6 Ed Sullivan Shows Starring The Rolling Stones / [2 DVD]

Brilliantly restored and as easy to navigate as a magic carpet ride.
P.S. Colbert, DVD Verdict --The half-dozen appearances the filthy five made on The Ed Sullivan Show certainly weren't the group's most revelatory television spots--only vocals were performed live, and even those were abetted by pre-recorded backing tracks--but they may have been the most important. Remember this same variety hour formally introduced The Beatles to America, effectively ushering in our second "British Invasion."

Just as they did for The Fab Four, the good folks at SOFA Entertainment have packaged the whole kit 'n caboodle of meetings between The Stones and Sullivan (easily the most ill-suited man to ever host a variety show), presenting each episode in its entirety, including commercials for Hai Karate after shave, Aerowax floor shine, "Medically Tested" Proslim reducing pills, Vivarin Stimulant Tablets, and the occasional health advisory: "If you're not taking color pictures with the new Polaroid Colorpak camera, there's something being left out of your...

Great set on the cover but not the original episodes
After the great set of Ed Sullivan Shows of the Beatles featuring the four originals episodes(but slightly edited of the cigarette commercials and one performance of Mitzi Gaynor edited for whatever reason), the three originals episode of Elvis Presley with magnificiant remasterisation of the picture using VidFire that allows kinescope telerecording to be finally viewed like it was when originaly broadcast in semi video quality. Here we have the six appearances of the Rolling Stones on the Ed Sullivan Show. I don't say originals because it is not the original episodes as broadcast. All of the episodes have something missing here and there, Tom Jones original song in that episode is "It's not unusual", not "Whatcha gonna do about it" taken from another episode June 13, 1965, Dusty Springfield original song is "All Cried Out" not the badly edited second song of a medley taken from an episode of May 1964!!!. The most weird is the Franco Corelli & Renaldo Tebaldi number (replacing a...

Best Set of Live Stones Performances
This collection from The Ed Sullivan Show has the best collection of live Rolling Stones performances. This captures the Stones when they were young, raw and making name for themselves in the US. In my opinion, the best music from The Rolling Stones came in the mid to late 60s when Brian Jones was still part of the band. Really happy to see this collection available.

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