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All around the world, fans are mourning the death of Jack Bruce, one of the great stalwarts of rock for a solid half century. This new release balances out the feelings of loss with the return of a particularly memorable and joyous celebration: Jack’s 50th-birthday Rockpalast concert. Gary Moore and Clem Clempson on guitars, Ginger Baker and Simon Phillips on drums, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Art Themen on saxophones, Bernie Worrell and Gary Husband on keyboards, Maggie Reilly and Gary Cooper on vocals…this was some party—and some show. At the center of it all are one of the most powerful voices and baddest bass players in rock: Jack Bruce leading the charge through White Room; Sunshine of Your Love; Politician; Spoonful; Life on Earth; Theme from an Imaginary Western; First Time I Met the Blues; Born Under a Bad Sign; Ships in the Night; Golden Days; As You Said, and more. The 2-DVD edition clocks in at almost four hours. The four-disc special edition spreads more than seven and a half hours out over 3 DVDs and a CD. Along with two 12-page booklets featuring previously unseen photos, this set adds a "lost tracks" CD (Improvisation on Minuet No. 1; Boston Ball Game 1967; Willpower; Rope Ladder to the Moon; FM; Sitting on Top of the World; Childsong, and more) and a DVD containing interviews and a documentary featuring a heap of additional footage of a rock star who is now gone but could never be forgotten. Made in Germany.