The Who: The Kids Are Alright [Blu-ray]

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Blu-Ray pressing. The Who... smashed guitars... demolished hotel rooms...cars in swimming pools... the legendary band in their most explosive performances. Re-live the glory from their pre-Who days as The High-Numbers to their final appearance with notorious madman and drummer extraordinaire Keith Moon. From raucous rehearsals to major festivals... from rock operas to rock anthems... from 'My Generation' to 'Won't Get Fooled Again'. See it...feel it...hear it. Witness the greatest band to ever storm a rock `n' roll stage in the classic film The Kids Are Alright restored to its original mind numbing assault on the senses, digitally re-mastered in a high definition transfer with pristine 5.1 surround sound. For rock fans everywhere this is the ultimate rock film that won't f-f-fade away.
Half its members may be dead and its leader may be keeping a low profile, but the Who remains enormously popular. Devotees who haven't availed themselves of Jeff Stein's thrilling, self-mocking 1979 documentary about the group shouldn't wait another minute now that the film has been painstakingly--perhaps heroically--restored to its theatrical-release length from original elements. The sound is clearer than on previous video releases, images are once more crisp and color-rich, and adjustments in tape speed make the Who sound like themselves again, particularly in vintage television performances and filmed club dates from as far back as the band's sonically thrilling, early R&B period. Special features are, shall we say, extensive: 100 or so minutes of multiple-angle footage, an insightful interview with Roger Daltrey, a featurette about the film's restoration, and a mesmerizing, isolated John Entwistle audio track. --Tom Keogh