Simply Red Album: “Stay: Live at the Royal Albert Hall”

If you are a fan of this band, you will be ecstatic, if you were not a fan, you will be after viewing this concert. Worth watching over and over again. The band is excellent, the vocals are right on, a truly enjoyable experience.

SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!

I bought this within weeks of its release and was immedialtely asking myself, why have I never seen them live??? I have all the DVD's available, and this IS the very best. From the "Soul Theme" intro that gives us a sneak-peak at the tightness of the band, to the very last notes of "If You Don't Know Me By Now", it will have you watching it more times than you would ever have thought!

If you can, get the SR STARS Collector's Edition with the DVD of them at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland 1992. Wonderful! Mick's acappella of Cole Porter's LOVE FOR SALE is "worth the price of admission", REALLY! DROWNINING IN MY OWN TEARS and GRANMA'S HANDS only seal the deal. Try to ignore the awful "costumes" of the back-up singers (Dee Johnson and ?? They don't have credits on the "liner notes").

Fortunate for me, I have tickets to see SR in Los Angeles in March 2009. It's hard to believe, but the venue, new to L.A. called Club NOKIA, is small, only seating 2,300!! Just what Mick likes, intimate, no stadium arena here!

This Simply Red concert was to be very intimate and all the songs are son very well. There are new songs and all that have Micky's unique voice. He is in very good voice on this dvd.

I had the opportunity to see Simply Red during their recent concert at Sandalford Winery in Perth WA. The concert was absolutely sublime. This DVD is about the closest you're going to get to being there!

Though Mick has aged a bit, he doesn't miss a beat, his voice is just as melodious as it was in his prime. He has some of the best musicians and the music reflects this. The band seems to be enjoying what they do. I loved the female backup singer, she has presence. The lighting was sometimes blinding, but the venue was just right to give a large crowd a cozy setting. It was enjoyable to see the 40 & 50 something crowd dance and sing-a-long. A must have if you are a Simply Red fan and if you're not. Its just Simply good music.