Festival Express (Blu-ray)
by Various Artists

Festival Express... The longest party in rock-n-roll history.
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Format:  Blu-ray
item number:  6VAX5
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Blu-ray Details

  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Originally Released: 2003
  • Label: Shout Factory

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 4,159
There are sterling concert performances by several bands in peak form. Full Review
Washington Post
Sep 3, 2004
Rating: 3/4 -- What's most revealing and human about Festival Express are its candid looks at artists bonding aboard the choo-choo.
Houston Chronicle
Sep 3, 2004
Rating: B -- A good snapshot of an earlier, simpler, more innocent time that seems now even longer ago than it was. Full Review
Laramie Movie Scope
Feb 1, 2005
[A] delicious pop time capsule full of small moments and grand rock 'n' roll gestures.
Los Angeles Times
Jul 30, 2004
FESTIVAL EXPRESS is most memorable for the charismatic presence of Joplin and Garcia...
Uncut
Oct 1, 2004
Rating: 3/4 -- It's the overnight jam sessions that steal the show. Full Review
Boston Globe
Sep 3, 2004
[T]hose fortunate enough to have been on this travelling rock'n'roll circus knew even then they'd never see its like again.
Mojo
Apr 1, 2005

Product Description:

In the summer of 1970, a rock festival travelled across Canada by luxury train, stopping in Toronto, Calgary, and Winnipeg. Lured by the promise of a mobile party, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, The Band, Buddy Guy, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Ian & Sylvia signed on to the tour for a fraction of their usual fees. The performances and the stars' antics on the train were both filmed, only to be locked away for 25 years. The colorful and thrilling results, seen here for the first time, capture these artists at their loosest and most natural. Fans of Joplin and the Dead will find reason to rejoice in the playful footage of these icons enjoying each other's company on the train, as well as their blistering stage performances. The events are also put into context through new interviews with the surviving musicians, including Buddy Guy, the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir, and Mickey Hart, who speak frankly and humorously about the tour. Once buried in reputation by the era's other historic concert events such as Woodstock, or the Rolling Stones at Altamont--FESTIVAL EXPRESS is proof that a monumental live event in '60s rock has been long overlooked.
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  • Sales Rank: 34,180
  • UPC: 826663143591
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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