Cheer Chen, the unique Taiwanese folk singer/songwriter went on the stage shortly after her highly anticipated independent 4th album, A Fabulous Adventure in autumn 2005. Finally, after all the bootleg version circulating in the Internet, an official release from her! There were 3 dates for the concert, 2 at Taipei International Convention Centre (Oct 29 & 30, 2005) and 1 at National Chung Hsing University (April 22, 2006).
The amazing part is that ticket sales went unannounced and was snapped UP within 3 days of sale. It set a all time record for the fastest sold up ticket sales for personal concert by an artist in Taiwan. The concerts were a huge success and so did the album. Remember, Cheer Chen even had to get personal loan from bank to finance her recording & production and thank goodness it paid off! She even released a production DVD depicting her recording session , Sixteen Day (around 50 minutes). Simply amazing.
One of the reason why the concert is being released this year is because of her contractual ending with Avex distributor. Currently, she is signing up with Asia Muse Entertainment. But the wait was worth it! I already got wind of her DVD quite early, hence was able to place an advance copy request.
Details of the DVD Concert (released 18th May, 2007)
a) 1 hour 20 minutes
b) 18 songs (including 3 encore)
c) Region Code 9
d) Dolby 5.1 & Stereo
I am not a fan of collecting Chinese bands DVD, and most of collections are mainly US artists . The video production is so-so but sound is great, though! The main thing is her concert make up for it. There is no bonus item (which I was really hoping_...but enough freebie in the Limited Edition packaging to keep me happy (eg: 6 pages photo booklet showing her childhood, youth and present performance, 1 poster, 1 letter from Cheer Chen).
There were guest stars during the concerts, which unfortunately were left out in the DVD (eg Faith Yang...where is Faith Yang ???, you can find it in Youtube the bootleg). Also, one of my favorite song, SELF , is not featured. But the 18 songs are classics. The band members are the musician that records with her, including her boyfriend producer, Tiger Chung, bassist/guitarist, Chico, drummer, Mr Q, keyboardist, Chen Jian Qi, bassist, Lin Xinyi.
This concert DVD is worth the purchase and every fans of Cheer Chen will not be disappoint. It marked a major milestone in her life as well as mine. Thank God for Cheer Chen and her music!
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