I used to have this on VHS back in the day. I have been waiting for years for the DVD to be released. This was a great concert with the great Diana Ross center stage doing what she does best. One of the greatest entertainers of all time. Come on guys don't make us wait any longer for the DVD.
@ribbedwon you do see them at some points during this concert. she introduces them as ther curtains part and they are standing in a row...all four of them. she gives them props.
Have this on laserdisc! Great concert. Not many new entertainers of this style of music can hold a stage on their own like her. They need all bullshit dancers with tacky moves to distract from their average performance.
Every singer knows they are not ment for everyone but this woman does not have to show body parts like other singers to sell records. This woman has got something others lack ?? CLASS !!!!!!!!! I have had the luck of meeting her in person. She is FABULOUS !!!!!!!
@musiclover77able Of course. Way better a singer than Madonna. Older footage didn't always translate color well, regarding Black people. Plus, people show up differently in various lighting. Some folks try to dissect Diana's voice, skin color, body type, mannerisms, everything - for their own purposes. To the nth degree! Can't we just love her for who she is, how she sings, how she looks and appreciate her contribution to music? Is that so hard? lol.
@musiclover77able For real. Many are irritated, and jealous, that Diana as a sista couldn't be lumped into a particular box as they usually try to limit us in. Nobody sounds like her and Diana was exquisitely versatile in covering multiple genres. She's great!
@musiclover77able I hear ya, but 'soul' doesn't equate to good singing, if u meant that. Diana has always been soulful; she's just very refined, sweet-sounding with great diction. I'd say those albums encompass r&b tracks that require a lot more belting, though Diana does that on many albums. Touch Me In The Morning, Baby It's Me has some fine singing as does her 'Lady Sings The Blues' soundtrack. I don't know anyone who's said she couldn't sing. They're some lying revisionists or plain goofy.
Because she is such an awsome presence on stage i think Diana's vocals were sometimes overlooked,but she has one of the most fabulous voices of all time!!
Beyonce just recently stated that she got some of her stage presence from THE BOSS! So its all good, but understand this is where it was done 1st and set the bar for solo performances in Vegas!
I totally agree with you reddvelvet. A&S did make her sing,b ecause Valorie Simpson could flat out sang. Diana had to really work hard to sing in the ranges that she was asked to sing in , and I think she did a great job. This is the Album that's my favorite of all of her albums. It's too bad too b/cuz Motown should have really pushed this album. It's still played in my home.
Most definitely her best album EVER! A&S made Diana sing almost out of her range. Listen to "The Boss"...Diana's vocal ability hasn't been able to reach that height since (1979). Wonderful orchestration and production. Motown should've pushed that album a little bit more. It should've gone platnium. My nephews (22 & 30) are in love with "The Boss." They play it over and over again. I was 11 years old when it came out in May of 1979. It's a timeless masterpiece!
its hard to say which one is the best, The Boss , Baby Its Me, Diana, and the Micheal Masser album to Love Again, to me are some of her best works. Qunicy Jones did an amazing job with her for the Wiz vocals too, she stopped working with all the producers who would make her work in the studio and her records sales tanked.
Actually, if you watch the "We Are the World" tracking sessions (available on the dvd) Quincy had her ad-libing and she could hit some amazing notes, but wasn't confident with it... hence it wasn't used in the final. I think she always had the voice but was probably encouraged to stay in her breathy sensual range (which excludes belting).
i totaly agree. im starting to realize how bith diana's voice really was when she was younger. especially on 'The Boss" album and her live concert in 83' in New York...she was belting out those notes on "Mirror Mirror"
To those Flo/Mary/Cindy apologists, if you can picture any one of them strutting on the stage at Ceasar's Palace in Vegas singing this tune, you have one helluva wild imagination... Get it?
At 24 years old, I am one of the biggest Supremes fans out there. As much as I do not like how Diana Ross treated Mary, Florence and Cindy, I have to say that quite a few of her songs are awesome. This is a GREAT one
This was a fantastic Show.....watched with my friend Liza on HBO in 1979. Diana is an ultimate performer. Energy, love, and warming. The we staggered to the VooDoo Lounge. Lord have mercy.....
Another shining example that Ashford/Simpson were Diana's best producers! The brought the best vocally out of Diana, they knew that Diana sounds best with orchestration behind them.. This song is a gem and should've been a biggie for La Ross...
This Concert is on sale on EBay I bought one and it was a great copy..... Looked like a china release it had asian writing on the cover lol....... Go Diana
I have seen the video/clip for "No One Gets The Prize" on Much More Music Retro a number of times. It had a year of 1979-Motown on it and it was about 3 minutes long (give or take a few seconds). It is out there because I have seen it.
she was dancing and singing to No One Get's The Prize and it was pertty good with that late 70's video feel...I probably will see it again on Much More Music during the new years eve retro a thon...
Delbert, I think this show is for sale on Ebay, although it's not an official dvd release. And I don't know about the quality, but it might be interesting to check it out for you!
I purchased a copy of this concert on Ebay and it is super. . It looks like it was realeased in China or Japan since alot of the writing is in chinese/japanese! the quality is great!
Chris, isn't there a video for this song? I have seen it on Much More Retro/Boogie Dance Party a number of times over the past few years. I wish someone would post the real video from 1979 of this song.
I used to have this on VHS back in the day. I have been waiting for years for the DVD to be released. This was a great concert with the great Diana Ross center stage doing what she does best. One of the greatest entertainers of all time. Come on guys don't make us wait any longer for the DVD.
caribeandude1 2 weeks ago
Diana is well...Supreme!
holgerspeckter 5 months ago 2
xxx, diana
myr1965 6 months ago
EXCELLENT!
kevalev12 6 months ago
So simple, so elegant, yet so so funky.
june057 6 months ago
Great album. I love that concerts back then had full piece orchestras.
rogerdodger1971 8 months ago
I have always wonder what made her so good? Don't get me wrong she is awesome, but what is it that makes her so awesome?
kplife2001 9 months ago
@kplife2001 - she just has that 'thing'..
iralevifan 6 months ago
@iralevifan I often wonder if I have that thing, but I really do not know what the thing is. That is why I ask. I know it is crazy, but I do wonder.
kplife2001 6 months ago
love the song!
2tonsolid 11 months ago
THIS IS DIANA AT HER BEST
TheInasboi 11 months ago 5
she looks sooo sexy
peterman808 1 year ago
I love Diana. Glad to see the live musicians. Interesting how you can't see the background singers -at all....
ribbedwon 1 year ago
@ribbedwon you do see them at some points during this concert. she introduces them as ther curtains part and they are standing in a row...all four of them. she gives them props.
wonderboyjoy 1 year ago
wow Diana is so legendary she really is!!!!
trinidad718 1 year ago 2
Have this on laserdisc! Great concert. Not many new entertainers of this style of music can hold a stage on their own like her. They need all bullshit dancers with tacky moves to distract from their average performance.
sexyrexysexy 1 year ago
my first time seeing this and I love it, amazing performance
musikpassion18 1 year ago
Every singer knows they are not ment for everyone but this woman does not have to show body parts like other singers to sell records. This woman has got something others lack ?? CLASS !!!!!!!!! I have had the luck of meeting her in person. She is FABULOUS !!!!!!!
leochel 1 year ago 4
@musiclover77able nobody better not have said she can't sing.
Unutilized72 1 year ago
@musiclover77able Yep. The utmost importance. Well, at least we understand that concept. It was nice talking with you!
AnnabellaSteMarie 1 year ago
@musiclover77able Of course. Way better a singer than Madonna. Older footage didn't always translate color well, regarding Black people. Plus, people show up differently in various lighting. Some folks try to dissect Diana's voice, skin color, body type, mannerisms, everything - for their own purposes. To the nth degree! Can't we just love her for who she is, how she sings, how she looks and appreciate her contribution to music? Is that so hard? lol.
AnnabellaSteMarie 1 year ago 2
@musiclover77able For real. Many are irritated, and jealous, that Diana as a sista couldn't be lumped into a particular box as they usually try to limit us in. Nobody sounds like her and Diana was exquisitely versatile in covering multiple genres. She's great!
AnnabellaSteMarie 1 year ago 2
@musiclover77able I hear ya, but 'soul' doesn't equate to good singing, if u meant that. Diana has always been soulful; she's just very refined, sweet-sounding with great diction. I'd say those albums encompass r&b tracks that require a lot more belting, though Diana does that on many albums. Touch Me In The Morning, Baby It's Me has some fine singing as does her 'Lady Sings The Blues' soundtrack. I don't know anyone who's said she couldn't sing. They're some lying revisionists or plain goofy.
AnnabellaSteMarie 1 year ago
I would love to have that outfit she was very stylish then.
Dkenkade20 2 years ago
Go Lady Diana she is so sweet!
nippy22 2 years ago 2
Because she is such an awsome presence on stage i think Diana's vocals were sometimes overlooked,but she has one of the most fabulous voices of all time!!
reyrey031068 2 years ago 34
Beyonce just recently stated that she got some of her stage presence from THE BOSS! So its all good, but understand this is where it was done 1st and set the bar for solo performances in Vegas!
nsimone4me 2 years ago 3
@reyrey031068 yeah but with a voice like that how could you overlook it.
Unutilized72 1 year ago
She killed it on this performance ! GO Diana...True Dive..Beyonce wish !
yokeelee 2 years ago 4
Diana Ross is amazing...I would so love to see her have another hit album.
dumbthings1970 2 years ago 4
KROLOWA!!!!!!!!!;))))))))))
katastrofa234 2 years ago
I totally agree with you reddvelvet. A&S did make her sing,b ecause Valorie Simpson could flat out sang. Diana had to really work hard to sing in the ranges that she was asked to sing in , and I think she did a great job. This is the Album that's my favorite of all of her albums. It's too bad too b/cuz Motown should have really pushed this album. It's still played in my home.
jeffreyBboy 2 years ago 4
was this the last time A & S ever produced her?? they were some of her best producers, along with Micheal Masser whose music defined her sound.
yurherenow 2 years ago
IMMACULATE!!!!!
lockedlip2lip 2 years ago 2
ONE OF THE GREATEST!!
1HAZEL08 2 years ago 6
I've always wished that the album version sounded exactly like this one.
It SMOKES!!!
TheReturnOfStephan1 2 years ago 5
WHATS WITH THE ARMS
dexbk718 2 years ago
diana always new how to make herself bigger and fill the stage.
best1forward 2 years ago
woooo weeee!!!! Chicago deep house people STAND UP!!
kaleba 2 years ago
Diana Ross is one of our Premier Leading Black American Ladies....She is due all our RESPECT!!! Always and Forever!!! Mo Luv
reecieluv 2 years ago 40
Wow! She's got some lungs on that opening!
ohleander 3 years ago 4
That was a fabulous album, songs written & produced by the great Ashford & Simpson. Diana Ross was awesome on this show.
capdeelite61 3 years ago 2
why did she stop working with A&S? they were ideal producers for her.
yimheretoday 3 years ago
You notice that too, the boss album may not have gone platnium but id venture to say its one of her best
BrandyKluxKlan 3 years ago 2
Most definitely her best album EVER! A&S made Diana sing almost out of her range. Listen to "The Boss"...Diana's vocal ability hasn't been able to reach that height since (1979). Wonderful orchestration and production. Motown should've pushed that album a little bit more. It should've gone platnium. My nephews (22 & 30) are in love with "The Boss." They play it over and over again. I was 11 years old when it came out in May of 1979. It's a timeless masterpiece!
reddvelvet 3 years ago
its hard to say which one is the best, The Boss , Baby Its Me, Diana, and the Micheal Masser album to Love Again, to me are some of her best works. Qunicy Jones did an amazing job with her for the Wiz vocals too, she stopped working with all the producers who would make her work in the studio and her records sales tanked.
yimheretoday 2 years ago
Actually, if you watch the "We Are the World" tracking sessions (available on the dvd) Quincy had her ad-libing and she could hit some amazing notes, but wasn't confident with it... hence it wasn't used in the final. I think she always had the voice but was probably encouraged to stay in her breathy sensual range (which excludes belting).
kedavis 2 years ago
i totaly agree. im starting to realize how bith diana's voice really was when she was younger. especially on 'The Boss" album and her live concert in 83' in New York...she was belting out those notes on "Mirror Mirror"
barbarasboi 2 years ago 2
The opening is the best, o ya she is the BOSS!
grayskies2008 3 years ago
To those Flo/Mary/Cindy apologists, if you can picture any one of them strutting on the stage at Ceasar's Palace in Vegas singing this tune, you have one helluva wild imagination... Get it?
konumers 3 years ago 5
LMAO!!! Say it again!
Gatsbyesque 3 years ago
funny as hell!!!
ludel 3 years ago
i had to buy this album today
sole48341 3 years ago
At 24 years old, I am one of the biggest Supremes fans out there. As much as I do not like how Diana Ross treated Mary, Florence and Cindy, I have to say that quite a few of her songs are awesome. This is a GREAT one
tummielvr 3 years ago
i love the opening of this song. noboy does it better than MISS ROSS DA BOSS and that's just a fact.
GloveGirl 3 years ago 6
The opening is really cool
tummielvr 3 years ago 2
Simply stunning orchestration and production; A & S have created an overlooked jewel !
walterg77 3 years ago 4
Diana Ross is the best.
whitney2whoopi 3 years ago 3
I really can't stand her but I have to admit that she's a great preformer.
chulapanama 3 years ago
lollll At least you're honest.
Gatsbyesque 3 years ago
This was a fantastic Show.....watched with my friend Liza on HBO in 1979. Diana is an ultimate performer. Energy, love, and warming. The we staggered to the VooDoo Lounge. Lord have mercy.....
SJMillerinSFCA 4 years ago 4
this was a great HBO concert, i remember it well and have it on VHS... thx for posting
jarrett8ty8 4 years ago
do you know where i can found this concert in dvd or rip merci pascal FRENCH
papass1313 4 years ago
this was on HBO? I didn't even know HBO was around then not to mention VHS. lol Our family couldn't afford a VCR until 1984.
deej1964 4 years ago
I love this song and how she sings it!!!!!!!!!!
Pajamatop10 4 years ago 5
Sing it girl ... go 'head!
GQBlue3 4 years ago 2
P R I M E !
dddsb 4 years ago 3
please someone help me find that cocert no one get the prize is my favorite song
jahyra312 4 years ago
FABULOUS!!! I have been wanting this concert for years. Thanks so much for sharing :O) x
louisebruzon 4 years ago 3
Diana is in her prime here and her voice is dead on..
eugeneletgo 4 years ago 7
Another shining example that Ashford/Simpson were Diana's best producers! The brought the best vocally out of Diana, they knew that Diana sounds best with orchestration behind them.. This song is a gem and should've been a biggie for La Ross...
GSAfilms 4 years ago 4
This Concert is on sale on EBay I bought one and it was a great copy..... Looked like a china release it had asian writing on the cover lol....... Go Diana
Charmander74 4 years ago
excellent, I wish someone would post the real video for this song from 1979.....
winjasonwin 4 years ago
uuuhhh....there was no video made for this song...
adenbrishangles 4 years ago
I have seen the video/clip for "No One Gets The Prize" on Much More Music Retro a number of times. It had a year of 1979-Motown on it and it was about 3 minutes long (give or take a few seconds). It is out there because I have seen it.
winjasonwin 4 years ago
Do you remember what took place in the video?
Gatsbyesque 3 years ago
she was dancing and singing to No One Get's The Prize and it was pertty good with that late 70's video feel...I probably will see it again on Much More Music during the new years eve retro a thon...
winjasonwin 3 years ago
I wish the concert was offered on DVD. Diana is absolutely gorgeous here.
Delbert06 5 years ago
Delbert, I think this show is for sale on Ebay, although it's not an official dvd release. And I don't know about the quality, but it might be interesting to check it out for you!
BartBrat 5 years ago
I purchased a copy of this concert on Ebay and it is super. . It looks like it was realeased in China or Japan since alot of the writing is in chinese/japanese! the quality is great!
Diana Ross for President in 2008
Charmander74 4 years ago 3
One of my most favorite Diana Ross numbers!!!
Thanks for ALL of the uploads!!!
CHRYS1001 5 years ago
Chris, isn't there a video for this song? I have seen it on Much More Retro/Boogie Dance Party a number of times over the past few years. I wish someone would post the real video from 1979 of this song.
winjasonwin 4 years ago