Live in Europe

What can I say about this band? Unfortunately all the right superlatives have been so misappropriated and wasted on lesser bands that it seems trite to say they are "awesome, great, incredible, blah, blah, blah". The producer set out to put together a supergroup; that was his mission and did he succeed? ...a resounding YES - and that is an understatement! Somehow, some way things came together for the planet's greatest guitar player, none other than Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs, Kansas, the Steve Morse Band, Deep Purple, 5 time-in-a-row Guitar Player Magazine "Player of the Year" / Hall of Famer (1 of only 3), and the only bassist that could play Steve's licks, Dave LaRue (he has worked with Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Vinnie Moore, The Hellecasters, Pat Travers, Steve Lukather, Mike Stern, Eric Johnson, Andy Timmons, Albert Lee, Paul Gilbert, Tony MacAlpine, Rik Emmett, Ace Frehley, and Steve Vai). That duo has long been enough for 2/3 of a world-class band. Now add the metal maniac drum kit talents of Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater, Transatlantic, and Avenged Sevenfold, 26 Modern drummer awards and Hall of Fame inductee, and multiple "Drummer of the Year" awards), the incredible keyboard skills of Neal Morse (Transatlantic) and the, (dare I say beautiful?) voice of Casey MacPherson (Alpha Rev) and you have a band with a magic chemistry that has never been seen before. These amazing men bring the best of the best to the table, and trust me, you will leave the table stuffed! With songs ranging from an emotive Celtic ballad to rip-your-head-off hard rocking, the soaring Eagles quality vocals are tastefully punctuated with flawless technical execution but never at the expense of heart felt pure artistry. This is a full live concert, an amazing 18 song set including two encores and not a flat spot, no fluff, no bland filler material, and not a bad note or beat from end to end. As a musician of over 40 years I have to say I have never been more excited about a band, nor thrilled with the content of their DVD. I also ordered their debiut CD. I have to wonder if their studio album can possibly be any better than this DVD. The tightness and chemistry of these guys is just amazing; they truly are a gift from God to those of us that enjoy and appreciate exceptional music.

The company sent me a new and working DVD, would have been a 5 star except didn't get complete package, but it is all there without the packaging, I appreciate the company making things right. This is a corrected review with the original review as follows. BTW a great concert DVD. I don't think I have ever given a 1 star review at Amazon, and I will gladly change this one once the distributor makes things right. 1st of all, while the special features documentary, (if you can call it that) does work on my DVD player, the concert does not. I get music, but no video, it is a crying shame and so far the distributor of the DVD has not responded to my requests since day 1 of the release. I emailed them, posted on the bands facebook page and much more. Now don't take this wrong, but I don't and neither should anyone else blame the band. I personally have met and worked with Steve Morse, he is a great guy and this is a great band. I ordered the CD sometime ago and it is as well a great CD. That said, I should also state, Amazon is great, they are sending me out another DVD, (which likely won't work either if from the same batch) but they are doing their part and if that DVD doesn't work they will refund the money, I'll keep the non working DVD for a Frisbee, and I will ultimately get my money back. I do terribly want the DVD but whoever is managing this bands activities, including DVD device must be the same person working for the Obama Care Health Care Web site as neither is working, at all, and both are extremely frustrating. That said, and I can say this since Steve personally called Twigs Jr., they need someone like Twigs on the case to make things right, no matter what the cost because the fans are worth it. Hope that is all clear, I love the band, want the DVD, am very disappointed in the lack of response as to the problems that apparently people here and at the bands Face book page are having. I want me some working Flying Colors, Live In Europe DVD on Blu-ray!

The audio quality is amazing. Although, it does not load DTS by default. You have to set this up before you play the set list. The performance is top notch. All of the musicians are on point and the audio engineering is fantastic! The bass guitar is a little hot, but that is to be expected with a DTS recording. And I don't mind this being a bass player myself. Aside from the occasional rushed drum fill by Mike Portnoy, this is an amazing performance. The only gripe that I have is that the backing vocals are not live. They mix in backing vocal tracks to make the Blu-ray sound better. Or more likely, the backing tracks were delivered during the live performance from a pre-recorded sample. And, I don't blame them. With the technical music that they are playing, you have to focus on what you are executing, not the vocal harmonies. You can also pick up on some vocal correction from the live vocals. Which is to be expected. We do after all live in the 21st century yeah? Rest assured that Casey McPherson's vocals and Neil Morse's vocals are authentic. But they have been massaged slightly to sound better for the DTS surround sound mixing. Not that they need a lot of massaging in the first place. That doesn't mean that they, or any of the musicians, are not worthy of extreme praise. I found this Blu-ray disc to be one of my favorites. The presentation, sound, visuals including the lighting, and everything else combined to make it an amazing experience. You will not be sorry for purchasing this disc. Nothing in here makes me give this any less than five stars. I hope you agree.

I am updating my review. I received my replacement blu ray disc and let me say that although I was disappointed about the technical problems, this band is excellent. These guys really put on a first rate show. Each of their abilities on their given instrument are outstanding. Even though each one is great at what they do, the real stand out for me was Dave Larue. Let me just say wow! So, if you read my old review (below), can't anyone do anything right, even though someone dropped the ball on the technical end of things, this band definitely got the playing part right. I can't wait for the follow up album. The first problem is the packaging. You almost have to break the disc to get it out of the case. What was wrong with plain old dvd/ blu ray cases. Then after fighting the disk out of the case, the stupid thing won't play. Do these companies just not care? Is there no quality control? It is very frustrating to try and support a band, buy there products and run into these issues. Now it is just another hassle to have to sort out with the seller and have ro wait longer for the product. I am extremely dissapointed!

Good for first

Big THUMBS DOWN to Mascot for releasing a Blu-Ray formatted B/2 to US customers! I pre-ordered this the day it became available and have been looking forward to it and it does not play in my PS3. Mascot says they'll have a fix in 2 weeks? Ok, great. How do AMAZON customers get it? They need to address this issue fast or I will probably just return the disk and forget about it.

Good dvd. Band does not tour much of United States so here is a great way to see them.

(Previous remarks removed by poster bc distributor has made good on promise.) Update: Oct. 31, 2013- replacement bluray arrives and does appear to read tho I have not had time to view the entire program yet. A review of the performance to follow... Thank you to Bill Evans and MPL for expediting deliveries despite my earlier skepticism to the contrary. My cynicism sometimes gets the better of me and I forget that decent human beings still do exist, however rare that may be. Update: Nov. 11, 2013- I have watched this bluray twice now and all is well. MPL made good on delivery and the disc plays perfectly. As for the performances, there are simply no words to describe the joy... No blathering over the music, just full, epic, flawless playing. I'm SO glad they got this fixed. If you buy this & get a bum copy, it sucks I know, but don't worry... it's absolutely worth the wait once you finally see the show. Every track is pitch perfect and the sound quality is spectacular. Thank you, Flying Colors! Can't wait for the next record! Please do another bluray concert, too. Just maybe next time cross all the T's and dot a few i's before release day. Peace-

Todo perfecto me llego el producto perfectamente y el dvd esta muy bien gran concierto muy buenos musicos y esperando ya el nuevo disco de la banda

Ich wurde vor einigen Jahren Neal Morse und vor allem Mike Portnoy-Fan. Es paart sich hier Können mit viel Talent zum Songschreiben und vor allem Sympathie. Ein Talent selten zu langweilen und so zu unterhalten wie man es sich immer wünschte. 2 Stunden Konzert vergehen wie im Flug. Habe Flying Colors in München selbst erlebt und wie kaum bei einem anderen Konzert waren 2 Stunden so kurzweilig und haben riesig Freude gemacht. Als ausgemachter Prog-Fan war die Flying Colors-CD schon "ein wenig seltsam" anmutend, da sie vom Prog, Retro-Prog oder Prog-Metal den Neal Morse und vor allem Mike Portnoy bei Dream Theater kennzeichneten nicht viel enthält. Doch hier passierte etwas, dass sich heutzutage doch oft in Grenzen hält. Die Scheibe wurde bei jedem Hören "besser". Man braucht doch etwas um aus seinem gewohnten Hörvorgängen rauszukommen und sich für neues öffnen kann. Hier haben Neal Morse und Mike Portnoy genau das versucht, was sie auszeichnet. Neues zu finden. Dafür waren Steve Morse und Dave LaRue genau die richtigen. Jetzt noch einen passenden Sänger finden. Mike ist anscheinend oft selbst auf Konzerten unterwegs und sah auf einem Endochine-Konzert (mir selbst unbekannt) Casey McPherson. Und schon war eine Truppe gefunden, die sich vor allem durch ihre Spielfreude auszeichnet. Hier kommen zu Songs der Flying Colors-Scheibe noch ein paar "Goodies". Quasi Lieblingsstücke der einzelnen Musiker. Von Dream Theater bis Leohard Cohen. Und wieder ist es passiert. Weder der Stoppknopf, noch die Pausetaste wurde gesucht. Nur nach dem Ansehen des Konzertes: Schade dass es schon vorbei ist. Zum Glück gibts die Blu-ray und man kann es immer wieder geniessen. Bis sich die Jungs wieder mal zusammensetzen und etwas neues machen und dann hoffentlich wieder auf Tour kommen. Ich werde dabei sein. Achso, fast vergessen. Ich verrate nicht, welcher Song als zusätzliche Zugabe gespielt wird ;-)

Great DVD. Great seller. Fast shipping. Great price. 100% satisfied!! PS If you like this band, check out the Neal Morse Band.

One of the best concert DVDs I own. Great musicianship, technically superb and yet really accessible songs. I am a huge Steve Morse fan from Kansas days onwards (and backwards!), love Dream Theater and Spock's Beard and also knew the album so I expected to like it. What I wasn't quite expecting was that my wife (who is none of the above) also likes it a lot. Don't expect Dream Theater. But if you like good songs brilliantly paid I would recommend this.

スティーブ-モーズ（ディープ-パープル）とマイク-ポートノイ（ワイナリー-ドッグス）はハードロック-セッションをやっているけど、S -M はカンサス、M -P はドリーム-シアター出身。この2人が合わさってポップなプログレをやる。抜群な感性のメロディだ。シビレました！最高です！