Comments on: New Greatest Hits Dual Disc to Be Released

By: Val C

Val C — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:25:14 +0000

I ordered both on ebay and Amazon and had to return as they were not Zone 1 (U.S.) can not play on DVD in U.S. Amazon states they do not have any Zone 1 in stock. SO beware. I hate to receive something by mail, get excited when I receive and then not be able to use it. Especially TOM JONES!!! Would love if TJI would get Tom to sell his wares on their website!

By: Laura C.

Laura C. — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:52:34 +0000

The DVD's Live at Cardiff Castle and An Audience With Tom Jones are the most recent ones that I have purchased and they are wonderful. They are both in the 2004(?)range (Tom without beard). As the moderators here on the site suggest, look on eBay and amazon.com to find these. They are well worth your research.

By: Val C

Val C — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:27:54 +0000

I would really like to buy a DVD with his new show at the age he is now! Please Tom I think you are missing a great marketing opportunity! He is at his best right now! We love you TOM.

By: Audrey M.

Audrey M. — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 03:15:22 +0000

I saw Tom for the first time in ‘71, and have recently rediscovered his amazing appeal. I need to make up for lost time, so I would love to see all the older things along with more current preformances. Old or new it really doesn’t matter, because I just can’t get enough. Problem is so much of it is not available in the U.S. I know many of these things can be found on line, but not everyone is comfortable with giving credit info or the rate exchange. Why can’t we walk into a U.S. stores and easily find Tom? We are not talking about an oldies act here, we are talking about THE TOM JONES! Where is the respect he deserves? The market is there, and we have money to spend, please give us more outlets to do so.

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:59:54 +0000

PLEASE give us something new to watch. I look at the old DVD’s while I workout and I need to see Tom as he performs now, not twenty years ago. From the information that was gathered, the age of the fans of Tom are the people with the means to buy music. Come on, give us something to buy. I love Tom but I am tired of watching him from years back.

By: mharding

mharding — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:48:59 +0000

To be fair I don’t think it’s TJ Enterprises that are rereleasing all this old stuff. Because Tom doesn’t get royalties from the releases there’s a free-for-all in which distributers left, right and centre can make a bundle on releasing his old material without paying him.

You’re right though, I can’t believe how many versions of these compilations we continue to see, often divided into different musical styles (blues collections, funk, country, etc), sometimes as duets albums to cash in on Reload and even sold as live Las Vegas shows.

I’d like to see the full Ohio show on DVD too.

By: elvisguitarman

elvisguitarman — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:08:49 +0000

How many times and how many ways will Tom's TV show from the early 80's be packaged AND repackaged? Come on already. How about NEW stuff? Like: One Night Only; the Pontypridd concert from 2005; the ENTIRE TJ & John Farnham concert; the concert shot at House of Blues in Cleveland, OH Nov. 2005.

By: Fay

Fay — Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:47:31 +0000

MHarding is right on (and very funny too!). We have a couple of DVDs of the Canadian shows and they are downright comical to watch. A particularly excruciatingly one has just duets with mostly one-hit-wonders from the 80's. The upside is they have some gems if you can hang in there: the one with Tina Turner — she is so amazing! She was practically the only one that could compete vocally AND /w stage presence on the same level with TJ. The sequin jackets.... 'nuff said. The backup dancers... one must see the humour lest one becomes immediately ill. LOL

On the upside tho, since I've only admired TJ seriously for the last few years, it is fabulous to see how he looked when he was younger. He is still a powerhouse, but back then — WOOHOO! He is/was gorgeous, sexy and fabulous and the DVDs do give me a chance to see him in a completely different light, as it were :)) I actually like his voice better now than back in the day - go figure.

Jonesin' for Tom,

Fay

By: mharding

mharding — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:47:25 +0000

Just had a look at the track listing and it seems to be one of those compilations from the early 80s Canadian TV series that I love to hate!

Alarm bells ring whenever I see Do Ya Think I’m Sexy or any duets with the likes of Cybil Shepherd. These albums are often passed off as ‘live’ shows rather than dodgy old audio transfers from early 80’s TV, or else they are sold as ‘Greatest Hits’ which I’m sure a lot fans assume will be a compilation of the original studio recordings. Also the musical arrangements in these shows were often bizarre with disco beats and synth sounds piled onto songs that weren’t suited to that kind of musical makeover.

Tom recently said on this site that the series wasn’t “very good,” so you don’t have to take just my word for it! His official site posted something a long while ago warning of “unofficial recordings.” Although Tom doesn’t get royalties from these recordings I’m sure they’re legal releases (just the result of a bad contract in the 80’s). The problem I’ve always had with them is that they were nowhere near the standard of production you expect from one of Tom’s shows. Productions like The Right Time, For One Night Only and Live at Cardiff Castle are a different matter.

By the way, fans of Tom’s sequin jackets in this series should note that the disc has a DVD on the reverse according to the ad!

Bye!