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ABBA is the most successful popular music group ever to come out of Scandinavia, and ranks amongst the top acts in the history of popular music. The quartet topped worldwide charts from the mid 1970s to the early 1980s.
This video reveals how ABBA's different personalities came together to become a pop phenomenon. Their songs have stood the test of time and are still highly appreciated, remaining a fixture of many radio playlists.
ABBA is formed from the first letters of each group member's name: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid (Frida). As of 2006, ABBA's 1976 hit single, "Fernando" still held the record for the most weeks spent at number one in Australia - 14 weeks, along with The Beatles' "Hey Jude."
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
This video reveals how ABBA's different personalities came together to become a pop phenomenon. Their songs have stood the test of time and are still highly appreciated, remaining a fixture of many radio playlists.
ABBA is formed from the first letters of each group member's name: Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, and Anni-Frid (Frida). As of 2006, ABBA's 1976 hit single, "Fernando" still held the record for the most weeks spent at number one in Australia - 14 weeks, along with The Beatles' "Hey Jude."
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
Defined by their powerhouse vocals, hard riffing and rabid live shows, AC/DC have chalked up album sales of hundreds of millions of units worldwide, in a career that has spanned four decades ... Booze, drugs, multiple line-up changes and the untimely death of the charismatic lead singer Bon Scott have not diminished their popularity. From performing as a covers band in the backwaters of Australia to playing the world's biggest venues, we go behind the scenes to discover the real AC/DC and how they stormed the globe with their unique blend of no-nonsense rock!
AC/DC: And Then There Was Rock charts the band's early years, up to the tragic death of their enigmatic front man, Bon Scott. This documentary takes the cameras where they have never previously preyed, interviewing AC/DC's original singer Dave Evans, original drummer Colin Burgess, school friends of Bon, Angus and Malcolm, Bon's lifelong friend Vincent Lovegrove, and AC/DC biographers Malcolm Dome and Clinton Walker amongst others. This is a fitting tribute to the memory of Bon Scott, containing rare footage of him in his earlier bands, previously unseen photographs and much, much more!
AC/DC: And Then There Was Rock charts the band's early years, up to the tragic death of their enigmatic front man, Bon Scott. This documentary takes the cameras where they have never previously preyed, interviewing AC/DC's original singer Dave Evans, original drummer Colin Burgess, school friends of Bon, Angus and Malcolm, Bon's lifelong friend Vincent Lovegrove, and AC/DC biographers Malcolm Dome and Clinton Walker amongst others. This is a fitting tribute to the memory of Bon Scott, containing rare footage of him in his earlier bands, previously unseen photographs and much, much more!
In July 1980, five months after the untimely death of original frontman Bon Scott, AC/DC released Back in Black, an album which has gone on to sell over 40 million copies worldwide, and one that many fans consider the greatest of the group's career. Chock-full of the heaviest riffs, the most bombastic production and the best double entendres rock music has ever encountered, the record catapulted AC/DC into the big league, big time.
Back in Black: A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this astonishing work. With the entire album dissected track by track, and with rare footage, band interviews and live performances all under the gaze of our panel of esteemed experts, this is the best film on this extraordinary band yet to emerge.
Back in Black: A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this astonishing work. With the entire album dissected track by track, and with rare footage, band interviews and live performances all under the gaze of our panel of esteemed experts, this is the best film on this extraordinary band yet to emerge.
Although it wasn't until after the release of the Back in Black album that AC/DC became global superstars, the era most fondly remembered by fans of this extraordinary band is when Bon Scott was at the helm - between 1974 and 1980. And if there's one album from that time which illustrates best what the mighty 'DC were all about during those years, it has to be Highway to Hell.
This film puts the album under the spotlight and with the help of those who worked on the record, friends of Bon Scott, AC/DC biographers and others who were there at the time, discovers how the album was made, how it was received and how it still inspires musicians and fans alike to this day.
Featuring rare and classic footage of the group, interviews with Bon Scott and Angus Young, and exclusive contributions from friends, colleagues, journalists and biographers, this film presents every track from the album reviewed and reappraised by a panel of esteemed experts and plenty more besides.
This film puts the album under the spotlight and with the help of those who worked on the record, friends of Bon Scott, AC/DC biographers and others who were there at the time, discovers how the album was made, how it was received and how it still inspires musicians and fans alike to this day.
Featuring rare and classic footage of the group, interviews with Bon Scott and Angus Young, and exclusive contributions from friends, colleagues, journalists and biographers, this film presents every track from the album reviewed and reappraised by a panel of esteemed experts and plenty more besides.
People in the know say that Al Foster was the only true friend Miles Davis ever had. Here's what the Prince of Silence wrote about him: "For what I wanted in a drummer, Al had all of it. He knocked me out because he had such a groove. That was the kind of thing I was looking for. Al could set it up for everybody else to play off and just keep the groove going forever." As a member of Miles' band for thirteen years, Al also shared his instrumental mastery and rhythmic chops with pianist Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon, Chick Corea, George Benson, Wayne Shorter - just to mention only a handful of the jazz giants he performed with. In 2007, it was a great honor for the New Morning to welcome Al's stellar Quintet featuring pianists Aaron Goldberg and George Colligan, saxophonist Eli Degibri, bassist Doug Weiss and trumpeter Eddie Henderson. To his innumerable fans, there is no doubt that very few musicians are as totally synonymous with the highest standards in jazz and groove today as Al Foster.
Originally broadcast as "The Original Rompin' Stompin' Hot and Heavy, Cool and Groove All Star Jazz Show" on CBS television in 1977, this video from filmmaker Gary Keys contains performances from Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Williams, and more. The Witty and informative program traces the birth of jazz from spirituals all the way to the wild sounds of the '70s via live performance, dance and narration.
It came out of the dark heart of America, the aura, the smoke-filled essence of jazz, the music of joy, abandon, yearning. New cadences, accents, pulsations. Nights of improvisation and hot rapturous jazz found its was to New York's 52nd Street, Swing Street, the mecca, featuring the soul of this jazz, its voices, its prophets, its players.
The All That Jazz series, compiled from historical archival footage, animated photography and original music, chronicles the evolution of jazz from its roots in the 19th century to the new millennium, exploring the creation, development and fusion of the music styles and all the artists who created the unique sound that is jazz.
All That Jazz, From New Orleans to New York, is an anthology of jazz music which prior to the popular swing era of the 1930s and 40s is often referred to as "early jazz." Through its origins before the turn of the 20th century, jazz had evolved from a regional music, central to New Orleans and its surrounding, to a musical style at the forefront of national and international popular music by the 1930s and 1940s.
The All That Jazz series, compiled from historical archival footage, animated photography and original music, chronicles the evolution of jazz from its roots in the 19th century to the new millennium, exploring the creation, development and fusion of the music styles and all the artists who created the unique sound that is jazz.
All That Jazz, From New Orleans to New York, is an anthology of jazz music which prior to the popular swing era of the 1930s and 40s is often referred to as "early jazz." Through its origins before the turn of the 20th century, jazz had evolved from a regional music, central to New Orleans and its surrounding, to a musical style at the forefront of national and international popular music by the 1930s and 1940s.
Today, America's music does what it has always done - bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity and culture is merged, mixed and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it blues, jazz, country, rock, R&B, or folk, is the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Best known are the Delta, Piedmont, jump and Chicago blues styles. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of...
America's music legacy, be it blues, jazz, country, rock, R&B, or folk, is the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
The blues genre is based on the blues form but possesses other characteristics such as specific lyrics, bass lines and instruments. Blues can be subdivided into several subgenres ranging from country to urban blues that were more or less popular during different periods of the 20th century. Best known are the Delta, Piedmont, jump and Chicago blues styles. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of...
Today America's music does what it has always done, bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Rock-a-Billy, Country, and Bluegrass all came from the simple form of story telling by music and modern Country and Western music has its roots in the folk songs of the rural south and the cowboy music popularized by the singing cowboys of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Moving from the rural areas it found a home on the radio nationwide predominantly from Nashville on the Grand Ole Opry finding a broader audience as Country Music began to move from "hillbilly music"...
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Rock-a-Billy, Country, and Bluegrass all came from the simple form of story telling by music and modern Country and Western music has its roots in the folk songs of the rural south and the cowboy music popularized by the singing cowboys of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Moving from the rural areas it found a home on the radio nationwide predominantly from Nashville on the Grand Ole Opry finding a broader audience as Country Music began to move from "hillbilly music"...
Today America's music does what it has always done, bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Blues and ragtime, along with a rich local brass band tradition and many other influences, came together in early 1900s in New Orleans, Louisiana, to create a new type of music called Dixieland jazz, also known as traditional jazz or New Orleans jazz. As jazz gained in popularity, it spread north from New Orleans to Chicago, New York, Kansas City, and across the Midwest to California.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the...
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Blues and ragtime, along with a rich local brass band tradition and many other influences, came together in early 1900s in New Orleans, Louisiana, to create a new type of music called Dixieland jazz, also known as traditional jazz or New Orleans jazz. As jazz gained in popularity, it spread north from New Orleans to Chicago, New York, Kansas City, and across the Midwest to California.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the...
Today America's music does what it has always done, bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Folk singers may be of an ilk that rarely goes multi-platinum, but their work truly resonates with people of all walks of life, and their legacy is astounding.
America's Music Legacy showcases the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly and the best of all that is America.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Folk singers may be of an ilk that rarely goes multi-platinum, but their work truly resonates with people of all walks of life, and their legacy is astounding.
America's Music Legacy showcases the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly and the best of all that is America.
Today America's music does what it has always done, bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
From reggae to rumba, jazz to juju, Gospel is now expressed in as many ways as there are music genres. The only consistent thread is that it carries a Christian "good news" message and remains defined by the influence of Christian expression in black music.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly are the best of all that is America.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
From reggae to rumba, jazz to juju, Gospel is now expressed in as many ways as there are music genres. The only consistent thread is that it carries a Christian "good news" message and remains defined by the influence of Christian expression in black music.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly are the best of all that is America.
Today America's music does what it has always done, bring people together. In American music every aspect of life, ethnicity, and culture is merged, mixed, and highlighted. The rich diversity of American culture and life is reflected in its lively beat-filled rhythms. American music is the story of the country, a reflection of a nation alive with change, filled with curiosity and led by hope and excitement.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Soul is music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly are the best of all that is America.
America's music legacy, be it Blues, Jazz, Country, Rock, R&B or Folk are the songs and artists who have a special power to express what words alone cannot: hopes, fears, dreams, love, hate, anger, pride, aspirations and disappointments. Because songs span the breadth of human experience, they are uniquely able to communicate across time and space the beliefs and ideas held by their composers, performers and listeners.
Soul is music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying.
America's Music Legacy showcase the musical legends performing the songs that continue to attract and entice the whole world, because they truly are the best of all that is America.
Archie Shepp needs no introductions: he is one of the greatest African American saxophonists and one of the last living giants of the 20th century jazz. For some thirty years now, he has divided his time between Europe and the University of Massachusetts, where he teaches music history. After having, in the wake of Cecil Taylor and John Coltrane, been one of the driving forces of New York avant-garde jazz in the 1960's, Archie has traveled back to the musical roots of his people: the blues. Today, both as an instrumentalist and singer, he is one of the most irresistible interpreters of the genre. This untiring champion of African American culture is also one of the oldest and dearest friends of the New Morning. In 1978, it was he who inaugurated the big stage of the New Morning in Geneva; at exactly the place where we taped him, in August 1994, with the late master pianist Horace Parlan, Wayne Dockery and Steve McCraven.
A unique biography of Louis Armstrong , the greatest of all Jazz musicians. Armstrong defined what it was to play Jazz. His amazing technical abilities, the joy and spontaneity, and amazingly quick, inventive musical mind still dominate Jazz to this day and only Charlie Parker comes close to having as much influence on the history of Jazz as Louis Armstrong did. One of the first soloists on record, although he was preceded by Sidney Bechet, Louis was more responsible than anyone else for jazz changing from an ensemble-oriented folk music into an art from that emphasized inventive solo improvisations. His relaxed phrasing was a major change from the staccato style of the early '20s, helping set the stage for the swing era, and Armstrong demonstrated that it was possible to have both impressive technique and a strong feeling for the blues.
On Christmas Eve 1982, Bad Brains began their three-day stint at a Hardcore Festival hosted by legendary CBGB. This video represents the very best of these shows, culled from over 4 hours of footage. Their live performances were legendary, their visual recordings were impossible to find. Now, for the first time, that powerful performance is revisited in extraordinary fashion.
This is a long-unavailable video of Chet Baker playing a relaxed session in the Sonet Record library in Lidingo, Sweden, with the highly compatible support of French pianist Michel Graillier and Belgian bassist Jean-Louis Rassinfosse.
In 1961 Alexis Korner and Cyril Davis formed Blues Incorporated and invited Long John Baldry to join them. Two other faces from that legendary line-up were Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts.
After four decades of living, breathing and above all, playing Blues, R&B and Rock & Rall, Long John Baldry is an undisputed living legend. He is a testament to, and a phenomenal musician of his genre. Immensely respected by all the great names in British R&B and even the pop scene, he loves his music and loves performing.
After four decades of living, breathing and above all, playing Blues, R&B and Rock & Rall, Long John Baldry is an undisputed living legend. He is a testament to, and a phenomenal musician of his genre. Immensely respected by all the great names in British R&B and even the pop scene, he loves his music and loves performing.
Syd Barrett: Under Review features rare live and studio performances from his hugely influential and legendary musician, insterspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. Including Melody Maker contributor during the 1960's and early champion of Syd Barrett, Chris Welch; Barrett biographer and all around expert, David Parker; Uncut Magazine's features editor, Nigel Williamson; former Soft Machine bassist who backed Syd on Madcap Laughs, Hugh Hopper; Total Rock DJ and journalist, Malcolm Dome and many more.
Jazz great William "Count" Basie comes back to life in this rich documentary, which traces the history of the pianist, composer, and bandleader over several decades. Filmmaker Gary Keys juxtaposes a roundtable discussion among old cats from the Count Basie Orchestra with recorded performances, including a cameo performance in the film Blazing Saddles.
Archival clips and a gallery of portraits and snapshots show the ever-smiling face of a man as vivacious as the grooves he delivers - his good humor suffusing the music and the players going at it all around him, from Lester Young to Ella Fitzgerald.
Archival clips and a gallery of portraits and snapshots show the ever-smiling face of a man as vivacious as the grooves he delivers - his good humor suffusing the music and the players going at it all around him, from Lester Young to Ella Fitzgerald.
Hailing from NYC, the Beastie Boys have somehow managed to stay at the top for almost 20 years. Starting off as a punk outfit, they soon changed direction and exploded in the mid 1980's as foul-mouthed novelty rappers. They have supported Madonna, made spoof music videos, learned to play instruments, gone back to their roots and more recently have been involved in political and social issues. This is the band who have done it all! Nobody expected the Beastie Boys to last, but they've matured into one of the most intriguing and influential acts on the planet.
Beastie Boys: Horseplay tells their incredible story via interviews, rare footage and much, much more. From the start these boys were labelled as "no-hopers," those least likely to survive the struggle to the top - but they proved their critics wrong. In a tale of breakdancing, beer cans and Buddhism, you can only expect one thing - the unexpected.
Beastie Boys: Horseplay tells their incredible story via interviews, rare footage and much, much more. From the start these boys were labelled as "no-hopers," those least likely to survive the struggle to the top - but they proved their critics wrong. In a tale of breakdancing, beer cans and Buddhism, you can only expect one thing - the unexpected.
In 1968, under a haze of publicity, The Beatles opened their collective door to all manner of musicians, writers, artists, filmmakers, inventors, designers, freaks and more than a fair share of opportunist sharks. But despite a hefty investment, little substance was forthcoming from these assorted misfits outside of the music that emerged from one division of the potential empire: Apple Records.
Even discounting those Apple platters that featured as artist the collective or individual names of the company's bosses, music that stands the test of time superbly was released under the stamp of this enterprise, music which remains available still and both popular and exciting more than 40 years after the majority of it was produced.
Strange Fruit - The Beatles' Apple Records is the story of a record label which came to exist under extraordinary circumstances, produced extraordinary records and was operated under extraordinary guidelines.
This film features new interviews with former label M.D. Tony Bramwell, members of Badfinger, The Iveys and Elephant's Memory, Jackie Lomax, Brute Force and David Peel, plus musician and Beatles expert Chris Ingham, author and journalist Mark Paytress and Apple biographer Stefan Granados.
The film also includes archive footage of Apple...
Even discounting those Apple platters that featured as artist the collective or individual names of the company's bosses, music that stands the test of time superbly was released under the stamp of this enterprise, music which remains available still and both popular and exciting more than 40 years after the majority of it was produced.
Strange Fruit - The Beatles' Apple Records is the story of a record label which came to exist under extraordinary circumstances, produced extraordinary records and was operated under extraordinary guidelines.
This film features new interviews with former label M.D. Tony Bramwell, members of Badfinger, The Iveys and Elephant's Memory, Jackie Lomax, Brute Force and David Peel, plus musician and Beatles expert Chris Ingham, author and journalist Mark Paytress and Apple biographer Stefan Granados.
The film also includes archive footage of Apple...
Over half a century ago, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison named themselves The Beatles and soon after recruited their drummer, Ringo Starr. This superb documentary, The Beatles: Their Golden Age, is a nostalgic look back at all the excitement of the era. It truly captures the magic as well as the pandemonium of "Beatlemania," from their delirious fans and madcap movies to interviews with each of the Fab Four.
Your trip begins from the inception of the group in 1960 though Sgt. Pepper psychedelia and moves to the dissolution of The Beatles, the most popular entertainment act in history. It is loaded with rare footage. You'll follow the lads on their whirlwind tours across Europe and America, as well as around the world. You'll hear the shrieks of adoring fans - and those appalled by John's "Bigger than Jesus" comment. You'll laugh at the wit of Paul and Ringo, share a moment with newly-weds George and Pattie and making of their movies. It includes news footage, movie scenes, interviews and public appearances.
Your trip begins from the inception of the group in 1960 though Sgt. Pepper psychedelia and moves to the dissolution of The Beatles, the most popular entertainment act in history. It is loaded with rare footage. You'll follow the lads on their whirlwind tours across Europe and America, as well as around the world. You'll hear the shrieks of adoring fans - and those appalled by John's "Bigger than Jesus" comment. You'll laugh at the wit of Paul and Ringo, share a moment with newly-weds George and Pattie and making of their movies. It includes news footage, movie scenes, interviews and public appearances.
Geneva 1994: The legendary New Morning club rose from its ashes for the duration of a memorable jazz festival. Among the heavyweights in the blockbuster line-up was Bob Berg. No one who heard him there has forgotten the white-hot saxophone, the intensity and the rough lyricism of this very "Scorsesean" former Manhattan taxi driver. Backed superbly by Alvin Queen, Niels Lan Doky and Pierre Boussaguet, Bob gave one of his best concerts ever; on that evening, Berg was certainly still "the rebel with the angry saxophone" Miles Davis had asked to join his comeback tour in 1984. But the rebel had learned to control his fiery spirit - fishing off Cape Cod had taught him the meaning of "zen" - and Bob had grown into a fully rounded artist, roaming majestically somewhere between Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz. Our friend Bob was on his way to the top (and to buying a pack of cigarettes) in 2002 when his path crossed that of a skidding truck on an icy mountain road ...
Bonus features:
- In Conversation with Bob Berg (2001)
- Nancy With the Laughing Face (1994)
Bonus features:
- In Conversation with Bob Berg (2001)
- Nancy With the Laughing Face (1994)
The Black Church is the treasure-house of black culture, a port in stormy seas, an engine for change, its music a conduit for the release of sentiments of sheer joy, sheer pain and the redeeming poetry of sacrifice.
Black Faith is in three parts:
A Mighty Voice - on the early history of Caribbean Christianity and the effects of immigration on faith and style of worship.
The Blood of Jesus - the Pentecostals form the largest group of black chuches and this episode explores their beliefs, forms of service and their place in society.
Last Boat to Salvation - looks at the attraction of the West African churches in the UK, how they are redefining the notion of holiness. It also touches on the interface between religious and political goals and agendas.
Black Faith is in three parts:
A Mighty Voice - on the early history of Caribbean Christianity and the effects of immigration on faith and style of worship.
The Blood of Jesus - the Pentecostals form the largest group of black chuches and this episode explores their beliefs, forms of service and their place in society.
Last Boat to Salvation - looks at the attraction of the West African churches in the UK, how they are redefining the notion of holiness. It also touches on the interface between religious and political goals and agendas.
This film was made in 1964 for National Public Television. It's considered the very first film to look at bluegrass music and the people who made it famous. The film has been purchased by the Library of Congress and is considered an American classic. Many songs and dances are presented in addition to Appalachian Mountain storytelling and more. Wonderfully entertaining and great history.
As always, there were a few freaks around who refused to latch onto the latest trends that passed them by. Bluegrass Skyline is about some of those New Yorkers and others who got together down at the lower end of Manhattan at the South Street Seaport - long before it was gentrified and commercialized. These musicians and their friends gathered at the Seaport in the summer of 1975 for a Bluegrass and Old Time Country Music Festival.
When Bruce Iglauer dropped out of college and moved from Cincinnati to Chicago back in 1971, he just wanted to be near his favorite Blues artists. He never dreamed he'd wind up starting what was to become the biggest Blues recording company in the world.
Like many of his peers of the 1960s, Bruce was deep into folk music. But when he heard Blues Music for the first time at a folk festival, the directness of the music, the intensity of emotion, reached out and grabbed him.
For a folkie turned Blues freak, Chicago was definitely the place to go. Chicago was - and still is - the Blues capital of the world. The US city with the largest black population in America, people who left the cotton fields of Mississippi Delta to find work up north, bringing their music with them. Bruce's company - Alligator Records - may be small by recording industry standards, but it's a giant when it comes to Blues.
Like many of his peers of the 1960s, Bruce was deep into folk music. But when he heard Blues Music for the first time at a folk festival, the directness of the music, the intensity of emotion, reached out and grabbed him.
For a folkie turned Blues freak, Chicago was definitely the place to go. Chicago was - and still is - the Blues capital of the world. The US city with the largest black population in America, people who left the cotton fields of Mississippi Delta to find work up north, bringing their music with them. Bruce's company - Alligator Records - may be small by recording industry standards, but it's a giant when it comes to Blues.
The highlights of the un que 3-day Wilebski's Blues Saloon Festival brings together musicians whose individual approaches demonstrate the extraordinary diversity of contemporary blues music. Yet, all the artists' performances have one common factor that unites them - emotion - the heart and soul of blues.
The Blues Company is an innovative band that breathes fresh life into the blues. When Germany's oldest and most successful blues band is on the stage, knocking out masterpieces of Chicago blues, soul, boogie, rock and New Orleans sound, no-one in the audience can fail to be moved.
It's hard to believe, but Bon Jovi sprang into existence more than a quarter century ago, and over a quite extraordinary career they have maintained a sound and style that owes little to the music fads and fashions that have come and gone during the same timeframe. To say this unique band are their own men, unfazed by the "competition," is an understatement in the extreme.
This film concentrates on the band's startling rejuvenation during the past decade and their contribution to the music of the third millenium. It was during this time the band released records as powerful and diverse as Crush, Bounce, Have A Nice Day, and Lost Highway. There were also side projects (including further forays into the acting world by JBJ). All of the above and much more are covered in this programme, which in completion provides a fascinating document of their work across this incredible period.
Bonus:
- Extended interviews
This film concentrates on the band's startling rejuvenation during the past decade and their contribution to the music of the third millenium. It was during this time the band released records as powerful and diverse as Crush, Bounce, Have A Nice Day, and Lost Highway. There were also side projects (including further forays into the acting world by JBJ). All of the above and much more are covered in this programme, which in completion provides a fascinating document of their work across this incredible period.
Bonus:
- Extended interviews
Despite never having been particularly fashionable or of great interest to the rock critics who worry about such things, Bon Jovi carry on year after year, releasing dynamic material and playing stunning live shows - and in the process remain amongst the most successful and best-selling rock bands of all time. These guys must be doing something right!
Indeed, what they have done right since their emergence in the early 1980s is keep their fans delighted yet challenged, entertained and excited, and feeling part of the great Bon Jovi family at all times. And it is for those very same fans that this set has been created. This set tells the complete story of Bon Jovi, from their beginnings working night after night in the nightclubs and bars of New Jersey, to their position today as prime movers in rock's elite class.
Featuring rare performance and interview footage of the group, contributions from those who have known them best - including friends, colleagues, fellow musicians and others with whom they have worked - location shoots, news reports, seldom-seen photographs (many of which come from private collections and remain previously unpublished) and of course some of the best music made during the past 30 years.
Indeed, what they have done right since their emergence in the early 1980s is keep their fans delighted yet challenged, entertained and excited, and feeling part of the great Bon Jovi family at all times. And it is for those very same fans that this set has been created. This set tells the complete story of Bon Jovi, from their beginnings working night after night in the nightclubs and bars of New Jersey, to their position today as prime movers in rock's elite class.
Featuring rare performance and interview footage of the group, contributions from those who have known them best - including friends, colleagues, fellow musicians and others with whom they have worked - location shoots, news reports, seldom-seen photographs (many of which come from private collections and remain previously unpublished) and of course some of the best music made during the past 30 years.
As lead singer with one of the world's biggest rock bands, Bono has exemplified the roles of consummate performer and extraordinary songwriter. As the most influential and proactive artist to link pop and politics he has achieved the unthinkable, regularly holding court with world leaders and, stranger still, being taken seriously by them. Now, for the first time, this documentary traces the extraordinary life of Bono, from his humble beginnings and the formation of U2 to his role as philantrophist and spokesperson for educating and improving the lives of many.
Bono: God's Favourite Son tells the complete and unauthorised story of how one of the most extraordinary and benevolent figures in pop music has changed the face of modern music whilst maintaining his integrity and fighting to improve the lives of others.
Bono: God's Favourite Son tells the complete and unauthorised story of how one of the most extraordinary and benevolent figures in pop music has changed the face of modern music whilst maintaining his integrity and fighting to improve the lives of others.
It wasn't until the release of 1983's Let's Dance that David Bowie achieved the type of enormous, global success he had so sorely deserved for so very long. But for most of his fans he had, by the juncture, already produced the best music he was ever going to make. And while there were still musical delights to come during the years that followed, as Bowie toured the world playing to more people on one tour than he had in his entire career to that point, his legacy was assured by records he'd released during the previous decade - and each concert he now performed would be filled with songs from that golden era.
This video is a review of concentrating on David Bowie in the 1970's - the decade in which he not only made his name but in which he also dominated the music scene like no other music scene like no other musical icon before or since.
This video is a review of concentrating on David Bowie in the 1970's - the decade in which he not only made his name but in which he also dominated the music scene like no other music scene like no other musical icon before or since.
With a career well into its fifth decade, David Bowie has achieved what most can only dream of, always managing to stay at the cutting edge with both his image and his musical direction. This documentary charts Bowie's early career, from The Kon-Rad, The Manish Boys, The Buzz and Feathers, through his first solo works, and finally on to The Spiders From Mars. From the Long Hair Society to radical mime theatre, his ambiguous sexuality, music experimentation and changes of image, this video reveals all. This is the story of a living legend - the rise and rise of David Bowie!
Bowie - Origins of a Star Man tells the full story of the man who fell to Earth and rocked the world. Packed with interviews, this film points the cameras where they have never previously preyed, revealing how even through all his images, characters and personas, there is only one David Bowie.
Bowie - Origins of a Star Man tells the full story of the man who fell to Earth and rocked the world. Packed with interviews, this film points the cameras where they have never previously preyed, revealing how even through all his images, characters and personas, there is only one David Bowie.
There were three distinct periods in the career of David Bowie during the 1970s. The first, of course, consisted of his glam years, defined best by the startling Ziggy Stardust album. At the other end of the decade came the Berlin trilogy - three dark, industrial, yet ambient and often joyous records. But sandwiched between these is what has come to be known - via the man's own comments - as the Plastic Soul Era, an era just as creative, magnificent and popular as any other during Bowie's life so far, yet one rarely considered as a standalone and separate entity within his complete body of work.
All that changes with David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review, as the albums David Live, Young Americans and Station to Station, and the performances that accompanied them, are here reexamined and newly appraised more than 30 years after they first appeared.
All that changes with David Bowie - The Plastic Soul Review, as the albums David Live, Young Americans and Station to Station, and the performances that accompanied them, are here reexamined and newly appraised more than 30 years after they first appeared.
David Robert Jones was born in Brixton, London on 8 January 1947. He lived with his parents until he was 18. During a fight over a girl, Bowie's friend George Underwood punched him in the eye. Doctors could not fully repair the damage, leaving his pupil permanently dilated. The pair remained good friends and Underwood went on to do artwork for Bowie's early albums.
At the age of 17, David Jones was interviewed on BBC television's Tonight programme as the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men. Bowie appears 29th in the 2002 list of 100 Great Britons (voted for by the public), alongside such greats as Winston Churchill, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury. This video reveals for the first time ever, astonishing very early footage including the infamous groundbreaking Ziggy period, showing Bowie's uniqueness as an evolving artist throughout his long career.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
At the age of 17, David Jones was interviewed on BBC television's Tonight programme as the founder of The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-haired Men. Bowie appears 29th in the 2002 list of 100 Great Britons (voted for by the public), alongside such greats as Winston Churchill, John Lennon and Freddie Mercury. This video reveals for the first time ever, astonishing very early footage including the infamous groundbreaking Ziggy period, showing Bowie's uniqueness as an evolving artist throughout his long career.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
David Bowie's first record was issued as early as 1964, and so began, in the view of many, the most creative career in the history of contemporary music. But it was in 1969 with the release of his startling Space Oddity that Bowie first gained the recognition that has accompanied his music since. And although it was not for another three years, when the Ziggy Stardust album hit the stores, that his name would become forever linked with pure, unadulterated genius, between '69 and late '71 the Thin White Duke made three albums that have not only stood the test of time but for many fans include his finest work.
The film documents Bowie associates from this period including drummer John Cambridge, guitarist and harmony vocalist John Hutchinson, guitarist Keith Christmas, Bob Solly from early Bowie outfit The Mannish Boys, early mentor John Peel (in one of his very last interviews), DJ and early Bowie champion Annie Nightingale, plus many others. The programme also includes seldom-seen footage and photographs plus a host of other features which all together make for the finest film yet on this period of David Bowie's life and career.
The film documents Bowie associates from this period including drummer John Cambridge, guitarist and harmony vocalist John Hutchinson, guitarist Keith Christmas, Bob Solly from early Bowie outfit The Mannish Boys, early mentor John Peel (in one of his very last interviews), DJ and early Bowie champion Annie Nightingale, plus many others. The programme also includes seldom-seen footage and photographs plus a host of other features which all together make for the finest film yet on this period of David Bowie's life and career.
By the mid 1970s David Bowie was the biggest pop star in the UK, but his personal life was in turmoil. In a bid to escape the chaos of his drug problems and to flee from the media spotlight, the singer eventually found his way to Berlin, where he started to work on what would become some of the most memorable and critically lauded recordings of his entire career.
With Low, "Heroes", and Lodger, Bowie stopped moving from persona to persona as he had previously done, settling instead on being simply himself. He began to blend the music he was hearing in his adopted homeland (Krautrock, Kraftwerk) with thrilling and often avant-garde methodologies as used by his friend and colleague Brian Eno.
David Bowie - Under Review 1976-1979: The Berlin Trilogy features live and studio performances by Bowie, rare interviews, and a host of other features, all interspersed with independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. These include former members of both Neu! and Cluster (and key Bowie influences), Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother; broadcaster, journalist and author of The Ambient Century , Mark Prendergast; ex- Melody Maker/Mojo scribe and Reviews Editor at Wire, David Stubbs; music expert and author Daryl Easlea; style aficionado, Paolo Hewitt among...
With Low, "Heroes", and Lodger, Bowie stopped moving from persona to persona as he had previously done, settling instead on being simply himself. He began to blend the music he was hearing in his adopted homeland (Krautrock, Kraftwerk) with thrilling and often avant-garde methodologies as used by his friend and colleague Brian Eno.
David Bowie - Under Review 1976-1979: The Berlin Trilogy features live and studio performances by Bowie, rare interviews, and a host of other features, all interspersed with independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. These include former members of both Neu! and Cluster (and key Bowie influences), Dieter Moebius and Michael Rother; broadcaster, journalist and author of The Ambient Century , Mark Prendergast; ex- Melody Maker/Mojo scribe and Reviews Editor at Wire, David Stubbs; music expert and author Daryl Easlea; style aficionado, Paolo Hewitt among...
August 1994: Randy Brecker and his sidekicks Niels Lan Doky, Alvin Queen and Pierre Boussaguet gave a memorable concert at the New Morning Jazz Festival in Geneva
This video portrays the man behind the myth of James Joseph Brown who was recognized by a plethora of titles, including Soul Brother Number One, Mr. Dynamite, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk, Mr. Please Please Please, The Boss, and the best-known, the Godfather of Soul.
Jazz vibraphonist and educator Gary Burton, winner of "Down Beat" magazine's "Jazzman of the Year" award, a member of the Percussion Hall of Fame, and Executive Vice President of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Burton is known worldwide as a musical innovator and master improviser. In a career that has spanned three decades, he's recorded with jazz legends like Stan Getz, George Shearing and Quincy Jones. Pop and Rock stars like k.d. Lang and Eric Clapton, and played with his own bands throughout the world.
A singer, songwriter, musician and performer of rare talent, Kate Bush is arguably England's finest-ever female artist. And despite, these days, fairly long gaps between new albums, she has yet to release any work which does not stand up against the music she made in her heyday.
This documentary set is a fitting tribute to Kate's extraordinary career as it tells the story of her life and work from her beginnings, through her glory years of the 1970s and 1980s, and on to her more recent albums and less visible lifestyle.
Featuring rare footage, archive interviews, contributions from those who have known her best and some of the finest music ever made, as well as a host of other features, this set will prove a delight for anyone with even a hint of intrest in this quite astonishing woman.
This documentary set is a fitting tribute to Kate's extraordinary career as it tells the story of her life and work from her beginnings, through her glory years of the 1970s and 1980s, and on to her more recent albums and less visible lifestyle.
Featuring rare footage, archive interviews, contributions from those who have known her best and some of the finest music ever made, as well as a host of other features, this set will prove a delight for anyone with even a hint of intrest in this quite astonishing woman.
Kate Bush: Under Review is a 90-minute film reviewing the music and career of one of the world's most influential performers, singers and songwriters; arguably the most unique female artist ever.
Ivan Acosta's documentary focuses on Candido's contribution to the world of Cuban music, American Jazz and Latin Jazz. Through conversations, performances, testimonies, Candido: Hands of Fire , grabs the audience attention all the way till end. Candido Camero is a musical giant hailed as one the greatest Cuban percussionists to come to the United States.
Recorded live in Amsterdam's historic, 17th Century, Portuguese Synagogue, the concert features three of the world's greatest cantors in a program of inspiring Jewish secular and religious song. Performing with a 46 piece orchestra and 16 voice choir are Alberto Mizrahi of the renowned Anshe Emet Synagogue, Chicago, Naftali Herstik of Great Synagogue Jerusalem and Benzion Miller of Young Israel Beth-El of Borough Park, New York.
Caravan took the stage on November 30, 2003 to commemorate an astonishing career, spanning 35 years glorious years. Joined by some amazing guests, the band delighted the audience with a set lasting over 2 hours and comprising of exquisitely performed material from Caravan's extraordinary and extensive body of work.
With extra features including; the legendary 1973 performance of The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again , shown at the time on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, but completely unseen since; and a series of recent interviews with all the band members - recorded exclusively for inclusion in this package.
With extra features including; the legendary 1973 performance of The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again , shown at the time on the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, but completely unseen since; and a series of recent interviews with all the band members - recorded exclusively for inclusion in this package.
This is a veritable treasure from the Sonet archives - the legendary Benny Carter playing an informal, hugely swinging session with an all-star group. It presents The King at his superlative best.
Backed by Nat Adderley on trumpet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, Horace Parlan on piano, Red Mitchell on bass and Ronnie Gardiner on drums, Benny Carter leads this lively sextet through a memorable programme of standards from the Great American Songbook plus the jazz classics "Work Song" and "Lover Man." The musicians on the session are clearly inspired by Benny's leadership and brilliant musicianship.
Backed by Nat Adderley on trumpet, Red Norvo on vibraphone, Horace Parlan on piano, Red Mitchell on bass and Ronnie Gardiner on drums, Benny Carter leads this lively sextet through a memorable programme of standards from the Great American Songbook plus the jazz classics "Work Song" and "Lover Man." The musicians on the session are clearly inspired by Benny's leadership and brilliant musicianship.
Keyboardist Chick Corea travels between the jazz and fusion worlds with great ease, since he became part of Miles Davis' renowned electric group from 1968-'70, and then formed Return to Forever, with Stan Getz which began as a Latin-flavored group, then shifted toward electric fusion and fame.
Since the late '70s, Corea has alternated in the electric and acoustic realms with his Elektric and Akoustic Bands, recording in contexts ranging from solo and duo projects and has won eight Grammys out of 25 nominations.
Since the late '70s, Corea has alternated in the electric and acoustic realms with his Elektric and Akoustic Bands, recording in contexts ranging from solo and duo projects and has won eight Grammys out of 25 nominations.
While few would not agree that Eric Clapton is one of the finest guitarists of all time, it is sometimes forgotten just how pivotal, influential and downright startling his work was during the 1960s. And while in following decades Clapton has remained a musician and songwriter of rare ability with moments of glory present album after album, it was during this decade that he stepped into the public eye and his awesome skills were used most creatively. As an early member of the Yardbirds, a crucial part of the Bluesbreakers, a founder member of Cream and "the one who mattered most" in the short-lived Blind Faith, EC to many really was a deity.
In this fascinating documentary his life and career throughout these crucial years is put under the microscope, and with the help of archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from friends, band mates and colleagues, rare and classic performance footage, seldom-seen photographs, location shoots and period archive, plus a host of other features, the story in question is told in a way it has never been told before.
Includes brand new interviews with musicians and performers John Mayall, Paul Jones, Neil Innes, Tom McGuinness, Chris Dreja, Top Topham, Ben Palmer, Dave Kelly and Cream producer Bill Halverson, plus...
In this fascinating documentary his life and career throughout these crucial years is put under the microscope, and with the help of archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from friends, band mates and colleagues, rare and classic performance footage, seldom-seen photographs, location shoots and period archive, plus a host of other features, the story in question is told in a way it has never been told before.
Includes brand new interviews with musicians and performers John Mayall, Paul Jones, Neil Innes, Tom McGuinness, Chris Dreja, Top Topham, Ben Palmer, Dave Kelly and Cream producer Bill Halverson, plus...
Ben Sidran presents the classic rhythm and blues performances of the 1980's with his personal insight into each song, the artist and the performance. Featuring Long John Baldry, Nick Gravenites, John Mayall, Willie Murphy, John Sebastian, Bonnie Koloc and Lady Bianca.
Ben Sidran presents the classic rhythm and blues performances of the 1980's with his personal insight into each song, the artist and the performance. Featuring rare performances from blues greats such as Baby Doo Caston, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Nick Gravenites, Long John Baldr and John Sebastian
Ben Sidran presents the classic rhythm and blues performances of the 1980's with his personal insight into each song, the artist and the performance. Featuring great performances by Bonnie Koloc, Chick Corea, Long John Baldry and Tower of Power.
When Kurt Cobain committed suicide in April 1994, he ensured his place in history and robbed a generation of their hero. He has subsequently joined the ranks of firmly established music legends such as Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. This film traces the early life of Kurt, from growing up in small town Washington state, right up to his taste of superstardom prior to the release of the multi-platinum Nevermind album. This is the story of one of music's greatest icons, the troubled, short life of Kurt Cobain.
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend covers the seldom recounted tale of this exceptionally gifted man's formative years. It documents his struggles throughout his childhood, and how this shaped him into the force that single-handedly created Grunge, breaking the boundaries of music forever.
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend covers the seldom recounted tale of this exceptionally gifted man's formative years. It documents his struggles throughout his childhood, and how this shaped him into the force that single-handedly created Grunge, breaking the boundaries of music forever.
Billy Cobham is the uncontested champion of the drumming world. His incomparable instrumental mastery contributed immensely to putting fusion and jazz-rock into orbit. From Horace Silver, Michael and Randy Brecker to John McLaughlin, and right up to the great Miles, almost every important jazz musician of the past three decades is deeply indebted to his genius as an accompanist. The years have left hardly a trace on the dazzling technique and the hard-rocking, funky energy with an R&B edge of "the man with the golden sticks." Together with his Culture Mix sidekicks - onstage at the New Morning club in Paris - Billy Cobham is reinventing and intensifying the miracle of an art form open to younger generations of musicians and music lovers from all horizons.
Joe Cocker is one of rock and roll's enduring performers who has survived the 60's, a low period in the 70's, made a comeback in the 80's, a solid and consistent performer in the 90's and is tackling the new Millenium with a flourish. His gutsy, vocal style and unique dynamic stage presence endeared him to music fans around the world.
Although it can be difficult to detect the influences in the work of Leonard Cohen, as with all significant artists he was informed by a far-reaching list of performers, musicians, writers, poets and philosophies. And, when we look in the right places, his sources reveal themselves in the songs often considered to have emerged fully formed from their composer's pen.
In Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes , the scope and detail of his artistic inspirations are put under the microscope to quite fascinating result. Cohen's first love was poetry, and in both the works of his fellow Canadian Irving Layton and the Spanish bard Federico Garcia Lorca he found the words that moved him to create his own verse. The best writers too hit a positive note with Cohen, and their work has lived with him throughout his career. While it may come as no surprise to find Bob Dylan and Judy Collins included in this film, a less acknowledged genre of interest to Leonard is country music. He was deeply affected by performers such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow and the country recordings of Ray Charles. And the fact that his records have always achieved greater success in Europe than in North America may be due in part to his love of Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel. These and many other artists are here...
In Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes , the scope and detail of his artistic inspirations are put under the microscope to quite fascinating result. Cohen's first love was poetry, and in both the works of his fellow Canadian Irving Layton and the Spanish bard Federico Garcia Lorca he found the words that moved him to create his own verse. The best writers too hit a positive note with Cohen, and their work has lived with him throughout his career. While it may come as no surprise to find Bob Dylan and Judy Collins included in this film, a less acknowledged genre of interest to Leonard is country music. He was deeply affected by performers such as Hank Williams, Hank Snow and the country recordings of Ray Charles. And the fact that his records have always achieved greater success in Europe than in North America may be due in part to his love of Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel. These and many other artists are here...
The man is an enigma wrapped in a mystery, his music is an acquired taste that appeals universally, and his life is one of great art, astonishing experience, and myriad circumstance. Leonard Cohen was never going to be the man on the street. Leonard Cohen - Under Review 1935-1977 is a documentary film which reviews the poetry, music, performances and career of one of contemporary America's greatest artists.
By 1978 Leonard Cohen had already produced a staggering body of work that had firmly set the standard for the singer-songwriter genre and contained numerous classic songs within its canon. If like many of his contemporaries his muse had abandoned him around this time, he would still today be regarded as a genius. But the six studio albums released between then and 2006 contained some of the finest work of Cohen's entire career, and on tracks such as "First We Take Manhattan," "Dance Me To The End Of Love," "The Future," "I'm Your Man," "Ain't No Cure For Love," "Tower Of Song" and so many others, he augmented his music with a philosophy, wisdom and enlightenment that both delighted his existing fanbase and endeared him to new generations in a manner that few others could hope to achieve.
This film mixes rare performance footage, studio recordings, interviews, rarely seen photographs, location shoots and many other features with contributions from some of Cohen's closest colleagues and from experts on his life and music. It features his official biographer Ira Nadel; Cohen producers John Lissauer, David Gold and John Simon; journalists Robert Christgau, Anthony DeCurtis, and Nigel Williamson; authors Johnny Rogan and Jim Devlin; and many others.
This film mixes rare performance footage, studio recordings, interviews, rarely seen photographs, location shoots and many other features with contributions from some of Cohen's closest colleagues and from experts on his life and music. It features his official biographer Ira Nadel; Cohen producers John Lissauer, David Gold and John Simon; journalists Robert Christgau, Anthony DeCurtis, and Nigel Williamson; authors Johnny Rogan and Jim Devlin; and many others.
Since the release of their debut album Parachutes in the summer of 1999, Coldplay have gone from being the bright young hopes of the indie playground to their current status are universally acclaimed superstars with record sales in the millions.
This film goes behind the scenes to reveal a side of Coldplay not previously seen by fans, using interviews with the band and those close to them, as well as rare footage of the boys at work and at play.
This film goes behind the scenes to reveal a side of Coldplay not previously seen by fans, using interviews with the band and those close to them, as well as rare footage of the boys at work and at play.
They're arguably the world's favourite group right now, and they seem to be unstoppable in their assault on charts across the globe, but Coldplay are so much more than just a successful rock band whose fifteen minutes of fame has arrived.
This set is a visual celebration of Coldplay, the music they make, the unforgettable shows they perform and the incredible lives they lead. Featuring two separate documentaries covering different aspects of their career, in completion the set offers an uncensored look at a truly astonishing band and reveals what it is that made them what they have become. With rare footage throughout, exclusive interviews with group members and those close to them, contributions from the finest rock authors and journalists, seldom-seen photos, location shoots, news clips and a host of other features, this set will prove a delight for the millions of Coldplay fans across the world, as it provides for the most informative, enlightening, and downright entertaining document on the group yet to emerge.
This set is a visual celebration of Coldplay, the music they make, the unforgettable shows they perform and the incredible lives they lead. Featuring two separate documentaries covering different aspects of their career, in completion the set offers an uncensored look at a truly astonishing band and reveals what it is that made them what they have become. With rare footage throughout, exclusive interviews with group members and those close to them, contributions from the finest rock authors and journalists, seldom-seen photos, location shoots, news clips and a host of other features, this set will prove a delight for the millions of Coldplay fans across the world, as it provides for the most informative, enlightening, and downright entertaining document on the group yet to emerge.
Having emerged from humble beginnings to become one of the biggest bands in the world, with a level of acclaim presently only matched by the likes of U2 and Radiohead, Coldplay are nothing short of a phenomenon. Creating music intersected with moments of delicate poignancy and striking euphoria, endearing the group to legions of fans the world over, this extraordinary band celebrate the culmination of their first decade of success with yet another collection of brilliant tunes all set to enter the public consciousness alongside those from their previous records, further reminding us that here is one of the very few acts around today who are guaranteed a bright future.
This set both documents and celebrates the first 10 years of Coldplay's career and charts their rise from student band to top drawer entertainers. Featuring multiple interviews with the guys themselves, we are here provided exclusive insight into the group dynamic as they all talk with brutal honesty about all manner of subjects and topics. And with the aid of many close colleagues, friends and the best music critics around, plus archive footage, news reports, rare footage and seldom-seen photographs, Coldplay - New Dimensions offers the viewer a close up and personal experience rarely obtained with acts of...
This set both documents and celebrates the first 10 years of Coldplay's career and charts their rise from student band to top drawer entertainers. Featuring multiple interviews with the guys themselves, we are here provided exclusive insight into the group dynamic as they all talk with brutal honesty about all manner of subjects and topics. And with the aid of many close colleagues, friends and the best music critics around, plus archive footage, news reports, rare footage and seldom-seen photographs, Coldplay - New Dimensions offers the viewer a close up and personal experience rarely obtained with acts of...
Before achieving international pop stardom with his vocal recordings for the Capitol label during the early 50's, the great Nat "King" Cole (1917-1965) enjoyed considerable success fronting his own trio in Hollywood and resorting to a repertoire of jazzy/jivey/novelty numbers that made for irresistible listening. Initially backed by guitarist Oscar Moore and bassist Wesley Prince, singer-pianist Cole set for a smooth, crisp, appealing sound that gained him early popularity. Best exemplified in hit tunes such as Rout 66, Scotchin' With the Sode, Sweet Lorraine or Hit That Hive Jack , the peculiar Nat Cole style somewhat came to define the spirit of the war years.
A first-class singer and a very talented pianist, Nat Cole did frequent soundies during this initial period of his career, and this recording is a fascinating collection of those early film shorts produced for theaters and television. Backed by sideman guitarists Oscar Moore, bassists Irving Ashby, Johnny Miller and Joe Comfort and Latin percussionists Jack Costanzo, Cole was in peak artistic form in these true musical gems from his early West Coast period. Recommended to old-time fans and jazz enthusiasts alike, the music in this anthology sounds as enjoyable as ever.
A first-class singer and a very talented pianist, Nat Cole did frequent soundies during this initial period of his career, and this recording is a fascinating collection of those early film shorts produced for theaters and television. Backed by sideman guitarists Oscar Moore, bassists Irving Ashby, Johnny Miller and Joe Comfort and Latin percussionists Jack Costanzo, Cole was in peak artistic form in these true musical gems from his early West Coast period. Recommended to old-time fans and jazz enthusiasts alike, the music in this anthology sounds as enjoyable as ever.
Recordings from individual Beatles had appeared as early as 1966, with Paul McCartney and George Martin's Family Way soundtrack, but it wasn't until John Lennon's string of superb late 1960s singles that anything emerged which appealed to Beatles fans in droves and started the ball rolling for two quite fascinating and wildly creative solo careers.
Between the closing days of the Beatles and the point at which McCartney formed Wings and Lennon left the UK to live in New York, some of their finest individual solo work appeared.
Composing Outside the Beatles - Lennon and McCartney 1967-1972 is an independent documentary film which reviews the music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as solo composers during this first post-Beatles period. From the avant-garde brace of Lennon/Ono albums, to some superb singles and albums from both players, and culminating with the first Wings record from Macca and Lennon celebrating his new city of residence with the most political songs he ever wrote, this film shows how and why they composed the music they did during this era. It also illustrates their usage of old and new techniques as well as their continuance to borrow from each other despite being in both legal and personal disputes at the time.
Drawing on rare footage, archive and...
Between the closing days of the Beatles and the point at which McCartney formed Wings and Lennon left the UK to live in New York, some of their finest individual solo work appeared.
Composing Outside the Beatles - Lennon and McCartney 1967-1972 is an independent documentary film which reviews the music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as solo composers during this first post-Beatles period. From the avant-garde brace of Lennon/Ono albums, to some superb singles and albums from both players, and culminating with the first Wings record from Macca and Lennon celebrating his new city of residence with the most political songs he ever wrote, this film shows how and why they composed the music they did during this era. It also illustrates their usage of old and new techniques as well as their continuance to borrow from each other despite being in both legal and personal disputes at the time.
Drawing on rare footage, archive and...
In the early 1970s John Lennon and Paul McCartney each carved out hugely successful solo careers, both critically and commercially, but by the end of 1972 the pair had their lowest points since first finding success with the Beatles. However, the following year's output placed both of them back on the musical map, and so began the final period during which John and Paul were recording and releasing music simultaneously. This period is the subject of this video.
John made only four more albums, his final set of songs released shortly before his brutal murder at the end of 1980. Paul made six further records with Wings and his second solo set, which appeared the summer before his former songwriting partner passed on.
Composing Outside The Beatles - Lennon and McCartney, 1973-1980 is an independent documentary film which reviews John's and Paul's music during the second and final part of their parallel post-Beatles careers. It covers each of their comeback albums - Mind Games and Red Rose Speedway respectively - and continues through Lennon's most successful phase and the enormity of the Wings phenomenon, culminating in John's grand finale and Paul's bizarre but brilliant sophomore solo record.
With the aid of rare footage, archive and exclusive interviews, contributions...
John made only four more albums, his final set of songs released shortly before his brutal murder at the end of 1980. Paul made six further records with Wings and his second solo set, which appeared the summer before his former songwriting partner passed on.
Composing Outside The Beatles - Lennon and McCartney, 1973-1980 is an independent documentary film which reviews John's and Paul's music during the second and final part of their parallel post-Beatles careers. It covers each of their comeback albums - Mind Games and Red Rose Speedway respectively - and continues through Lennon's most successful phase and the enormity of the Wings phenomenon, culminating in John's grand finale and Paul's bizarre but brilliant sophomore solo record.
With the aid of rare footage, archive and exclusive interviews, contributions...
The Beatles' music is more familiar to more people than that of any other group, artist or composer; there can barely be an adult on the planet who can't hum at least a couple of their tunes. And the composers of the vast majority of these timeless songs have arguably eclipsed the offerings of anyone who's penned a tune before or since.
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney, 1957-1965 is an independent documentary film which reviews the partnership, music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers. Covering the period from the day they met in 1957 until the release of the Rubber Soul album at the end of 1965, the film dissects, contrasts, and reassesses their music, ultimately providing one of the finest documents of this portion of the band's career.
Drawing on rare footage, classic performances and penetrating revelations from friends of the pair, Beatles academics and musicologists, this program discovers the true story of how those classic songs were written.
Included here are contributions from friends Barry Miles, Klaus Voorman and Maureen Cleave; musicians Alan Moore and Chris Ingham; journalists Robert Christgau (Village Voice) and Anthony De Curtis (Rolling Stone); authors Johnny Rogan, Pete Doggett, Steve Turner and Nigel Williamson; and...
Composing the Beatles Songbook: Lennon and McCartney, 1957-1965 is an independent documentary film which reviews the partnership, music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers. Covering the period from the day they met in 1957 until the release of the Rubber Soul album at the end of 1965, the film dissects, contrasts, and reassesses their music, ultimately providing one of the finest documents of this portion of the band's career.
Drawing on rare footage, classic performances and penetrating revelations from friends of the pair, Beatles academics and musicologists, this program discovers the true story of how those classic songs were written.
Included here are contributions from friends Barry Miles, Klaus Voorman and Maureen Cleave; musicians Alan Moore and Chris Ingham; journalists Robert Christgau (Village Voice) and Anthony De Curtis (Rolling Stone); authors Johnny Rogan, Pete Doggett, Steve Turner and Nigel Williamson; and...
By 1966, the Beatles were at the major turning point of their career. Having spent '65 both touring manically and recording the adventurous and critically acclaimed Rubber Soul, they knew they had to creatively progress in order to retain their position as the world's favourite group; that meant Messrs. Lennon and McCartney giving it everything they had.
They didn't disappoint with Revolver; indeed, the more serious music critics who had previously viewed the group as irrelevant now began to sit up and take notice. When they followed it with Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour E.P., The White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be and several non-album singles and B-sides, all of which were magnificent, they forged a reputation that has sealed their legacy ever since, and to most extents offered other songwriters no room to match their quite incredible achievements.
Composing the Beatles Songbook - Lennon and McCartney, 1966-1970 is an independent documentary film which reviews the partnership, music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers during this hugely creative period. From the first bars of "Eleanor Rigby" to the closing Abbey Road song cycle, this film shows how and why they barely put a step wrong while making the most joyous music the world has ever...
They didn't disappoint with Revolver; indeed, the more serious music critics who had previously viewed the group as irrelevant now began to sit up and take notice. When they followed it with Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour E.P., The White Album, Abbey Road, Let It Be and several non-album singles and B-sides, all of which were magnificent, they forged a reputation that has sealed their legacy ever since, and to most extents offered other songwriters no room to match their quite incredible achievements.
Composing the Beatles Songbook - Lennon and McCartney, 1966-1970 is an independent documentary film which reviews the partnership, music and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers during this hugely creative period. From the first bars of "Eleanor Rigby" to the closing Abbey Road song cycle, this film shows how and why they barely put a step wrong while making the most joyous music the world has ever...
Join an ecstatic audience at the renowned Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California for a double bill concert sure to consume your soul.
Fronting his own quartet, Bobby Hutcherson performs a set that is simply brilliant. Being consumed and overtaken by the crowd's electricity, Bobby delivers a nearly 30-minute improvisational performance! As a stylist whose playing falls between hard bop and post-bop, this vibraphonist has worked with all the contemporary jazz greats and delivers a sensational and electric performance!
Influenced by both traditional Brazilian singers and the improvisations of American jazz divas such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Flora Purim demonstrates her musical diversity with unique live performances including an improvisation with Airto Moreira.
Fronting his own quartet, Bobby Hutcherson performs a set that is simply brilliant. Being consumed and overtaken by the crowd's electricity, Bobby delivers a nearly 30-minute improvisational performance! As a stylist whose playing falls between hard bop and post-bop, this vibraphonist has worked with all the contemporary jazz greats and delivers a sensational and electric performance!
Influenced by both traditional Brazilian singers and the improvisations of American jazz divas such as Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, Flora Purim demonstrates her musical diversity with unique live performances including an improvisation with Airto Moreira.
Larry Coryell can still be argued as one of the greatest guitarists of all time. A complete original, he was asked to play on sessions by countless musicians, mostly due to his progressive style of play, which primarily fused the ideas of rock and jazz into one intense and funky entity.
This video is a retrospective show that primarily looks back on those years of discovery through a live show that is as every bit electrifying as when these songs were first recorded. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (a legend in his own right), James Valentine of Maroon 5 and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos drop by to show off their talents in homage of Coryell. Through interviews and rehearsal footage we can seek how music is created and why Larry Coryell has always been the best kept secret.
This video is a retrospective show that primarily looks back on those years of discovery through a live show that is as every bit electrifying as when these songs were first recorded. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (a legend in his own right), James Valentine of Maroon 5 and David Hidalgo of Los Lobos drop by to show off their talents in homage of Coryell. Through interviews and rehearsal footage we can seek how music is created and why Larry Coryell has always been the best kept secret.
Contains 20 classic performances from some of the greatest names in country music including chart-topping tracks from George Jones, Gene Watson, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Dottie West, Tammy Wynette and many more! The classic cuts were recorded live at the Church Street Station Theatre in Orlando, Florida circa 1984. Without question, this collection encompasses a broad scope of popular country music in the 80s. Here's a chance to own a piece of history!
The performances on Cruisin' Hits of the '60s were recorded live at the Rock 'n Roll Palace in Orlando, Florida. This video features various legendary artists including Wolfman Jack (radio pioneer and rock music legend), Del Shannon (whose piercing falsetto brought chills down your spine), Bryan Hyland (the teen heart-throb with numerous of worldwide hits), Tommy Sands (who reassured millions of parents that rock 'n roll is not that dangerous), The Tokens (chart toppers in 1961), Johnny Tillotson (who charted 26 hits between 58 and 65), Bobby Vee (placed 38 songs in the Billboard Top 100), and many more.
Filmed in Chicago and finished in 1959, The Cry of Jazz is filmmaker, composer and arranger Edward O. Bland's polemical essay on the politics of music and race - a forecast of what he called "the death of jazz." A landmark moment in black film, foreseeing the civil unrest of subsequent decades, it also features the only known footage of visionary pianist Sun Ra from his beloved Chicago period. Featured are ample images of tenor saxophonist John Gilmore and the rest of Ra's Arkestra in Windy City nightclubs, all shot in glorious black and white.
This film is a behind-the-scenes look at Afro-Cuban music's role in the daily life of Cubans. Filmmaker Gary Keys brings the audience into the heart and soul of Havana, through a vibrant mosaic of street musicians, big bands, dancers, religious rituals, and classic cars. Keys shows us Afro-Cuban music in New York City, with the music and commentary of jazz legends Billy Taylor, Candido Camero, and Chico O'Farrill.
Hailing from a small town in the UK, The Darkness burst onto the scene to inject the "rock" back into the 21st century. Merging a fresh new attitude with a style that many thought went out with the Ark, they have huge appeal for both the traditional rock fan and new generations alike. With Justin Hawkins as the perfect frontman sporting a mammoth wardrobe, falsetto vocals, venomous tongue and a solid band of musicians behind him, this groundbreaking troupe have rocketed to instant celebrity. From the ashes of the past, get ready to accept The Darkness of the future.
The Darkness: Shadows and Light goes behind the scenes and reveals the truth about the biggest rock band to emerge this decade. From penniless paupers to millionaires, from audiences in single figures to half a million, this video tells the story of how The Darkness rocked the scene and brought the much-needed cabaret back into performing.
The Darkness: Shadows and Light goes behind the scenes and reveals the truth about the biggest rock band to emerge this decade. From penniless paupers to millionaires, from audiences in single figures to half a million, this video tells the story of how The Darkness rocked the scene and brought the much-needed cabaret back into performing.
Country Music International recently referred to Gail Davies as "one of the most important and influential female singer/songwriters to have been involved in country music in the past 20 years." She was the first woman to produce her own records and is cited by current divas Kathy Mattea, Susy Boggus and Pam Tillis as their role model, the person who kicked open so many of the closed doors on Music Row.
Gail began producing her own albums from 1979 on, beginning with The Game on Warner Brothers Records. She sang, wrote and produced a series of successful LPs and hit singles during the 80s, which included a successful attempt to revive bluegrass music on country radio with "Blue Heartache," one of her first Top 10 hits. She delivered as series of brilliantly produced remakes of classic, hillbilly, oldies like "Are You Teasing Me," "Poison Love" and "Singing the Blues" and scored two more Top 10 Billboard hits with "I'll Be There" and "It's a Lovely, Lovely World."
An inspiring performer, Gail Davies is one of the few artists to have ever received a standing ovation at the Grand Ole Opry and has toured with a who's who of artists including George Jones, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Carl Perkins, George Strait, Waylon Jennings and Glen Campbell.
Gail began producing her own albums from 1979 on, beginning with The Game on Warner Brothers Records. She sang, wrote and produced a series of successful LPs and hit singles during the 80s, which included a successful attempt to revive bluegrass music on country radio with "Blue Heartache," one of her first Top 10 hits. She delivered as series of brilliantly produced remakes of classic, hillbilly, oldies like "Are You Teasing Me," "Poison Love" and "Singing the Blues" and scored two more Top 10 Billboard hits with "I'll Be There" and "It's a Lovely, Lovely World."
An inspiring performer, Gail Davies is one of the few artists to have ever received a standing ovation at the Grand Ole Opry and has toured with a who's who of artists including George Jones, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Carl Perkins, George Strait, Waylon Jennings and Glen Campbell.
The ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six part series, shot on film by an Oscar nominated cameraman, was produced in the early 1980's, just after the premature death of Bob Marley. It was a time to look back and to look forward. The film feature some amazing archive, much of it never seen before, of how Jamaican music developed before it became famous world-wide. Film-maker Howard Johnson interviewed the important figures who had influenced the course of the music. Along with musical performance there are interviews with cultural historians, folklorists and musicologists, along with those who created the music and those involved in the early days of Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and the sound systems. Also toasters, record producers and many great Reggae artists of the day.
The ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six part series, shot on film by an Oscar nominated cameramen, was produced in the early 1980s, just after the premature death of Bob Marley. It was a time to look back and to look forward. The films featured some amazing archive, much of it never seen before, of how Jamaican music developed before it became famous world-wide.
Film-maker Howard Johnson interviewed the important figures who had influenced the course of the music. Along with musical performance there are interviews with cultural historians, folklorists and musicologists, along with those who created the music and those involved in the early days of Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and the sound systems. Also toasters, record producers and many great reggae artists of the day.
Film-maker Howard Johnson interviewed the important figures who had influenced the course of the music. Along with musical performance there are interviews with cultural historians, folklorists and musicologists, along with those who created the music and those involved in the early days of Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and the sound systems. Also toasters, record producers and many great reggae artists of the day.
The ultimate word on the history of reggae, this six part series, shot on film by an Oscar nominated cameraman, was produced in the early 1980's, just after the premature death of Bob Marley. It was a time to look back and to look forward. The film feature some amazing archive, much of it never seen before, of how Jamaican music developed before it became famous world-wide. Film-maker Howard Johnson interviewed the important figures who had influenced the course of the music. Along with musical performance there are interviews with cultural historians, folklorists and musicologists, along with those who created the music and those involved in the early days of Mento, Ska, Rock Steady and the sound systems. Also toasters, record producers and many great Reggae artists of the day.
As one of the most original hard-edged metal bands to emerge in the nineties, the Deftones rose above the crowd, taking their inventive and sophisticated sound into the 21st century. Never compromising artistically and consistently pushing the boundaries of modern rock, their music has gained Chino and his bandmates millions of fans worldwide.
On Deftones: Death by Decibels we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of friends from America's west coast to simultaneously create a new musical movement and conquer an entire generation of youths.
On Deftones: Death by Decibels we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of friends from America's west coast to simultaneously create a new musical movement and conquer an entire generation of youths.
Sandy Denny: Under Review is a documentary film reviewing the music and career of arguably Britain's finest ever female vocalist and songwriter. Although Sandy Denny is revered deeply amongst fans of folk music and the "singer-songwriter" genre, she has never received the universal acclaim so long overdue and so often heaped on those of a far lesser talent. This program attempts to redress this imbalance and reveal why she remains such an inspiration to so many.
When four lads from London's home counties got together in 1980, sharing a love of David Bowie and all with a keen eye on the synthesizer sounds then just gaining ground in the UK via artists like Gary Numan and Ultravox, they could barely have envisaged the kind of impact they would have on the world music scene. But today Depeche Mode remain the most popular and successful electronic group ever, and they have influenced a huge array of groups and artists in so becoming, including Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, Pet Shop Boys, Linkin Park and the creators of thousands of dance and techno records.
This video celebrates the astonishing music and lengthy career of Depeche Mode by way of a stunning documentary film in which their extraordinary story is told in depth. Featuring an array of performance and studio footage of the band, numerous archive interviews with members past and present, contributions from those who know the group best - including Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby and OMD's Andy McCluskey - news reports, location shoots and seldom-seen photographs, plus comment and review by the band's official biographer and the finest rock writers around. Throw into the mix some of the most outstanding music from the last three decades and the programme will prove a joy...
This video celebrates the astonishing music and lengthy career of Depeche Mode by way of a stunning documentary film in which their extraordinary story is told in depth. Featuring an array of performance and studio footage of the band, numerous archive interviews with members past and present, contributions from those who know the group best - including Gary Numan, Thomas Dolby and OMD's Andy McCluskey - news reports, location shoots and seldom-seen photographs, plus comment and review by the band's official biographer and the finest rock writers around. Throw into the mix some of the most outstanding music from the last three decades and the programme will prove a joy...
Thirty years into a quite extraordinary career, Depeche Mode remain the most successful electronic band ever, having to date sold over 100 million records worldwide. And as they continue to release new and challenging material on a regular basis and perform in front of crowds that can exceed 80,000 in a single night, the enormous popularity of these former Essex Boys illustrates how their resolute determination to stick with their original vision has repaid them handsomely in the long term.
This film traces the almost surreal development of Depeche Mode from their flirtations with New Romanticism at the dawn of their career, through the urban industrial landscapes envisaged on Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward into the dark hollow of albums such as Black Celebration, Music for the Masses and Violator to conclude with the departure of Alan Wilder in 1995 - a point in their career at which they had achieved enormous commercial success but were now facing huge personal challenges.
This film traces the almost surreal development of Depeche Mode from their flirtations with New Romanticism at the dawn of their career, through the urban industrial landscapes envisaged on Construction Time Again and Some Great Reward into the dark hollow of albums such as Black Celebration, Music for the Masses and Violator to conclude with the departure of Alan Wilder in 1995 - a point in their career at which they had achieved enormous commercial success but were now facing huge personal challenges.
For over a quarter of a century Depeche Mode have been making some of the most affecting and groundbreaking music in existence. From the synth-pop innocence of their early eighties New Romanticism to the sombre "no wave" landscapes of their more recent output, this incredible group has been hailed as godfathers to techno, electronica and industrial metal. Having not only survived but also flourished while virtually all of their contemporaries have disappeared, they now command a level of respect from critics, consumers and musicians alike that was unthinkable "back in the day."
Depeche Mode: Random Access Memory is a celebration of their extraordinary achievements and charts the astonishing career of Essex's finest. For the first time, this documentary goes behind the music and discovers what it took for this unlikely group from Basildon to remain such visionary pioneers of the electronic scene for all those years. Using exclusive interviews, rare footage, previously unseen photographs and a host of other features, this film reveals virtually everything anyone could ever want to know.
Depeche Mode: Random Access Memory is a celebration of their extraordinary achievements and charts the astonishing career of Essex's finest. For the first time, this documentary goes behind the music and discovers what it took for this unlikely group from Basildon to remain such visionary pioneers of the electronic scene for all those years. Using exclusive interviews, rare footage, previously unseen photographs and a host of other features, this film reveals virtually everything anyone could ever want to know.
From a stage super-heated by over-the-top, rock n roll cliche lightning, DEVO faced a sea of Asian Gen e'xers in a 100 degree plus Fahrenheit venue in the bowells of Tokyo, Japan. The crowd was swathed in bootlegged Energy domes and DEVO T's, mouthing the lyrics to songs we wrote when most of them were loading their diapers with Uni-colored poo. Maybe it was a Beautiful World after all.
Even if you missed catching Devo live and 'in the flesh', you had a decent chance to sample 'em on the tube, as they were one of the few acts to appear on all of the aforementioned programs. Only problem was that bands were only given a handful of songs to perform on these shows. But with these rare footage, the Live 1980 comes in handy featuring a full-length show that have survived from this era. Featuring a full-length live set, rare footage of live performance of Praying Hands and Shrivel Up , plus the group hit single Whip It .
With such a great influence to many famous performers today, Willie Dixon is the man who changed the style of the blues. With artists like Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry, they owe a chunk of nearly every dime they ever made, and an earful of nearly every ovation they ever received. As a songwriter and producer, the man was genius. If there'd been no Willie Dixon, Chess Records wouldn't have been as mighty a force as it was in shaping the great post-war blues explosion, and in helping build the foundation of rock 'n' roll.
Barry Feinstein was the exclusive tour photographer on Bob Dylan and The Band's legendary 1966 and 1974 world tours. In this film, Feinstein and director Joel Gilbert chronicle these epic tours, featuring over 150 selections of Feinstein's finest portraits - most revealed for the first time - in this extraordinary document of Bob Dylan and rock music history. For the years in between, Gilbert visits Woodstock and Greenwich Village, New York, where he investigates Dylan's secluded life before his return to the road in 1974. Gilbert recreates the singer-songwriter's 1966 motorcycle accident, pays a visit to Big Pink, examines Dylan's first encounter with the Beatles, and even confronts fanatic Dylanologist A.J. Weberman. Interviews with filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker, rock journalism godfather Al Aronowitz, Band drummer Mickey Jones and others help reveal Bob Dylan's hidden history behind Feinstein's astonishing images.
After the Crash: Bob Dylan, 1966-1978 mixes rare historic footage with review and criticism from experts, friends, fellow musicians, and even the odd enemy. Writers and critics Clinton Heylin, Nigel Williamson, Patrick Humphries and Derek Barker proffer their thoughts and opinions while Jacques Levy, in his final interview, discusses his work with Bob on the Desire album. Musicians Ron Cornelius, Bruce Langhorne, Eric Weissberg, Kevin Odegard, Rob Stoner and Scarlet Rivera all talk of their experiences working with Bob Dylan in the studio and on the road, and friend and journalist Al Aronowitz remembers his times with Bob while one of his closest confidantes. Ray Foulk, organiser of the Isle of Wight Festival, reveals for the first time how he managed to talk Dylan out of live retirement to perform at the UK's very own "Woodstock." And with A.J. Weberman, a legend himself, recalling the events and conversations that took place between him and a somewhat irritated Bob Dylan in 1971, this programme is the most informative, revelatory and downright entertaining document on this period of Bob Dylan's life yet to emerge.
When Bob Dylan turns 70 in May 2011, his iconic career will have spanned five decades. Yet, a true portrait of the reclusive "voice of the generation" has eluded Dylan fans. Through exclusive insider interviews, and never-before-seen photos and footage spanning Dylan's 50-year career, Bob Dylan Revealed offers an intimate biography of who Bob Dylan was, and who he is today.
Producer Jerry Wexler and award-winning songwriter Al Kasha provide an untold account of Dylan's early days at Columbia Records in 1962. Drummer Mickey Jones chronicles the 1966 Bob Dylan and the Band electric world tour that changed Rock n' Roll forever, while soon after, Dylan used the cover of a motorcycle accident to enter drug rehab. Dylan's 1974 comeback tour is illustrated by tour photographer Barry Feinstein through his fines photos and behind-the-scenes accounts. In 1975, Bob Dylan hit the road with a rag-tag band of folk troubadours, culminating in "The Night of the Hurricane." Folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, and Rubin "Hurricanes" Carter reveal the inside story of Dylan's Desire album and Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
Following a stint as The Entertainer in 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian...
Producer Jerry Wexler and award-winning songwriter Al Kasha provide an untold account of Dylan's early days at Columbia Records in 1962. Drummer Mickey Jones chronicles the 1966 Bob Dylan and the Band electric world tour that changed Rock n' Roll forever, while soon after, Dylan used the cover of a motorcycle accident to enter drug rehab. Dylan's 1974 comeback tour is illustrated by tour photographer Barry Feinstein through his fines photos and behind-the-scenes accounts. In 1975, Bob Dylan hit the road with a rag-tag band of folk troubadours, culminating in "The Night of the Hurricane." Folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, and Rubin "Hurricanes" Carter reveal the inside story of Dylan's Desire album and Rolling Thunder Revue tour.
Following a stint as The Entertainer in 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian...
By the end of 1978 most music fans - whether dedicated worshippers, casual listeners or outright dissenters - knew that Bob Dylan was nothing if not unpredictable. But nobody could have guessed what was coming next.
Dylan's adherence to Christian fundamentalism - and the three albums he released and shows he performed in its wake - assisted greatly in making the 1980s his most controversial decade. Loved by some, detested by others, Bob both lost and gained fans via this change of faith and the single-minded beliefs he now appeared to hold. But by 1984 his views had softened somewhat, and during the rest of the decade he largely released albums and performed gigs of mixed quality, though they generally featured standout tracks - many now revered as Dylan classics - amongst the less inspired cuts.
But despite it all, this period of Dylan's life and career is one of the most controversial, fascinating and misunderstood of all. This film reviews the years from late 1978 to the release of 1989's Oh Mercy - an album that was seen by many as a huge return to form. With the aid of rare Dylan footage, live and studio versions of the most pivotal songs, exclusive interviews with his closest allies from that time, contributions from Dylan experts, biographers and other commentators,...
Dylan's adherence to Christian fundamentalism - and the three albums he released and shows he performed in its wake - assisted greatly in making the 1980s his most controversial decade. Loved by some, detested by others, Bob both lost and gained fans via this change of faith and the single-minded beliefs he now appeared to hold. But by 1984 his views had softened somewhat, and during the rest of the decade he largely released albums and performed gigs of mixed quality, though they generally featured standout tracks - many now revered as Dylan classics - amongst the less inspired cuts.
But despite it all, this period of Dylan's life and career is one of the most controversial, fascinating and misunderstood of all. This film reviews the years from late 1978 to the release of 1989's Oh Mercy - an album that was seen by many as a huge return to form. With the aid of rare Dylan footage, live and studio versions of the most pivotal songs, exclusive interviews with his closest allies from that time, contributions from Dylan experts, biographers and other commentators,...
With a career now in its fifth decade and an influence as far reaching as any in popular music, Bob Dylan remains the quintessential figurehead for intelligent, cutting-edge music of the modern age.
This set is a documentary covering Dylan's life and music from his childhood and school days up to his conversion in the late 1970s to fundamental Christianity. With contributions from colleagues as diverse as his high school English teacher, his school friends, other members from his first bands, folk musician Martin Carthy, Dylan's first songwriting partner the late Jacques Levy, early 1960s Greenwich Village musicians, authors Clinton Heylin and CP Lee, Isis editor Derek Barker, and many others, plus rare film footage, unseen photographs and a host of other features, this collection houses the ultimate document on Bob Dylan's life and music during this period.
This set is a documentary covering Dylan's life and music from his childhood and school days up to his conversion in the late 1970s to fundamental Christianity. With contributions from colleagues as diverse as his high school English teacher, his school friends, other members from his first bands, folk musician Martin Carthy, Dylan's first songwriting partner the late Jacques Levy, early 1960s Greenwich Village musicians, authors Clinton Heylin and CP Lee, Isis editor Derek Barker, and many others, plus rare film footage, unseen photographs and a host of other features, this collection houses the ultimate document on Bob Dylan's life and music during this period.
At first called "Dylan's God-Awful Gospel" by his most loyal fans, Bob Dylan's "Jesus years" are today regarded as among the best of his career. How did a Jewish folk singer from the Midwest come to Jesus? Finally, here is an insider's view of Bob Dylan's "born again" transformation, and its effect on his life and music.
In late 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. In his first-ever interview, Dylan's Bible class teacher, Pastor Bill Dwyer, details Bob Dylan's embrace of Jesus Christ and Christianity. Dylan then made three gospel albums, winning a Grammy for Gotta Serve Somebody. However, Dylan's radical new direction alienated fans and enraged critics as he preached apocalyptic messages from the Book of Revelation.
Director Joel Gilbert weaves the intimate story Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years through revealing interviews, including legendary Slow Train Coming producer Jerry Wexler, background singer Regina McCrary, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, iconic San Francisco Chronicle rock reporter Joel Selvin, award-winning songwriter Al Kasha, Jews for Jesus pioneer Mitch Glaser, and Dylanologist AJ Weberman. Included are rare photos and exclusive live concert footage from 1978-1981, while Bob Dylan himself explains...
In late 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. In his first-ever interview, Dylan's Bible class teacher, Pastor Bill Dwyer, details Bob Dylan's embrace of Jesus Christ and Christianity. Dylan then made three gospel albums, winning a Grammy for Gotta Serve Somebody. However, Dylan's radical new direction alienated fans and enraged critics as he preached apocalyptic messages from the Book of Revelation.
Director Joel Gilbert weaves the intimate story Inside Bob Dylan's Jesus Years through revealing interviews, including legendary Slow Train Coming producer Jerry Wexler, background singer Regina McCrary, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, iconic San Francisco Chronicle rock reporter Joel Selvin, award-winning songwriter Al Kasha, Jews for Jesus pioneer Mitch Glaser, and Dylanologist AJ Weberman. Included are rare photos and exclusive live concert footage from 1978-1981, while Bob Dylan himself explains...
Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Narrative (1990-2006) is documentary that follows the career and music of Bob Dylan from the aftermath of his stunning 1989 comeback album Oh Mercy and follows his story up to 2006's masterpiece, Modern Times .
Featuring a wealth of archive material, performance footage exclusive and classic interviews, contributions from many close confidantes plus writers and Dylan experts Johnny Rogan, Derek Barker, Clinton Heylin and Nigel Williamson, along with location film, news reports and some of the finest music recorded during the last 20 years.
Featuring a wealth of archive material, performance footage exclusive and classic interviews, contributions from many close confidantes plus writers and Dylan experts Johnny Rogan, Derek Barker, Clinton Heylin and Nigel Williamson, along with location film, news reports and some of the finest music recorded during the last 20 years.
Bob Dylan's creative genius reached a crescendo as he hit the road with a ragtag band of folk troubadours in the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue. Appearing unannounced in small venues, the Revue culminated in "The Night of the Hurricane" benefit at Madison Square Garden for wrongly-convicted boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. In his first interview in 30 years, "The Hurricane" tells all. Folk legend Ramblin' Jack Elliot, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, and Jacques Levy reveal the inside story of the Desire album, Joey Gallo, the Rolling Thunder Revue and the maligned tour film, Renaldo and Clara.
Following his reinvention as "The Entertainer" in 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. Dylan made three gospel albums, winning a Grammy for "Gotta Serve Somebody." However, his radical new direction alienated fans and enraged critics as he preached evangelical messages from the Book of Revelation. In his first-ever interview, Dylan's Bible class teacher, Pastor Bill Dwyer, describes Dylan's born-again transformation. Legendary Slow Train Coming producer Jerry Wexler, background singer Regina McCrary, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, songwriter Al Kasha, San Francisco Chronicle rock reporter Joel Selvin, AJ Weberman...
Following his reinvention as "The Entertainer" in 1978, Bob Dylan fell into the arms of the Lord through the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church. Dylan made three gospel albums, winning a Grammy for "Gotta Serve Somebody." However, his radical new direction alienated fans and enraged critics as he preached evangelical messages from the Book of Revelation. In his first-ever interview, Dylan's Bible class teacher, Pastor Bill Dwyer, describes Dylan's born-again transformation. Legendary Slow Train Coming producer Jerry Wexler, background singer Regina McCrary, keyboardist Spooner Oldham, songwriter Al Kasha, San Francisco Chronicle rock reporter Joel Selvin, AJ Weberman...
Bob Dylan is without doubt one of the three most influential and pivotal artists of the Rock age, with only The Beatles and Elvis Presley sharing this level of acclaim. It is therefore somewhat surprising that a documentary of this nature has never previously been compiled.
In this film we take you behind the music to discover one of the defining artists of the 20th century. From Bob Dylan's schooldays we talk to people including his English teacher and the guitarist from his first schoolboy band. We follow his progress through his rebel days in college in Minneapolis to his phenomenal development in the burgeoning Folk clubs of New York's Greenwich Village.
We continue this in-depth journey through Bob Dylan's golden age to the iconic status he gained in the mid-1960s through classic albums like Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. We talk to British Folk legend Martin Carthy, charismatic 1966 world tour drummer Mickey Jones, biographers Clinton Heylin and CP Lee and ISIS editor-in-chief Derek Barker. This story of unparalleled musical achievements culminates with Bob Dylan's infamous 1966 motorcycle accident.
In this film we take you behind the music to discover one of the defining artists of the 20th century. From Bob Dylan's schooldays we talk to people including his English teacher and the guitarist from his first schoolboy band. We follow his progress through his rebel days in college in Minneapolis to his phenomenal development in the burgeoning Folk clubs of New York's Greenwich Village.
We continue this in-depth journey through Bob Dylan's golden age to the iconic status he gained in the mid-1960s through classic albums like Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. We talk to British Folk legend Martin Carthy, charismatic 1966 world tour drummer Mickey Jones, biographers Clinton Heylin and CP Lee and ISIS editor-in-chief Derek Barker. This story of unparalleled musical achievements culminates with Bob Dylan's infamous 1966 motorcycle accident.
Still receiving five star reviews in all the right places almost 50 years into the most extraordinary career of the rock age, Bob Dylan is an artist who never fails to stagger his audience. But even this most unorthodox of performers wrote the songs and released the music most consider to be his finest within five years of first signing a deal.
Venturing back into his childhood and formative years to discover the roots of the man who changed music forever, the film continues through his early Greenwich Village period, onto his worldwide recognition, and culminating with the 1966 world tour and his escape from the limelight. Featuring exclusive interviews with school friends and teachers, the guitarist in his first band, Village associates and musicians plus British folk icon Martin Carthy, Mickey Jones - drummer on the 1966 world tour - and biographers Clinton Heylin, C.P. Lee and Isis editor Derek Barker. Also includes rare performance footage, archive interviews, location shoots, seldom seen photographs and a host of other features.
Venturing back into his childhood and formative years to discover the roots of the man who changed music forever, the film continues through his early Greenwich Village period, onto his worldwide recognition, and culminating with the 1966 world tour and his escape from the limelight. Featuring exclusive interviews with school friends and teachers, the guitarist in his first band, Village associates and musicians plus British folk icon Martin Carthy, Mickey Jones - drummer on the 1966 world tour - and biographers Clinton Heylin, C.P. Lee and Isis editor Derek Barker. Also includes rare performance footage, archive interviews, location shoots, seldom seen photographs and a host of other features.
Eagles are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angelse, California in the early 1970s, having five number-one and four number-one albums, the Eagles are among the most successful recording artists of the 1970s. Two of their albums, Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 and Hotel California, ranked among the ten best-selling albums.
They are also the best-selling American group ever, with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 being the best-selling album in the U.S. to date.
These in-depth interviews show the many aspects that have made Eagles one of America's most loved bands.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
They are also the best-selling American group ever, with Eagles: Their Greatest Hits, 1971-1975 being the best-selling album in the U.S. to date.
These in-depth interviews show the many aspects that have made Eagles one of America's most loved bands.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
Duke Ellington was more than just the masterful bandleader of a legendary orchestra who at one time or another featured jazz greats such as Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Paul Gonsalves, Sidnet Bechet, Cootie Williams, Harry Edison, Clark Terry, Barney Bigard, Jimmy Blanton, and a host of first-rate sidemen too numerous to mention. Ellington was also a superb and prolific composer who wrote literally thousands of songs (including numbers such as Flamingo, Take the A Train, Caravan, Mood Indigo, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, C-Jam Blues, Perdido and countless other classics). Besides being a top-notch arranger, the Duke was also a restless, experimental artist by nature and a musician who never stopped recording from 1926 on. It is safe to say that the incomparable Duke Ellington (1899-1947) stands in a class of his own and will be remembered as one of the men who defined the shape of jazz and American music throughout most of the Twentieth Century.
This film compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Black and Tan (1929) , Symphony In Black (1935 - featuring the famous sequence with Billie Holiday), plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures, including the three scenes starring Mae...
This film compiles different short and medium-length films starring the great Duke Ellington and his orchestra, Black and Tan (1929) , Symphony In Black (1935 - featuring the famous sequence with Billie Holiday), plus assorted different musical sequences from other motion pictures, including the three scenes starring Mae...
An excellent bob-based guitarist with a slight country twang to his sound, Herb Ellis became famous playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio during 1953-1958. Prior to that, he had played with the Casa Loma Orchestra, Jimmy Dorsey (1945-1947), and the sadly under-recorded trio Soft Winds
Bonus features:
Individual track selection, Biography, Discography, Backstage Interviews and The Herb Ellis Signature 165s
Bonus features:
Individual track selection, Biography, Discography, Backstage Interviews and The Herb Ellis Signature 165s
Elvis has been found alive! After visiting Graceland, director Joel Gilbert made a Freedom of Information Act request for US government files on Elvis Presley. Incredibly, documents arrived from the FBI revealing an address for Federal Agent "Jon Burrows," Elvis' 1970's alias, in Simi Valley, California. After a brief confrontation, Elvis agreed to chronicle the secret history of his life and "death" in an exclusive interview.
In Elvis Found Alive, Elvis reflects on his early life and career and describes his admiration for his look-alike, comic book hero Captain Marvel Jr. He explains that social unrest in the late 1960s and terrorism by the Weather Underground drove him to ask President Nixon to make him a federal agent. "If I could help save America, maybe it was my true destiny that God had prepared me for."
Elvis reveals that he battled Weatherman Bill Ayers and the Mafia crime families during the 1970s, leading to a faked death to go undercover. What followed was a long struggle to return to his singing career and an Obama administration that is preventing it to this day. Elvis Presley remains the single most influential and respected figure in the history of rock and roll music. Today he is a symbol of America, as recognizable as the flag. Get ready, he's back!
In Elvis Found Alive, Elvis reflects on his early life and career and describes his admiration for his look-alike, comic book hero Captain Marvel Jr. He explains that social unrest in the late 1960s and terrorism by the Weather Underground drove him to ask President Nixon to make him a federal agent. "If I could help save America, maybe it was my true destiny that God had prepared me for."
Elvis reveals that he battled Weatherman Bill Ayers and the Mafia crime families during the 1970s, leading to a faked death to go undercover. What followed was a long struggle to return to his singing career and an Obama administration that is preventing it to this day. Elvis Presley remains the single most influential and respected figure in the history of rock and roll music. Today he is a symbol of America, as recognizable as the flag. Get ready, he's back!
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno - Brian to his friends, Eno to the rest of us - defies categorisation. Musician, composer, record producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist covers some of what he does, but he's probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 and Coldplay and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. But however he's pigeon-holed, this remarkable, creative visionary remains amongst the most influential individuals to have ever worked within the music industry.
This documentary film - the first ever about Eno - explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 and 1977, the period that some view as his golden age, others as just one era in a long, extraordinary and very eclectic career.
This documentary film - the first ever about Eno - explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 and 1977, the period that some view as his golden age, others as just one era in a long, extraordinary and very eclectic career.
Through the 1970's and still today, Ernie Watts signature has found its way on the recordings of music's biggest names. Watts's reed work can be heard on numerous classical recordings from artists as Arturo Sandoval, Sergio Mendez, Cannonball Adderley, Oliver Nelson, and Toots Thielmans.
His strengths however are much more ubiquitous than the the jazz realm, having played on sessions for pop's most respected artists namely Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Frank Zappa, Julio Iglesias, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt and The Rolling Stones where he joined them on stage for their 1981 U.S. Tour
His strengths however are much more ubiquitous than the the jazz realm, having played on sessions for pop's most respected artists namely Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, Frank Zappa, Julio Iglesias, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt and The Rolling Stones where he joined them on stage for their 1981 U.S. Tour
Fifteen singers, two countries and the music of Mozart. The stage was set for an incredible journey between two music schools - Louisville, Kentucky and Katowice, Poland - thousands of miles apart in both distance and language to put on a show! The show, Marriage of Figaro, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's comic opera, would be the language that would unite both casts. Extensive filming throughout the production's three-month period not only provides insight into the rigorous schedule of its performers but also highlights behind-the-scenes footage of the talented team responsible for bringing the house to its feet!
Final 24 is a fresh and revealing alternative biography series that unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and trigger events that led to the tragic deaths of eight global icons. Each episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different celebrity's life. Weaving in and out of this central narrative is the celebrity's back-story, which lays the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. Telling interviews with loved ones and confidantes combined with high-end dramatic re-enactments and archival material illuminate these compelling life (and death) stories.
Final 24 is a fresh and revealing alternative biography series that unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and trigger events that led to the tragic deaths of eight global icons. Each episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different celebrity's life. Weaving in and out of this central narrative is the celebrity's back-story, which lays the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. Telling interviews with loved ones and confidantes combined with high-end dramatic re-enactments and archival material illuminate these compelling life (and death) stories.
Final 24 is a fresh and revealing alternative biography series that unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and trigger events that led to the tragic deaths of eight global icons. Each episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different celebrity's life. Weaving in and out of this central narrative is the celebrity's back-story, which lays the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. Telling interviews with loved ones and confidantes combined with high-end dramatic re-enactments and archival material illuminate these compelling life (and death) stories.
Final 24 is a fresh and revealing alternative biography series that unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and trigger events that led to the tragic deaths of eight global icons. Each episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different celebrity's life. Weaving in and out of this central narrative is the celebrity's back-story, which lays the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. Telling interviews with loved ones and confidantes combined with high-end dramatic re-enactments and archival material illuminate these compelling life (and death) stories.
Final 24 is a fresh and revealing alternative biography series that unlocks the hidden secrets, psychological flaws and trigger events that led to the tragic deaths of eight global icons. Each episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different celebrity's life. Weaving in and out of this central narrative is the celebrity's back-story, which lays the threads of fate that led inextricably from childhood to the moment of death. Telling interviews with loved ones and confidantes combined with high-end dramatic re-enactments and archival material illuminate these compelling life (and death) stories.
Close to 15 years after the end of Nirvana, Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters remain one of the very finest American rock bands in existence. And while the Foos will never achieve the once-in-a-lifetime impact of Grohl's former group, they remain hugely influential, increasingly creative and, most crucially, downright entertaining.
The Foo Fighters Collector's Box is a visual celebration of Dave Grohl and both his current and previous bands. Consisting of two separate films which cover his entire career in music, it features never-before-seen footage of his Washington, DC-based pre-Nirvana collectives, exclusive Nirvana films, Foo Fighters in performance and in interview, and contributions from a panel of close colleagues, friends, fellow musicians and hand-selected esteemed experts.
The Foo Fighters Collector's Box is a visual celebration of Dave Grohl and both his current and previous bands. Consisting of two separate films which cover his entire career in music, it features never-before-seen footage of his Washington, DC-based pre-Nirvana collectives, exclusive Nirvana films, Foo Fighters in performance and in interview, and contributions from a panel of close colleagues, friends, fellow musicians and hand-selected esteemed experts.
Attempting to pick up where Nirvana left off, Dave Grohl and his ever-changing line-up were doomed to failure upon the release of their debut in 1995. But Grohl was always more than a drummer, and his Foo Fighters were a band on an immediate mission to prove themselves. After five albums, numerous singles and a string of awards, it seems the Foos have nothing left to prove. This is their story.
Foo Fighters: Guardian Angels is the first documentary to chart the swift rise of this phenomenal band and its charismatic front man. Tracing their roots to the Washington DC punk scene of the mid 1980s, when Grohl drummed in a series of locally successful hardcore bands, through his days in Nirvana and the tragic death of Kurt Cobain, this video then continues to his struggles with the Nirvana legacy and on to the huge success of the Foo Fighters today. This documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal the truth about this extraordinary band.
Foo Fighters: Guardian Angels is the first documentary to chart the swift rise of this phenomenal band and its charismatic front man. Tracing their roots to the Washington DC punk scene of the mid 1980s, when Grohl drummed in a series of locally successful hardcore bands, through his days in Nirvana and the tragic death of Kurt Cobain, this video then continues to his struggles with the Nirvana legacy and on to the huge success of the Foo Fighters today. This documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal the truth about this extraordinary band.
In 1957 Timex sponsored a series of TV Variety Show Specials starring Frank Sinatra broadcast on The ABC Television Network. The last in the series taped on 12th May 1960 in Miami, was perhaps the best of all, featuring Elvis Presley , upon completion of his National Service.
This video, remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast programe, is the original show in its entirety including the sponsors promotional segments. Whilst the quality of reproduction does not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of two of the most popular performers of the Twentieth Century performing together.
This video, remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast programe, is the original show in its entirety including the sponsors promotional segments. Whilst the quality of reproduction does not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of two of the most popular performers of the Twentieth Century performing together.
In 1957 Bulova Watch Company sponsored The Frank Sinatra Show, a variety show airing on Friday nights starring Frank Sinatra and broadcast on The ABC Television Network.
This show was taped in November 1957. The special guests are Dagmar, comedians Tim Herbert and Don Saxon, Eileen Barton, pianist Joey Bushkin and June Hutton. This programme is remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast, and is the original broadcast including the sponsor's promotional segments. Whilst the quality of reproduction may not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of three of the most popular performers of the twentieth century performing together.
This show was taped in November 1957. The special guests are Dagmar, comedians Tim Herbert and Don Saxon, Eileen Barton, pianist Joey Bushkin and June Hutton. This programme is remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast, and is the original broadcast including the sponsor's promotional segments. Whilst the quality of reproduction may not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of three of the most popular performers of the twentieth century performing together.
In 1957 Timex sponsored a series of TV Variety Show Specials starring Frank Sinatra broadcast on The ABC Television Network.
This show as taped on December 10, 1959, a rare rainy day in Palm Springs, California, hence the improvised sets and the cast ribbing Sinatra about his grand idea of filming in "sunny" Palm Springs. At the time Sinatra was dating guest Juliet Prowse, who was starring with him in the movie Can-Can . The special guest star is Ella Fitzgerald and this program, remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast, is the original show in its entirety including the sponsors promotional segments. While the quality of reproduction may not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of two of the most popular performers of the Twentieth Century performing together.
This show as taped on December 10, 1959, a rare rainy day in Palm Springs, California, hence the improvised sets and the cast ribbing Sinatra about his grand idea of filming in "sunny" Palm Springs. At the time Sinatra was dating guest Juliet Prowse, who was starring with him in the movie Can-Can . The special guest star is Ella Fitzgerald and this program, remastered from the archive tape of the broadcast, is the original show in its entirety including the sponsors promotional segments. While the quality of reproduction may not meet modern technological standards, it is a rare record of two of the most popular performers of the Twentieth Century performing together.
GP are you with me? This is the infamous hook shouted by gospel recording artist Kirk Franklin, from his hit tune "Stomp." It's quite amazing how none of the most popular gospel artists could break into the mainstream, but somehow, someway Franklin managed to set the trend. After bringing out one gospel hit, then a Christmas album which did exceptionally well, his new fame allowed him to cross over, giving him recognition as the Garth Brooks of gospel.
He grew up in Texas under the roof of his religious aunt, who is credited with introducing him to the world of gospel music. Despite his church background, Franklin was not always a saint, and in fact he was criticized as being a backslider. He also ran in the streets, but when he saw his close friend lose his life to gunfire, it affected him dramatically and caused him to reevaluate his life. Kirk Franklin's story is a living testimony of how one can go from good to bad then back to being righteous.
He grew up in Texas under the roof of his religious aunt, who is credited with introducing him to the world of gospel music. Despite his church background, Franklin was not always a saint, and in fact he was criticized as being a backslider. He also ran in the streets, but when he saw his close friend lose his life to gunfire, it affected him dramatically and caused him to reevaluate his life. Kirk Franklin's story is a living testimony of how one can go from good to bad then back to being righteous.
Featuring Stan Getz and Richie Cole with his own band Alto Madness, Cool Summer album features their own unique style in the ambient setting of the renowned Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California. This festival has attracted the very best Jazz musicians and appreciative audiences from around the world.
In 1982, the master showman Dizzy Gillespie performed at Lincoln Center with his celebrated Dream Band, which brought together master musicians who had played with Dizzy or been influenced by him. The concert itself is filmed beautifully with many close-ups of the players and their instruments, as well as catching the love and humor of Dizzy.
Recorded at a time when Dizzy Gillespie was fronting his fabled post-war big band featuring jazz greats such as pianist John Lewis, vibraphonist Milt Jackson or bassist Ray Brown. Jivin' in Be-Bop is a concert film that catches the irrepressible trumpeter in top artistic form. In a format that was typical of the day, dancing acts and singers such as Helen Humes or Kenny "Pancho" Hagood were featured alongside the heading Gillespie orchestra. More that fifty years have passed, but watching Diz and his men enthusiastically attach Bob classics such as Salt Peanuts, Shaw Nuff or Things to Come still makes for wonderful viewing.
The ambient setting of the renowned Harvest Jazz Festival at the Paul Masson Vineyards in California attracted the very best of Jazz musicians from the around the world performing to an appreciative audience. Cool Summer album features Dexter Gordon and McCoy Tyner, two of the amazing artists sharing with your their own unique style.
This southern California blues-rock band first took a bit out of the rock scene in 1984 and has never let go. Great White has achieved worldwide success, encompassing sales of over six million records. They received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance of the song "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and earned double-platinum certification for the album ... Twice Shy. The two California appearances from the band's '90s era U.S. tours presented here were hand-selected by the band for this release. As evidenced by their razor-sharp performances, the constant touring that typified these musical icons had prepared the band to flex their muscles at any given moment in any given city!
The world's most successful punk band, Green Day's transformation from San Francisco cult heroes to global rock phenomenon is as staggering as it is captivating. From a scene credited with introducing the American public at large to punk rock in the early 1990s, the group were quick to establish themselves as the most vital of their peers, with major label debut Dookie going on to sell 20 million copies worldwide. Over the following decade, a series of further massive-selling albums, numerous sold-out world tours and a never-ending array of awards kept Green Day in the limelight. But with the release of 2004's extraordinary American Idiot the band crossed into another dimension and opened themselves up to a whole new audience.
Green Day - The DVD Collector's Box celebrates the astonishing career of this glorious band. Included is one video which charts the band's rise to the top, featuring exclusive interviews with ex-band members, friends, and those who know them best, plus archive footage and a host of other features, revealing an inspirational and insightful story. The second film consists of an in-depth analysis of Green Day's recorded output, featuring live and studio performances, rare footage, contributions from colleagues and peers and expert opinion from some...
Green Day - The DVD Collector's Box celebrates the astonishing career of this glorious band. Included is one video which charts the band's rise to the top, featuring exclusive interviews with ex-band members, friends, and those who know them best, plus archive footage and a host of other features, revealing an inspirational and insightful story. The second film consists of an in-depth analysis of Green Day's recorded output, featuring live and studio performances, rare footage, contributions from colleagues and peers and expert opinion from some...
Often overlooked when the band's best work is chronicled, the triumvirate of albums book-ended by the multi-platinum Dookie and groundbreaking American Idiot remain, for some, Green Day's finest. And while many artists "forgotten years" are best left that way, in the case of San Francisco's favorite sons, the process of recall is long overdue.
Green Day Under Review 1995-2000: The Middle Years, offers an opportunity to do just that, and attempts to redress this criminal imbalance with new evaluations of the superb Insomniac, the extraordinary Nimrod and the often perplexing Warning.
Green Day Under Review 1995-2000: The Middle Years, offers an opportunity to do just that, and attempts to redress this criminal imbalance with new evaluations of the superb Insomniac, the extraordinary Nimrod and the often perplexing Warning.
Born with a good voice and a wide range, Lee Greenwood's exaggerated vibrato made him one of country music's premier balladeers after he broke into the 1981 charts with "It Turns Me Inside Out," and romantic material made for the bulk of his hits although the biggest exception is also his signature song, the self-written "God Bless America" which earned Song of the Year honors from the Country Music Association.
The Guns N' Roses Collector's Box is composed of 2 set which tells the whole and extraordinary story of Guns N' Roses lives and careers, using unseen performance and interview footage; interviews with close friends, fellow band mates, family members, music biz colleagues, and close collaborators who know them best; numerous location shoots; unpublished photographs and a whole host of other features.
Bonus features:
Digital Interactive discography, interactive quiz and "did you know" section
Bonus features:
Digital Interactive discography, interactive quiz and "did you know" section
Bursting out of the LA rock scene in the late 1980s, Guns N' Roses have come to epitomise everything that a rock n' roll band should be. And the fans love them for it. What other group could go almost 10 years without a new album and still pull massive crowds for every live event? On Sex N' Drugs N' Rock N' Roll we go behind the scenes to discover what it took for Guns N' Roses to become such icons of the genre. Taking the cameras where they've not previously been, we present an uncensored look at a truly exceptional band.
Released simultaneously in September 1991, the brace of albums making up the Use Your Illusion double set made history before most fans had heard a note - never before (and never since) had any group or artist occupied the Billboard chart positions one and two in the same week. But this is Guns N' Roses we're discussing - a band who never do things by halves.
This is a documentary film about those albums - the people who made them, the process of making them, the tour that surrounded them and, most crucially, the awesome music they contained.
Featuring rare footage of the band from that time, including exclusive backstage film rarely seen before; lengthy interviews from musicians and vocalists who were there working on the records and the tour; commentary from friends of the group and scenesters from the L.A. rock underground; insight and critique from biographers, journalists, and DJs who championed Guns N' Roses throughout their career; and many other notable contributors.
This is a documentary film about those albums - the people who made them, the process of making them, the tour that surrounded them and, most crucially, the awesome music they contained.
Featuring rare footage of the band from that time, including exclusive backstage film rarely seen before; lengthy interviews from musicians and vocalists who were there working on the records and the tour; commentary from friends of the group and scenesters from the L.A. rock underground; insight and critique from biographers, journalists, and DJs who championed Guns N' Roses throughout their career; and many other notable contributors.
GUNS N' ROSES: Use Your Illusion I and II - 2 Classic Albums Under Review (20th Anniversary Edition)
They have come to epitomise rock n' roll with glorious excesses and captivating showmanship that assure that Guns N' Roses will forever be thought of as one of the world's most iconic bands. Since roaring out of LA in 1987 with their debut album Appetite for Destruction they have sold over 100 million records worldwide and created just as many newspaper headlines, and as line ups have come and gone, the legend of Guns N' Roses has continued to grow exponentially.
But it was with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I and II - now more than 20 years ago - that the band cemented their place in musical history, proving these LA reprobates were far more than one trick ponies and in the process becoming the first group ever to occupy the top two positions on the Billboard 200 chart.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion Special Edition is a documentary set offering the definitive review of these record-breaking albums, whilst also providing an unparalleled insight into the band themselves. With the help of some notable contributors, the first video looks exclusively at the two 1991 releases, exploring their creation, reception, subsequent tour and most importantly, the music itself. The second video chronicles G & R's full career, with unrivalled access and exclusive...
But it was with the release of their albums Use Your Illusion I and II - now more than 20 years ago - that the band cemented their place in musical history, proving these LA reprobates were far more than one trick ponies and in the process becoming the first group ever to occupy the top two positions on the Billboard 200 chart.
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion Special Edition is a documentary set offering the definitive review of these record-breaking albums, whilst also providing an unparalleled insight into the band themselves. With the help of some notable contributors, the first video looks exclusively at the two 1991 releases, exploring their creation, reception, subsequent tour and most importantly, the music itself. The second video chronicles G & R's full career, with unrivalled access and exclusive...
The single most influential singer-songwriter in country music history, remarkable musician, bandleader and historian, Merle Haggard may well be the most well-rounded country talent ever to take stage. Over his career, he has been the pulse of an ever-lonesome fugitive, the voice of the Okie with an attitude, and the uncommon poet of the common working man.
Few country devotees, be they old-timers or neophytes, are unfamiliar with the craggy Haggard mask of a thousand photographs. His accomplishments rightly classify him as a living legend.
Few country devotees, be they old-timers or neophytes, are unfamiliar with the craggy Haggard mask of a thousand photographs. His accomplishments rightly classify him as a living legend.
Singer and guitar virtuoso John Hammond is one of the most distinguished ambassadors of the Blues: the foundation of rock, folk and pop music. For John Jr., it all started at the age of seven during a concert by Big Bill Broonzy, which he attended with his father. In the meanwhile, John has developed into a living anthology dedicated to the art and memory of Skip James, Howlin' Wolf and other musical giants. When he was twenty years old, John flourished in the Village with Richie Havens and John Sebastian. A year later, he introduced Dylan to his future backing musicians, soon to be known as The Band. His many fans never miss an opportunity to experience John's grand epic repertoire. This hot night in 2004 at the New Morning was just such an occasion.
Jeff Healey gained worldwide fame as a stunningly original rock/blue guitarist. His passion however, was the infections and joyful music from the classic ear, the days when Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbecke ruled the music world.
Reconstructing and re-interpreting this music was the reason Jeff formed the Jazz Wizards at the height of his rock and roll career. How brilliantly his band did so is evident on this concert, originally recorded for a television show called Beautiful Noise on a snowy winter's day in January 2006 in Toronto.
Jeff playing trumpet and guitar, leads his excellent band into musical history. As always, he delivers jazz from the past with humor, respect for the tradition and a contemporary attitude.
Reconstructing and re-interpreting this music was the reason Jeff formed the Jazz Wizards at the height of his rock and roll career. How brilliantly his band did so is evident on this concert, originally recorded for a television show called Beautiful Noise on a snowy winter's day in January 2006 in Toronto.
Jeff playing trumpet and guitar, leads his excellent band into musical history. As always, he delivers jazz from the past with humor, respect for the tradition and a contemporary attitude.
Jimi Hendrix is unquestionably the greatest guitarist to have emerged during the Rock Era. He remains the most important influence on up-and-coming players, and with flamboyant stage shows and psychedelic lyrics, he proved to be the ultimate icon for the Love Generation.
But the story of Jimi Hendrix is much more than that of drug-taking hippy who knew his way around a fretboard ... and this film shows it all!
Using exclusive interviews with his closest friends, associates and fellow musicians, this fascinating documentary finally reveals what was behind the greatest musical talent of our time.
But the story of Jimi Hendrix is much more than that of drug-taking hippy who knew his way around a fretboard ... and this film shows it all!
Using exclusive interviews with his closest friends, associates and fellow musicians, this fascinating documentary finally reveals what was behind the greatest musical talent of our time.
The finest guitarist and most explosive performer of the Rock era, Jimi Hendrix not only defies categorisation, he blurs the parameters of the genre from which he emerged, like no other musician in memory.
In this extraordinary film, for the first time, Jimi's brother Leon takes us through the story of his life, his career and his music. And with contributions from close friends, this programme offers a unique glimpse of the inner world of Jimi Hendrix and comes a little closer to understanding what made this legendary and timeless artist achieve so much.
In this extraordinary film, for the first time, Jimi's brother Leon takes us through the story of his life, his career and his music. And with contributions from close friends, this programme offers a unique glimpse of the inner world of Jimi Hendrix and comes a little closer to understanding what made this legendary and timeless artist achieve so much.
On 6 July 1974, Mississippi-Delta bluesman John Lee Hooker was one of the star attractions at an all-day festival attended by 600 people. The Gardner, Massachusetts event was called Down in the Dumps, perhaps the first in what was proposed as a series of musical events to be held in the city landfill area. Luckily, very luckily, Hooker's performance was captures on a three-camera shoot and locally broadcast.
On Saturday, 18 February 2012, there was a memorial service at the tiny New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J. It was by no means an end but a new beginning for millions of little girls who dare to dream. It was in these New Hope pews that a young Whitney Houston first showed the vocal range and star quality that would soon make her a legend in the music world.
In this film we pay tribute to one of the most gripping rags to riches stories ever told. We talk to those who knew her as "Nippy," retrace her steps to stardom and revisit some of her most stunning performances. Whitney Houston was so much more than a performer. She was a blessing for all who were touched by her gentle soul and kind spirit. She was truly the Greatest Love of All.
In this film we pay tribute to one of the most gripping rags to riches stories ever told. We talk to those who knew her as "Nippy," retrace her steps to stardom and revisit some of her most stunning performances. Whitney Houston was so much more than a performer. She was a blessing for all who were touched by her gentle soul and kind spirit. She was truly the Greatest Love of All.
This program consists of interviews and private moments with Whitney Houston.
Through an online contest, six fans were selected to film Dinosaur Jr. performing Bug in its entirety at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC, June 2011. Experience the fans' joy as they witness a classic performance and meet their heroes face to face in an exclusive interview with the band. Under the awesome direction of Dave Markey, In the Hands the Fans brings the fans closer to the band and the music closer to you.
INCOGNITO - far more than just a band. The sound visionary Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick has been pioneering in the mercurial acid jazz scene, and as a talent factory, INCOGNITO has rolled the red carpet for vocal prodigies, such as Jocelyn Brown and the best musicians from the British groove community. Short-lived musical trends have done nothing to damage the popularity of this multi-cultural band with their driving rhythms and elegant melodies and they have become a trademark all over the world, especially live. In this vein, "Bluey" Maunick celebrated INCOGNITO'S 30th birthday on stage at the London, indigO2 with a thrilling concert in summer 2009.
It was a fantastic night: with their blend of soul and jazz, funk and fusion almost 30 musicians, with several surprise guest appearances, electrified the audience. Thanks to the contagious energy and virtuoso solo numbers, each song became something special. And as if this band hadn't given us enough variety, the strings of the Millenia Ensemble provided a delightful additional interplay of sound.
It was a fantastic night: with their blend of soul and jazz, funk and fusion almost 30 musicians, with several surprise guest appearances, electrified the audience. Thanks to the contagious energy and virtuoso solo numbers, each song became something special. And as if this band hadn't given us enough variety, the strings of the Millenia Ensemble provided a delightful additional interplay of sound.
Back in 1976, nobody really knew that there was an old wave of British heavy metal. But within two years of their formation, Iron Maiden had spearheaded what came to be abbreviated as the NWOBHM, and as with punk the year before, a new generation of performers, musicians, and show-offs in general brought in a new wave of the rock genre - and in the process made loud, raw, heavy music the global phenomenon it is today.
For the first time, this film investigates the new wave - the bands, the records, the media and the series of unconnected events that led to the unfolding of this astonishing, durable and still hugely relevant form, which is heard even today on so many new records. Focusing on Maiden and the other pivotal bands of the time, such as Saxon, Samson, Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, Girlschool and many others, this programme is the ultimate exposé of a style which may not get as much press as punk, but is equally as relevant to the music of the third millennium.
For the first time, this film investigates the new wave - the bands, the records, the media and the series of unconnected events that led to the unfolding of this astonishing, durable and still hugely relevant form, which is heard even today on so many new records. Focusing on Maiden and the other pivotal bands of the time, such as Saxon, Samson, Praying Mantis, Diamond Head, Tygers of Pan Tang, Girlschool and many others, this programme is the ultimate exposé of a style which may not get as much press as punk, but is equally as relevant to the music of the third millennium.
Often imitated but never matched, Britain's greatest heavy metal group Iron Maiden are arguably the best rock outfit in the world. With over 25 years in the business and a string of number one albums and singles under their belts, they are truly the stuff of legend.
On Iron Maiden: The Legacy of the Beast we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of headbangers to remain kings of the metal scene for two decades (and counting!). Packed with interviews, this documentary tells the story of how it all happened.
On Iron Maiden: The Legacy of the Beast we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of headbangers to remain kings of the metal scene for two decades (and counting!). Packed with interviews, this documentary tells the story of how it all happened.
They've been in the business almost 35 years and remain amongst the world's favourite rock bands, still selling out stadiums and scoring top 10 records regularly. But Iron Maiden's history has not been an easy journey; despite the group making their ongoing popularity appear effortless, blood, sweat and tears have all been shed in the band's passionate desire to remain at the top of their game for this incredible period.
This independent documentary collection reveals much previously unknown about Iron Maiden and its personnel. With the assistance of rare archival material, exclusive and vintage interviews, contributions from close collaborators, contempoaries and the finest rock journalists, plus seldom-seen footage and photographs, this video draws an accurate picture of what it has taken for this giant amongst rock bands to achieve so much over such a long time.
This independent documentary collection reveals much previously unknown about Iron Maiden and its personnel. With the assistance of rare archival material, exclusive and vintage interviews, contributions from close collaborators, contempoaries and the finest rock journalists, plus seldom-seen footage and photographs, this video draws an accurate picture of what it has taken for this giant amongst rock bands to achieve so much over such a long time.
The Awards Collection is packed with many of the global awards that Michael achieved in his amazing successful career, they are far too numerous to list here, except to say he broke many of the previous records held and continues to do so.
Since the sad and wholly unexpected passing of Michael Jackson, the music world has been bereft of a performer with the kind of talent Michael naturally possessed. If another artist ever emerges with a gift as potent as that with which Jackson was blessed, it will be a miracle of biblical proportions.
But after a period of grief and reflection, the time is now right to celebrate again the enormous contribution Michael offered to the world and the joy he brought it through some of the most magical records ever made. This set both traces the entire Michael Jackson story and reminds us what it was that so enamoured the world to this extraordinary human being.
But after a period of grief and reflection, the time is now right to celebrate again the enormous contribution Michael offered to the world and the joy he brought it through some of the most magical records ever made. This set both traces the entire Michael Jackson story and reminds us what it was that so enamoured the world to this extraordinary human being.
Michael Jackson - Fan's Camera Footage is a two-hour programme culled from over 45 hours of camera footage from private collectors and fans worldwide. Through the fan's eye, a private and more revealing insight into the true world of Michael Jackson the superstar is shown.
Adored by millions worldwide, wherever Michael went the fans were waiting; whether out shopping, in hotels or traveling, the fans captured these intimate moments portraying more of the real person than the media myth ever could.
Adored by millions worldwide, wherever Michael went the fans were waiting; whether out shopping, in hotels or traveling, the fans captured these intimate moments portraying more of the real person than the media myth ever could.
Michael Jackson: A Fan's Collection is a rare collection of the King of Pop throughout his singing career until his tragic death in 2009. Containing 3 videos of his rare interviews, numerous awards, extensive footage revealing his journey in becoming an icon, this collection will surely surprised everyone, even fan's alike at how Michael Jackson changed the music industry of today. This collection has it all.
The Interview Collection has numerous rarely seen interviews which show why Michael was and is loved by so many worldwide. There was only one Michael Jackson, the performer, the superstar and the giving person who we all came to know through his music and dance.
When a king dies, the heir or a peer takes over the throne. The passing of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, is a different case. Michael is irreplaceable. He was born on 29 August 1958 in Gary, Indiana, to a working class family, and he died on 25 June 2009 as the undisputed King of Pop.
Michael's last days and the memorial service are captured in this engaging film that pays respect to the King. As the world celebrates Michael's life and legacy, it is easy to see why he was the brightest star. As an artist and entertainer, he still looms larger than life. The King will live forever through his music.
Michael's last days and the memorial service are captured in this engaging film that pays respect to the King. As the world celebrates Michael's life and legacy, it is easy to see why he was the brightest star. As an artist and entertainer, he still looms larger than life. The King will live forever through his music.
Genius. Legend. Enigma. These are just a few of the superlatives used to describe the man often referred to as "The King of Pop." From performing at the age of four in his family home to becoming one of the most famous people on the planet, Michael Jackson has spent almost his entire life in the public eye.
Michael Jackson: A Remarkable Life goes behind the scenes to discover what it took for a boy with a passion for music to dominate the pop charts the world over for more than 30 years and counting. Packed with interviews, this documentary takes you where cameras never previously preyed to achieve a no-holds-barred look at this remarkable man.
Michael Jackson: A Remarkable Life goes behind the scenes to discover what it took for a boy with a passion for music to dominate the pop charts the world over for more than 30 years and counting. Packed with interviews, this documentary takes you where cameras never previously preyed to achieve a no-holds-barred look at this remarkable man.
There's very little left to say about Michael Jackson that by now hasn't been said a million times. So after the media frenzy in which every microsecond of his tragically short life has been put under the microscope, every controversy and indiscretion has been magnified, and every word he ever uttered in public has been repeated again and again, all we can say is, "Thank you for the music."
Ultimately the music is why Michael Jackson was and still is universally loved and why, despite often being seen as less than orthodox in his general behaviour, at the time of his sad passing his life was celebrated around the world in a manner that, among pop performers, has previously only been witnessed for Elvis Presley and John Lennon.
This film celebrates the joyous and timeless music of Michael Jackson from his first recordings with the Jackson 5 through hit after hit from the seventies, eighties, and nineties, right up to his most recent cuts. In so doing it tells the story of a true pop genius the way it really happened.
Featuring rare performance and interview footage of Michael, archive material featuring him in a number of seldom-seen settings, and contributions from friends, those who have worked closely with him and the finest industry broadcasters and writers, this film...
Ultimately the music is why Michael Jackson was and still is universally loved and why, despite often being seen as less than orthodox in his general behaviour, at the time of his sad passing his life was celebrated around the world in a manner that, among pop performers, has previously only been witnessed for Elvis Presley and John Lennon.
This film celebrates the joyous and timeless music of Michael Jackson from his first recordings with the Jackson 5 through hit after hit from the seventies, eighties, and nineties, right up to his most recent cuts. In so doing it tells the story of a true pop genius the way it really happened.
Featuring rare performance and interview footage of Michael, archive material featuring him in a number of seldom-seen settings, and contributions from friends, those who have worked closely with him and the finest industry broadcasters and writers, this film...
Not always credited with such, Mick Jagger has been equally as pivotal to the Rolling Stones as his songwriting partner and bandmate for almost 50 years. Indeed the differences in style, character and philosophy between Mick and Keith make for probably the greatest union - albeit often far from the most harmonious - in the history of popular music.
This film concentrates on Jagger's life and career both within and without the Stones when he was in his twenties, the same period that for most fans was the band's heyday, during which they produced music of quite staggering quality.
This film concentrates on Jagger's life and career both within and without the Stones when he was in his twenties, the same period that for most fans was the band's heyday, during which they produced music of quite staggering quality.
Jamdown takes you on a journey back to 1980, straight into the heart of the Jamaican reggae scene, following the legendary reggae artists Toots Hibbert and The Congos. The film, shot in 1980, had a limited release in France and therefore remained undiscovered by the rest of the world. Since its initial release, Jamdown has become what reggae footage collectors often refer to as "the holy grail of reggae films" due to its rarity and the difficulty in finding an original copy of the film.
This video contains some of the only known early footage of The Congos, performing tracks from the Images of Africa album and the legendary Heart of the Congos LP, which was produced by Lee Perry at the Black Ark studios at the height of their career.
This video contains some of the only known early footage of The Congos, performing tracks from the Images of Africa album and the legendary Heart of the Congos LP, which was produced by Lee Perry at the Black Ark studios at the height of their career.
Jazz Crusaders originally came together in the California of the sixties through the initiative of Wayne Henderson and Joe Sample, soon joined by Larry Carlton who was just launching his career. Their weapons, rather than swords and lances, have always been Soul and Funk. Since the worldwide success of Street Live , the group has become an incescapable icon for lovers of sophisticated groove - and a legendary musical phoenix, rising from its ashes to new life again and again. Several decades later, led by the untiring Henderson, the Jazz Crusaders are still right up there at the top, more in the groove than ever to the great delight of the fans who have flocked to the New Morning.
Ben Sidran has been a major force in the modern-day history of jazz and rock and roll, having played keyboards with or produced such artists as Steve Miller, Mose Allison, Blue Mitchell, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Phil Upchurch, Tony Williams, Jon Hendricks, Richie Cole and Van Morrison.
It's been a long and varied journey from playing boogie woogie piano as a six year old in Racine, Wisconsin, to growing up to play boogie woogie piano around the world, and despite the reality that Sidran is better known in Europe and Japan than in America, "a fact of life for most jazz musicians," Ben Sidran is an international superstar.
It's been a long and varied journey from playing boogie woogie piano as a six year old in Racine, Wisconsin, to growing up to play boogie woogie piano around the world, and despite the reality that Sidran is better known in Europe and Japan than in America, "a fact of life for most jazz musicians," Ben Sidran is an international superstar.
Only a few times in history has a musician been singled out as the world-class master of his instrument. Billy Cobham is one of those few artists. For over 30 years, he has received international acclaim as the total consummate drummer.
Billy Cobham's explosive technique powered some of the fusion genre's most important early recordings - including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra - before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right. At his best, Cobham harnessed his amazing dexterity into thundering, high-octane hybrids of jazz complexity and rock 'n roll agression. He was capable of subtler, funkier grooves on the one hand, and awe-inspiring solo improvisations on the other.
Billy Cobham's explosive technique powered some of the fusion genre's most important early recordings - including groundbreaking efforts by Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra - before he became an accomplished bandleader in his own right. At his best, Cobham harnessed his amazing dexterity into thundering, high-octane hybrids of jazz complexity and rock 'n roll agression. He was capable of subtler, funkier grooves on the one hand, and awe-inspiring solo improvisations on the other.
For four decades, Chuck's boundless energy, unabashed enthusiasm, and pure joy have characterized his love affair with music and the resulting admiration of his audience.
He joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, assuming the trumpet chair that had belonged to such great players as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, before going solo and receiving a Grammy nomination for Land of Make Believe. His album Feels So Good became a worldwide megahit thanks to its self-titled single, which features one of the most recognized melodies in the world, and he has continued recording and performing music of a standard that has made him an influential contemporary jazz icon.
He joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, assuming the trumpet chair that had belonged to such great players as Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, and Freddie Hubbard, before going solo and receiving a Grammy nomination for Land of Make Believe. His album Feels So Good became a worldwide megahit thanks to its self-titled single, which features one of the most recognized melodies in the world, and he has continued recording and performing music of a standard that has made him an influential contemporary jazz icon.
Few musicians in the history of jazz have made such a lasting popular and worldwide impression as pianist George Shearing. Deified in the 1950s by Jack Kerouac in the novel On the Road, Shearing moved from early success in his native Britain to postwar New York where he captured the spirit of successive jazz generations and created a permanent place for himself in the Hall of Fame with his quintet's September in the Rain and his own quintessentially hip composition Lullaby of Birdland. The artistry of Shearing's legendary bluesy, "locked-hands" style is as fresh and appealing as ever.
In Shearing we have a jazz artist who has seen and heard it all. His influences range from boogie-woogie to stride to bebop, and he incorporates all of those distinct styles into one that sounds like ... George Shearing. Shearing is one of a handful of jazz legends still giving us the benefit of their experience. Overlook him at your own risk.
In Shearing we have a jazz artist who has seen and heard it all. His influences range from boogie-woogie to stride to bebop, and he incorporates all of those distinct styles into one that sounds like ... George Shearing. Shearing is one of a handful of jazz legends still giving us the benefit of their experience. Overlook him at your own risk.
Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, arranger and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting-edge in music. Throughout his career, Mike has collaborated with the world's most formidable jazz players, produced numerous albums and discovered a host of innovative, young talent.
At the age of 14, his own jazz trio was touring with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra; by 17 he was playing and arranging for Buddy Rich's sextet - a tenure which continued up until 1962 - and at the age of 18, he won the International Jazz Critic's Award. In 1962, he joined the groundbreaking jazz/rock group Jeremy & The Satyrs and performed with such monumental figures as Frank Zappa, Richie Havens and Jimi Hendrix. From 1969-1972, he was an integral part of the White Elephant Orchestra that created so many musical directions for the decades to follow.
During the late '70's, Mainieri founded the pioneering jazz fusion group Steps Ahead, delving into contemporary sounds while maintaining experimentation and compositional integrity as a launching pad for young talent and new musical ideas. He subsequently founded NYC Records; an extension of himself, the independent label is a vehicle for exposing new ideas grounded in the...
At the age of 14, his own jazz trio was touring with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra; by 17 he was playing and arranging for Buddy Rich's sextet - a tenure which continued up until 1962 - and at the age of 18, he won the International Jazz Critic's Award. In 1962, he joined the groundbreaking jazz/rock group Jeremy & The Satyrs and performed with such monumental figures as Frank Zappa, Richie Havens and Jimi Hendrix. From 1969-1972, he was an integral part of the White Elephant Orchestra that created so many musical directions for the decades to follow.
During the late '70's, Mainieri founded the pioneering jazz fusion group Steps Ahead, delving into contemporary sounds while maintaining experimentation and compositional integrity as a launching pad for young talent and new musical ideas. He subsequently founded NYC Records; an extension of himself, the independent label is a vehicle for exposing new ideas grounded in the...
Whether it's the barrelhouse, ragtime, syncopation, scat, swing, bebop, hard-bop, re-bop, boogie-woogie or jive, it is still Jazz!
Compiled from master recordings that were forgotten in the vaults of Hollywood studios, The Golden Age of Jazz captures the motion pictures of some of greatest artists in the history of Jazz.
Compiled from master recordings that were forgotten in the vaults of Hollywood studios, The Golden Age of Jazz captures the motion pictures of some of greatest artists in the history of Jazz.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary Jazz artists all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American Jazz clubs, open air Jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing Jazz Legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary Jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American Jazz clubs, open air Jazz festivals and concert halls throughput Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, quality and enthusiasm of the performing Jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary Jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American Jazz clubs, open air Jazz festivals and concert halls throughput Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, quality and enthusiasm of the performing Jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary Jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American Jazz clubs, open air Jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing Jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciations of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary jazz artists recorded all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American jazz clubs, open air jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing jazz legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Legends Live! is a series of live performances from contemporary Jazz artists all over the world in a variety of venues - intimate American Jazz clubs, open air Jazz festivals and concert halls throughout Europe. However, what is consistent throughout the series is the wonderful music, the quality and enthusiasm of the performing Jazz Legends and the appreciation of the worldwide audiences.
Jazz Shots from the West Coast, Vol. 1 pays homage to the two coasts - namely the cities of New York and Los Angeles, and to some of the most important musicians who have spent a major part of their career there. Some of these musicians were born in the Midwest, or the South, and later moved to one of the two coasts. What is taken into account when placing the musician in the East or West Coast categories, is where they recorded their most influential works.
This collection focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements without any speakers or introducers. Nothing but music!
This collection focuses exclusively on live performances ranging from clubs to festivals to TV studio engagements without any speakers or introducers. Nothing but music!
On October 4, 1994, The Jesus Lizard performed at Venus de Milo Club in Boston and the show was captured in living color and thoroughly crankable high-fidelity audio that can be seen in this video. Here is The Jesus Lizard in all their glory - frontman David Yow unleashes bloodcurdling howls while heaving himself into the audience, guitarist Duane Denison chops out riffs like a kung fu master on a chainsaw massacre, and drummer Mac McNeilly and bassist David WM. Sims Groove with the ruthlessness of an automated slaughterhouse.
Tenor saxophone great Joe Lovano plays "with a balance of imaginative abandon and technical control that has not been heard since John Coltrane," says Downbeat magazine. Lovano's recordings are consistently at the top of critics' end-of-the-year "Best of" lists (including his Grammy-winning 52nd Street Themes). Touring with his nine-piece ensemble - the previous much celebrated nonet in jazz history was the one Miles Davis formed for his legendary Birth of the Cool - Lovano has found the perfect vehicle in this "little-big band" format, striking a balance between the powerful sound of a large ensemble and the intimacy of the solo-oriented small combo. Each of his Nonet performances at the New Morning - such as this 2001 show featuring the late John Hicks - has been an unforgettable experience for his countless French fans.
John Mayall is widely acknowledged as the father of British blues having baptised a whole generation of white, British musicians and an audience who might otherwise never have discovered the blues.
Apart from having discovered - in Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor - three of the most acclaimed guitarists of the rock era, his "blues school" fostered the talents of a roster of artists who have since profoundly influenced the course of Rock 'n Roll.
Mayall's new incarnation of the Bluesbreakers, officially launched in 1984, included future stars in their own right, guitarists Coco Montoya and Walter Trout and quickly proved to be as innovative and technically gifted as their peers.
Apart from having discovered - in Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor - three of the most acclaimed guitarists of the rock era, his "blues school" fostered the talents of a roster of artists who have since profoundly influenced the course of Rock 'n Roll.
Mayall's new incarnation of the Bluesbreakers, officially launched in 1984, included future stars in their own right, guitarists Coco Montoya and Walter Trout and quickly proved to be as innovative and technically gifted as their peers.
In terms of sheer dramatic power, George Jones in arguably the greatest singer in the history of country music. He's never been country's most versatile singer, but when he meets a lyric worth of him, he transforms it into high art.
Jones recorded one of the greatest country records of all time, "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which won him single and male vocalist of the year honors from the CMA in 1980 and 1981 and a Grammy.
Despite his identification with somber songs, Jones has also shown a fondness throughout his career for lighthearted and novelty tunes such as, "White Lightning" and continuing through such frothy fare as "The Race is On" and "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)," and it is this versatility that makes a George Jones concert such a memorable event.
Jones recorded one of the greatest country records of all time, "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which won him single and male vocalist of the year honors from the CMA in 1980 and 1981 and a Grammy.
Despite his identification with somber songs, Jones has also shown a fondness throughout his career for lighthearted and novelty tunes such as, "White Lightning" and continuing through such frothy fare as "The Race is On" and "The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)," and it is this versatility that makes a George Jones concert such a memorable event.
Whether she's bending a note, perfectly soaring above or below a melody, sliding into a peerless funk groove or reaching out to us with aching clarity, there's a perfection and a precision to the music of Chaka Khan. Three decades after her recording debut with Rufus, she is still without comparison. While she is often imitated, Chaka will always be the 'grand originator' of her own special style.
The Korn Collector's Box is a 2 set collection which celebrates well over 15 years of huge commercial and critical success for the group. Featuring 2 separate, full length documentary films on Korn. The first tells their story chronologically with the aid of rare footage, exclusive interviews and contributions from their closes confidants, while the second film concentrates on the fans, Korn's place in the Nu-Metal scene, the story of how that scene unfolded and the band's music and performances throughout their working life.
As innovative as they are influential, Kraftwerk's contribution to the development of electronic music since their formation in 1970 remains unsurpassed. Having inspired everyone from Bowie to Coldplay, Siouxsie to Radiohead, this bizarre collective has also proven partly responsible for the emergence of entire genres - electronica, techno and synth-pop to name but three.
This film reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s (as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organization), through their most celebrated period in the mid-1970s, and culminating with their resurgence during the 1980s with the popularity of synth-pop and techno. The film further explores how Kraftwerk both fitted into and pulled away from the electronic wing of what is often lazily referred to as "Krautrock." Sparing time also for many of the group's contemporaries from the same field and tracing the unfolding of electronics in German contemporary music generally, this programme presents a fascinating story previously untold on film.
This film reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s (as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organization), through their most celebrated period in the mid-1970s, and culminating with their resurgence during the 1980s with the popularity of synth-pop and techno. The film further explores how Kraftwerk both fitted into and pulled away from the electronic wing of what is often lazily referred to as "Krautrock." Sparing time also for many of the group's contemporaries from the same field and tracing the unfolding of electronics in German contemporary music generally, this programme presents a fascinating story previously untold on film.
As a band who produced some of the best-selling albums of all time and whose shows have sold out arenas across the globe, Led Zeppelin have pretty much done it all. The timeless music of Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham caused waves throughout the rock scene whilst earning them a place in musical history. With the band's music still as relevant today as it ever was, this documentary is a timely reminder of one of the greatest bands of the 20th century.
On Led Zeppelin: The Making of a Supergroup we take you behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely foursome to become one of the biggest-selling groups of all time. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras have never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
On Led Zeppelin: The Making of a Supergroup we take you behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely foursome to become one of the biggest-selling groups of all time. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras have never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
Despite having split up close to 30 years ago following the death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin remain arguably the most important rock band ever. And as musical fads come and go and the allegiances of fans change, the mighty Zep continue to delight and amaze every new and up-and-coming generation.
This video is a visual celebration of Led Zeppelin, the astonishing music they made, the unforgettable shows they performed and the incredible lives they led as Britain's most successful group. This set features one film which charts the story of the band's origins and roots, concentrating on the members' pre-Zep solo careers and taking the story up to the release of their debut album in 1969, and another which follows the rise of Led Zeppelin proper, through their glory years and on to their tragic conclusion in 1980. With rare footage throughout, interviews with the band and those close to them and numerous other features, this set provides for the most informative, enlightening, and downright entertaining documentary on the group yet to emerge.
This video is a visual celebration of Led Zeppelin, the astonishing music they made, the unforgettable shows they performed and the incredible lives they led as Britain's most successful group. This set features one film which charts the story of the band's origins and roots, concentrating on the members' pre-Zep solo careers and taking the story up to the release of their debut album in 1969, and another which follows the rise of Led Zeppelin proper, through their glory years and on to their tragic conclusion in 1980. With rare footage throughout, interviews with the band and those close to them and numerous other features, this set provides for the most informative, enlightening, and downright entertaining documentary on the group yet to emerge.
Led Zeppelin: The Origin of the Species - Roots and Branches is a 70-minute film covering the years that the future members of Led Zep were struggling in the session studios and amateur band scenes of the 1960s, moving through the modest success of outfits like The Yardbirds and Band Of Joy and culminating in Led Zeppelin's first two albums as a band verging on huge global domination.
By 1973, Led Zeppelin was the most popular rock band on the planet. Having already played to the largest audiences ever to attend a music event and achieved sales across their first five albums in figures previously unheard of in the music industry, the band were still thinking big. So, when Physical Graffiti hit the stores two years later, it was greeted with a sense of awe and astonishment - Led Zeppelin had gone one better than anyone thought possible by making what Rolling Stone magazine called "their Tommy, Beggar's Banquet, and Sgt. Pepper rolled into one."
This is a documentary about the build up to, the making and release of and - crucially - the music contained on this most revered of albums. With the aid of rare and classic performances and interviews, seldom-seen photographs and contributions from those involved in the making of the record - plus the review and critique from a panel of Led Zeppelin experts - this programme finally lifts the lid on what many believe to be Led Zeppelin's very finest offering.
This film includes contributions from the album's engineer, Ron Nevison; former Yardbird Chris Dreja; Swan Song recording artist Maggie Bell; author of The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin , Nigel Williamson; Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis; Classic...
This is a documentary about the build up to, the making and release of and - crucially - the music contained on this most revered of albums. With the aid of rare and classic performances and interviews, seldom-seen photographs and contributions from those involved in the making of the record - plus the review and critique from a panel of Led Zeppelin experts - this programme finally lifts the lid on what many believe to be Led Zeppelin's very finest offering.
This film includes contributions from the album's engineer, Ron Nevison; former Yardbird Chris Dreja; Swan Song recording artist Maggie Bell; author of The Rough Guide to Led Zeppelin , Nigel Williamson; Tight But Loose editor Dave Lewis; Classic...
Live from Tokyo take the viewer through the back streets in Shinjuku, the intersections in Shibuya, the alleys in Koenji, and all over Tokyo, as it highlights the innovative musicians that create the multi-faceted underground music scene. Welcome to a world where ideas and genres are pushed to their extremes, with the general sentiment that there is new music waiting to be created.
For their millions of fans around the world, Living Colour needs no introduction: Vernon Reid, Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish and Corey Glover are among the leading New York musicians who helped break down the doors leading to a renewed musical landscape in the 80s. They're one of the very few groups - if not the first and only one - that can be coined as authentic sons of Jimi Hendrix. This is obvious in the intense concert these masters of groove gave at the New Morning in 2007. A treat for all connoisseurs aware of the fact that Living Colour's groundbreaking music is most impressive when performed in the intimate heat of a club.
Living Legend presents the story of Eli Canfield (Earl Owensby), a country-rock legend who has fallen victim to the pitfalls of superstardom - a failed marriage, addiction, living up to an image, and an unclear vision as to who his true friends are. When Eli's new love interest (Ginger Alden) meets with the disapproval of his unscrupulous and manipulative manager (William T. Hicks), tragedy results, and Eli realizes what he must do to not only save his new relationship but also his life; and he does so in a dramatic way.
In 1979, three world renowned guitarists, recognized as the finest exponents of their individual styles, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell and Paco de Lucia formed a guitar super-trio and toured Europe. The spell-binding quality of the music that the collaboration created as an ensemble and the dazzling audience reaction to the performances has never been surpassed and has rightfully passed into Jazz folklore. At long last an original, authenticated master of the concert is available for a worldwide audience to experience how the legend that was a Meeting of the Spirits was made.
A full three decades since they initially exploded onto the American metal scene, Metallica have remained at the forefront of the genre, a testament to their pioneering spirit, enormous talent and enduring legacy. This is a band that have consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation, altering the musical landscape on a number of occasions, and not only within their own genre elect, but within the music industry as a whole. With an influence that is undeniable, Metallica have achieved that hallowed combination of commercial and critical success, confirming their standing as the most iconic of metal acts.
Metallica Collector's Box is a set celebrating 30 years of the band's superb music. The first disc offers a perfect retrospective of their career, starting right back at the beginning of their incredible journey and carrying through to their recent activities. It is packed with interviews, footage, rare archives and contributions from those closest to the group. The second video considers their beginnings, musical evolution, and their impact on the heavy metal genre. Both films feature interviews with the band plus the inclusion of other metal acts who remain influenced by this most prominent of groups.
Metallica Collector's Box is a set celebrating 30 years of the band's superb music. The first disc offers a perfect retrospective of their career, starting right back at the beginning of their incredible journey and carrying through to their recent activities. It is packed with interviews, footage, rare archives and contributions from those closest to the group. The second video considers their beginnings, musical evolution, and their impact on the heavy metal genre. Both films feature interviews with the band plus the inclusion of other metal acts who remain influenced by this most prominent of groups.
They're the most important and influential metal band ever, and more than 25 years into an incredible career they still have the power, energy, talent and creativity to produce the most enthralling rock music in existence; Metallica are nothing if not a phenomenon.
This set is a documentary review concentrating on Metallica's music and career, from their earliest days as pioneers of the American thrash metal scene right up to their status today as global superstars and godfathers of the genre they still reign over.
The film includes rare and classic performance footage of Metallica and of their influences, interviews with the band and those who know them best, exclusive contributions from friends, associates and the finest rock journalists and writers, location shoots and news clips, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
This set is a documentary review concentrating on Metallica's music and career, from their earliest days as pioneers of the American thrash metal scene right up to their status today as global superstars and godfathers of the genre they still reign over.
The film includes rare and classic performance footage of Metallica and of their influences, interviews with the band and those who know them best, exclusive contributions from friends, associates and the finest rock journalists and writers, location shoots and news clips, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
Intelligent, thought-provoking and always pushing the boundaries of metal music, Metallica have remained at the top of their game whilst other groups have fallen by the wayside. Nevertheless, the band's dynamic has changed drastically since they first came together in 1982, with them working their way through numerous bassists and even continuing after the tragic death of band member Cliff Burton. Always keeping the fans guessing, Metallica have managed to appeal to the mainstream whilst never compromising their artistic integrity as countless new generations of fans discover their music.
On Metallica: Dark Souls we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of headbangers to remain Kings of the metal scene for over two decades (and counting!). Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
On Metallica: Dark Souls we go behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely group of headbangers to remain Kings of the metal scene for over two decades (and counting!). Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
Metallica is an American heavy metal band formed in October 1981. They are a huge phenomenon in the metal world, and this video reveals how they have still managed to keep their feet fixed firmly on the ground despite the massive attention the media and fans have heaped upon them.
This footage shows many never-before-seen interviews that reveal the true lives of these larger-than-life metal heroes. With sales of over 90 million albums, they are one of the most commercially successful heavy metal acts ever. Their notoriety is even evidenced in the fact that U.S. interrogators were known to expose Iraqi POWs to Metallica tracks for prolonged periods during the Second Gulf War in an attempt to make them talk!
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality available from the original masters.
This footage shows many never-before-seen interviews that reveal the true lives of these larger-than-life metal heroes. With sales of over 90 million albums, they are one of the most commercially successful heavy metal acts ever. Their notoriety is even evidenced in the fact that U.S. interrogators were known to expose Iraqi POWs to Metallica tracks for prolonged periods during the Second Gulf War in an attempt to make them talk!
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality available from the original masters.
Senior Jazz columnist Mike Zwerin who's been in and out of the Jazz Galaxy says it like this: "Mike Stern is one of the best electric guitarists of his generation." This has never been more obvious than in the extraordinary concert the four-time Grammy nominee gave in the spring of 2008 to a mesmerized New Morning audience. At the peak of his inspiration, improvising past all musical genres, Mike - superbly backed this time by brilliant drummer Dave Weckl, soulful tenor saxophonist Bob Franceschini and incredible bassist Tom Kennedy - takes his fans along into a journey of pure musical delight. Not a surprise that mike concluded the evening by confiding: "I don't want to stop! They'll probably have to wheel me off the stage."
No single figure in American music so dominated a genre as Bill Monroe did bluegrass. This film stands alone as the most intimate and detailed portrait of this unique musical innovator, creating an experience akin to having a one-on-one conversation with the bluegrass master.
A star of the Grand Ole Opry from 1939 until his death in 1996, he created bluegrass music out of his deep Kentucky roots, fusing the fiddle tunes and Scotch-Irish ballads learned from his mother Malissa and Uncle Pen Vandiver with the "old Southern blues" taught him by black blues guitarist Arnold Schultz. The result was brand new yet timeless, a distinctly personal sound that influenced generations of musicians, from his sidemen in the original bluegrass band - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts - to Ricky Skaggs and Del McCoury (himself a former Blue Grass Boy) and modern superstars like Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek.
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music is a dynamic music documentary combining historic interviews with rare musical performances by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, John Hartford and a once-in-a-lifetime Blue Grass Boys reunion featuring Del...
A star of the Grand Ole Opry from 1939 until his death in 1996, he created bluegrass music out of his deep Kentucky roots, fusing the fiddle tunes and Scotch-Irish ballads learned from his mother Malissa and Uncle Pen Vandiver with the "old Southern blues" taught him by black blues guitarist Arnold Schultz. The result was brand new yet timeless, a distinctly personal sound that influenced generations of musicians, from his sidemen in the original bluegrass band - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise and Howard Watts - to Ricky Skaggs and Del McCoury (himself a former Blue Grass Boy) and modern superstars like Alison Krauss and Nickel Creek.
Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music is a dynamic music documentary combining historic interviews with rare musical performances by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, John Hartford and a once-in-a-lifetime Blue Grass Boys reunion featuring Del...
This magical concert from the New Morning in 2001 finds the magnificent Monty Alexander accompanied by Bobby Thomas, Jr. and Hassan W. Shakour. The life and career of pianist Monty Alexander is a dream come true. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on D-Day, this formidably gifted and happy child prodigy soon directed his feet to the sunny side of the street, like Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, his first hero, sang. His lucky star showed up before he was twenty years old, when Frank Sinatra produced him in that temple of fifties and sixties pop music, Jilly's Bar in New York. After Ray Brown invited Monty to sit in, he was ready to go. He never looked back. Monty's swing and lyricism inspired such giants as Milt Jackson, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and a whole pantheon of stars, who he accompanied to the four corners of the Earth - in the course of an exemplary musical journey both as monster pianist and subtle composer. These days, younger at heart as ever, he revisits Randy Weston and Bob Marley for an irresistible return to his Jamaican roots.
Featuring an incredible array of the world's leading keyboardists, Moogfest , the annual festival celebrating the groundbreaking achievements of maverick inventor Robert Moog and his namesake synthesizer captures the spirit of the instruments that altered the course of our musical culture. Filmed live at New York's famed B.B. King Blues Club in Times Square. this film features performances from some of its greatest practitioners, including Keith Emerson, Jan Hammer, Bernie Worrell, Roger O'Donnell, The Mahavishnu Project and DJ Logic.
Van Morrison - Under Review, 1964-1974 is a documentary film which covers this extraordinary performer's music and career during that period. From the formation of Them through Van's classic solo period - taking in albums such as Astral Weeks, Moondance, St. Dominic's Preview, Tupelo Honey, Veedon Fleece and It's Too Late to Stop Now - this was a time of quite startling creativity in a musical career that has rarely failed to delight fans and critics alike.
This programme looks again at these records and the man who made them, and in doing so provides the most enlightening, revealing and entertaining Van Morrison documentary yet to emerge.
This programme looks again at these records and the man who made them, and in doing so provides the most enlightening, revealing and entertaining Van Morrison documentary yet to emerge.
Morrissey's influence as a performer, songwriter and cultural icon far exceeds the sales of his records. The living embodiment of alternative guitar rock, he has been worshipped with a near-religious intensity by his fans, while suffering vitriolic abuse from non-believers. Adored by vegetarians, Mexicans and J.K. Rowling and loathed by judges and a musician or two, here is his story.
Morrissey: The Jewel in the Crown documents how he hit the big time first with the Smiths and later as a solo performer. It details his battles with both the media and the people he worked with after his big mouth struck again and again. It tells the story of his exodus from the grey UK to sunny LA, and how after seven years hibernating, Morrissey achieved such a triumphant comeback.
Morrissey: The Jewel in the Crown documents how he hit the big time first with the Smiths and later as a solo performer. It details his battles with both the media and the people he worked with after his big mouth struck again and again. It tells the story of his exodus from the grey UK to sunny LA, and how after seven years hibernating, Morrissey achieved such a triumphant comeback.
This fantastic three camera shoot was filmed and recorded in front of over 4,000 crazy reggae fans on a summer night in June 2006 at Centre Stage in Minehead, Somerset (UK). It had been a long time since Pass the Dutchie , but the crowds and fans demanded that Musical Youth comeback. In the middle of 2005, original members Dennis Seaton and Michael Grant got together with the Reggae Revolution (which included Steve Morrison and James Renford) and put together an awesome live show with all the hits and some newly recorded tracks.
Thirteen of Canada's finest filmmakers bring us this diverse, ambitious collection of visually mind-bending short films that capture the mystery and majesty of the Canadian landscape. Shot on a series of five-day trips to the most inspiring national parks across Canada, and featuring soundtracks written and recorded in the parks in collaboration with 39 of the country's most acclaimed musicians, the National Parks Project is Canada like you've never seen it before.
By 1993, Nirvana was in a state of disarray. Having kick-started the grunge phenomenon two years earlier, the band were now keen to return to their roots. The extraordinary music which resulted from this impulse was the most "punk-rock" they ever recorded.
In Utero - A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this startling record, and with the use of archive footage and contributions from those around at the time concludes that Nirvana's final studio work remains arguably their finest of all.
In Utero - A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this startling record, and with the use of archive footage and contributions from those around at the time concludes that Nirvana's final studio work remains arguably their finest of all.
For those who witnessed events unfolding in the late 1980s and early 1990s, it's a shock to realise that a full two decades have passed since the finest record from the genre which came to be known as grunge was released. But it was on 24 September 1991 that the image of a naked baby chasing a dollar bill underwater first entered the consciousness of the music loving community, as it graced the cover of Nirvana's sophomore album Nevermind.
The rest of course if history and this documentary traces the rise of Nirvana to the point at which they were the world's favourite band, and reveals the legacy of this now legendary record and tell the tale of what Nirvana did next - taking the story up to the point of leader Kurt Cobain's tragic suicide in 1994.
The most conclusive, enlightening and entertaining documentary about this extraordinary band and the music they created yet to emerge, this is a fitting tribute to the incredible legacy of Nirvana, a group who attract just as many new fans and admirers today as they did during the height of their success.
The rest of course if history and this documentary traces the rise of Nirvana to the point at which they were the world's favourite band, and reveals the legacy of this now legendary record and tell the tale of what Nirvana did next - taking the story up to the point of leader Kurt Cobain's tragic suicide in 1994.
The most conclusive, enlightening and entertaining documentary about this extraordinary band and the music they created yet to emerge, this is a fitting tribute to the incredible legacy of Nirvana, a group who attract just as many new fans and admirers today as they did during the height of their success.
Nirvana were an American rock band that exploded into the mainstream with the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their 1991 album Nevermind, bringing along with it a subgenre of alternative rock, called grunge, along with other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden.
Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain, found himself referred to in the media as the spokesman of a generation. Cobain was uncomfortable with this attention and placed his focus on the band's music. This unfortunately ended with the death of Cobain in April of 1994, but the band's popularity expanded in the years that followed and they have sold over fifty million albums worldwide.
Teen Spirit reveals through many close interviews how this band connected with a generation.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
Nirvana's frontman, Kurt Cobain, found himself referred to in the media as the spokesman of a generation. Cobain was uncomfortable with this attention and placed his focus on the band's music. This unfortunately ended with the death of Cobain in April of 1994, but the band's popularity expanded in the years that followed and they have sold over fifty million albums worldwide.
Teen Spirit reveals through many close interviews how this band connected with a generation.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality allowing for the availability of the original masters.
Nirvana, the defining sound of a generation and the trailblazers of the grunge music movement, Through lead singer Kurt Cobain's angst ridden vocals and his group's unrelenting attitude, they became the soundtrack for disaffected youth the world over. Even after Cobain's tragic suicide they remain highly influential and immensely popular as countless new generations of fans discover their music.
On Nirvana: The Untold Stories we take you behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely trio to define a musical genre. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
On Nirvana: The Untold Stories we take you behind the music to discover what it took for this unlikely trio to define a musical genre. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly legendary band.
One of the few bands to have success on both the rock and pop as well as the country charts, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has had hit records in five different decades and has lasted longer than virtually any other country-based rock group of their era.
Younger contemporaries of the Byrds, they played an almost equally important role in the transformation from folk-rock into country-rock, and were an influence on such bands as the Eagles and Alabama and released the seminal triple album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, in January of 1973 that became a million-seller.
The band have since performed and recorded with any number of country/bluegrass crossover artists whose career paths were made easier by that first record, including John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Rosanne Cash.
Younger contemporaries of the Byrds, they played an almost equally important role in the transformation from folk-rock into country-rock, and were an influence on such bands as the Eagles and Alabama and released the seminal triple album, Will the Circle Be Unbroken, in January of 1973 that became a million-seller.
The band have since performed and recorded with any number of country/bluegrass crossover artists whose career paths were made easier by that first record, including John Hiatt, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Rosanne Cash.
While the memory of Britpop is a distant one, and one that prompts the names of very few bands to trip off the tongue, the mighty Oasis have long survived the genre they were almost single-handed in creating, something they've achieved through unquestionable talent, mind-blowing performances and songwriting skills that go way beyond the call of duty.
This video is a documentary review concentrating on Oasis's music and career, from their days in the early 1990s as Manchester's favorite Stone Roses wannabes right through to their global position today as godfathers of guitar-based music for millions of fans. Also featured is the full-length documentary based around their classic Morning Glory album, a film which won Vodafone's "DVD of the Year" in 2007.
Also included are rare and classic performance footage of Oasis and of their influences, interviews with the band and those who know them best, exclusive contributions from friends, associates and the finest rock journalists and writers around, location shoots and news clips, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
This video is a documentary review concentrating on Oasis's music and career, from their days in the early 1990s as Manchester's favorite Stone Roses wannabes right through to their global position today as godfathers of guitar-based music for millions of fans. Also featured is the full-length documentary based around their classic Morning Glory album, a film which won Vodafone's "DVD of the Year" in 2007.
Also included are rare and classic performance footage of Oasis and of their influences, interviews with the band and those who know them best, exclusive contributions from friends, associates and the finest rock journalists and writers around, location shoots and news clips, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
It was October 1995, and Oasis were riding high on the back of what had already been dubbed the "greatest debut of all time" in certain quarters. Never known to hide their light under a bushel, the band unleashed their second set of killer tunes with Morning Glory, which took the charts by storm and became the focal point in the phenomenon now known as Britpop. The album went on to rank as many fans' favourite, and it is home to some of the most memorable singles the group has ever released.
Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this powerhouse of a record. With the use of archive footage, long-forgotten videos and contributions from those around at the time, this program uncovers why the band's second album is arguably their most satisfying.
Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which revisits and reassesses this powerhouse of a record. With the use of archive footage, long-forgotten videos and contributions from those around at the time, this program uncovers why the band's second album is arguably their most satisfying.
Albert Collins, the man they call the Master of the Telecaster, or the Iceman, was already one of the biggest U.S. Blues stars of the sixties. On stage, the Texan delighted his audiences with his famed guitar walks and his funky, jangly guitar sounds. In this 1985 concert, the master welcomes a very special guest, Southside Johnny. This is a truly legendary Blues meeting.
The man they call the Master of the Telecaster, or the Iceman, was already one of the biggest US blues stars in the sixties with his funky, jangly guitar sounds. Albert Collins was one of Jimi Hendrix's idols and has since been asked to collaborate in the studio with John Lee Hooker and Gary Moore. On stage, the Texan delighted his audiences with his famed guitar walks.
Marcia Ball, Angela Strehli and Sarah Brown are each natural musical talents in their own right, and together they are an unstoppable trio of Texas blues. In an exciting show, they whip up a storm of explosive blues-rock, steamy swamp soul and sparkling folk sound. It's the southern sound at its best.
One of the most glittering personalities in the U.S. music business, Ben Sidran is a pianist and musicologist, author and TV presenter, and as producer and head of the Go Jazz label, a tireless promoter of artistic talent. In his own shows, the former partner of rock legend Steve Miller likes to show his love of jazzy entertainment. He is an intelligent and entertaining pleasure.
Her voice is a natural wonder. Her extravagant appearance is unmistakable, but beyond this, Candye Kane is an entertainer of considerable talent. With her feisty blues, soul, rock and swing, she fires up any audience who loves juicy blues and is curious for new sounds.
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown is a maestro of the Texas guitar blues - an explosive mixture of Blues, R&B, Country, Jazz and Cajun. "Gate," who draws full sounds from his electric guitar and is also a full-fledged violinist, can look back on over 50 years of stage experience. Watching him in action is proof of his prolific career.
Duke Robillard is not a man of many words. The guitar ace prefers to let his fingers do the talking. When he sets foot on stage with his band, he proves every time that he is one of the best blues guitarists in the world and one of the most open-minded. His music contains elements of songwriter rock, rockabilly, country and jazz.
The Ford family has the blues in their blood. In the sixties, the brothers Pat, Mark and Robben Ford were part of the San Francisco scene, and enjoyed the blues of the legendary Muddy Waters. Today, the Ford Blues Band, with its changing line-up, is an influential player in California - and on their tours of Europe they present their powerful, full-bodied blues rock.
The American label Go Jazz, which specializes in Jazz, Fusion, and Blues, takes its artists' ideas seriously. The company's founder Ben Sidran, himself a successful musician, regularly gathers the best of his team to form a touring band. The Go Jazz All-Stars - with the talented British show singer Georgie Fame - guarantee a clever mix of entertainment and virtuoso performance.
With their unmistakable mixture of soul, jazz, fusion and funk, Incognito made their name as pioneers of British acid jazz. Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick and his band are always on the move - not only in regard to their musical development, but also live on stage, where they whip up a groove inferno, captivating the audience with effervescent rhythms. Incognito are always good for a surprise.
Jim Lauderdale was one of the key figures in the Americana boom of the nineties, a revival of American roots music. His fellow musicians appreciate his songs and his voice. With his own live band, Jim Lauderdale creates a fascinating mixture of country, rock, blues and folk.
Joe Louis Walker and the Bosstalkers are resolutely taking their blues into the future. Their music is rough and honest, but nevertheless open for new influences. Their combination of Chicago blues, Memphis soul, Westcoast rock, Cajun from the Delta and gospel is a hot mixture. In the sixties the blues man Walker jammed with Steve Miller, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead and Lightnin' Hopkins and supported John Lee Hooker on stage. Today Walker himself is one of the great musicians of this genre.
He was a passionate, grass-roots blues man, a glamorous funkateer, an innovative studio artist and a gifted entertainer. Johnny "Guitar" Watson, who died far too young during a comeback tour of Japan in 1996, electrified audiences all over the globe with his musical diversity, funky and imaginative guitar work and his cool, seductive voice. This "unfiltered" live recording documents one of the super-talented Texan's greatest concerts.
The Californian who is highly respected on the college circuit has enhanced many recordings of numerous jazz, blues, rock, or folk stars with his expressive guitar playing. Live, with his own top-class band and attractive mix of styles, Larry Carlton showcases his virtuosity and lets his fingers fly over the strings.
Long John Baldry, who now lives in Canada, was one of the figureheads of the blues explosion in England in the swinging sixties. Baldry raised his profile as a singer with Alexis Korner's legendary Blues Incorporated. In 1967 the two-meter man went to number one in the British charts with the pop ballad "Let the Heartaches Begin." Later on Baldry went firmly back to his roots, using his rough voice to promote unsophisticated blues and blues rock. And as a live entertainer, he is always good for an electrifying show.
Keep on developing and don't stand still. That's the way Marcus Miller lives his life. The brilliant bassist and producer has left his characteristic bass fingerprints on over 400 albums of various rock and jazz giants. He is also a wonder to behold live. The one-time Miles Davis collaborator now plays with his own, excellent band.
His smooth, funky guitar sound means Phil Upchurch is an immensely popular session musician, with the stars of jazz, blues, soul and pop ballads beating a track to his door. And when the man from Chicago tours his own material on stages around the world, he is greeted with enthusiasm wherever he goes - and no wonder, because Phil Upchurch's playing is not just skillful and refined, but also always fresh, lively and dynamic, with an enticing melodic touch.
It all started in the Bay Area of San Francisco in the late sixties, when he was bitten by the bug ... Robben Ford accompanied the legendary bluesman Charly Musselwhite on guitar. Since those days, he hasn't shaken off the blues. However, he has always been keen on jazz too - and he was one of the founding members of the successful fusion band "Yellowjackets". As well as this, his electrifying live performances with his band The Blue Line make Robben Ford one of the most distinctive personalities in blues today.
Is it blues or fusion? Is it funk or even hard rock? It's not possible to put a label on the guitar ace Robben Ford. At his second TV guest performance on Ohne Filter, this Californian already has his highly-acclaimed album Tiger Walk ready as he entered the stage. The sound Ford creates on his guitar with his nimble fingers reveals a deep understanding and appreciation for the blues - a true virtuoso, who is continuously able to reinvent himself.
The music of Roy Ayers combines hot R&B, cool, smooth jazz and popular soul sounds. A master of the vibraphone, he is rightly known as the "godfather of groove," and proves it every time he goes on stage. He excites his audiences with the help of seasoned professionals, young and old, with incendiary rhythms, elegant melodies and sparkling improvisations.
In 1987, he brought out his debut album, Introducing the Hardline and was celebrated as the new prince of pop, and since then Terence Trent D'Arby has known what he owes his fans. The charismatic singer, who changed his name to Sananda Maitreya in 2001, has an impressive stage presence with catchy rhythms, funky sounds and above all his brilliant, soulful voice - a unique mixture of rock, soul, funk and gospel.
Great emotion presented by top-notch musicians - this is the formula with which Tower of Power have been enthralling audiences around the world for four decades. This entertainment machine from California manages to merge a spectacular mixture of funk, soul, jazz and pop on stage, accompanied by, among others, one of the most in-demand horn sections in the branch.
The Yellowjackets are unique. Fusion music has preserved their vitality and charm. To their credit, this band from California, who captured the music scene at the beginning of the eighties, has produced one hit after another ever since. When keyboard maestro Russell Ferrante, ace bass player Jimmy Haslip, saxophonist star Bob Mintzer and drum dervish Will Kennedy get together live, then pop fans are as impressed as jazz lovers. The passion that exudes from these four virtuosos and flows through the amazing solos is inspiring and brings subtle studio music to life on stage.
Rastafarian religion has been much misunderstood and rarely celebrated with force and abandon. In these three documentary films, the late Jah Bones sets out the Rasta agenda and illustrates it with drums, music, poems and praises from dedicated Rasta interpreters like Jah Shepherd, Ras Anum Iyapo and Cosmo Ben Imhotep. Shot in London and Nottingham in the early 90s, the three films from a unique document of Rasha history, beliefs and artistic creation.
All three parts feature Rasta poets performing set pieces, including Song of the Motherland by Ras Anum Iyapo, and the nyabinghi drums RUZ.
All three parts feature Rasta poets performing set pieces, including Song of the Motherland by Ras Anum Iyapo, and the nyabinghi drums RUZ.
While Ozzy Osbourne has always been one of the high priests of heavy metal music, it has only been the recent chain of events that has finally allowed him to lay claim to the papacy. With some 35 years in the business and a string of controversies under his belt, ranging from the oral decapitation of small animals to bladder relief on one of the USA's most sacred monuments, Ozzy has truly encapsulated the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. On this film we go behind the scenes and discover what it is that has driven this Brummie dropout to become Lord of the Manor, King of the Heap, and The Crown Prince of Darkness.
When Oscar Peterson was 14 years old, his piano teacher, Paul de Marky, left him with a statement which would govern his life: "Respect the instrument. Make it sound as if it loves you. Then it will love you." When Oscar Peterson caresses the keys, this love becomes tangible. He becomes one with the instrument, and his improvisations are characterised by vigour and elegance, his infinite fantasy and his overwhelming delight in sound and melodies. Playing is like speaking, Peterson once said: "You need a clear, distinct voice and a large vocabulary." Both this, as well as his virtuosity, made the Canadian one of the most significant, and popular, jazz musicians of all time. He was awarded seven Grammy Awards between 1975 and 1991; and of the other awards he received, the Glenn Gould Prize (1993) and the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association (1999) are the most eminent. The concert held at the ZDF JazzClub in Stuttgart was played by Oscar Peterson together with the drummer Kenny Drew and the double bass player Dave Young. Their collaboration had begun in 1974. For Drew, who was British, it lasted until 2004, while the Canadian Young was a regular member of Peterson's trio for 25 years. Jazz classics, including a medley with five compositions from Duke Ellington's...
In 1982, Alan, Wayne, Merrill, and Jay Osmond decided to change their musical direction and sound when they started singing country music. Their transition from pop to country music proved to be very successful. Billboard Magazine honored them with the 1982 Breakthrough Award and also acknowledged them as the New Singles Group of the Year. The Country Music Association recognized them with a nomination for Best New Group of the Year as well.
The loudest and most disturbing act to have ever hit the Billboard charts, Pantera remain arguably the best metal band of all time, and in the late Dimebag Darrell they certainly had the very finest rock guitarist since Ritchie Blackmore. This astonishing group rewrote the rules of heavy metal, and their live performances had the power to change lives forever.
This documentary film is a review of Pantera's career and music and a tribute to the band and their sadly missed guitarist. It features rare archive footage of the group, filmed interviews with band members and their legendary producer Sterling Winfield, contributions from orignal vocalist Terry Glaze, opinion, review and enlightenment from experts such as Dimebag's biographer Zac Crain and Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas, location shoots, film of the annual "Ride for Dime" event and a host of other features, all of which makes for the best documentary yet to emerge about Pantera.
This documentary film is a review of Pantera's career and music and a tribute to the band and their sadly missed guitarist. It features rare archive footage of the group, filmed interviews with band members and their legendary producer Sterling Winfield, contributions from orignal vocalist Terry Glaze, opinion, review and enlightenment from experts such as Dimebag's biographer Zac Crain and Metal Hammer editor Alexander Milas, location shoots, film of the annual "Ride for Dime" event and a host of other features, all of which makes for the best documentary yet to emerge about Pantera.
The Paris Reunion Band, which came into being in 1984, was a celebration of the Paris jazz scene of the 1960s and was also a respectful salute to Klook, who was originally to have been featured with the band. His death in January 1985 represented an immense loss to jazz and was a severe blow to the other PRB musicians. BUt with the total agreement of Kenny's widow, Daisy, it was decided that the project would continue with Billy Brooks - a drummer of whom Klook very much approved - handling all percussion duties.
With a classic repertoire drawn from the swinging 1920's and the lively 1930's, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra have provided unparalleled and energetic stage shows to admirers around the world for over three decades.
In the summer of 2005, a package arrived at the Hollywood offices of Highway 61 Entertainment from London with no return address. Inside were two mini-cassette audio tapes dated December 30, 1999 and labeled "The Last Testament of George Harrison." A voice eerily similar to Harrison's tells a shocking story: Paul McCartney was killed in a car crash in November of 1966 and replaced with a double! British intelligence, MI5, had forced the Beatles to cover up McCartney's death to prevent mass suicides of Beatles fans. However, the remaining Beatles tried to signal fans with clues on album covers and in songs.
Until now, the "Paul is dead" mystery that exploded worldwide in 1969 was considered a hoax. However, in this film, the mysterious voice on the tapes reveals a secret Beatles history, chronicling McCartney's fatal accident, the cover up, dozens of unknown clues, and a dangerous cat and mouse game with "Maxwell," the Beatles' MI5 handler, as John Lennon became increasingly reckless with the secret. The voice also claims that Lennon was assasinated in 1980 after he threatened to finally expose "Paul McCartney" as an imposter!
Highway 61 Entertainment has investigated this stunning new account of the conspiracry to hide McCartney's tragic death and produced this unauthorized...
Until now, the "Paul is dead" mystery that exploded worldwide in 1969 was considered a hoax. However, in this film, the mysterious voice on the tapes reveals a secret Beatles history, chronicling McCartney's fatal accident, the cover up, dozens of unknown clues, and a dangerous cat and mouse game with "Maxwell," the Beatles' MI5 handler, as John Lennon became increasingly reckless with the secret. The voice also claims that Lennon was assasinated in 1980 after he threatened to finally expose "Paul McCartney" as an imposter!
Highway 61 Entertainment has investigated this stunning new account of the conspiracry to hide McCartney's tragic death and produced this unauthorized...
Since bursting out of the Seattle scene in 1991 with their multi-platinum selling debut Ten, Pearl Jam have not just remained one of that city's truly great acts, they have also become - over the intervening two decades - one of the very finest rock bands in the world today. Famously labelled "grunge sell-outs" by Kurt Cobain, Pearl Jam went on to become by 1992 the biggest selling music artists in the USA. This success did not, however, sit easily with the group. After sophomore album Vs went on to become the fastest-moving American record of all time, Eddie Vedder and Co. set about reconstructing their sound while launching a campaign against what they perceived to be the more unjust aspects of the music industry. And even now, after 20 years in the game, Pearl Jam refuse to rest on their laurels, constantly exploring new musical directions while remaining as fiercely loyal to their fans as ever.
Pearl Jam - Under Review documents this extraordinary band's rise to glory and explores how they have confounded fans and critics alike, maintaining their status among rock's elite while refusing to compromise their artisitic and ethical values. It includes archive interviews with the band themselves from across their career, contributions from their closest allies and from...
Pearl Jam - Under Review documents this extraordinary band's rise to glory and explores how they have confounded fans and critics alike, maintaining their status among rock's elite while refusing to compromise their artisitic and ethical values. It includes archive interviews with the band themselves from across their career, contributions from their closest allies and from...
As much a composer as a performer, Barre has worked in the areas of film, ballet and theater throughout the years whilst his stage experience spans a wide range of musical styles, from Coleman Hawkins to Cecil Taylor to Interactive Electronic music. His work in the 1970's with John Surman and Stu Martin as The Trio , became a model in itself, and influenced many younger musicians. This unique improvisation set demonstrates why Barre is in constant demand throughout Europe, North America and Japan as a soloist and improviser.
Despite being on an indefinite hiatus since 1996, Pink Floyd remain one of the most critically and commercially acclaimed bands of the rock era. Having forged a reputation built on constant innovation, masterful musicianship and superlative songwriting, their influence and legacy is assured as long as people enjoy first-rate music.
This video covers the band's early years, from their inception and the period during which the extraordinary talent that was Syd Barrett led the band, through the first few post-Barrett albums, to what many consider to be the first "real Pink Floyd album," Meddle.
Essentially, this two-part film covers the period before Pink Floyd became a household name and embarked on the massive worldwide tours which later took up so much of their time and energy.
Featuring interviews with Floyd members and those who know them best, rare archive footage, live and studio recordings of the best-known tracks from this era, as well as numerous other features, The Early Pink Floyd is the most detailed, enlightening and entertaining documentary on this part of Floyd's astonishing career yet to emerge.
This video covers the band's early years, from their inception and the period during which the extraordinary talent that was Syd Barrett led the band, through the first few post-Barrett albums, to what many consider to be the first "real Pink Floyd album," Meddle.
Essentially, this two-part film covers the period before Pink Floyd became a household name and embarked on the massive worldwide tours which later took up so much of their time and energy.
Featuring interviews with Floyd members and those who know them best, rare archive footage, live and studio recordings of the best-known tracks from this era, as well as numerous other features, The Early Pink Floyd is the most detailed, enlightening and entertaining documentary on this part of Floyd's astonishing career yet to emerge.
Following the departure of their founding father, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Pink Floyd were forced to reasses their position on the musical map. By the time Meddle was released in 1971 - the album Dave Gilmour considers "the start of the path forward" - the band were demonstrating an expert grasp of the new sonic territories they had been exploring. The mega-selling Dark Side of the Moon, which followed Meddle, would arguably have sounded a whole lot different had it not been for its groundbreaking predecessor.
Pink Floyd: Meddle - A Classic Album Under Review offers a hitherto undocumented level of insight into the band during the build up, recording and aftermath of their most significant musical turning point. Via the use of performance footage, long forgotten photographs, contributions from friends and colleagues, review, criticism and insight from a panel of esteemed experts, this film delivers the long-awaited critical review of a world-class band at their creative peak.
Pink Floyd: Meddle - A Classic Album Under Review offers a hitherto undocumented level of insight into the band during the build up, recording and aftermath of their most significant musical turning point. Via the use of performance footage, long forgotten photographs, contributions from friends and colleagues, review, criticism and insight from a panel of esteemed experts, this film delivers the long-awaited critical review of a world-class band at their creative peak.
Probably possessors of the strangest tale of any group from the rock age, Pink Floyd somehow manage to remain amongst the most popular music acts of all time. And despite being on indefinite hiatus for almost 20 years - longer if the classic line-up is considered - the very mention of their name is still enough to garner an emotional response in even the hardiest of fans.
But surely such responses are justified when speaking of a group of musicians who have not just proven themselves the most experimental and cutting edge of any chart regulars over the period that such things have been considered important, but who have also inspired and informed a host of subsequent musicians and composers, many of which are the most interesting and important of the current age.
This documentary gets behind the mystery that is Pink Floyd as it unravels the story of the band, covering the post-Syd Barrett classic era of Meddle and Dark Side, through the late 1970s and brings the saga completely up to date with the group's first attempt at a reunion of sorts at Live 8, and the more recent collaborations between Gilmour and Waters which, for those still holding it in, offer some hope for a full scale Floyd rebirth.
But surely such responses are justified when speaking of a group of musicians who have not just proven themselves the most experimental and cutting edge of any chart regulars over the period that such things have been considered important, but who have also inspired and informed a host of subsequent musicians and composers, many of which are the most interesting and important of the current age.
This documentary gets behind the mystery that is Pink Floyd as it unravels the story of the band, covering the post-Syd Barrett classic era of Meddle and Dark Side, through the late 1970s and brings the saga completely up to date with the group's first attempt at a reunion of sorts at Live 8, and the more recent collaborations between Gilmour and Waters which, for those still holding it in, offer some hope for a full scale Floyd rebirth.
In the history of modern American music there are few bands like the Pixies. Theirs was an unparalleled musical path, influencing countless others despite modest financial success. In 1992, their chief songwriter and vocalist Black Francis announced his intention to quit via a blunt facsimile. That, it seemed, was that. But to the amazement of everyone, the Pixies reunited in 2004. loudQUIETloud is the story of this unforeseen plot twist - a deeply compelling protrait of four band members and their difficult, tense and ultimately triumphant return. From the first rehearsal to the final bow nearly one year later, the press-shy Pixies granted unprecedented access to award-winning directors Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin. The result is an insider's perspective on the Pixies, their relationships with family, fans and each other, and the combustible dynamic when the four members come together on stage.
Robert Plant's journey through the territories that have most acutely informed and inspired his music is perhaps one of the most multi-faceted of any artist from his generation. In a remarkable career that has spanned five decades, Plant has travelled from gold-maned god of hard rock to balladeering country troubadour, a process of reinvention guided by an ever-expanding musical palette and tireless searches through global song. His fantastic voyage has essayed the plantations of Mississippi, the deserts and townships of Africa and the settlements of the Appalachians.
This film follows Robert's incredible and ongoing tour of music styles and acts as travelogue in its unique approach to documenting and reviewing a career that has been built on endless fascination, consistent experimentation and a unique talent that makes the incorporation of his discoveries into a popular contemporary form seem almost effortless.
Featured here are rare footage, archive performances, recorded interviews, contributions from his closest collaborators, expert critique from the finest music writers, location film, news reports, seldom-seen photographs, and a host of other features.
This film follows Robert's incredible and ongoing tour of music styles and acts as travelogue in its unique approach to documenting and reviewing a career that has been built on endless fascination, consistent experimentation and a unique talent that makes the incorporation of his discoveries into a popular contemporary form seem almost effortless.
Featured here are rare footage, archive performances, recorded interviews, contributions from his closest collaborators, expert critique from the finest music writers, location film, news reports, seldom-seen photographs, and a host of other features.
Live from the Ivar Theater in Hollywood, Touchstar Media presents Poets in Hip Hop, featuring some of today's hottest spoken word artists, including Bridget Gray (2001 Grand Slam Champion), GaKnew, Miss Kim, Joy Jones, Gina Loring, Jahaira and many more. These gifted and talented poets speak on topics from racism to politics in a way that all can relate. This is one of the most significant spoken word performances of our time, one that's guaranteed to inspire and lift you to a higher level of consciousness. Each performance is incredibly emancipating and liberating, representing a movement that's guaranteed to make history. So sit back, relax ... and be entertained.
The film features two parts which look at, document and detail each end of Elvis's career. The Memphis Flash is a study of his early career in the 1950s and tells the story of how Elvis came to be the performer and artist he was. The Last Stop Hotel looks at his final years and most notably his last few weeks. Both films feature exclusive interviews with Elvis' closes colleagues and industry insiders, rare footage, seldom seen photos, location shoots, news reports and numerous other features.
The facts are familiar. Memphis, Tennessee, 18 July 1953. A 19-year-old kid wanders into The Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue. He wants to record a couple of recent hits as a present for his mother. Company secretary Marion Keisker - alone in the office that day - runs off an extra copy and tells her boss the kid's "a good ballad singer." Six months later the kid stops by again, and Marion tells Sam Phillips - the boss - to listen.
June 1954. Sam's looking for a session singer. Marion mentions the kid. Sam's keen but doesn't have his number. Marion does. The kid's in the studio before the phone's back in the cradle. The kid works with Sam for a day, and he's recommended to Sun session guitarist Scotty Moore. Scotty's unimpressed but books the kid for a session at Sun on 5 July. Rock 'n' roll is invented that day, and the world changes forever!
But there's a lot more to the legend of Elvis Aaron Presley and the transformation of music and society than is suggested in the story above. This film looks behind the facts and between the lines and attempts to discover why and how. Why was rock 'n' roll invented in Memphis by a quiet, respectable and religious young man with a passion for all types of music? How did the events that led up to that fateful session on 5...
June 1954. Sam's looking for a session singer. Marion mentions the kid. Sam's keen but doesn't have his number. Marion does. The kid's in the studio before the phone's back in the cradle. The kid works with Sam for a day, and he's recommended to Sun session guitarist Scotty Moore. Scotty's unimpressed but books the kid for a session at Sun on 5 July. Rock 'n' roll is invented that day, and the world changes forever!
But there's a lot more to the legend of Elvis Aaron Presley and the transformation of music and society than is suggested in the story above. This film looks behind the facts and between the lines and attempts to discover why and how. Why was rock 'n' roll invented in Memphis by a quiet, respectable and religious young man with a passion for all types of music? How did the events that led up to that fateful session on 5...
Prince is the most original and innovative music artist to have emerged over the past 25 years, and he continues to release startling new material and sell out electric live shows at an alarming rate. But it cannot be denied that it was during the 1980s that this maverick performer's star shone brightest.
Prince - The Glory Years is a documentary film which reviews and recaptures this golden decade and with the aid of his friends, colleagues, fellow musicians and other notable contributors helps discover why Prince Rogers Nelson simply stole the '80s as far as music was concerned.
Prince - The Glory Years is a documentary film which reviews and recaptures this golden decade and with the aid of his friends, colleagues, fellow musicians and other notable contributors helps discover why Prince Rogers Nelson simply stole the '80s as far as music was concerned.
Following on from the award-winning Punk in London comes the post-punk apocalypse that is Punk in England. The second part of Wolfgang Buld's trilogy records the punk phenomena moving from London to the suburbs as the creative energy of punk inspired kids to experiment with new-wave, ska, mode and rude boy music.
This incredible documentary captures the punk and post-punk phenomena in all its raw power and creativity. Featuring live performances from The Clash, Madness, The Jam, Ian Dury, The Specials, Secret Affair, The Pretenders and many others, this documentary was filmed in the late 1970s and is nothing short of an octane-fueled ride of punk's adrenaline rush into the 1980s.
This incredible documentary captures the punk and post-punk phenomena in all its raw power and creativity. Featuring live performances from The Clash, Madness, The Jam, Ian Dury, The Specials, Secret Affair, The Pretenders and many others, this documentary was filmed in the late 1970s and is nothing short of an octane-fueled ride of punk's adrenaline rush into the 1980s.
This incredible documentary captures the punk phenomenon in all its raw power and energy. Featuring early performances from The Clash, X-Ray Spex, The Jam, The Adverts, Subway Sect, The Boomtown Rats and many others, Punk in London is a unique visual record of punk life as it happened in the late 1970s.
Filled with live performances and interviews, this video also features previously unseen footage of The Clash along with a retrospective interview with Punk in London's cinematographer and director, Wolfgang Büld.
Filled with live performances and interviews, this video also features previously unseen footage of The Clash along with a retrospective interview with Punk in London's cinematographer and director, Wolfgang Büld.
It's close to 20 years since the tragic death of Freddie Mercury, meaning that Queen (at least the version that mattered) have been absent longer than they ever existed as the quite extraordinary group who made so much incredible music between 1973 and 1991.
This video looks again at every album and standout track Queen ever recorded and in doing so tells their fascinating story via their musical output.
Featuring contributions from friends and close colleagues of Queen, and with commentary and critique from the finest rock journalists in the world, plus much rare and classic footage - including seldom-seen performances of their finest tracks - news reports, location shoots, and photographs from private collections, this video will prove a delight to the millions of fans who to this day worship one of the very few rock groups to have earned the accolade of "truly great band."
This video looks again at every album and standout track Queen ever recorded and in doing so tells their fascinating story via their musical output.
Featuring contributions from friends and close colleagues of Queen, and with commentary and critique from the finest rock journalists in the world, plus much rare and classic footage - including seldom-seen performances of their finest tracks - news reports, location shoots, and photographs from private collections, this video will prove a delight to the millions of fans who to this day worship one of the very few rock groups to have earned the accolade of "truly great band."
Queen are acknowledged to be one of the pivotal bands of the Rock era. Their distinctive style cuts through the restrictions of genre, and their appeal is timeless. We follow the Queen story from its beginnings in the Rock scene of the late 1960s, through Glam Rock, Bohemian Rhapsody and beyond, to experiments with disco, ballet and opera. Never classifiable, always outspoken, Queen spent twenty years as one of Britain's most intriguing chart phenomena. Theirs is a tale of determination, heartbreak and triumph against all odds, even over death.
Queen: Magic Moments tells the full and ultimately tragic story of this incredibly talented group who pushed the boundaries of Rock. Packed with interviews, this documentary film points the cameras where they have never previously preyed, finally giving Queen the recognition they deserve.
Queen: Magic Moments tells the full and ultimately tragic story of this incredibly talented group who pushed the boundaries of Rock. Packed with interviews, this documentary film points the cameras where they have never previously preyed, finally giving Queen the recognition they deserve.
Queen: Under Review 1980-1991 features live and studio performances by the group, rare interviews and a host of other features all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed experts. These include; broadcaster, journalist and long term friend of Freddie Mercury, Paul Gambaccini; music author and Classic Rock magazine journalist, Malcolm Dome; Journalist and author Daryl Easlea; former Melody Maker editor Chris Welch; Virgin Radio DJ, Ben Jones and many others.
Bonus features:
Extended Interviews, Special features: The Queen Collector, Interactive Digital Queen Quiz and Beyond DVD section and more
Bonus features:
Extended Interviews, Special features: The Queen Collector, Interactive Digital Queen Quiz and Beyond DVD section and more
He's been called the finest performer of the 20th century, the best showman of all time and Mr. Entertainment himself - but these descriptions only go part of the way in representing the talents of Freddie Mercury. How about unique songwriter? Gifted bandleader? Superb vocalist? Smart and canny businessman? Freddie was all these and more, and in this documentary film his genius is put under the spotlight.
Between 1973 and 1980, one of England's finest-ever groups released a body of work displaying such quality, strength and individuality that such an outpouring of creativity has rarely been equalled in the rock era. The legacy of those classic records has maintained an indelible stamp on the radar of every music fan across the globe, and the band's absolute pinnacle of achievement during this period remains among the world's all-time favourite pieces of music.
The legendary status of Queen as classic rock's most endearing act was accomplished through the enormous talents of all the band members, be it Brian May's classic songwriting and almost inconceivable skills on the guitar, Roger Taylor's reliable yet unique drumming style, John Deacon's solid backbone of bass or the irreplaceable Freddie Mercury's unparalleled ability to delight an audience, making him quite possibly the finest entertainer of all time. Their status increases year after year, but it was during the 1970s that such an accolade was nailed down and became permanent.
Queen Under Review, 1973-1980 features rare live and studio performances of the band, rare and classic Queen interview footage and a host of other features, all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed...
The legendary status of Queen as classic rock's most endearing act was accomplished through the enormous talents of all the band members, be it Brian May's classic songwriting and almost inconceivable skills on the guitar, Roger Taylor's reliable yet unique drumming style, John Deacon's solid backbone of bass or the irreplaceable Freddie Mercury's unparalleled ability to delight an audience, making him quite possibly the finest entertainer of all time. Their status increases year after year, but it was during the 1970s that such an accolade was nailed down and became permanent.
Queen Under Review, 1973-1980 features rare live and studio performances of the band, rare and classic Queen interview footage and a host of other features, all interspersed with the independent review and criticism from a panel of esteemed...
Never a band to do what's expected, Radiohead remain the most challenging chart act in the world today. And almost 20 years since their debut album, this astonishing group continue to make music that has almost nothing in common with anyone else around.
This documentary film set looks at the Radiohead story from different angles. The first film traces the development, recording, release and aftermath of their most influential and rewarding record to date, OK Computer, and by placing this extraordinary work within the context of the group's entire career, as well as dissecting what has become their most iconic statement, uniquely tells the band's tale from the vantage point of this 1997 crescendo. The second film looks at Radiohead's rise to glory, from their very earliest days together to the point at which they became the global phenomenon they have on occasion stated they wished they hadn't.
In completion, this set borrows from Radiohead's own approach to the oh-too-often cynical, stagnant and un-nourishing side of the music industry by seizing the opportunity to produce a brace of films befitting Radiohead's truly unique agenda.
This documentary film set looks at the Radiohead story from different angles. The first film traces the development, recording, release and aftermath of their most influential and rewarding record to date, OK Computer, and by placing this extraordinary work within the context of the group's entire career, as well as dissecting what has become their most iconic statement, uniquely tells the band's tale from the vantage point of this 1997 crescendo. The second film looks at Radiohead's rise to glory, from their very earliest days together to the point at which they became the global phenomenon they have on occasion stated they wished they hadn't.
In completion, this set borrows from Radiohead's own approach to the oh-too-often cynical, stagnant and un-nourishing side of the music industry by seizing the opportunity to produce a brace of films befitting Radiohead's truly unique agenda.
With so much coming out of the music industry that is shallow, uninspiring and downright dull, it's more than a little refreshing when a band does things a bit differently. In the case of Radiohead - who do things differently - it's not just refreshing, it's life changing!
Radiohead: The DVD Box contains two separate documentary films about the band. The first looks at Radiohead's entire history from their university days through to the global success they have achieved today. The second is dedicated to the story of the making and impact of their most enduring work, OK Computer, the album that proved to the world that these boys were something special way back in 1997.
Both films contain rare footage of the band, classic performances, rare interviews, exclusive contribution from friends and colleagues, review and insight from journalists and the group's biographers, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
Radiohead: The DVD Box contains two separate documentary films about the band. The first looks at Radiohead's entire history from their university days through to the global success they have achieved today. The second is dedicated to the story of the making and impact of their most enduring work, OK Computer, the album that proved to the world that these boys were something special way back in 1997.
Both films contain rare footage of the band, classic performances, rare interviews, exclusive contribution from friends and colleagues, review and insight from journalists and the group's biographers, seldom-seen photographs and a host of other features.
By eary 1997, Radiohead had already delighted cristics and fans alike with their sophomore album The Bends , a record that knocked spots off a somewhat pedestrian debut. Tired and anxious after a mammoth world tour, the band now went back into the studio to produce what would become OK Computer - a masterwork amongst rock records and that decade's peak of musical achievement.
OK Computer: A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which reassesses and offers new insight on what has become one of the seminal works of the rock age.
OK Computer: A Classic Album Under Review is a documentary film which reassesses and offers new insight on what has become one of the seminal works of the rock age.
As one of Germany's most popular musical exports, Rammstein have forged a bold and original new sound for European music. Fusing heavy metal guitar riffs with techno rhythms and the machine-like fury of the industrial underground, not only does their music rock, they also create one of the most spectacular and outrageous live shows ever seen.
Since their first release, Rammstein have courted controversy, attracting both praise and condemnation in equal measure. In Rammstein: Industrial Angels we go behind the music to discover a story of innovation, discipline, outrage and total dedication to their unique vision. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at one of today's biggest rock bands.
Since their first release, Rammstein have courted controversy, attracting both praise and condemnation in equal measure. In Rammstein: Industrial Angels we go behind the music to discover a story of innovation, discipline, outrage and total dedication to their unique vision. Packed with interviews, this documentary film takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at one of today's biggest rock bands.
Almost 30 years into a career that has witnessed this incredible band go to hell and back, but in so doing make the finest American rock music of the era, Red Hot Chili Peppers return triumphantly and in fine form, reminding us all just what a true phenomenon these west coast funksters really are. This documentary features a full-length film tracing the Chilis' rise to the top and covering their career from its earliest incarnation.
The final part of German director Wolfgang Buld's trilogy of England's revolution rock in the late 1970s. The young, gifted and black generation of Thatcher's Britain fused the revolutionary zeal of punk with their Rastafarian roots to create a new sound system that defined their struggle. Reggae was the saviour in their modern "Babylon" and this acclaimed film charts the birth of urban, British reggae.
Rufus Reid's career began in Chicago and his extensive jazz background and discography reads literally like the Who's Who of jazz. He has traveled, performed and recorded with many of the great Jazz Masters whilst confessing to have been privileged to share many musical moments with icons such as Gene Ammons, Kenny Dorham, Eddie Harris, Sonny Stitt, Don Byas, Philly Joe Jones, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Dexter Gordon, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Art Farmer.
Django Reinhardt's music still looms as the standard to be attained some 50 years after his death. The Gypsy guitarist, who played with only two fingers of his left hand, was Europe's first jazz superstar. He's the unschooled genius who created his own musical and compositional style and became a legend. Discover his music, his melodic abilities and his skill at achieving simultaneously technical precision and deeply meaningful tonal nuances in this unique tribute to the king of jazz guitar.
This video features two phenomenal instrumental virtuosi - Belgian harmonica wizard Toots Thielemans and Brazil's brilliant accordionist, Sivuca - plus Sweden's internationally acclaimed singer, Sylvia Vrethammar, in an exuberant session.
Inspired by the uniquely festive Rio atmosphere and stimulated by the support of some of Brazil's finest musicians, these three outstanding artists deliver a programme of great variety and vitality with immense verve and commitment.
Although the three principal artists come from very disparate musical backgrounds, they perform with great compatibility and with very evident enthusiasm.
Inspired by the uniquely festive Rio atmosphere and stimulated by the support of some of Brazil's finest musicians, these three outstanding artists deliver a programme of great variety and vitality with immense verve and commitment.
Although the three principal artists come from very disparate musical backgrounds, they perform with great compatibility and with very evident enthusiasm.
Arguably the most provocative band of the last 20 years, Rage Against the Machine have, since their explosive debut, been the group most associated with the American protest movement. Picking up the flame from a linear musical tradition going back to the War of Independence, and with the best-known protagonists coming up during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s via artists such as Pete Seeger and the young Bob Dylan, the anger remained as brutal as ever during the final decade of the 20th century in Rage and contemporaries like Public Enemy.
This film dissects the work and career of RATM and looks at their place in this always fascinating lineage of artists and performers who have spoken out on behalf of, and drawn attention to, the world's marginalised, downtrodden and oppressed.
This film dissects the work and career of RATM and looks at their place in this always fascinating lineage of artists and performers who have spoken out on behalf of, and drawn attention to, the world's marginalised, downtrodden and oppressed.
He's the baddest of them all, the man with at least nine lives and the most rock 'n roll performer since the dawn of time - and we love him for all of it. Keith Richards: Under Review is a two-hour documentary film which details the life and career of the one man who made it all seem possible.
This film features rare and classic musical performances reassessed by a panel of esteemed experts; exclusive interviews, obscure footage and seldom-seen photographs; contributions from Richards biographers Kris Needs and Alan Clayson, Stones biographer Robert Greenfield, former Stones P.A. Keith Altham, Robert Christgau and Anthony DeCurtis from Rolling Stone magazine, celebrity guitar coach Wolf Marshall, original Stones member Dick Taylor, ex- Melody Maker journalist Chris Welch, musical collaborator Bernie Worrall and many others; and footage of and commentary on Keith's pivotal influences.
Bonus:
- When Kris met Keith - Kris Needs reminisces about his personal encounters with the human riff.
This film features rare and classic musical performances reassessed by a panel of esteemed experts; exclusive interviews, obscure footage and seldom-seen photographs; contributions from Richards biographers Kris Needs and Alan Clayson, Stones biographer Robert Greenfield, former Stones P.A. Keith Altham, Robert Christgau and Anthony DeCurtis from Rolling Stone magazine, celebrity guitar coach Wolf Marshall, original Stones member Dick Taylor, ex- Melody Maker journalist Chris Welch, musical collaborator Bernie Worrall and many others; and footage of and commentary on Keith's pivotal influences.
Bonus:
- When Kris met Keith - Kris Needs reminisces about his personal encounters with the human riff.
For Robben Ford's thousands of enthusiastic Paris fans, this New Morning concert in July 2009 captures their icon's genius in a truly unprecedented manner. Backed brilliantly by Athens-born Toss Panos - a musicologist and student of African percussion who brings Mediterranean flavour to the trio - and by L.A. bassist Travis Carlton, Robben's unique style (a tasteful blend of strength and finesse) asserts itself impressively above and beyond his rock, jazz, fusion and blues influences. "What music is really about is what happens when it's played in front of people. That's when you really understand it. That's what I wanted to capture."
The era of Teel Idols began in the late 1950s with the explosive combination of the birth of Rock and Roll and television. A crop of smooth crooners and raunchy rockers drove teens wild with their angst ridden songs. The first batch of Teen Idols left an indelible mark on both the recording industry and television, establishing a creative path that is still well-traveled today.
Many of the performances featured on this video were recorded at the Rock 'n Roll Palace in Orlando, Florida. However, there are a few that have been compiled from the film Rock! Rock! Rock! .
Many of the performances featured on this video were recorded at the Rock 'n Roll Palace in Orlando, Florida. However, there are a few that have been compiled from the film Rock! Rock! Rock! .
Urumchi - capital city of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China and home to the Turkic people, the Uyghurs, is the departure point for this film. The city, which is marked by the ambivalence between its Uyghur tradition and global modernity, is home to the musician Perhat, who like many other musicians from the region had no ideas about ever leaving the city.
A film about music that, just like the city, is caught up in the tension between tradition and modernity, about friendship that needs no words and about boundless optimism, which made not just one dream come true.
A film about music that, just like the city, is caught up in the tension between tradition and modernity, about friendship that needs no words and about boundless optimism, which made not just one dream come true.
Formed in 1962 and still a top live draw almost 50 years on, The Rolling Stones are surely the most unique act of the Rock age, still performing dynamic shows and regularly recording new material that stands up as well as anything the competition has to offer.
But the period in which the Stones' star shone brightest was undoubtedly during the 1960s, when barely a month would go by without a classic new single, a majestic new album or a news story telling of yet more bad behaviour from the boys.
This documentary explores the fascinating story and extraordinary songs of the UK's most treasured musical asset, as it takes a detailed look at their career throughout the most electric period of their history.
But the period in which the Stones' star shone brightest was undoubtedly during the 1960s, when barely a month would go by without a classic new single, a majestic new album or a news story telling of yet more bad behaviour from the boys.
This documentary explores the fascinating story and extraordinary songs of the UK's most treasured musical asset, as it takes a detailed look at their career throughout the most electric period of their history.
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band that formed in 1962 when former schoolmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met Brian Jones. The original line-up included Mick Jagger (vocals, harmonica), Brian Jones (guitar, harmonica, vocals), Keith Richards (guitar, vocals), Ian Stewart (piano), Dick Taylor (bass) and various drummers. Taylor left shortly after to return to art school and was replaced by Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts joined in 1963. They have often since been referred to as "The Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World."
This video reveals why the Stones, more than any other rock group, have survived where so many have faded into obscurity. Contained here for the first time is much previously unseen footage, often humorous, showing a further side to these original rebels of the rock 'n roll world.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality available from the original masters.
This video reveals why the Stones, more than any other rock group, have survived where so many have faded into obscurity. Contained here for the first time is much previously unseen footage, often humorous, showing a further side to these original rebels of the rock 'n roll world.
Every effort has been made to provide the highest possible picture and sound quality available from the original masters.
The Rolling Stones: Under Review, 1962-1966 reviews the music and career of one of rock music's true giants during their formative years. The Stones are unquestionably one of the most influential bands the world has ever known; this film acknowledges and reinforces this fact while revealing insight, anecdote and opinion not previously considered.
The Rolling Stones - Under Review 1967-1969 is a 90-minute documentary film reviewing the music and career of the band during, arguably, their most creative period. In the second half of the 1960s the sound of the Stones changed dramatically, while concurrently Jagger and Richards' songwriting hit an all-time high. These advances didn't just affect The Rolling Stones forever, they changed Rock n' Roll forever too.
Often regarded as the period in which The Rolling Stones recorded the finest music of their career, the years during which Mick Taylor was the fifth Stone remain the band's "Golden Age." Notably, on albums Let It Bleed, Stickly Fingers and Exile On Main Street the Stones' sound changed as they developed new ideas and were informed by a range of new influences. But crucially it was Taylor's sophisticated blues and jazz licks that gave The Rolling Stones an added dimension between 1969-1974 - one they lacked both before and afterwards.
This dynamic film tells the behind the scenes story of this hugely productive ear for the group. Featuring interviews with Taylor himself and further contributions from his old boss, John Mayall; author and group colleauge, Robert Greenfield; Village Voice music editor, Robert Christgau; Stones session musicians, Al Perkins and Bill Plummer; highly regarded UK music critic, Barney Hoskyns and many others. The program also includes liberal performance film of the Stones, archive footage and interviews, numerous seldom seen photographs and a host of other features.
This dynamic film tells the behind the scenes story of this hugely productive ear for the group. Featuring interviews with Taylor himself and further contributions from his old boss, John Mayall; author and group colleauge, Robert Greenfield; Village Voice music editor, Robert Christgau; Stones session musicians, Al Perkins and Bill Plummer; highly regarded UK music critic, Barney Hoskyns and many others. The program also includes liberal performance film of the Stones, archive footage and interviews, numerous seldom seen photographs and a host of other features.
Bascom Lamar Lunsford started it all. This film tells his story and includes music, clog and square dancing, never before seen footage from Southern musicians, as well as Bluegrass and Mountain music legends.
Lunsford spent his life hunting down the songs, dances and unknown performers of the Appalachian region. He fought to bring dignity to "hillbilly music" and this made him a folk hero. He recorded thousands of songs for the Smithsonian. In the summer of 1928, he created Bluegrass Festivals by founding his first Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival.
Lunsford spent his life hunting down the songs, dances and unknown performers of the Appalachian region. He fought to bring dignity to "hillbilly music" and this made him a folk hero. He recorded thousands of songs for the Smithsonian. In the summer of 1928, he created Bluegrass Festivals by founding his first Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival.
When Randy Sabien picks up his violin, get ready. His rhythmic, bluesy, swingin' sound will have you bobbing your head, tapping your toes and dancing right out of your chair as although Randy's musical aspirations began by studying classical violin, his direction did an about face the day he discovered he could play jazz on the violin!
By the second half of 1971 David Bowie was justifiably being branded a one-hit-wonder, Lou Reed was considered washed-up following a disastrous solo debut, and Iggy Pop was seen as merely a drug crazed ex-Stooge - the band having split the year before for reasons linked to his deepening habit.
But a meeting of minds at the New York venue "Max's Kansas City" in that year's closing months was the catalyst for an extraodinary turnaround of fortunes for these three musical geniuses, resulting in the most dramatic shift in musical style since the dawn of the rock age, fifteen years before.
This fascinating film investigates the era in which these brilliant, creative personalities worked most closely together. With the story told by those who were there at the time and via rare and classic film footage, plus recently discovered archive, seldome seen photographs and a host of other features, this programme reveals a time of incredible creativity, astonishing energy and a sublime chain of events that changed music forever.
But a meeting of minds at the New York venue "Max's Kansas City" in that year's closing months was the catalyst for an extraodinary turnaround of fortunes for these three musical geniuses, resulting in the most dramatic shift in musical style since the dawn of the rock age, fifteen years before.
This fascinating film investigates the era in which these brilliant, creative personalities worked most closely together. With the story told by those who were there at the time and via rare and classic film footage, plus recently discovered archive, seldome seen photographs and a host of other features, this programme reveals a time of incredible creativity, astonishing energy and a sublime chain of events that changed music forever.
Two men in love with the same woman. Two cities swept up by revolution. Narrated by Michael York , this thrilling live performance features members of the acclaimed Original Broadway Cast and award winning actors from LONDON'S WEST END in an epic romantic re-telling of the beloved Charles Dickens story. York narrates segments filmed on location in London and Paris and joins the company of 34 musicians and 30 performers live on stage for the final act of this once-in-a-lifetime theatrical event. Filmed at the Theatre Royal in Brighton, England on June 25, 2009.
Eric Sardinas' signature brand of Della dynamite has been a long time in the making. This concert, filmed in HD, catches the true power and emotion of his live performances that fans have been loving for years. Sardinas and his powerful rhythm section Big Motor reinterpret the music of his roots into a unique driving contemporary blues/rock sound.
John is considered one of the most important and influential jazz guitarists and composers since he arrived on the scene in the mid 70's. A masterful improviser at the peak of his creative art, Scofield performs compositions and interpretations richly combining post-bop, funk edged jazz and R&B influences which are pure delight to his fans around the world! The New Morning is deeply honoured to welcome at last this brilliant performance by John Scofield to its series of videos dedicated to the great musicians of the Sons of Miles generation. A veteran alum, John toured and recorded with Miles Davis for nearly four years in the 80's.
Musician, composer and recording artist Scott Cossu's background in jazz and rhythm 'n blues, combined with his years of classical training and his study of ethnic music from Sudan, Thailand, China, Romania and Ecuador, result in unique music that has been performed in concerts worldwide and recorded since 1981.
His music shows imagination and taste, with varied meters and tempo. This set, with longtime sideman Van Manakas on electric guitar and Eddie Wood on percussion, exhibits Scott's many departures from the New Age field with a melodic blend of jazz, classical and ethnic influences.
His music shows imagination and taste, with varied meters and tempo. This set, with longtime sideman Van Manakas on electric guitar and Eddie Wood on percussion, exhibits Scott's many departures from the New Age field with a melodic blend of jazz, classical and ethnic influences.
Groove, according to legendary pianist Monty Alexander - a man who knows what it's all about - is "the irresistible inner movement of music" and, he insists, all beings "groove," even insects! Himself an engaging master of the the exuberant art of groove, Gil Scott-Heron developed an acute interest in African-American literature at the age of 13. Encouraged by writer Langston Hughes, one of the driving forces behind the Afro-centrism of the sixties, he put his first texts to music. He tried his hand at the keyboard in rock groups and published The Nigger Factory. His music and lyrics, part poetic, part political, which denounces the repressive violence exerted on African-Americans by society in the U.S., soon made him the cult hero of the elite of rap and hip-hop musicians throughout the world. To the delight of the New Morning public in 2001, this rebellious storyteller overcame many twists of fate to become, over the years, one of the greatest voices in the soul tradition.
Herewith yet another treasure from the Sonet archive - a concert by a highly accomplished and superbly compatible Zoot Sims Trio, recorded in the library of the Sonet headquarters building in Lidingo, Sweden, on 21 November 1984 - just four months before Zoot died, at the age of 60.
When discussing songwriting genius in the 1960s, three bands are often mentions in the same breath … and we all know who they are.
But two others are often unfairly forgotten or dismissed. The Kinks of course were right up there with the market leaders, but for many of us the absolute pinnacle of creative genius during that influential decade came from four East End lads (ok, so one was from Middlesex), each not much bigger than a milk bottle.
The Small Faces - Under Review features rare live and studio performances of this extraordinary band, interspersed with the independent review and criticism of a panel of esteemed experts. These include: Mod expert and Steve Marriott biographer, Paolo Hewitt; Melody Maker contributor during the 1960s and early champion of the Small Faces, Chris Welch; Small Faces biographer and all-around expert, John Hellier; 1960s NME editor and friend of the group, Keith Altham; Uncut Magazine feature editor, Nigel Williamson, and many, many more.
The film also features rarely seen promo films, interview footage with the band members, TV clips and a host of other features. And with a collection of incredible segments featuring the one and the only (we are not worthy!) Sir Stanley Unwin, this is not just the only full-length Small...
But two others are often unfairly forgotten or dismissed. The Kinks of course were right up there with the market leaders, but for many of us the absolute pinnacle of creative genius during that influential decade came from four East End lads (ok, so one was from Middlesex), each not much bigger than a milk bottle.
The Small Faces - Under Review features rare live and studio performances of this extraordinary band, interspersed with the independent review and criticism of a panel of esteemed experts. These include: Mod expert and Steve Marriott biographer, Paolo Hewitt; Melody Maker contributor during the 1960s and early champion of the Small Faces, Chris Welch; Small Faces biographer and all-around expert, John Hellier; 1960s NME editor and friend of the group, Keith Altham; Uncut Magazine feature editor, Nigel Williamson, and many, many more.
The film also features rarely seen promo films, interview footage with the band members, TV clips and a host of other features. And with a collection of incredible segments featuring the one and the only (we are not worthy!) Sir Stanley Unwin, this is not just the only full-length Small...
A grey shadow was cast across the British landscape during the 1980s as the political elite sought to condemn a nation from within; the atmosphere blackened with a foreboding sense of hopeless desperation. There was, however, "a light that never went out" when, in 1982, salvation came from young Manchester band The Smiths and a songwriting partnership between Steven Patrick Morrissey and John Martin Maher that would go on to rival the finest in their field. With Morrissey's poetry and poise bringing colour once more to his desolate hometown, soundtracked by the exquisite guitar playing of Johnny Marr, there was now a band to truly believe in. Their career was tragically short-lived, and just four albums later, in 1987, they acrimoniously split. Their legacy was already assured however, and to this day they remain one of the most iconic groups of all time.
At over three hours in length, The Smiths: Collector's Box is the ultimate visual celebration of this most glorious of bands. It tells the full story of The Smiths, charting their rise from Mancunian wannabes to highly respected rock-gentry. Meanwhile, it also looks at the impact and story of their defining third album The Queen is Dead, tracing every moment from its inception to its legacy. Featuring a wealth of rare...
At over three hours in length, The Smiths: Collector's Box is the ultimate visual celebration of this most glorious of bands. It tells the full story of The Smiths, charting their rise from Mancunian wannabes to highly respected rock-gentry. Meanwhile, it also looks at the impact and story of their defining third album The Queen is Dead, tracing every moment from its inception to its legacy. Featuring a wealth of rare...
Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce were the legendary rhythm section behind The Smiths. For the first time on film they tell the story of what it was like being in one of the world's most celebrated and ground-breaking bands. What is was like working with Morrissey and Johnny Marr. Their unique song-writing process and the relationships they formed in the five years they were together.
Andy Rourke talks openly and honestly about his perilous drug addiction which threatened not only his position in the band but also his life.
Filmed over three years in the UK, Europe and the USA. This film looks inside The Smiths from the perspective of two people who were there!
Andy Rourke talks openly and honestly about his perilous drug addiction which threatened not only his position in the band but also his life.
Filmed over three years in the UK, Europe and the USA. This film looks inside The Smiths from the perspective of two people who were there!
Without a doubt the most important band of the 1980s, The Smiths remain the ultimate icons of a genre that's come to be known as "indie."
The Smiths: Under Review is a 90-minute documentary film covering the full story and music of The Smiths.
Featuring rare musical performances, videos, TV appearances, and interviews with the band - and commentary and review from an esteemed panel of experts - this film is the first of its kind in documenting the history and the music of this extraordinary group.
The Smiths: Under Review is a 90-minute documentary film covering the full story and music of The Smiths.
Featuring rare musical performances, videos, TV appearances, and interviews with the band - and commentary and review from an esteemed panel of experts - this film is the first of its kind in documenting the history and the music of this extraordinary group.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage.
The Boss began performing around the bars and night spots of New Jersey in the late 1960s and in so doing started one of the most eventful, productive and inspiring stories in musical history. His "Road Trip" reads like the Great American Novel, and while Bruce unquestionably remains amongst the most respected performers alive today and undoubtedly has much more great work to come, having already notched four decades of incredible music and quite probably the best live shows ever performed, he has already achieved far more than even he could have ever hoped for.
This set celebrates the astonishing career of Bruce Springsteen by telling the story of his rise to fame, fortune and enormous popularity in vivid detail. And with the help of rare footage, rarely seen performances, archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from E Street Band members, former managers, producers and close associates of Bruce, and the finest rock writers and Springsteen experts around, this three-hour programme will prove a delight for the Boss's millions of fans around the globe.
This set celebrates the astonishing career of Bruce Springsteen by telling the story of his rise to fame, fortune and enormous popularity in vivid detail. And with the help of rare footage, rarely seen performances, archive interviews with the man himself, exclusive contributions from E Street Band members, former managers, producers and close associates of Bruce, and the finest rock writers and Springsteen experts around, this three-hour programme will prove a delight for the Boss's millions of fans around the globe.
Although Bruce Springsteen's huge body of work has had its highs and its not-so-highs, there is one distinct period within his career that remains, almost inarguably, his most creative, consistent, and satisfying. We talk of course of the trilogy of albums he released between 1978 and 1982, comprising Darkness On The Edge of Town, The River and Nebraska. Across these records Bruce's storyelling was up there with Steinbeck's, his songs ranked with Dylan's best and the live shows were as exciting as anything James Brown had ever delivered.
This documentary film looks again at these albums and the shows he performed around them and charts Springsteen's journey through this dark but glorious period.
This documentary film looks again at these albums and the shows he performed around them and charts Springsteen's journey through this dark but glorious period.
Filmmakers Marshall Blackwell and Norman Whiteburn make their feature directorial debut with this documentary on the stepping culture. A modernized version of what is know as the African gumboot dance, stepping was adopted by African-American fraternities and sororities, eventually evolving into an essential element of the black college experience. Stepping is a high energy montage of dance, jazz and military movements.
Today, stepping has become a movement amongst the youth all across the globe and has become more than just stomping the yard - it's an art form that is taking the world by storm. This documentary contains some of the most explosive step moves ever taped! Stepping The Documentary is an official selection of the 2008 Pan African American Film and Arts Festival.
Today, stepping has become a movement amongst the youth all across the globe and has become more than just stomping the yard - it's an art form that is taking the world by storm. This documentary contains some of the most explosive step moves ever taped! Stepping The Documentary is an official selection of the 2008 Pan African American Film and Arts Festival.
"Put your heart and soul into your music and maybe you'll catch one person out front," Miles Davis remarked to guitarist Mike Stern in the early eighties, during their collaboration. "Catching one person will always be enough for me," Mike replied - even if it's now by the thousands, night after night, that he mesmerizes his audiences worldwide. What a revelation, after his brilliant romps with Bob Berg, the Brecker Brother, Jaco Pastorius, Joe Henderson and so many others, to find three-time Grammy nominee Stern side by side with super bassist-singer Richard Bona at the New Morning in 2004. It was written in the stars that Mike's fiery guitar and Richard's singing bass should meet. Supported rhythmically and melodically by legendary drummer Dennis Chamber and brilliant tenor saxophonist Bob Franceschini, the Mike Stern Band brings forth stirring lyricism that will sound irresistible to music lovers everywhere.
Liz Story has established herself as one of the most distinctive composers and pianists. The three-time Grammy nominee fashions a deeply personal style, balancing physical prowess against delicate moods, colors and textures, which take shape at the exclusive transitions between classical and folk with a rich jazz harmony of pioneers like Bill Evans, Story's acknowledged chief inspiration.
A full decade on from their stunning debut and five years since their last record, The Strokes return in triumphant form with a new set of songs that are making the diehards and casuals alike sit up and take notice all over again - while reminding us all just what it was that made the world fall in love with this extraordinary group in the first place.
New York's finest, The Strokes have been hailed as the "saviours of rock and roll" and are more than proving themselves worthy of the hype. Since exploding onto the scene these east coast reprobates have given rock music the kick it was so badly in need of. Not only have they won the hearts and minds of the music press and alternative crowd, they have also crossed over into the mainstream without sacrificing any of their credibility.
The Strokes' New York Stories now tells the complete and unauthorised story behind the band's success for the first time. Using interviews with their closest colleagues and footage from throughout their career, this is a great addition to every fan's collection.
The Strokes' New York Stories now tells the complete and unauthorised story behind the band's success for the first time. Using interviews with their closest colleagues and footage from throughout their career, this is a great addition to every fan's collection.
Points on a Space Age explores the recent activity of the remaining members of the influential Sun Ra Arkestra since the passing of it's founder, Sun Ra.
The Arkestra is an experimental big band formed in the mid-1950s around the teachings of musician, philosopher and spiritualist Sun Ra. According to Sun Ra and his disciples, Sun Ra was sent to this planet to prepare human beings for a future centered around space travel, as well as the human capacity to evolve with the ever-changing demands of a highly technological world. Those in Sun Ra's band were not only band members, but also disciples, students and companions to their guru bandleader. All band members were required to learn the philosophy of Sun Ra, and many members lived with Sun Ra as well. It was common for the band to practice eight hours, only breaking for teachings, and then play gigs. The band continued in this manner for approximately thirty years, until Sun Ra "left the planet" in 1993.
After Sun Ra's passing, the direction of the band was left to his most faithful musician and companion, Marshall Allen, who has been a member of the band since the mid '50s. Under the direction of Allen, the Arkestra continues to maintain an active touring schedule and continues to recruit younger members into the Sun Ra...
The Arkestra is an experimental big band formed in the mid-1950s around the teachings of musician, philosopher and spiritualist Sun Ra. According to Sun Ra and his disciples, Sun Ra was sent to this planet to prepare human beings for a future centered around space travel, as well as the human capacity to evolve with the ever-changing demands of a highly technological world. Those in Sun Ra's band were not only band members, but also disciples, students and companions to their guru bandleader. All band members were required to learn the philosophy of Sun Ra, and many members lived with Sun Ra as well. It was common for the band to practice eight hours, only breaking for teachings, and then play gigs. The band continued in this manner for approximately thirty years, until Sun Ra "left the planet" in 1993.
After Sun Ra's passing, the direction of the band was left to his most faithful musician and companion, Marshall Allen, who has been a member of the band since the mid '50s. Under the direction of Allen, the Arkestra continues to maintain an active touring schedule and continues to recruit younger members into the Sun Ra...
Composer, photgrapher and filmmaker Phill Niblock's classic of experimental underground filmmaking with a sensational soundtrack by pianist Sun Ra and the members of his Solar Arkestra! Shot in the mid-'60s, when the Arkestra was based in New York, this film was produced using a unique negative process and ultra-tight close-ups on the moving hands and mouths of the musicians.
The result is a virtually abstract music film, mastered from a new print in all its incredibly sharp black and white glory.
The result is a virtually abstract music film, mastered from a new print in all its incredibly sharp black and white glory.
Super Drumming, Vol. 2 features drummers Mark Brzezicki, Steve Ferrone, Trilok Gurtu, Jon Hiseman, Ian Paice, Herman Rarebell, Freddie Santiago, Ed Thigpen, and Pete York. The band features Miller Anderson, Frank Nimsgren, Brian Auger, Jon Lord, Rick Keller, Barbara Thompson, and Colin Hodgkinson. SuperDrumming began as a TV series in 1987, made on location and broadcast in Germany. The first series was so well received that another two followed it. Some of the world's top drummers took part in a visually exciting presentation of the drummer both as soloist and a rhythm player in a band. This video features is some of the highlights of the first two TV series.
Jazz began to "swing" as musicians began to adopt swing eighths, the string bass, high hat cymbals, and a looser, more rhythmic feeling. This change occurred gradually starting in the 1920s notably with Louis Armstrong, and continued on into the 1940s. A lot of the music that came out of this period was played by bands of ten musicians or more. Because of this, the swing era is alos often known as the big band era.
Art Tatum: The Art of Jazz Piano is still the only documentary portrait of the greatest jazz pianist ever. Using photographs and some rare foot-ago of Tatum and his contemporaries, the film reconstructs his genius.
Bonus:
Includes interviews with musicians who played with him or who were influenced strongly by him.
Bonus:
Includes interviews with musicians who played with him or who were influenced strongly by him.
Cecil Taylor is the grand master of free jazz piano. All the Notes captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. An intimate portrait of a consummate musician and sound thinker in triumphant maturity, bringing out Taylor's nobility, devotion, and belief in a truth that can only be found after a lifetime of invention.
This is the incredible life story of Mr. Trombone and Mr. Sax, two brothers who found individual success following the break-up of their orchestra and the death of their father.
Featuring a host of well-known big band musicians and singers, The Fabulous Dorseys features the music that made Tommy and Jimmy famous, including Marie, Green Eyes, I'm Getting Sentimental Over Your, Dorsey Concerto, Object of My Affection, and many more
Featuring a host of well-known big band musicians and singers, The Fabulous Dorseys features the music that made Tommy and Jimmy famous, including Marie, Green Eyes, I'm Getting Sentimental Over Your, Dorsey Concerto, Object of My Affection, and many more
Hailed as the most inventive guitarist since Charlie Christian, Larry Coryell is not only a hero, but a living legend of the guitar. This is a fully and utterly deserved epithet for this godfather of fusion, a creator of subtle soundscapes and of riffs delivered at the speed of light that qualify as jewels of musical distinction! As he demonstrates once again in the framework of Three Guitars with Badi Assad and John Abercrombie, two of the sharpest guitarists on the circuit who joined him on the stage of the New Morning in 2004, Larry is one of the most engaging personalities of the jazz scene today - even if, like his late friend Frank Zappa, he is profoundly suspicious of compliments. His standard response to words of praise is: Shut up and play .
This 90-minute feature tells the tale of hip-hop through a four-part documentary series entitled The Architects. the story is told chronologically and right from the mouths of the greats. Learn how these young, gifted pioneers constructed an industry that so many people enjoy now. Each volume will feature some of the greatest hip-hop videos from the past to the present in an inspiring journey of musical genre creation.
In light of all the attention given Mel Tillis' infamous speech impediment - he even named his autobiography Stutterin' Boy - the polished, sincere vocal delivery and songwriting skills that first earned him fame were often lost in the shuffle; nonetheless, throughout the course of his many decades in country music, Tillis remained one of Nashville's most enduring personalities.
In 1960, Johnny Tillotson recorded an up-tempo teen number called "Poetry in Motion," which caught on quickly and went to number two in the USA and number one in the UK. Tillotson's baby-face and slight frame made him an ideal teen-idol for the early 60s, but his musical preference was country music. The self-penned country ballad called "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" went to number three in the USA in May, 1962 and was nominated for a Grammy Award. The song has since been recorded by over 100 performers, including Elvis Presley. "Heartache By the Number," gave Johnny is second Grammy nomination for Best Vocal Performance and in all, Tillotson chalked up 26 charted hits between 1958 and 1965.
They've been together almost 20 years and have survived more of American rock's sub-genres than any other band still relevant today - from thrash to grunge, nu-metal to AOR - and Tool have garnered a respect from fans and critics alike that other groups could only dream of, a respect built on raw talent, consistent innovation and sublime ability.
This film is a documentary review which traces the band and their music back to their inception in the late 1980s and follows their story and sound through to the present day.
It features rare and classic Tool performances, archive footage, exclusive interviews, contributions from their closest colleagues and friends, review and critique from the finest writers of the underground rock press, seldom-seen photography, location shoots and a host of other features.
Bonus:
- David Bottrill on The King Crimson Connection
This film is a documentary review which traces the band and their music back to their inception in the late 1980s and follows their story and sound through to the present day.
It features rare and classic Tool performances, archive footage, exclusive interviews, contributions from their closest colleagues and friends, review and critique from the finest writers of the underground rock press, seldom-seen photography, location shoots and a host of other features.
Bonus:
- David Bottrill on The King Crimson Connection
The renowned horn-driven funk outfit Tower of Power has been issuing albums and touring the world steadily since the early 70s when the album Bump City lit the fuse to a string of classic hit releases, including "What is Hip," "Back to Oakland," "Urban Renewal," and "In the Slot," "A'int Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now," and "In Living Color" as well as backing up a host of superstars including Elton John, Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Huey Lews, Little Feat, David Sanborn, Michelle Shocked, Paula Abdul, Aaron Neville, Aerosmith, Michael Bolton, Billy Preston, PiL, Rod Stewart and Toto.
Nonetheless, Tower of Power's tighter than a clenched fist, horn driven, in-your-face sound is all their own and they have always been a must-see live act. As a reviewer from the Fort Worth Star Telegram stated recently, "If you see someone sitting still at a Tower of Power concert, don't bother checking their pulse ... they're already dead!"
Nonetheless, Tower of Power's tighter than a clenched fist, horn driven, in-your-face sound is all their own and they have always been a must-see live act. As a reviewer from the Fort Worth Star Telegram stated recently, "If you see someone sitting still at a Tower of Power concert, don't bother checking their pulse ... they're already dead!"
Achtung Baby was the album that fired U2 into the 90s. Displaying a broader musical palette than before and with a newfound smattering of irony, the four-piece dramatically overhauled their traditional approach to songwriting. The so-called "band of the 80s" were moving on. They now reflected their moods in their music, had loosened up and were taking sonic risks - and every single one paid off.
U2 Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review offers a previously unobtainable level of insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic and well-respected album. Via the use of live footage, long-forgotten videos and the review, criticism and insight of a panel of highly opinionated experts, this package delivers the finest documentary film yet to emerge on Dublin's favourite sons.
U2 Achtung Baby: A Classic Album Under Review offers a previously unobtainable level of insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic and well-respected album. Via the use of live footage, long-forgotten videos and the review, criticism and insight of a panel of highly opinionated experts, this package delivers the finest documentary film yet to emerge on Dublin's favourite sons.
With a career that has spanned four decades, U2 are still at the top of their game and remain one of the biggest rock acts in the world. As popular today as they have ever been, their appeal seems to know no bounds as generation after generation delight in their unique and powerful sound.
The U2 Collector's Box tells the incredible story of U2 and Bono in its entirety via unseen performance and interview footage; interviews with close friends, music biz colleagues, former workmates and many close collaborators who have known the band through the years; numerous location shoots; unpublished photographs and a multitude of other features.
The U2 Collector's Box tells the incredible story of U2 and Bono in its entirety via unseen performance and interview footage; interviews with close friends, music biz colleagues, former workmates and many close collaborators who have known the band through the years; numerous location shoots; unpublished photographs and a multitude of other features.
Still one of the biggest and most flamboyant bands in the world, U2 have been delighting music fans with their epic and unforgettable tunes for over 30 years. Having developed and grown in stature throughout the 1980s and released one of their very finest with 1991's Achtung Baby, by the mid 1990s the band were in danger of slipping into irrelevance.
But instead of allowing themselves to fade away, as did so many of their 1980s contemporaries, the mighty U2 redoubled their efforts, reapplied for the job of "best band in the world," grabbed new fans while reigniting the old faithful and entered the third millennium with the explosive All That You Can't Leave Behind, a record that put four aging white men in their forties on the cover of NME.
The "noughties" saw U2 make two further astonishing albums, perform the most ambitious and glorious concerts in the history of show business and end the decade with the very welcome news that Dublin's finest would headline the 40th Glastonbury Festival.
This set tells the complete story of this extraordinary rebirth and details the modern incarnation of U2 through interviews with the band, rare and unseen footage, contributions and analysis from those closest to the group over this period, plentiful archive film material and a host...
But instead of allowing themselves to fade away, as did so many of their 1980s contemporaries, the mighty U2 redoubled their efforts, reapplied for the job of "best band in the world," grabbed new fans while reigniting the old faithful and entered the third millennium with the explosive All That You Can't Leave Behind, a record that put four aging white men in their forties on the cover of NME.
The "noughties" saw U2 make two further astonishing albums, perform the most ambitious and glorious concerts in the history of show business and end the decade with the very welcome news that Dublin's finest would headline the 40th Glastonbury Festival.
This set tells the complete story of this extraordinary rebirth and details the modern incarnation of U2 through interviews with the band, rare and unseen footage, contributions and analysis from those closest to the group over this period, plentiful archive film material and a host...
They formed more than 30 years ago, have been releasing records almost as long, and still today they appeal to just about everyone, from mums and dads to teenage NME readers - a journal whose cover they have uniquely graced in each of their four decades as a group.
It is no exaggeration to say that U2 are the first rock band ever to have remained both a commercial and critical success story across such an enormous timeframe, yet by the mid-1990s the game was almost up; the group were considering a split, having lost credibility, much of their fan base and most of their enthusiasm.
This film tells the story of the massive regeneration of U2 during the new millennium. Across two stunning and classic albums, a world tour to accompany each, numerous side projects and a fresh attitude that not only drew the old fans back in droves, but equally attracted huge swathes of new devotees, the "noughties" was just as much U2's decade as the eighties had been.
It is no exaggeration to say that U2 are the first rock band ever to have remained both a commercial and critical success story across such an enormous timeframe, yet by the mid-1990s the game was almost up; the group were considering a split, having lost credibility, much of their fan base and most of their enthusiasm.
This film tells the story of the massive regeneration of U2 during the new millennium. Across two stunning and classic albums, a world tour to accompany each, numerous side projects and a fresh attitude that not only drew the old fans back in droves, but equally attracted huge swathes of new devotees, the "noughties" was just as much U2's decade as the eighties had been.
From their humble beginnings in a Dublin classroom to becoming the most influential band on the planet, U2 are without doubt the most important rock act of the past twenty years. These four friends have remained together against the odds, constantly reinventing their music that has inspired millions of fans around the world.
An Unforgettable Journey takes you behind the scenes to discover what it took for these everyday Irish lads to reach such stunning heights. Using interviews with the band and those who've known them along the way, this documentary film takes you where the cameras haven't previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly extraordinary band.
An Unforgettable Journey takes you behind the scenes to discover what it took for these everyday Irish lads to reach such stunning heights. Using interviews with the band and those who've known them along the way, this documentary film takes you where the cameras haven't previously preyed to achieve an uncensored look at a truly extraordinary band.
From the white socks and ducktail days "Devil or Angel" was the foundation for a string of hit records throughout the entire 60s era to the high-tech digital present, Bobby Vee has continued to grow as an artist and entertainer and to enjoy a loyal following of fans and friends alike regularly touring Japan, Australia and Europe as well as the UK, where he is still a yearly visitor. His thirty-plus year recording career has produced over twenty-five albums and Billboard Magazine called him, "one of the top ten most consistent chart makers ever."
Velvet Underground - Under Review is an 85-minute film reviewing the music and career of one of rock music's most influential collectives; a band which esteemed music journalist Lester Bangs claims "started modern music."
This brand new documentary, in association with ITN Archive, charts the fall and rise of Sid Vicious from punk's hero to society's cultural icon of the twentieth century. Featuring previously unseen archive footage, this video provides the most definitive and intimate life story of the punk hero who truly lived his live with chaos and anarchy. Fueled with a soundtrack of Sid's own music, this is the faithful telling of Sid's live story by those who really knew him.
Consisting of footage from an incredible Reggae festival held at the historical Empire Roller Skating Center in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1983. It includes sets from legendary artists such as Big Youth, Leroy Sibbles, Ken Booth, Delroy Wilson, Tinga Stewart, Roman Steward, the Blues Busters (Llyod Campbell and Phillip James) and Max Romeo. The 30,000-square-foot venue, a go-to spot for skate-world renegades in the early '70's, was de facto community center where teenagers came after school and where families spent the weekend. It was the perfect place to host a historically important music event such as this.
The double bass is the deepest of all string instruments. It is not always up front, but it is an influential element in classical, world and jazz music.
Miroslav Vitous arrived in New York in 1967, where he quickly involved himself in the music scene, playing with many different artists including Charlie Mariano, Bob Broolmeyer, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and Chick Corea. In 1970, along with Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, he formed the supergroup Weather Report. He then formed the Miroslav Vitous Group with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland and Jon Christensen. He later reunited with Chick Corea and Roy Haynes, and then with Stanley Clark before embarking on an equally successful solo career.
Bonus feature:
- Interview with Miroslav Vitous
Miroslav Vitous arrived in New York in 1967, where he quickly involved himself in the music scene, playing with many different artists including Charlie Mariano, Bob Broolmeyer, Stan Getz, Herbie Mann, Miles Davis and Chick Corea. In 1970, along with Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul, he formed the supergroup Weather Report. He then formed the Miroslav Vitous Group with John Surman, Kenny Kirkland and Jon Christensen. He later reunited with Chick Corea and Roy Haynes, and then with Stanley Clark before embarking on an equally successful solo career.
Bonus feature:
- Interview with Miroslav Vitous
It's almost 40 years since Tom Waits' debut record, and during a career that, for most fans, has quite simply gotten better, more exciting and more challenging with each new release, he is surely the only performer and writer from the rock age to be consistently satisfying while remaining as difficult to predict as the weather.
This video reviews Tom's career from his pre-contract days when he worked as a struggling songwriter right through his Island years and his experimental phase, bringing the story up to date with his most recent records.
With the aid of plentiful archive and rare footage, interviews with the man himself plus contributions from his nearest colleagues, this set comes as close as it's possible to get in tracking the true Tom Waits and revealing quite what it is that has made this extraordinary artist the maverick he truly remains.
This film includes brand new interviews with producer Bones Howe, biographer Barney Hoskyns, collaborator Jerry Yester, ex- Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone' s Anthony De Curtis and many others.
This video reviews Tom's career from his pre-contract days when he worked as a struggling songwriter right through his Island years and his experimental phase, bringing the story up to date with his most recent records.
With the aid of plentiful archive and rare footage, interviews with the man himself plus contributions from his nearest colleagues, this set comes as close as it's possible to get in tracking the true Tom Waits and revealing quite what it is that has made this extraordinary artist the maverick he truly remains.
This film includes brand new interviews with producer Bones Howe, biographer Barney Hoskyns, collaborator Jerry Yester, ex- Village Voice music editor Robert Christgau, Rolling Stone' s Anthony De Curtis and many others.
Tom Waits: Under Review, 1983-2006 is an 80-minute documentary film which looks at this extraordinary musician and performer's music during that period. After Waits' marriage to Katherine Brennan in 1980, his music became more experimental, challenging and left field, but without any compromise of his craft - the songs were better than ever. Through album after album during the 1980s, the 1990s and the 2000s, Waits stunned his audience time and again. This program looks again at these records and the man who made them, and in doing so provides the most enlightening, revealing and downright entertaining Tom Waits documentary yet to emerge.
Founder of the world famous "Motown Sound," Mary Wells is considered not only one of the best female singers in the music industry; but also a vital part of the success of the prestigious label. Her intimate and assertive voice, mixed with a soulful urgency, gave Wells a distinctive sound.
On 28 July 1992, the First Lady of Motown died. She was just 49. Gone was the soft, beautiful voice of Mary Wells ... but never forgotten.
On 28 July 1992, the First Lady of Motown died. She was just 49. Gone was the soft, beautiful voice of Mary Wells ... but never forgotten.
Dottie West was one of the most successful, and controversial, performers to rise to popularity during the Nashville sound era; like her friend and mentor Patsy Cline, West's battles for identity and respect within the male-dominated country music hierarchy were instrumental in enabling other female artists to gain control over the directions of their careers.
Dottie West earned her first Top 40 hit in 1963 and was the first female country artist to win a Grammy Award for the chart-topper "Here Comes My Baby"; and was followed by a string of hits including a pair of number ones with "What Are We Doin' in Love" and "A Lesson in Leavin'".
Dottie West earned her first Top 40 hit in 1963 and was the first female country artist to win a Grammy Award for the chart-topper "Here Comes My Baby"; and was followed by a string of hits including a pair of number ones with "What Are We Doin' in Love" and "A Lesson in Leavin'".
One of the most commercially popular rock groups of the 1970s, Pink Floyd achieved superstar status despite being routinely experimental and downright bizarre. Indeed the group have proven an enormous influence on numerous contemporary bands - stand up Muse, Radiohead, Linkin Park and 100 others - and remain a wholly credible name to drop more than 30 years since punk rock was supposed to have killed off their kind of "progressive nonsense."
So to many, the end of Floyd was all but signalled by The Wall (and its accompanying feature film), both released during punk's dying hours. But the years since that epic double album have been a quite fascinating era for the band and its main axis of creativity, Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour.
This film traces the path Floyd took after the recording of the pre- Wall Animals album - an era when cracks in the band first started to show - and brings the strange story of the group and the intense relationship between Waters and Gilmour right up to date, culminating with the wholly unexpected collaboration of these two maverick musicians at a 2010 charity event. Featuring numerous interviews with Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason liberally interspersed with classic and rare performance footage, plus contributions from friends, colleagues...
So to many, the end of Floyd was all but signalled by The Wall (and its accompanying feature film), both released during punk's dying hours. But the years since that epic double album have been a quite fascinating era for the band and its main axis of creativity, Roger Waters and Dave Gilmour.
This film traces the path Floyd took after the recording of the pre- Wall Animals album - an era when cracks in the band first started to show - and brings the strange story of the group and the intense relationship between Waters and Gilmour right up to date, culminating with the wholly unexpected collaboration of these two maverick musicians at a 2010 charity event. Featuring numerous interviews with Waters, Gilmour, Wright and Mason liberally interspersed with classic and rare performance footage, plus contributions from friends, colleagues...
The pale kinds of New York City's concrete jungle, White Lion achieved multi platinum success with a solid combination of skilled songwriting, extraordinary musicianship and, of course, bombastic, thoroughly entertaining live concert performances. In an era where arena rock shows either threaten to scare the audience to death or, worse, bore them to tears, this vintage footage of White Lion should come as a breath of fresh air to those who remember the halcyon days of epic hard rock. Supervised and complied by vocalist Mike Tramp and featuring awesome performances of the band's best loved songs such as Wait, When the Chicken Cry, Tell Me and much more.
Concert Anthology shines the spotlight on the years when White Lion rules the pride with a roar every bit as biting as the crunch of Vito Bratta's signature guitar hooks. This is the real name attraction, White Lion LIVE!
Concert Anthology shines the spotlight on the years when White Lion rules the pride with a roar every bit as biting as the crunch of Vito Bratta's signature guitar hooks. This is the real name attraction, White Lion LIVE!
Hailed as the saviours of rock n' roll, the White Stripes blasted out of Detroit and turned the music world on its head. But are they simply a brother and sister doing what they love or is there more to them and their cutting edge sound than meets the eye?
On Candy Coloured Blues we go behind the music to get the inside track on the making of this unique band. Packed with interviews, this in-depth documentary takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to uncover a truly remarkable story.
On Candy Coloured Blues we go behind the music to get the inside track on the making of this unique band. Packed with interviews, this in-depth documentary takes you where the cameras never previously preyed to uncover a truly remarkable story.
Between 1964 and 1968, the self-proclaimed "Loudest Rock Band in the World" released a body of work of such quality, strength and cultural significance that the legacy of those classic records has remained indelibly stamped on the music of every subsequent generation. And although it was in the years that followed that The Who attained the status of global millionaire superstars, the records from their "early period" remain their badge of true identity.
The Who: Under Review 1964-1968 features rare live and studio performances of the band interspersed with the independent review and criticism of a panel of esteemed experts. These include The Who's early producer Shel Talmy, journalist and author Paolo Hewitt, Keith Moon biographer Alan Clayson, ex- Melody Maker journalist and early champion of The Who Chris Welch, Classic Rock Magazine writer Malcolm Dome and a host of other expert contributors.
The Who: Under Review 1964-1968 features rare live and studio performances of the band interspersed with the independent review and criticism of a panel of esteemed experts. These include The Who's early producer Shel Talmy, journalist and author Paolo Hewitt, Keith Moon biographer Alan Clayson, ex- Melody Maker journalist and early champion of The Who Chris Welch, Classic Rock Magazine writer Malcolm Dome and a host of other expert contributors.
There's barely any misinformation regarding the astonishing career path of The Who: the band formed in 1964, were adopted as figureheads by the British Mods, continued through the 1960s and 1970s making extraordinary record after extraordinary record (with a couple of "rock operas" thrown in for good measure), Keith Moon, their madcap drummer, died in 1978 - and then it all went a bit pear shaped. The remaining members have not made a standout track since.
But as far as the Mod movement which had guaranteed The Who's early success and the Pete Townsend-composed musical depiction of that movement, Quadrophenia, are concerned, the story has been twisted, complicated and misunderstood, but remains endlessly fascinating. The band, the movement, the album, the second wave, the movie and now the 30th anniversary of the latter two all make for a story that needs to be told in depth. That is exactly what this film does.
Using recently unearthed archive footage from the early movement, rarely seen performance and interview footage of The Who, plus expert contributions and commentary from a panel headed by a friend of Pete Townsend and the band's "Mr. Fixit" throughout their career, Richard Barnes, this film features Mod experts Paulo Hewitt and Terry Rawlins; the ever delightful...
But as far as the Mod movement which had guaranteed The Who's early success and the Pete Townsend-composed musical depiction of that movement, Quadrophenia, are concerned, the story has been twisted, complicated and misunderstood, but remains endlessly fascinating. The band, the movement, the album, the second wave, the movie and now the 30th anniversary of the latter two all make for a story that needs to be told in depth. That is exactly what this film does.
Using recently unearthed archive footage from the early movement, rarely seen performance and interview footage of The Who, plus expert contributions and commentary from a panel headed by a friend of Pete Townsend and the band's "Mr. Fixit" throughout their career, Richard Barnes, this film features Mod experts Paulo Hewitt and Terry Rawlins; the ever delightful...
Despite impossible odds, Chicago native Wesley Willis became an underground rock icon, revered artist and hero to many before his untimely death in 2003. Through his force of personality and his artistic talents, Wesley's music and art attracted people from all walks of life. This film follows the prolific artist on his journey from obscurity to fame.
Brian Wilson: Songwriter, 1962-1969 is a documentary film in which the rich tapestry of music written and produced by this brilliant 20th-century composer is investigated and reviewed. Running at over three hours in length, the songs Brian wrote for and recorded with The Beach Boys during the 1960s are here put under the microscope to quite startling effect.
In an age when Z-list celebrities garner more media attention than the truly gifted, Amy Winehouse is an anomaly - a woman of such extraordinary flair it beggars belief and a dream for the tabloids, all rolled into one. So while many of her chart-topping contemporaries build here-today-gone-tomorrow "careers" of little substance, Amy's appeal is genuine, based on talent with a capital T.
Amy Winehouse: The Girl Done Good is a review of her music and career to date. Drawing on rare and classic performances, exclusive interviews, lengthy contributions from friends, colleagues, journalists and experts, and a host of other features, this video is a unique insight into the music, career and life of a cultural icon.
Amy Winehouse: The Girl Done Good is a review of her music and career to date. Drawing on rare and classic performances, exclusive interviews, lengthy contributions from friends, colleagues, journalists and experts, and a host of other features, this video is a unique insight into the music, career and life of a cultural icon.
Amy Winehouse: Reviving @ 4500 RPM's and Justified is a documentary showing who Amy Winehouse truly is and was, and why she is still searching for herself. Debuted in 2003 with her first album Frank , she was considered to be as soulful as the sultry sisters of yesteryear, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn and Dina Washington.
The naive farm girl who, with one of the most recognizable voices in country music, sold more than 30 million records.
No other female country singer conveyed the emotion of heartbreak like Tammy Wynette. She endeared herself to millions by singing about topics of everyday life - divorce, loneliness, parenting, passion. Her tearful singing style was the voice of every heartbreak a woman has ever known.
No other female country singer conveyed the emotion of heartbreak like Tammy Wynette. She endeared herself to millions by singing about topics of everyday life - divorce, loneliness, parenting, passion. Her tearful singing style was the voice of every heartbreak a woman has ever known.
The floodgates have opened, and up swims this entertaining, honest film from inside and outside the LoS family. Witness one of America's most enduring live music acts of this and the last century - Leftover Salmon!
This video features interviews from the likes of Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Sam Bush, Cracker, Hot Rize, Peter Rowan, Bela Fleck, Leftover Salmon and others. If you were there, you'll need help remembering. If you weren't ... sorry you missed it. Either way, this video is for you.
This video features interviews from the likes of Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Sam Bush, Cracker, Hot Rize, Peter Rowan, Bela Fleck, Leftover Salmon and others. If you were there, you'll need help remembering. If you weren't ... sorry you missed it. Either way, this video is for you.
After the premiere of the film Yesspeak , Los Angeles fans were treated to an exclusive, one time only, live performance from Yes. For the first time, the Yes classic line up of Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White and Rich Wakeman performed live and unplugged.
With the possible exception of Bob Dylan, Neil Young remains the most respected artist in the history of contemporary music. And fifty years into a career that has seen him experiment with just about every musical genre to emerge thus far, and invent a fair few of his own too, this troubadour of troubadours continues to create at a quite extraordinary rate with an energy and passion that the vast majority of his contemporaries lost years ago.
This set covers the entire career of Neil Young and with the help of rare archive, vintage and exclusive interviews, live and studio footage, performance film and contributions from those who have known him best along the way plus the finest writers on his life and work, makes for a truly enthralling three-hour journey into the heart of this extraordinary musical maverick.
This set covers the entire career of Neil Young and with the help of rare archive, vintage and exclusive interviews, live and studio footage, performance film and contributions from those who have known him best along the way plus the finest writers on his life and work, makes for a truly enthralling three-hour journey into the heart of this extraordinary musical maverick.
Despite remaining a hugely original singer, songwriter, performer and, let's face it, human being across a career spanning almost fifty years, Neil Young has never been immune to the influence of others. This will be of no surprise to anyone with even a hint of interest in the man and his music, but only those who have studied their subject in depth will be aware of the enormous range of artists and genres Neil has both been affected by and drawn inspiration from, much of which, if one knows where to look, is apparent in Young's incredible catalogue.
As with so many of his contemporaries, Young’s first love was the classic rock and roll of the mid-1950s, but in the 60s, the twangy guitars of Duane Eddy, The Fireballs, and most notably Hank B. Marvin of British instrumentalists The Shadows captured his attention. Indeed, his first band, The Squires, were dead ringers for The Shadows.
The folk revival of the late 1950s didn't pass Neil by, and from this genre he was deeply moved by fellow Canadians Ian & Sylvia, whom Young would never forget, recording their "Four Strong Winds" in 1978 and still namedropping the husband and wife act to this day. Bob Dylan's effect on Neil is well known, but British folk-blues guitarist and composer Bert Jansch had equally hit a note...
As with so many of his contemporaries, Young’s first love was the classic rock and roll of the mid-1950s, but in the 60s, the twangy guitars of Duane Eddy, The Fireballs, and most notably Hank B. Marvin of British instrumentalists The Shadows captured his attention. Indeed, his first band, The Squires, were dead ringers for The Shadows.
The folk revival of the late 1950s didn't pass Neil by, and from this genre he was deeply moved by fellow Canadians Ian & Sylvia, whom Young would never forget, recording their "Four Strong Winds" in 1978 and still namedropping the husband and wife act to this day. Bob Dylan's effect on Neil is well known, but British folk-blues guitarist and composer Bert Jansch had equally hit a note...
Neil Young: Under Review, 1966-1975 is a documentary film reviewing the music and career of one of rock's true giants during his formative and most creative years.
This film features musical performances of Neil Young reviewed by a team of esteemed experts; obscure footage, rare interviews and rarely seen photographs of and with Neil; review, commentary, criticism and insight from John Einarson, author of the highly acclaimed biography Neil Young: Don't Be Denied; respected American rock critic and senior editor at Village Voice, Robert Christgau; British rock author and music journalist Barney Hoskyns; Uncut magazine's contributing editor, Nigel Williamson; ex-editor of BAM magazine and early champion of Neil Young, Dave Zinner; house engineer on "Mr. Soul," Bruce Tergesen; CNSY biographer Johnny Rogan and many others.
This film features musical performances of Neil Young reviewed by a team of esteemed experts; obscure footage, rare interviews and rarely seen photographs of and with Neil; review, commentary, criticism and insight from John Einarson, author of the highly acclaimed biography Neil Young: Don't Be Denied; respected American rock critic and senior editor at Village Voice, Robert Christgau; British rock author and music journalist Barney Hoskyns; Uncut magazine's contributing editor, Nigel Williamson; ex-editor of BAM magazine and early champion of Neil Young, Dave Zinner; house engineer on "Mr. Soul," Bruce Tergesen; CNSY biographer Johnny Rogan and many others.
Neil Young: Under Review, 1976-2006 is a documentary film reviewing the music and second half of the career of one of the finest songwriters and most significant artists of the rock age.
When an artist, regardless of his significance, lists his favourite musicians and performers it is usually met with little fanfare, as over time the names mentioned are almost certainly going to change. But when Frank Zappa did likewise, and actually published a record of his most important influences on the inside cover of his debut album, it became a road map to the music he was to make over the following forty years. Even in the early 1990s, when asked about his most-loved composers, musicians and artists, he would repeat names from this, by then legendary, list.
This film explores the musical roots of Frank Zappa by putting The Freak Out List under the microscope and tracing the lineage from the most pivotal names thereon to the recordings and performances of the man himself.
This film explores the musical roots of Frank Zappa by putting The Freak Out List under the microscope and tracing the lineage from the most pivotal names thereon to the recordings and performances of the man himself.