Town Hall Party: November 15, 1958 [DVD]

Johnny Cash and the Collins Kids were among the headliners for the November 15, 1958, broadcast of Town Hall Party, a weekly live television program featuring leading country & western acts, and the German Bear Family has issued a DVD featuring approximately 90 minutes' worth of material from that show. Transferred from aging kinescope films which show occasional signs of wear, the images are in the original full-screen aspect ratio of 1.33:1, while the audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The performances are in English with no multiple language options, and no bonus materials have been included on this edition, but the packaging is beautiful (especially the photo-packed booklet), and the rarity of this material easily outweighs the occasional flaws of the source materials for fans of classic country sounds.