The Secret Policeman Rocks (Shout! Factory DVD)

 

Picture: C     Sound: C     Extras: C+     Compilation: C+

 

 

As an abbreviated version of the Amnesty International/Shout! Factory DVD collection The Secret Policeman’s Balls, The Secret Policeman Rocks pull together an hour of performances and some of the extras onto one DVD.  For more on the big set, try this link:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8252/The+Secret+Policeman

 

 

Sting, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Dave Stewart, Bob Geldof, Jeff Beck and Peter Gabriel are among the artists whose performance makes up the 14 performances here.  That means any of the comedy sequences from the big set are absent here.  They are all 1.33 X 1 and the transfers are the old analog ones from the other set.  All only offer Dolby Digital 2.0 sound.

 

Extras repeat the “Top Secret” files with intros by co-creator Martin Lewis made for the original set, starting with a preview and featuring interview snippets with the stars who support the organization.  Though the box set is preferred, this is not a bad sampler and all for a good cause.

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo