Live at The Wiltern - Unboxing and Review! 

*UPDATE:* I've edited the video to downplay my issues with the mix. The 2.0 stereo track performed MUCH better than the 5.1 track I first heard originally for this review. Beware: the 5.1 track is the default audio track! Regardless, I want to underline that this is indeed a must-have set. When it comes to performance and set list, you won't find a better show than this. Unless they reissue the Paris 2003 show too at some point! All in all, Live at Wiltern gets a solid 4/5 from me🤘

Great review Hang Fire! The setlist on this is indeed awesome, but one was definitely better and more complete to my taste : the Paris Olympia one on the Four Flicks DVD (2003): Start Me Up, Live With Me, Neighbours, Hand of Fate, No Expectations, Worried About You, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker), Stray Cat Blues, Dance (Part 1), Everybody Needs Somebody to Love, That's How Strong My Love Is, Going to a Go-Go, The Nearness of You, Before They Make Me Run, Love Train, Respectable, Honky Tonk Women, Brown Sugar, Jumpin' Jack Flash... Pretty solid ;)

Beautiful service on the Best Band of my heart 💓 Fantastic covers 👍 Nice intervista to Great Unforgettable Charlie Watts 😥💔🥁 I glad so much the wonderful songs That's How Strong My Love 💗 Beast Of Burden 🐎 Jumping' Jack Flash ⚡ 🙆‍♀️ and the exceptional performance of Rolling Stones 💥 with Salomon Burke ✌️ AMAZING 🔥 Thanks to Hang Fire for this great sharing 👌💯

Thank you for the unboxing / review, Justin. I got the same set yesterday ,as well. I have just tipped my toe in with a few of the songs so far , but I can allready say, wow, what a show ! And the cover artwork and design really positively shocked me, gorgeous with the foldout with the beautiful portraits. Despite the sound gripes, definitely a winner, a must-have ! P.S. I added some more as an answer, silly, I know, but I hope you will read that as well !

Great review, Justin. I had mentioned yesterday on a music forum that the mix of this release was really nagging me but I couldn't pinpoint exactly why, but I think you've nailed it. Good, honest review. That photo of Charlie inside the packaging is just priceless. Of all the Stones, if I could choose one to hang out with for a day it would have been Charlie Watts.

Great video. Thanks for sharing

Oh yeah.!! I will diffently get this !! Payday..here I come !! Been following and loved the Stones since the 60's. And I am so glad I got to see Charlie once more in concert 2019...what a class act, he will always be missed and the drummer of the Stones !!!!!!!!!!!

I get the blu-ray yesterday. I am home alone tonight, the wife is out. So I'm going to (hard-) rock tonight, with the heavy show😂

I think the Blu-ray captures one of the best live performances ever. It's awesome. My other favorite is "Bridges to Buenos Aires.". Keef is astounding. Even during Ron's solos, Keef keeps rocking. Woody is playing at full force, and his tone is excellent. Charlie is the best as always; he not only smiles but actually laughs. Mick Jagger ascends to a higher plane of existence. I believe Mick is 60 at the time this was recorded. It's astounding that he can perform one song at this level, let alone 20 at any age. I don't share the complaint about the mix, but the packaging is crap. A hard box for these archival releases would be nice. I would gladly pay a few extra dollars.

I will be ordering this. I had no idea that it was coming out until your video popped up!

Excellent production.... Nice review.... All possible with the Wyman replacement Darryl Jones, some stones fans tend to forget, love it... As always nice review Buddy..

Fun fun set lists Strat Cat Blues is awesome

Interesting. I'm waiting for the vinyl version to arrive and am wondering if it will be the same listening experience.

Hmm I wonder what the Blu Ray of Live at Racket NYC 2023 will bring. You mention Keiths playing at Wiltern was a little loud. Maybe this explains his delivery at Racket, focused attention. Like a Maestro Chef knowing exactly when and how much to season the food, making the whole experience delicious and wanting more!

I'd like to see a tier list of all the Stones live shows on video

Interesting review, for sure - thanks! I got the Wiltern 2-CD set yesterday and am listening to it for the first time as I write this. I agree already the production is bright! Whether that's good or bad I don't know yet. But just from the liner notes, we have the Stones as producers (which surely means Mick & Keith), with mixing by Sam Wheat and audio mastering by Mazen Murad. We also have 4 names for Mercury Studios' product manager, post-product manager, head of production and head of post-production. I have no idea what all this means, what all of them did!

Mine is suppose to arrive today,can't wait to watch it. I say suppose because I do have trouble getting my packages at times. My apartment building has a kinda funny lay out and a lot of times they say the can't find me.

It Hey Thanks for the review Dance Part 1 is worth the price definitely picking this up.

Amazing show, gonna get it

when the scorcese concert film came out i had the same concern about keith. i even think this is when ron basically takes completely over and there's less 2 man weaving. not sure if it's just natural aging, arthritis fingers, etc

Danke! Lehrreich, die differenzierten Unterschiede bei den verschiedenen Songs, was Lautstärke oder Tempo betrifft, mal aus deiner Sicht zu hören... War wirklich interessant🔝... 🎶🎼👌...

Paul Sexton also did the liner notes for the El Mocambo show.

Finally got mine today,after four delivery attempts from FedEx. Now I'll finally be able to watch it tonight. I'll take your advice and use the 2.0 stereo mix. I usually like the stereo mix better anyway.

Love it when Tge Stones open with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash!”🎧

I’m so happy that a kid like you love the WORLDS GREATEST BAND

Looks good . Nice to know about the Charlie biography . I was blown away for the next week . The Stray Cat Blues & the Dance pt . 1 . They did a similar show at the Olympic in France I found out about much latter . Not sure which was 1st . They had the Rolling Stones on the Wiltern Marquee or bill board . Whatever ya called for months it seem like . I past it probably 10 or 15 times . It was killing me . Man . Getting in the night of show was tricky & an act of desporation . Thanks Rolling Stones ! 😊 I did find the review mean spirted.

Waiting on the vinyl price to drop. Thanks for the review.

I saw two concerts during The Licks 2003 tour of Europe and I missed a club gig but saw them in vast concerts. Oddly they played relatively quietly

Nice balanced review.

Not a fan of the sliding cd pocket, they did the same with el Mocambo and its very damaging for the cd

Nearly the same like the club gig in the 4-cd box set from 2003.

Completely disagree with the review citing the mix as poor! Maybe you have your sound set at the wrong levels or something which is why it isn't sounding as it should your end because mine sounded astonishingly good and bloody lively. Just watched the Blu-ray and this is the Stones completely on their game with a faultless interesting and adventurous setlist and Keith especially setting about his business like a man possessed. The comment about them 'squeezing the stadium show into a small club' for me sells them short as they adapt beautifully here with an energy level suited perfectly for this intense tidy, tight venue. This definitely sits with the best of the Stones shows available in my collection and will no doubt be played over and over again!! 🫡 I salute the band as always and thank them for making this available for mass enjoyment rather than gathering dust in the archives. Can't wait until the next release 😉

True, it's too loud and too harsh, but the setlist is amazing. Stripped sounds a lot better audio wise.

Enjoyed WILTERN DAY, Friday! Curious if anyone knows IF the Booklet in the Digipack is replicated and enlarged for the Vinyl release. Thank you all -Thank you Justin.

I remember listening to the bootleg a while back and enjoying some of it. I'm glad they finally released the whole thing but I feel like it's a fantastic setlist with a mediocre performance. Keith's playing in particular feels lazy. That bend thing he does when he's bored is present throughout the show, especially on Dance. Licks was a fantastic tour and I'm glad to get anything from it! Hearing Neighbors is great, it's just tough to hear this version knowing how many amazing versions they played on that tour!

Just watched Dancepart1, that song is revived and better live than studio.

How does the new mix compare to the BBC version of the show?

i didnt find the setlist to be as rare as advertised. It's pretty cool and it's a great show, but it's not like they swapped in rarities every other song, more like 25 percent.

I'm not a fan of the SD blu-rays that the band has released because of the strange DNR restorations that takes away most details in the picture. Even the old dvd version had more detail.

No "Sympathy for the Devil" that is unacceptable..😮

Seriously: How on Gods earth does Mick Jagger do this? Try mimicking ONE of his performances from the Blu-ray. (Do this in private or you will be mocked. Even if your only company is the dog.) Then try to imagine doing that for two hours. Mick Jagger is not of this earth.

I’m no fan of Sam Wheat’s mixing, I think these recent Stones releases sound terrible thanks to him fucking these up sound wise. The sound is too muffled and sounds too dull for my taste. I miss feeling the fresh juicy rhythm section, they’re too buried into the mix on these releases.

The artwork is not gay enough.