Marillion - Recital of the Script

Starring:Marillion
Studio: EMI
Product Type: DVD

Description

The Recital Of The Script DVD is an extended version of the 1983 VHS, now featuring the full 87-min. concert as well as a featurette of extra performances and backstage footage. Track list: Script For A Jester's Tear, Garden Party, The Web, Chelsea Monday, He Knows You Know, Forgotten Sons, Market Square Heroes, Grendel. Extra Tracks Filmed At The Marquee, London 1982: He Knows You Know, Backstage Footage, Market Square Heroes (Excerpt), Interview With Fish.

Customer Reviews:

just class.......2007-07-01

i still have the original vhs copy and have followed the band since market square heroes in 1982 till fish left the dvd was a great addition to my collection and the interview is just the tip of the iceberg

Warning- Beware faulty discs!.......2006-04-12

This is NOT a review of the Marillion DVD, because I haven't received the Recital Of The Script that I ordered. I purchased this DVD through an Amazon dealer and it arrived in a Marillion case, with a disc marked Marillion. However, the content was a Pat Benatar anthology. I returned it and the seller sent a replacement disc. This also turned out to be a mis-marked disc and contained the same Pat Benatar content. This is an extremely frustrating experience and I just wanted to warn potential buyers about what they might wind up getting. There have been notices up at the Marillion site about this as well, so it must be a fairly common error.

Back in April of 2006 I reviewed this disc, or rather my repeated failed attempts to get a copy of it here on Amazon. My first two attempts resulted in me receiving a Pat Benatar video on a disc marked Marillion! Happily, all turned out well and the third try was the charm. One viewing of this DVD and you'll wonder how this band failed to take the world by storm. You get it all here, excellent songs, stellar musicianship and a mesmerizing performance by the entire band. This is vintage Marillion and shows the band in all their early glory. I highly recommend this to anyone who wonders what all the hype was about or wants to take a trip back in time to a magical time in music history. Essential prog rock.

Finally got this .......2005-04-14

Picked up "Recital of the Script" a couple weeks ago and finally got a second look at the DVD.

Taken from a Hammersmith Odeon concert in '83, this is the Marillion I remebered and enjoyed.

When I first heard "He Knows, You Know" - which gets a good performance - I just knew I had to pick up their music. They're a cross between Genesis (with Peter Gabriel) and Rush, making them a...yah, I know...prog-rock band.

Fish (Derek Dick) is a dynamic singer and lyricist, if pretentious and self-indulgent. His voice is so idiosyncratic that when he left the band, I just could not listen to the new frontman. Steven Rothery is an underrated guitarist who's very expressive and is complemented by Mark Kelly on the keyboards. The rhythm section provides solid backing.

The high point is "Forgotten Sons" - no surprise there but I must admit that my two favorite songs - "Cinderella Search" and "Assassing" - are not on the setlist. If only "Real to Reel" was filmed(?)...I got the CD in '84 as an UK import.

The disc is in stereo and 4:3 format with meager extras - the highlight being an interview with Fish. The video and audio quality is acceptable.

Hey, maybe I'll indulge my curiousity and pick up a post-Fish album after this nostalgic treat.

Short, but oh so sweet!!!.......2004-12-05

I've been a fan of Marillion (Fish era only) since I stumbled across a tape in a record store in Phoenix back in the early 80's. If you like your music thoughtful (both lyrically and musically), provocative and intelligent, this DVD is a must have. It's worth the purchase price for the performance of "Forgotten Sons" and "Market Square Heroes" alone (two of their best). The DVD doesn't have alot of frills but the interview with Fish is a high point. I miss the band very much but am thankful I saw them on the "Clutching at Straws" tour in Germany in 1987, Fish then leaving the next year.

lo mejor del bufon.......2004-08-05

Cuando hablamos de trabajos clásicos
dentro del rock nos tenemos que referir
a un concierto que se edito en el año 83
y que la casa EMI lo ha vuelto a lanzar
en el 2003 en formato DVD.
Para los que tuvimos la suerte de conocer este trabajo
el cual salió en los formatos de VHS y
Video Laser, encontraremos unas
adiciones interesantes como dos temas
extras: Grendel y The Web. Mas un
track filmado en el Marque en 1982
y una entrevista con Fish en el mismo
lugar.

Este concierto es importante debido a que
se convirtió en el ultimo que diera
el baterista Mick Pointer con la banda.
Los temas que interpreta el grupo son
todos de su primer trabajo llamado
Script for a Jester's Tear mas las
canciones de su primer EP.

Script For A Jester's Tear, Garden Party,
The Web, Chelsea Monday,
He Knows You Know, Forgotten Sons, Market Square Heroes, Grendel.

La calidad de la imagen es buena y la producción esta muy bien lograda, pero es importante resaltar que el vídeo no fue restaurado conservando los colores y textura del año en que fue producido, algo bien diferente a lo que ocurrió con el audio el cual si fue restaurado, mejorando el sonido.

Es interesante ver a marillion en esta época y darse cuenta el porque de su fama, la calidad interpretativa de los músicos y la recuperación que la banda realizo del genero progresivo y junto con otros grupos en Inglaterra crearon el famoso Neoprogresivo.

Les recomendamos este trabajo a todos lo que les gusta Genesis de Gabriel y grupos que manejan esta misma onda musical.

Average customer rating:

Marillion: Recital of the Script
Starring: Fish , Mark Kelly (VIII) , Pete Trewavas , Mick Pointer , and Steve Rothery
Director: Martin Bell (VI)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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