Stuff you should buy
The “Falco Symphonic” DVD. I know Falco is hyped currently here in Austria because that month ten years back he died (damn, I’m getting old) but the DVD is really worth it. For those of you who don’t know the story behind that DVD here a small summary:
1994 Falco gave a concert with an orchestra. However the only record of that concert was a already (and bad mixed) tape from three cameras and a DAT tape directly from the mixer unit with the same quality. Because it was the only concert of that kind from Falco the band decided to record the instruments again and mix the original voice back into the new record. And the result is great. They even managed to get some records by fans so there are multiple angles for some scenes now.
Great piece of music history and a brilliant production. Small hint: the CD features a different recording thatn the DVD, the DVD has eh live recording of the voice whereas the CD has a different arrangement of the instruments and Falco’s voice from the studio recordings.
Yes, it’s not a real live version because the instruments are recorded in the studio afterwards but the impression is great. And in the studio the same musicians play and it’s the only chance for us to get such a great recording in that quality so I think it’s perfectly okay to listen to that ;-)