ERIK NORLANDER – Live in ST petersburg DVD

Cover	Release	Style
	2006-07-23	melodic rock
	Label
	http://www.thinktank.com
	Website
	http://www.eriknorlander.com
	Contact
	http://www.thetank.com
	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	total: 2:23:00 Concert: 91:30 Documentary: 51:30 Bonus CD: 77:30	TTMV-1004
	Review by	Rating
	Johan	8,5/10
nederlands	Review
This is the first DVD release of Erik Norlander documenting a live footage of 91:30 minutes in St Petersburg, Russia. This release also contains a 51:30 minutes during documentary ‘The Road To Russia’ which tells the story of Erik’s three month tour across the USA and Europe leading up to the final concert in St Petersburg. This documentary contains interviews with Erik and all of the contributing musicians along with additional concert performances from American and European shows. The concerts itself features the vocals of Lana Lane (his wive) and Kelly Keeling, who appeared previously on Norlander’s “Music Machine” (2003) and “Stars Rain Down” (2004). Keeling also plays bass in the concert ably switching between fretless and fretted bass throughout the show. Also joining the stage with this trio are the dutch musicians Peer Verschuren on guitar and Ernst Van Ee on drums who have been on tour with Erik and Lana for several years from Europe to Japan. Verschuren and Van Ee previously appeared on Norlander’s “Stars Rain down” and Lana Lane’s “Lady Macbeth & “1Oth anniversary concert”. Just like Kelly Keeling, Peer Verschuren was also contributor to Norlander’s Rock opera “Music Machine” and it’s no wonder that many tracks of this masterpiece have found their way into this concert footage. Beside the beautiful “Sky full Of Stars”, the rocker “Beware The Vampires”, the ballad “Fallen” and the melodic “one of The Machines there also many covers on this release. For example the re-interpreting cover of Procul Harum’s classic “A Salty Dog” as following song of Norlander’s “Mariner” from Erik’s Rocket Scientists which Keeling also takes to new heights with his soaring vocals and fluid fretless bass. Another classic cover is “In The Court Of The Crimson King” from Crimson King (Taken from the Cal Prog Festival 2004 in Whitier, California) and sung in grace and style by Lana Lane. Also nods of Vivaldi and Grieg are part of this concert footage. The Final cover song is “From Russia With Love” from the James Bond motion picture and used as the soundtrack for the video montage of the band’s visit to Russia. The DVD is mixed in Dolby stereo and also in DTS 5.1 surround to capture all the subtle nuances of the concert. In this package there’s also a bonus CD including the best performances of the concert plus the studio tracks of “From Russia With Love” and a new version of “Fanfare For Absent Friends”
Musicians
Erik Norlander: Keyboards Kelly Keeling: Vocals, Bass Lana Lane: Vocals Peer Verschuren: Guitar Ernst Van Ee: Drums
Tracklist
Fanfare For Absent Friends (part one) Neurosaur Dreamcurrents Mariner A Salty Dog Sky Full of Stars Alexandria Guardian Angel Oblivion Days Peer’s Guitar Solo Beware The Vampires Secrets Of Astrology/Ernst’s Drum solo Fallen One Of The Machine Fanfare For Absent Friends (part two) Extra Info: Language: English Audio: 2.0 stereo & 5.1 surround sound Video: Region free Picture format: 4:3 NTSCl DVD format: DVD9 Digital Dolby
Discography
Treshold (1997) Into The Sunset (2000) Music Machine (2003) Treshold special edition (2004) Stars Rain Down (2004) Seas Of Orion (2004) Live In St Petersburg (2006) And many appearances with Lana Lane & rocket Scientists


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