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Not keeping at all in the spirit of the previous high standard of The Rolling Stones "From The Vault" series, this is merely the short TV special "The Stones In The Park". The special was something you could get cheaply for about $5 on little budget labels going all the way to the VHS days. It has also been released officially in Europe and Japan with three bonus songs and with the same visual quality. The stereo mix found here is better, but it is simply a straight reissue of a bonus disk from the deluxe version of a recent live collection "Sweet Summer Sun".Sweet Summer Sun - Hyde Park Live [2DVD/Blu-ray/2 CD Combo] Bluntly this is a crap release. Where do I start?. OK like I mentioned we just get the original TV special with none of the three bonus songs that have gone on the official European or Asian releases. No commentary, no bonus footage of additional songs that may still be in the archive, no contemporary footage of them on TV in 1969 to fill up the very short disk, zip, zilch, nada. This was fine as a bonus disc on another release, not so fine as a new release on it's own. This goes against the very concept of "From The Vaults" which has always given the buyer a little something extra for their money. This is beyond a bare bones release. At very least they could have put the entire concert on the blu ray as a audio only feature. I mean a blu ray has so much capacity and they put a paltry hour of footage. It shouldn't cost more than the $5 VHS I got in 1990 they way they did this. The notes are also pretty insulting to Brian, which shouldn't be surprising being that this is a Mick and Keith special. He's referred to only as their former guitarist, and there isn't one photo of him. No mention of his multi instrumental abilities, no mention of his founding the band, no mention of his early leadership. Keith takes credit for the Johnny Winter song getting played because he bought the album the month before. This is bull, every former account of this show mentions the song was played because it was one of Brian's current favorites. Of course there is no separate LP/CD of the concert coming out this time either. I guess they don't want to release what was their first, and ultimately their worst, show with Mick Taylor. However that doesn't make sense in light of them putting out the film. Perhaps people would enjoy the show more if heard in it's full context, but I guess we will never know. As it stands this blu-ray should be recalled and have the 3 songs added. I won't pre order anything Stones I am unsure of content wise ever again. I'm very tempted to send it back. For those who have not bit yet, DON'T BUY THIS VERSION. Get yourself a foreign copy with the bonus songs. Most DVD players will play overseas DVD's if you know what buttons to press. UPDATE 9-18-2015 Just learned the few who find my review too harsh on the basis of the "new" stereo remix are in for a harsh surprise. This "new" stereo version has been out for two years as a bonus on the "Sweet Summer Sun" 5 disc deluxe version I have the vinyl with DVD for that and did not realize this is simply that repackaged to unknowing fans. How low will they go! I have updated the main review to reflect this.