I saw this film when I was a kid, prior to becoming a professional musician, and now as an adult.

I remember as a kid watching scenes of them playing among the ruins as being a great synergistic combination of technology and art: here are...

Pros: Live music, Interviews, Behind the Scenes footage
Cons: High pitch noise when turned to a loud volume. Not available on DVD.

After watching this video, I realized how rare this movie is. It contains behind-the-scenes camera work of Pink Floyd recording arguably their best album, Dark Side of the Moon. It has footage of Gilmour jamming on his guitar live and in the studio,...

Pros: good visuals, great look at the band in their early days
Cons: the video can be hard to find

Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii video is absolutely a must-see for any fan of Pink Floyd.
The memebers of Pink Floyd take their instruments, set up, and play in the lost city of Pompeii. You get a not-too-common look at them with all thier...

Pros: A more revealing look at Pink Floyd than intended
Cons: Very self indulgent at times

This is a fairly interesting film about the making of "Dark Side of the Moon". Shock, they weren't watching
"The Wizard of Oz" during the movie..LOL. It is a strange movie, one that obviously the band was not too happy with..LOL.
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Pros: Superb sound, film quality capture the feel and times of one of rock's greatest bands.
Cons: Too bad it wasn't a double album!!

The Director's Cut version of the Floyd's Live at Pompeii starts with a heartbeat reminiscent of Dark Side's start and then takes you on a stunning ride through some of their best music. Apollo lift-offs, ethereal music and in-depth interviews with the band mark this great dvd.

Starting with Echoes (Part I) and progressing through to Echoes (Part II) the music's the thing. Studio-to-live fades, excellent sound quality, and the evident closeness of the band are my highlights of the film. This was a long-awaited release and well worth the wait. Produced in 1972 the film thankfully captures the transition stage in the band's career from super-psychedelic to rockers psychedelic.

Hey - who would have thunk to perform solo in a 2000 year old amphitheater? The taste of the coming Dark Side album perfectly fits and it is hard to imagine a world without Dark Side's foresight and cutting edge production (for the time - 1973).

Pros: Visual footage. Interviews.
Cons: Interviews removed from original.

If you’re a Floyd fan, then you know that the best way to experience their music is with both audio and visual. That’s why this new dvd, “Live in Pompeii” is a must have. If you already own and love the video version like I do, you’ll be blown away by the dvd. It has both the original version (in pan scan, minus the interviews) and a new director’s cut (widescreen, with added interviews) as well. The visuals in this video are just amazing. The ancient amphitheater among the ruins of Old Pompeii is awesome and a great place for the band to play. There is a great mosaic shot of Nick Mason that is pretty trippy. The director’s cut has footage from the band’s recording of Dark Side, and some great interviews with the guys. This is definitely a must have for anyone’s Floyd collection.

Pros: The interviews and performance.
Cons: Needs more extras.

Being a huge Pink Floyd fan, I was psyched when I heard that “Live in Pompeii” was being released on dvd. I, like any loyal fan, already have it on video, but my copy was becoming run down. Now with the dvd, I have the original and the new directors cut. The directors cut has extra footage and is in animorphic widescreen, which I just love. One of the great things about Floyd is watching them perform. So, to see Waters and Gilmore together is cool. I have the “Pulse” dvd, which is great, but is missing Roger Waters. The scenic shots of old Pompeii and the ampetheater they play at are beautiful. The whole movie is a trip, and any Floyd fan should enjoy this dvd.