15.09.1997
UK, London, Royal Albert Hall
Concert for Montserrat
PAL
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DVD 1: [1:49:15]
01. Moderator - Introduction 
02. George Martin - Introduction 
03. ARROW & HIS BAND - Hot, Hot, Hot
04. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes 
05. Midge Ure
   - Interview  by Tania Bryer
   - Vienna
06. Jimmy Buffett
   - Interview by Tania Bryer
   - Volcano 
07. Phil Collins
   - In The Air Tonight
   - Take Me Home (Featuring – Ray Cooper)
   - Interview by Tania Bryer
08. London Community Gospel Choir 
09. Mark Knopfler - Interview by Tania Bryer
10. Mark Knopfler - Wild Theme (Local Hero)
11. Mark Knopfler - Brothers In Arms
12. Mark Knopfler - Money For Nothing (Featuring – Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Sting)
13. Sting
  - Interview by Tania Bryer
  - Message In A Bottle 
  - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Featuring – Chris Lawrence, Dave Hartley, Ian Thomas, Ray Cooper)
14. George Martin - Interview by Tania Bryer
15. Elton John
  - Your Song 
  - Live Like Horses 
  - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 

DVD 2: [48:57]
01. Jools Holland - Interview by Tania Bryer
02. Eric Clapton
  - Broken Hearted 
  - Layla (Featuring – Mark Knopfler)
  - Same Old Blues (Featuring – Jools Holland, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Ray Cooper)
03. Paul McCartney
  - Interview by Tania Bryer
  - Yesterday 
  - Golden Slumbers (Choir – The Royal Guard Choir, Conductor – George Martin, Featuring – Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Phil Collins, Ray Cooper, Orchestra – The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
  - Hey Jude (Featuring – Alphonsus Cassell, Carl Perkins, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Sting)
  - Kansas City (Featuring – Alphonsus Cassell, Carl Perkins, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Buffett, Mark Knopfler, Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Sting)

Additional comments:
A home-made DVD-Video containing the complete concert of Music for Montserrat. The concert was first aired on the 16th September 1997 on 'Sky Box Office' pay-per-view TV-channel (the source for these DVD's). Some of rock music's biggest stars performed at a benefit concert in London on Monday, September 15th to raise money for the volcano-ravaged Caribbean island of Montserrat. The concert has been organised by Sir George and Lady Martin together with Harvey Goldsmith to raise funds for the victims of the Soufriere volcano on the island of Montserrat which has been in a continuous state of eruption since July 1993. The most recent explosion in June 1997 killed 19 people and rendered 1500 homeless. Mark Knopfler was one of the artists that evening and of course his contribution can be found on this recording. The DVD's are made in a way that you can skip from artist to artist. The performance of Mark Knopfler has extra chapters where you can skip from song to song. Very nice is the interview with Tania Bryer. Some nice facts about the recording period of the Brothers in Arms album (recorded on Montserrat 1985) and there are some small clips of the Brothers in Arms soundcheck at the Royal Albert Hall. Mark also plays a wonderful version of Layla together with Eric Clapton and also plays on the Paul McCartney set. The picture quality is good, the sound is good too, but a bit wobbly at moments. Available on two DVD+R's. 
 
Artists involved were: Midge Ure, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton, Elton John and Paul McCartney. They all step in and out the stage joining each other to sing and play. Sting sings Money for nothing with Knopfler, Hey Jude with McCartney and E.John. 
It was released in an official DVD but some songs were left out, for example Fields of Gold. The complete concert was satellite broadcasted by SkyBox Office TV Channel. Quality is very good, not perfect but very good.

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  TV system : 625/50 (PAL)
  Aspect Ratio : 4:3
  Display Mode : reserved
  Source picture resolution : 720x576 (625/50)
  Frame Rate : 25.00
  Source picture letterboxed : Not letterboxed

Audio Attribute : 
  Audio Coding mode : MPEG
  Sampling Rate : 48kHz
  Audio application mode : Not specified
  Number of Audio channels : 2
  Bitrate : 256 Kbps
  Number of Audio streams : 1