Neil Diamond - The Thank You Australia Concert: Live 1976

With this DVD release, Eagle Rock gives fans old and new a look back at not only a classic performance, but a musical moment in Australian history.

For those of us who weren’t there, the bonus features do an impressive job of setting the scene - from David Frost’s introduction to the original telecast, building up a crowd electric with anticipation, to the photo and essay booklet and folded reproduction of a promotional poster that ran in Sydney’s Sunday Independent newspaper, included in the slip-case.

There’s also chuckle-inducing bonus footage from the broadcast, of Diamond reading advertisements handed to him during the show by sponsors Cadbury’s and Pioneer, so they wouldn’t have to cut away from the show for commercials.

A special bonus feature is a 50-minute one-on-one interview with Diamond on A Current Affair - the reclusive singer’s first ever televised interview. It’s a fascinating peek into young Diamond’s life and thought process. The interviewer asks some personal questions - about vices, religion, politics, and money - which the singer answers with surprising candour.