"Actor: Elvis Costello"

• Later With Jools Holland - Later - Giants | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-0.24 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Later... with Jools Holland--Giants is a collection of classic live performances from a decade of the late-night BBC music show. Everyone will have their favourites and, no doubt, differing opinions on what constitutes a musical "giant". What is indisputable here is the sheer volume and variety of artists and styles on offer. The 32 performers range from Pete Towshend to Blondie; Paul Weller to Willie Nelson; Leonard Cohen to Jeff Beck; Page and Plant to Ronnie Spector and the Divine Comedy. The acts vary in quality--Brian Ferry's posturing, staccato rendition of "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" and Georgie Fame's futile, asthmatic efforts to keep up with the beat on "Yeh! Yeh!" are notable low points--but thankfully the few weaker moments are more than compensated for by tour de force performances from the likes of Al Green, REM, Tony Bennett, Dusty Springfield and George Benson. Your enjoyment will obviously depend on a desire to see these greats play, but where else are you going to get both Robbie Williams belting out an impromptu performance of "Suspicious Minds" and Solomon Burke singing "Cry to Me" from an enormous golden throne? On the DVD: Later... with Jools Holland--Giants comes with a desirable selection of interviews with 10 of the featured performers. Sadly, they are tantalisingly short--never longer than three minutes, some little more than a minute--and never stretch beyond Holland's stock questions or brief, if entertaining, anecdotes. Also included are: a "playlist" feature, which allows you to select six of your favourite tracks and play them in an order of your choice, normal track selection, subtitles and a credit list. --Paul Philpott

• Straight To Hell / Death And The Compass | DVD | (31/10/2005) from £25.63   |  Saving you £-5.64 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Straight To Hell:A team of inept hitmen (Sy Richardson Joe Strummer and Dick Rude) oversleep on the day of their big job and find their target has already fled town. Fearing reprisals from their boss (Jim Jarmusch) they pull a bank job and escape into the desert with Richardson's pregnant girlfriend (Courtney Love). When their car breaks down they seek shelter in a ghost town inhabited by the McMahons (The Pogues Biff Yeager) a murderous and incestuous clan of gun-crazy coffee addicts.Death And The Compass:In a totalitarian metropolis of the future Erik Lonnrot (Peter Boyle) a gifted detective investigates a series of strange murders and disappearances that seem to implicate the insane crime lord Red Scarlach. Enlisting the help of Alonso Zunz (Christopher Eccleston) a principled journalist Lonnrot believes that he has uncovered a labyrinthine occult conspiracy. However has the investigator's brilliance merely precipitated his own destruction?

• Paul Weller - Live - Route Of Kings / Later... With Jools Holland | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £13.50   |  Saving you £-7.51 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Paul Weller Live At Hyde Park Tracklist: Introduction Sunflower Bull Rush Magic Bus Friday Street Hung Up A Bullet For Everyone Whirlpools’ End Leafy Mysteries Up In Suze’s Room All Good Books Can You Heal Us (Holy Man) This Is No Time Foot Of The Mountain Broken Stones Picking Up Sticks You Do Something To Me Stanley Road Out Of The Sinking Peacock Suit Into Tomorrow The Changingman Standing Out In The Universe Wild Wood Call Me No. 5 Woodc

• Roy Orbison - The Black And White Night | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Few early rockers were more gifted or less honoured in their prime than the late Roy Orbison, whose vaulting tenor and vulnerable love songs conjured heartbreak and desire with operatic intensity. This 1987 concert special came two decades after Orbison had retreated from pop's front lines, yet neither Orbison nor his music coasts on mere nostalgia: in every respect, A Black and White Night survives as a triumphant performance and a superb video production, as well as a first-rate retrospective of Orbison's hits.Filmed in black and white against the streamlined art deco stage of the since-demolished Coconut Grove in downtown Los Angeles, the concert is buoyed by a remarkable cast of A-list Orbison fans who signed on as his accompanists. Under the direction of producer T-Bone Burnett, the stage band thus includes Jackson Browne, Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes, along with the rhythm section from Elvis Presley's fabled late 60s and early 70s touring band. That astonishing line-up is all the more noteworthy for the restraint with which they collaborate--it's evident that those superstars came to honour Orbison, not upstage him, resulting in a gratifying cohesion to the performances.Orbison himself sounds as powerful as ever, his soaring falsetto cresting as dramatically as it did on the studio versions of the hits that inevitably dominate. Those songs meanwhile confirm that his blue-chip admiration society came as much for the calibre of his writing as for his ravishing voice: if he remains best known for the jaunty come-on of "Pretty Woman", Orbison was first and foremost a rock balladeer, capable of bringing lumps to our throats with such classics as "Crying" and "Only the Lonely", or conjuring romantic trances through such gentle charmers as "Dream Baby". On this night, he handled all of them with fervour and finesse. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• Later With Jools Holland - Cool Britannia | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This DVD captures great performances from 1993 to 2003 history in the making as young British rock n' roll flexes its muscles. 1. Ash - Shining Light 2. Blur - Tender 3. British Sea Power - Remember Me 4. Catatonia - Bleed 5. Coldplay - In My Place 6. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha 7. Doves - The Cedar Room 8. Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 9. Elastica - Connection 10. Elbow - Fugitive Model 11. Embrace - All You Good Good People 12. Feeder - Just The Way I

• Gram Parsons - Fallen Angel | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £24.93   |  Saving you £-9.94 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Fallen Angel features music from Gram Parsons' groundbreaking career with The International Submarine Band The Byrds The Flying Burrito Brother as well as his highly acclaimed solo albums. The film was made on location by director and musician Gandulf Hennig and American music journalist musician and biographer Sid Griffin. Friends contemporaries and devotees of Gram Parsons talk about the importance of his work and the bizarre circumstances of his early death. Rare footage of

• Black & White Night | DVD | (13/07/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Few early rockers were more gifted or less honoured in their prime than the late Roy Orbison, whose vaulting tenor and vulnerable love songs conjured heartbreak and desire with operatic intensity. This 1987 concert special came two decades after Orbison had retreated from pop's front lines, yet neither Orbison nor his music coasts on mere nostalgia: in every respect, A Black and White Night survives as a triumphant performance and a superb video production, as well as a first-rate retrospective of Orbison's hits.Filmed in black and white against the streamlined art deco stage of the since-demolished Coconut Grove in downtown Los Angeles, the concert is buoyed by a remarkable cast of A-list Orbison fans who signed on as his accompanists. Under the direction of producer T-Bone Burnett, the stage band thus includes Jackson Browne, Burnett, Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, J.D. Souther, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits and Jennifer Warnes, along with the rhythm section from Elvis Presley's fabled late 60s and early 70s touring band. That astonishing line-up is all the more noteworthy for the restraint with which they collaborate--it's evident that those superstars came to honour Orbison, not upstage him, resulting in a gratifying cohesion to the performances.Orbison himself sounds as powerful as ever, his soaring falsetto cresting as dramatically as it did on the studio versions of the hits that inevitably dominate. Those songs meanwhile confirm that his blue-chip admiration society came as much for the calibre of his writing as for his ravishing voice: if he remains best known for the jaunty come-on of "Pretty Woman", Orbison was first and foremost a rock balladeer, capable of bringing lumps to our throats with such classics as "Crying" and "Only the Lonely", or conjuring romantic trances through such gentle charmers as "Dream Baby". On this night, he handled all of them with fervour and finesse. --Sam Sutherland, Amazon.com

• The Pretenders - Greatest Hits | DVD | (22/01/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Pretenders Greatest Hits is a selection of 20 songs and their variously successful videos. Chrissie Hynde arrived in the UK in 1973, and after a period as the "Loud Yank" NME journalist, she realised her dream of putting a band together. "Stop Your Sobbing" was a terrific first single for The Pretenders, debuting a voice that defied comparison or description. Naturally it's included here. Chrissie hated the early videos for her songs, especially "Brass in Pocket", which was one of the very first shown on MTV. She relays this sort of information to camera in the terrific documentary, "No Turn Left Unstoned", featured on this DVD. Comments come in from Rosanna Arquette, ex-managers, Elvis Costello, Bono, and her oldest friend. The overall opinion of the singer-writer that comes across in these interviews is one of an irreverent genius, not afraid to speak her mind (as in her passionate standing for animal rights through the organisation PETA ("People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals"). The band's turbulent history is chronicled through drug-related deaths, firing and re-hiring, motherhood, and the controversial use of the F word on stage, back when such things were shocking. There have been Pretenders greatest hits collections before, but this is expanded with "Human" and "Popstar" from the 1999 Viva El Amor album. --Paul Tonks

• Elvis Costello - The Right Spectacle: The Very Best Of Elvis Costello - The Videos | DVD | (05/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This is a unique collection of the visual works of Elvis Costello captured for the first time on DVD. From his first video for Radar Records through to his last with Warner Brothers this collection showcases 27 videos ; featuring material rarely seen since the release of the singles they supported. Costello has recorded a witty and lively commentary full of incredible insights for the fans ; there is also a host of other special features. Tracklisting : 1.(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea 2.Pump It Up 3.Radio Radio 4.(What's So Funny `Bout) Peace Love and Understanding 5.Oliver's Army 6.Accidents Will Happen 7.I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down 8.High Fidelity 9.Love For Tender 10.Possession 11.New Amsterdam 12.Clubland 13.New Lace Sleeves 14.Good Year For The Roses 15.Sweet Dreams 16.You Little Fool 17.Everyday I Write The Book 18.Let Them All Talk 19.The Only Flame In Town 20.I Wanna Be Loved 21.Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 22.Veronica 23.This Town 24.The Other Side Of Summer 25.So Like Candy 26.Sulky Girl 27.13 Steps Lead Down

• Elvis Costello And The Imposters - Live In Memphis | DVD | (31/08/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Elvis Costello & The Imposters: Club Date - Live In Memphis

• Elvis Costello And The Imposters - Live In Memphis | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £14.45   |  Saving you £-1.46 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Recorded in autumn 2004 the concert was filmed in Hi-Definition and features songs from across Costello's glittering career from Waiting For The End Of The World from his debut album through to The Delivery Man the title track of his most recent. It includes hits such as Radio Radio Alison Peace Love And Understanding and Pump It Up alongside classic album tracks and new songs. Highlights include two duets with the great Emmylou Harris on I Still Miss Someone and Heart Shaped Br

• Brian Wilson - Smile | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Smile? In 1966, the legendary abandoned Beach Boys' album and "teenage symphony to God" left its visionary, Brian Wilson, with the devil to pay. Disc One of this double DVD set offers David Leaf's glorious documentary "Beautiful Dreamer", interviewing all those involved with the project's development (save, bizarrely, any of the surviving Beach Boys, least of all Smile's most trenchant naysayer Mike Love) and charting Brian Wilson's ascendancy to the cusp of creative immortality and subsequent crash-and-burn to a bedridden, burnt-out recluse. In the South Pole-style "production race" with The Beatles for popular music's brave new frontier (a contest more self-justificatingly important to Wilson than to Lennon/McCartney) it was to be The Beatles who planted the flag and Wilson who perished in the snow; Smile was to be Brian Wilson's nemesis. The albums' eventual completion and re-recording (hats off to Brian Wilson's musical sidekicks The Wondermints) in 2003 was the happiest and unlikeliest conclusion to pop music's most fascinating and infuriating chapter. The entire live performance of Smile in Los Angeles - beautifully filmed on Disc 2 - is a fitting happy ending. The work - especially the waxing and waning chorales of the "Child Is Father Of The Man" section - is a marvel; beautiful, bold, coherent and deft enough to leave the myth - the great "what if?" of 20th Century music history - intact. --Kevin Maidment

• Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (Season 1) | Blu Ray | (11/01/2010) from £56.25   |  Saving you £3.74 (6.65%)   |  RRP £59.99

  Elvis Costello is joined by fellow legends such as Elton John The Police and James Taylor in this music-driven series. New York's Apollo Theatre and 30 Rockefeller Plaza play host to the icons as they cover favorite songs and chat about their craft. This release includes 13 episodes.

• Herb Alpert Is... | DVD | (02/10/2020) from £16.06   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Spectacle: Elvis Costello With... (Season 1) | DVD | (11/01/2010) from £48.69   |  Saving you £1.30 (2.67%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Elvis Costello is joined by fellow legends such as Elton John The Police and James Taylor in this music-driven series. New York's Apollo Theatre and 30 Rockefeller Plaza play host to the icons as they cover favorite songs and chat about their craft. This release includes 13 episodes.

• Spice World - the Movie | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of the reasons that the Spice Girls remain so much fun is that in the great British tradition, they don't take themselves too seriously. Like The Beatles before them, the girls are more than happy to take pot-shots at their own manufactured image, something that Spiceworld: The Movie revels in. It doesn't hurt, of course, that plenty of others are along for the ride: Richard E. Grant chews scenery as the road manager; Meat Loaf is the kindly, ever-reliable bus driver; Elvis Costello (!) makes a tongue-in-cheek cameo; and Roger Moore is... well, bizarre. The plot, as such, is merely a convenience, somehow tying together the girls' first-ever live concert, a pregnant friend, a documentary film crew, a non-Spice love story, and something or other about a tabloid photographer. But that's not the point--what matters here is a surprisingly deft touch by director Bob Spiers and a script that refuses to take anything too seriously; the result is a gentle self-parody that knows just how far to take the joke. --Randy Silver

• Various Artists - Tribute to Burt Bacharach | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Pop music wouldn't be the same without one of the world's best loved songwriting teams - Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Performing 25 of the pair's truly timeless classics a stunning galaxy of internationally renowned performers (including Dionne Warwick and Elvis Costello) pay tribute to the pair in grand style at London's Royal Albert Hall. The tracklist includes: 'Close To You' 'Alfie' 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose' 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' 'Wives And Lovers'

• Elvis Costello - Spectacle - Seasons 1 & 2 Boxset | DVD | (07/11/2011) from £67.48   |  Saving you £-17.49 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Both seasons of Elvis Costello's rock and interview television show in one package. Shot at the legendary Appollo Theater, 30 Rock’s 8H Studio in New York and Toronto's Masonic Temple, Spectacle blends the best of talk and music television. This is an unprecedented series and a must for fans of every kind of music! Includes extended episodes with previously unseen footage, extra songs and behind-the-scenes interviews.Season 1 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member Elvis Costello conducts insightful interviews and participates in once-in-a-lifetime musical performances and collaborations with Elton John, President Bill Clinton, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, Julian Schnabel, The Police, Smokey Robinson, Rufus Wainwright, Jakob Dylan, Jenny Lewis, She & Him, Diana Krall, Herbie Hancock, Kris Kristofferson, Roseanne Cash, Norah Jones, John Mellencamp James Taylor and Renee Fleming.Season 2 Viewers will share in the passion of seven intriguing episodes of chords and conversation with superstar singers and songwriters, including: Bono and The Edge Of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Neko Case, Sheryl Crow, Ron Sexsmith, Jesse Winchester, Nick Lowe, Richard Thompson, Allen Toussaint, Levon Helm, Mary-Louise Parker, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, and Ray Lamontagne. Bonus features include the behind-the-scenes documentary Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...Inside Notes hosted by co-Executive Producer David Furnish and four bonus songs from Elvis & The Imposters and guests not seen in the original broadcast versions.

• Elivs Costello-Live in Memphis | Blu Ray | (01/12/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Recorded in autumn 2004 the concert is the first in our Club Date series and features songs from across Costello's glittering career from Waiting For The End Of The World from his debut album through to The Delivery Man the title track of his most recent. It includes hits such as Radio Radio Alison Peace Love And Understanding and Pump It Up alongside classic album tracks and new songs. Highlights include three duets with the great Emmylou Harris on I Still Miss Someone Wheels and Heart Shaped Bruise. Tracklist: 1. Waiting For The End Of The World 2. Radio Radio 3. Mystery Dance 4. Blue Chair 5. Bedlam 6. Country Darkness 7. Blame It On Cain 8. Either Side Of The Same Town 9. High Fidelity 10. The Judgement 11. Monkey To Man 12. Monkey Speaks His Mind 13. I Still Miss Someone (with Emmylou Harris) 14. Heart Shaped Bruise (with Emmylou Harris) 15. Wheels 16. The Delivery Man 17. Hidden Charms 18. Alison / Suspicious Minds 19. Peace Love And Understanding 20. Pump It Up

• A.I.M.S Gala - Live At The Royal Albert Hall | DVD | (24/04/2006) from £19.87   |  Saving you £-4.88 (-32.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Rolling Stone Bill Wyman formed A.I.M.S. (Ambitions Ideas Motivation Success) as a project to give up and coming bands a chance to record and perform along with some of the the hottest recording artists today. To select the most deserving bands Mr Wyman held a Europe wide 'Battle Of The Bands' series the finalists from which were invited to play at the world-renowned Royal Albert Hall at the AIMS Gala. This one hour program is the record of the superstar segment of that significa