Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival (2013) Blu-ray 1080p AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p

Title: Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival
Released: 2013
Genre: Blues Rock

Released: Rhino Music
Duration: 02:16:47 + 02:32:23
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 32500 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio # 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4894 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 41.24 GB + 39.63 GB

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Music Festival 2013 is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Rhino Music with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. This is one of those concert outings that has some off putting anomalies that aren’t directly tied to the transfer, but which are extremely annoying nonetheless. First, let’s dispense with the positives, which are quite numerous: this is a progressive presentation, and so problems like combing artifacts never become an issue, and the overall image is quite clear and well defined, with great fine detail in the many close-ups. Contrast and black levels are strong, and colors are very accurate looking and nicely saturated. But now for the bad, which frankly drove me a little nuts (not a very long drive, as regular readers of my reviews are probably already aware): whoever was operating the cameras for this multi-performance concert must have had an itchy trigger finger or simply had no idea how to pull focus. It is truly incredible how many shots in the hours of performances here feature blurry imagery, which suddenly sharpens for a moment, only to devolve again into completely out of focus imagery. What in heaven’s name is going on here? One or two of these moments would be (perhaps) understandable, but scores of them? Is this some kind of new “stylistic” thing, a la the ever popular “jiggly cam” or the manic editing style which frequently interrupts viewing of concerts (and which is thankfully not reproduced here)? For now, it’s an unanswered question, but my hunch is I’m not going to be the only one bothered by this peculiar phenomenon. Though it may not be “fair” in terms of a transfer based issue (which this is not), I’m deducting a half point from the score out of sheer pique.

Track listing:

Disc 1
1. Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
2. Spider Jiving – Eric Clapton with Andy Fairweather Low
3. Lay Down Sally – Eric Clapton with Vince Gill
4. Time Is Tight – Booker T. with Steve Cropper
5. Born Under A Bad Sign – Booker T. with Steve Cropper, Keb Mo , Blake Mills, Matt Guitar Murphy & Albert Lee
6. Green Onions – Booker T. with Steve Cropper, Keb Mo , Blake Mills, Matt Guitar Murphy & Albert Lee
7. Great Big Old House – The Robert Cray Band
8. Everyday I Have The Blues – The Robert Cray Band with B.B. King, Eric Clapton & Jimmie Vaughan
9. Next Of Kindred Spirit – Sonny Landreth
10. Cry – Doyle Bramhall II with Alice Smith
11. Bullet And A Target – Doyle Bramhall II with Citizen Cope
12. She s Alright – Doyle Bramhall II with Gary Clark Jr.
13. This Time – Earl Klugh
14. Mirabella – Earl Klugh
15. Heavenly Bodies – Kurt Rosenwinkel
16. Big Road Blues – Kurt Rosenwinkel with Eric Clapton
17. Next Door Neighbor Blues – Gary Clark Jr.
18. Queen Of California – John Mayer
19. Don t Let Me Down John Mayer with Keith Urban
20. Damn Right, I ve Got The Blues – Buddy Guy with Robert Randolph & Quinn Sullivan
21. Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad – The Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton
22. Whipping Post – The Allman Brothers Band

Disc 2
1. Congo Square – Sonny Landreth with Derek Trucks
2. Change It – John Mayer with Doyle Bramhall II
3. Ooh-Ooh-Ooh – Jimmie Vaughan
4. Save The Last Dance For Me – Blake Mills with Derek Trucks
5. Don t Worry Baby – Los Lobos
6. I Got To Let You Know – Los Lobos with Robert Cray
7. The Needle And The Damage Done – Allman, Haynes, Trucks
8. Midnight Rider – Allman, Haynes, Trucks
9. I Ain t Living Long Like This – Vince Gill with Albert Lee
10. Tumbling Dice Vince Gill with Keith Urban & Albert Lee
11. Walkin Blues – Taj Mahal with Keb Mo
12. Diving Duck Blues – Taj Mahal with Keb Mo
13. When My Train Pulls In – Gary Clark Jr.
14. Please Come Home – Gary Clark Jr.
15. Going Down – Jeff Beck with Beth Hart
16. Mná Na Héireann – Jeff Beck
17. Key To The Highway Eric Clapton with Keith Richards
18. I Shall Be Released – Eric Clapton with Robbie Robertson
19. Gin House Blues – Andy Fairweather Low with Eric Clapton
20. Got To Get Better In A Little While – Eric Clapton
21. Crossroads – Eric Clapton
22. Sunshine Of Your Love – Eric Clapton
23. High Time We Went – Ensemble

DISC INFO:

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Blu-ray Disc

Disc 1