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Besides treating his fans and the reggae massive to a 23-track double-cd, "Four Music-Columbia" has also issued a DVD of Gentleman And The Far East Band's "Live (The Cologne Session 2003)". After years of hard work, both in studios and on stages, Gentleman has managed to become a reggae star in Germany, and also internationally he's more and more attracting attention from reggae followers who finally have  recognized the man's musical talents. From the start of his musical career Gentleman has toured extensively, first doing guest appearances with FK Squad, then as a solo performer with the Killing Riddim Section and since his breakthrough album "Journey To Jah" with the Far East Band. After the release of "Journey To Jah" Gentleman went on an almost nonstop tour across Germany and some other European countries. This tour lasted 18 months and brought him to many soldout venues. For all those who attended one (or even several) of the shows and even for those who were unfortunate to have missed it for whatever reason, this DVD will be a welcome encore. First of all there's a registration of a concert Gentleman did in his home town Cologne in April 2003. The show, which is filmed from different angles, provides a good impression of a Gentleman performance. It's obvious that he truly enjoys performing in front of an audience. From the very first moment he takes the stage one witnesses that there's a positive vibe and throughout the show he often seeks interaction with the crowd. For more details of this live performance you can read the <a href="../rev_sin/livegent.htm">review</a> of the double-cd. But there is much more to enjoy on this DVD. Also included here are lyrics of the tunes from the concert, a discography, a very personal written diary, a rare video footage, backstage movie and four additional videoclips from the singles "Runaway", "Dem Gone", "Leave Us Alone" and "Rainy Days". However one of the most interesting additional features is "The Journey", in which Gentleman tells about the making of the "Journey Of Jah" album. Here we are introduced to well known Jamaican artists and producers including Bobby Digital, Black Scorpio, Morgan Heritage, Jack Radics, Luciano, Bounty Killer, Junior Kelly and Capleton to name a few.


All in all this DVD is a great release. The quality of the sound and images is first class and you get real good value for money!       

These are the songs from the live performance :

1. Intro
2. Fire A Go Bun Dem (Short)
3. Ina Different Time featuring Daddy Rings
4. Love Chant
5. Man A Rise
6. Jah Jah Never Fail
7. Danger Zone
8. Daddy Rings : Check Dis
9. What She Deserves
10. Children Of Tomorrow
11. Dem Gone
12. Tamika & Mamadee : Good Days
13. Rainy Days featuring Martin Jondo & Tamika
14. Daddy Rings : Call Me On The Telephone
15. Runaway
16. Matthias The Dread : Stranded
17. Politition Bwoy
18. AllStars : Sunshine
19. Fire A Go Bun Dem
20. Leave Us Alone
Bonus :
21. See Dem Coming
22. Jah Ina Yuh Life