Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne

Eagles: Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne

DVD cover
Directed by Carol Dodds
Produced by Glenn Frey
Starring Eagles
Music by Eagles
Edited by Jeff Doe
Jeffrey Doe
Stan Kellam
Mitchell Sinoway
Distributed by Warner Vision
Release dates
 June 14, 2005
Running time
 175 min.
Language English

Farewell 1 Tour - Live from Melbourne is a double DVD by Eagles, released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It was filmed in Melbourne, Australia at the Rod Laver Arena on the 14, 15 and 17 of November 2004, in the same name tour, featuring two new songs. It is the second record featuring the Eagles as quartet (without Don Felder) but it did feature a horn section.

The name 'Farewell Tour' has nothing to do with the band's plan to quit touring and this is confirmed by Glenn Frey's quote in the interview contained in the DVD: "The longer this goes on, the better these songs sound. There is a 'sort of' honesty in calling the tour Farewell 1, with its implication that Farewell 2 will follow soon."

The show features some great light and sound effects apart from the great music that Eagles is renowned for. The 'five-part' harmony song, "Hole in the World" elicits a great crowd participation with the audience providing a 'clap rhythm' as the band sings. The song "Life's Been Good" features some antics by Joe Walsh and Frey with them staging a mock rivalry on stage and the latter having a hearty laugh at the former. The song also features a 'helmet cam' session where the crowd gets to see what the camera on Walsh's helmet points at. Also, the songs "The Boys of Summer" and "Hotel California" feature the first officially documented use by the Eagles of a drum machine in a live performance; in particular, during "Hotel California", a pre-programmed track is used to simulate the muted guitar strums which provide a steady beat on the original studio recording of the song, and which are absent from all of the previous live performances of it.

In November 2006, the DVD was re-issued at Wal-Mart stores with a bonus 3-track CD which are tasters of the band's upcoming studio album. The tracks are a studio version of Frey's "No More Cloudy Days", the Henley/Frey penned rocker "Fast Company" and the Henley/Schmit/Smith penned ballad "Do Something".

In 2013 it was released as a single Blu-ray disc.

Track listing

Disc One

  1. "Opening Sequence" (Glenn Frey, Richard Davis)
  2. "The Long Run" (Don Henley, Frey)
  3. "New Kid in Town" (Henley, Frey, J. D. Souther)
  4. "Wasted Time (Henley, Frey) / Wasted Time (Reprise)" (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman)
  5. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Jack Tempchin)
  6. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit)
  7. "One of These Nights" (Frey, Henley)
  8. "One Day at a Time" (Joe Walsh)
  9. "Lyin' Eyes" (Frey, Henley)
  10. "The Boys of Summer" (Mike Campbell, Henley)
  11. "In the City" (Walsh, Barry De Vorzon)
  12. "Already Gone" (Tempchin, Rob Stradlund) / Silent Spring (Intro) (Frey, Jay Oliver)
  13. "Tequila Sunrise" (Frey, Henley)
  14. "Love Will Keep Us Alive" (Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, Peter Vale)
  15. "No More Cloudy Days" (Frey)
  16. "Hole in the World" (Frey, Henley)
  17. "Take It to the Limit" (Frey, Henley, Randy Meisner)
  18. "You Belong to the City" (Frey, Tempchin)
  19. "Walk Away" (Walsh)
  20. "Sunset Grill" (Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench)

Disc Two

  1. "Life's Been Good" (Walsh)
  2. "Dirty Laundry" (Henley, Kortchmar)
  3. "Funk #49" (Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Walsh)
  4. "Heartache Tonight" (Frey, Henley, Bob Seger, Souther)
  5. "Life in the Fast Lane" (Frey, Henley, Walsh)
  6. "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey)
  7. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Rocky Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Walsh)
  8. "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (Kortchmar)
  9. "Take It Easy" (Jackson Browne, Frey)
  10. "Desperado" (Frey, Henley)

Personnel

Eagles

Background musicians

Bonus DVD

Bonus CD included at Wal-Mart stores

  1. "No More Cloudy Days" (Frey)
  2. "Fast Company" (Henley/Frey)
  3. "Do Something" (Henley/Schmit/Smith)

Charts and certifications

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Top 40 Music DVDs[1] 1
Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs[2] 4
Belgium (Flanders) Top 10 Music DVDs[3] 5
Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs[4] 1
Danish Top 10 Music DVDs[5] 5
Hungarian Top 20 DVDs[6] 12
Italian Top 20 Music DVDs[7] 1
Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs[8] 1
New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs[9] 1
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs[10] 5
Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs[11] 6
Swedish Top 20 DVDs[12] 1
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[13] 13× Platinum 195,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[14] Diamond 100,000^
France (SNEP)[15] Platinum 20,000*
Germany (BVMI)[16] Platinum 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[17] 6× Platinum 30,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] 2× Platinum 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[19] 30× Platinum 1,556,000[20]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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  3. ↑ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD" (ASP). Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (ASP). Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Musik DVD Top-10: Uge 27 – 2005" (ASP). Hitlisten (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
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  7. ↑ "Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 27, 2005" [Archive: Music DVDs: Week 27, 2005] (PHP). Federation of the Italian Music Industry (in Italian). Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  8. ↑ "GfK Dutch DVD Music Top 30" (ASP). Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Top 10 Music DVDs" (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2005 – Uke 29". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Retrieved August 4, 2011.
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  13. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  14. ↑ "Canadian video certifications – Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live". Music Canada.
  15. ↑ "French video certifications – Eagles – Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  16. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eagles; 'Farewell 1 Tour')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  17. ↑ "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
  18. ↑ "British video certifications – Eagles – Farewell Tour". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Farewell Tour in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  19. ↑ "American video certifications – Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live from Melbourne". Recording Industry Association of America. February 8, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2011. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH
  20. ↑ Grein, Paul (March 6, 2013). "Week Ending March 3, 2013. Albums: Bargain Gives Bruno A Boost". Chart Watch (Yahoo Music). Retrieved March 14, 2013.

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