INXS Album: “Mystify [DVD]”

First, this concert has been available as a boot for several years. It was actually a very good quality boot, this release improves the quality as it is obviously taken directly from the master tapes. As a festival type it isn't quite the length of a meant for release INXS concert, it's still quite generous and due to the time limit it is quite tight on "all killer and no filler" type programming. The audio is clear and crisp, the video crystal clear 4:3 aspect ratio...So. basically, it is just a small bit under the regular filmed for DVD release type concert production values. That makes it slightly raw and I'm not just talking about the look and sound, but also the performance. I don't think there is any post-production correction or sweetening. I think no one will miss the usual manic edits where the cameras are cut every two seconds, this is much better for relaxed viewing.

This video is a great peek at later day INXS. They played with authority and even if the aren't trying to prove anything I would still call this a very good performance if loose. In fact it is the looseness and rawness that I feel is much more revealing and interesting than a highly produced performance. It's a bit dangerous and Hutch is a bit "out-of-control" in a very Jim Morrison way. Wow, you can actually see it and feel it. This is heady stuff, and I say this knowing a few others have called it sad and pathetic. I do see his taking his life as sad, but not this slow-burning impassioned performance. INXS rocks here. I sense a bit of angst mixed in with the aforementioned "out-of-control" thing. It powers the performance as I see it, though I understand some may be put off - not this viewer, I see through to the self-tortured artist doing what frees him a bit from all the other stuff.

The added bonus tracks are absolutely the right edit from the many years earlier first time INXS appeared in a Rockpalast concert. That show has been available in boots too, the quality here is like "night & day" higher in quality than that boot with even better sound...this is a great bonus and I can't overstate that they edited down to the best tracks which makes it quantum leaps more watchable.

I'm giving this four stars because the performance warrants it even with ever so slightly less production values than the usual commercial concert DVD. It is the antithesis of the way too over-produced DVD concerts bands such as the Eagles put out. The rawness spells dangerous energy in my opinion and if you think you'd like to see INXS this way then I highly recommend you buy this, a video document of a great band turning in a very good performance on the edge of the abyss that came just months in the future.

I got this as a gift for my BF for Christmas. It was his favorite one! im very happy I got it for him, because he didn't have it. I would definitely say get this for someone who lives and breathes INXS!

It was one of the best live INXS concerts ever and one of their last ones with Michael Hutchence as the lead singer. Only for this particulare reason it worthed every cent bying it, so I suggest you do the same and enjoy listening to one of the most succesfull live rock n roll bands of 80s!

All I can say about this is.... if you love INXS and/or Michael Hutchence, then you MUST own this!!!! You will not regret it!!! I think my only disappointment was Mediate was not included... but hell... you'll forgive that once you see all this unreleased footage...

All,, i can say, after watching this video, is it left me brokenhearted. To watch such a superstar as Michael, literaly on the road to ruin was sad. His voice was shakey, his antics on stage were awful...it was like he didnt care or didnt know where he was. Sure, in the past he got crazy, but this was just very uncomfortable to watch..the audio was terrible and sometimes it sounded like a jumbled mess. Michael was a beautiful and very talented man being chased by too many deamons, including that witch Paula. I dont think i can re-watch this concert like i do Live Baby Live, its to painful. Im not comparing this DVD to just Live Baby Live, ive seen many concerts by INXS over the years and this was just wrong.........