Holy cow, Air Supply has been recording albums and/or touring on them for almost five decades now? Wow. I knew of their North American success in the early 1980s with singles from the "Lost in Love" and "The One That You Love" albums in 1980 and 1981 (I was a wee one then), and Brad Pitt decided to sing to 1983's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, but like a lot of other bands, I just assumed they faded away. Nope, the band has still put out albums every other year, and in Live in Hong Kong, we answer the question of yes, Air Supply still has an audience, and singer Russell Hitchcock and guitarist Graham Russell are there to cater to it.

The show, recorded at the AsiaWorld Expo on August 11th, 2013, featured a mix of the standards and some songs of their recent album (in 2010) titled "Mumbo Jumbo." Running about an hour and 45 minutes, the songs are as follows:

"Even the Nights Are Better"

"Just As I Am"

"Every Woman in the World"

"Here I Am"

"Chances"

"Dance With Me"

"Desert Sea Sky"

"Power of Love"

"I Won't Stop Loving You"

"Two Less Lonely People"

"The One That You Love"

"Lost in Love"

"Sweet Dreams"

"Making Love Out Of Nothing At All"

"Goodbye"

"All Out Of Love"

I'm not going to lie, watching this show is a bit of a weird setting. The crowd does have some Anglos in there and they rock out as much as their age and physical limitations let them. But most of this crowd is just docile, and the dynamic suffers for it. Hitchcock and Russell do the best they can to urge the crowd on, but it really is like when Spinal Tap switched to jazz, in that the bands try, they are just met with crowds full of near-indifference.

The songs sound fine and they have a whiff of nostalgia too them, but while watching Air Supply Live in Hong Kong I was left with a question: if a band plays in front of people who make little noise, did the concert happen? Don't get me wrong, there is a bit of humor involved when watching the concert, but it seems Air Supply has been doing this before they came into my realization the first time and were still doing it when they came back around this time, so I imagine they're still be doing it long after I shuffle off the mortal coil.

1.78:1 widescreen presentation for this show, and in 1080i as similar concerts are wont to have I suppose. The transfer is solid, with image detail decent but unspectacular (individual crowd members can be spotted in wide shows), and not too much image noise that could be ascertained. Concert lighting is accurate and darkness has a moment of crushing here and there but otherwise, it is straightforward viewing considering the material.

You get either an LPCM stereo or DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 tracks, both of which are solid. Crowd noise is subtle but found in the front and rear channels, most of the sound is in the front of the theater and sounds clean as can be, with little in the way of subwoofer activity to chalk up to a .1 track. Nevertheless, it sounds good, the experience is immersive, honestly there is little to complain about when it comes to this presentation.

There is a brief look at the making of the concert (7:57) with band interviews, but nothing earth-shattering.

Air Supply Live in Hong Kong delivers the hits and some new songs that are a small change of pace for devotees of the band, but overall you get what you pay for. Technically, the disc looks and sounds solid, and while I would have appreciated a bit more of a retrospective on the band, I appreciate the minor press segment promoting the concert. If you are a fan of the band or of the art of timeless soft rock, then this one is worth the time for your eyes and ears.