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Anyone else get the George Harrison memorial DVD for Christmas? The sound is incredible.

Joe, the whole DVD is incredible in my opinion. Clapton did an awesome job of putting the whole concert together. And what a band, absolutely outstanding!!!

And you've got to laugh when McCartney tells everyone
"Olivia says, that with Dhani on stage George stayed young, and the rest of us just got old"

And yes I got my copy for Christmas.

Got it for Christmas.....just awesome...Dhani sounds and looks so familiar....a fantastic tribute, indeed....

Also got the CD....

I've watched it or played the music in the background a dozen times in the past week....

Do you think that is Harrison's origional Rick sitting in the guitar stand on stage? Or just Petty's backup?

That's "THE" guitar!

I too got the DVD for Christmas..
I think one of the Highlights is Paul and the band performing 'Something'.. Its one of those "magical" moments that I just can't get enough of..

My preference for George goes back to the beginning. The great thing about the CD/DVD (I have both) is that they validate George's importance to the Beatles, and clearly demonstrate that George's work could easily stand alone, not John, nor Paul. So cool.

"George's work could clearly stand alone..."
Amen to that, brother.

Did you notice that no Rickenbackers were played, not even a 12-string Rick, but a Fender 12-string was. As a matter of fact, there were so many Fenders on stage, including amps, that it almost looked like Fender sponsored the show. I wish that at least a Rick 12-string had been played, to add a little more authenticity.

My favorite song is 'If I Needed Someone', probably George's first supersong that proved he was fully the equal of Paul and John. But there were many standouts, like Jools Holland and Sam Brown on 'Horse to the Water' and the whole group doing 'Wah Wah'. Probably the best music DVD I ever heard.

I got the double DVD set that has two different versions of the concert.

BTW, what kind of acoustic guitar was Neil Gauntlett (Joe Brown's guitarist) playing?

It is too bad that somebody didn't play a Rickenbacker 12-string for the show. I can see why a musician wouldn't pick up George's 12 as it was just cool to leave it there on the stand. It is THE Rickenbacker 12-string and only George should play that one. I've also heard that when George and Eric played in Tokyo George used a Fender 12-string. It may be because George didn't want to risk taking the Hard Days Night Rick on the road?

The Fender 12-string was probably played because it sounds very good, has a unique headstock and looks good, and is actually much more rare than a Rickenbacker 12-string. The concert wasn't about authentic sound. In fact, I prefer the concert versions to most of the original versions. The total lack of Rickenbacker basses was more of a drag to me. Paul doesn't seem to show up in concerts anymore with a RIC bass. They sound better than that Hofner.

If you want to see Rickenbackers and Gretsches, get the new DVD: 'The Beatles, the First U.S. Visit'. It has the Ed Sullivan Show footage from their first U.S. shows.

Maybe someone "zinged" Clapton in this forum and he swore "no rics!".

Heh!

Or maybe they actually ordered some Rickenbackers 6 months before the concert, and they never got there in time.

I got the DVD set for Xmas, But I'm curious about something. During rehearsals Dhani was wearing a shirt that I think say's "stamp out Beatles" I know George had enough of being a "Beatle" when they quit touring and went into the studio. Does anyone have any insight on Dhani's shirt? Was it a way for George to make a final statement? Or a joke? I'm sure he had some appreciation for the Beatles as they were a spring board for his other endeavours.