Bringin' back good old days: Styx Caught in the Act

After years of waiting and wanting, Styx Caught In the Act (Live) is finally available on DVD.  It had previously been released (years ago) on VHS, but with only a few copies in that format surviving, it was getting more and more expensive and I have absolutely refused to buy anything VHS in quite some time (almost since the first day that DVD was available).

Actually, thanks to the lack of releasing this material on DVD for all this time, a cottage industry had sprung up of people that had taken the VHS tape materials and created their own DVD from it.  Sadly that typically meant that anyone that was able to consummate a deal for the bootleg copies made in that manner would be getting a copy of questionable quality.

Well, no more.  Finally, 13 years after the concert tour captured on this DVD, there are commercially available DVD copies out in stores (commonly available via Amazon.com, DeepDiscount.com and others).

What's on the disc you wonder?  Here's the scoop:


Outside of the package (cellophane) has a sticker that says:
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON DVD!

Styx in concert from their Epic 1984 Kilroy was here tour in 5.1 surround
Includes 12 bonus Styx archive videos
Featuring their hits
"Come Sail Away"
"Babe" and "Don't let it end"



Back of package text and content listing:

The Ultimate Styx Fans DVD is here!   The concert home video CAUGHT IN THE ACT is available for the first time on DVD along with twelve classic-era Styx videos in 5.1 surround sound.

Caught in the Act
1. Kilroy was Here (short film)
2. Mr. Roboto
3. Rockin' the Paradise
4. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
5. Snowblind
6. Too Much Time On My Hands
7. Don't Let It End
8. Heavy Metal Poisoning
9. Cold War
10. The Best of Times
11. Come Sail Away
12. Renegade
13. Haven't We Been Here Before?
14. Don't Let It End (Reprise)

Bonus Material
1. Come Sail Away (1977 Promo Video)
2. Borrowed Time (1979 Promo Video)*
3. Babe (1979 Promo Video)*
4. Boat on the River (1979 Promo Video)
5. A.D. 1928 / Rockin' the Paradise (Music Video)*
6. The Best of Times (Music Video)
7. Too Much Time on My Hands (Music Video)
8. Mr. Roboto (Music Video)
9. Don't Let It End (Music Video)*
10. Heavy Metal Poisoning (Music Video)*
11. Haven't We Been Here Before (Music Video)*
12. Music Time (Music Video)*
*Previously Unreleased Videos

 


Doesn't list a run-time on the outside of the disc, but I'm guessing fairly short total time.  Enough to get the flavor of the original show, but not the complete 1984 concert.

Given the fairly low price, I'm still quite happy with purchase.  Now to sit and watch it on continuous loop for a bit :)

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I still haven't forgiven Styx for inflicting "Kilroy Was Here" on us. I prefer the "Return to Paradise" concert DVD. Yeah, the guys are a bit aged, but still belt out the tunes I've loved since the morning I first heard "Lady" on the radio.

Long Live John Panozzo!