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It it normal to purchase a DVD to find that a track has been cut by the
producers, either because it is not considered to be an inportant part
of the "live concert," or to save time. I purchased such a DVD on eBay
to find one of the tracks had been cut by 2 minutes and 45 seconds,
cleverly cut so that no-one would realise, even though the DVD was
advertised as a live recording and the track was advertised as part of
the recording. I have made a complaint both to EMI and
.

EMI:Thank you for resending your information.

The DVD ' Deep Purple / The Royal Albert Hall / Wednesday 24th
September 1969' was produced from the original BBC filming of the
concert for television - that is the only footage available.

We as EMI have not edited anything from the original footage and can
only assume that the BBC had to fit the concert into their schedule
which would have had a strict timeframe. Any such cutting/fading would
not class the overall project as highlights.

We hope that this information clears this matter up for you and thank
you for taking the time to write to us.

Best wishes.

:Apologies but we cannot see what we
can do in relation to this query. If that was how the concert was taped
then it would appear that there has been no berach of consumer law.



Euroconsumer

My answer

Because as a consumer I read on an item what the contents are and I buy
it on the grounds of what I read. In this case the contents have been
falsely advertised, there is no mention in the table of contents of the
fact that part of the track has been cut. Surely if it is a live
concert, then it should be shown as it happened, or did the drummer
unknowingly to the audience, take a short break in between the drumming
sequence?

On 2006-11-12, water rat <> wrote:
> It it normal to purchase a DVD to find that a track has been cut by the
> producers, either because it is not considered to be an inportant part
> of the "live concert," or to save time. I purchased such a DVD on eBay
> to find one of the tracks had been cut by 2 minutes and 45 seconds,
> cleverly cut so that no-one would realise, even though the DVD was
> advertised as a live recording and the track was advertised as part of
> the recording. I have made a complaint both to EMI and
> .

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I think it's probably quite normal for recordings made at 'Live events' to
have been edited to make them fit the broadcast timing or the amount of
room on the disc(s), or for some other reason.

Unless the recording you bought was specifically described as 'a complete
and un-edited record of the whole event' then I don't think you will get
anywhere - and if it was so described, then your complaint is against
whoever made the claim, which is unlikely to have been either the BBC or
EMI, as they are far too canny to knowingly make false claims.

A description or title that includes the phrase "Live at the Royal Albert
Hall" does not mean or imply that it includes everything that happened, or
a complete performance of anything in particular. (Just as "orange
flavoured drink" doesn't necessarily contain anything that was once part
of an orange, or of any other fruit; what is /not/ said, matters just as
much as what /is/ said).

I infer from your statement that part of a track has been 'cut' from this
particular recording, that you have access to a recording of that track
which has not been cut - or at least, not cut in the same way. I think
that 37 years after the echoes died, that will probably have to suffice.

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