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• Yesspeak - Yes 35th Anniversary | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shot during the group's 35th Anniversary European Tour, Yesspeak offers a 169-minute documentary about the classic progressive rock band Yes, together with an audio-only presentation of their 2003 set. The feature, narrated by Roger Daltrey, is a refreshingly straightforward affair, with a near three-hour running time allowing rather more depth than the usual rockumentary. Divided into 10 chapters the programme systematically covers the background, history and outlook of the group before an extended interview with each of the five members of the classic line-up: Jon Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), Alan White (drums), and Rick Wakeman (keys). Finally there are more general sections on touring and the band's music. Archive material and glimpses of the 2003 tour are interwoven with the interviews, but this is very much a documentary, not a concert (to see Yes at their modern best watch Yes: Symphonic Live, 2002). The documentary puts a positive spin on a sometimes chequered past, and it's clearly aimed at long-term fans, but for those who have followed Yes through the decades this is satisfyingly comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable; from Steve Howe's famous but still entertaining guitar/Concord story, to Rick Wakeman's tea break during a typically expansive prog-rock solo. On the DVD: Yesspeak comes as a two-disc set. Disc 1 offers the first five chapters and 89 minutes of the documentary, while the remaining 80 minutes are featured on Disc 2. The picture is an excellent amamorphically enhanced 16:9 widescreen presentation, though by necessity the archive material is of variable quality. Switches into black and white and slow motion are a typically unnecessary distraction of the rock documentary format, but the DVD handles them well. There are excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS soundtracks and optional French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish subtitles. Disc 2 also showcases 126 minutes of concert audio. This is accompanied by concert photos but the sound is only Dolby Digital 5.1, without a DTS option. Although the sound is good it does not match the crystal clear quality of the same music as heard in fragments during the documentary itself. Presumably a DVD of the concerts will follow with much better sound, and the audio here will simply serve as a trailer for that release? --Gary S Dalkin

• Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 - Message To Love | DVD | (07/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Thirty years ago half a million flower children set sail for the Isle Of Wight in search of peace love and understanding. They also witnessed one of the greatest ever rock festivals with legendary live performances from well known greats of the era. This DVD tells the story of the great event from backstage banter to the terrific live performances. Featuring performances by: The Doors - 'When The Music's Over' The Who - 'Young Man Blues' Jimi Hendrix - 'Machine Gun' Joni

• The Who - Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 | DVD | (13/07/2015) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.08%)   |  RRP £12.99

  This new edition of Murray Lerners film of The Whos legendary performance at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival features newly restored pictures and remixed sound along with exclusive bonus features to finally give this amazing concert the quality release it deserves. Accept no substitute and play it loud! Tracklist: 1. Heaven And Hell 2. I Can't Explain 3. Young Man Blues 4. I Don't Even Know Myself 5. Water 6. Medley: Shakin' All Over / Spoonful... 7. Summertime Blues 8. My Generation 9. Magic Bus 10. Tommy Overture 11. It's A Boy 12. Eyesight To The Blind (The Hawker) 13. Christmas 14. The Acid Queen 15. Pinball Wizard 16. Do You Think It's Alright 17. Fiddle About 18. Go To The Mirror 19. Miracle Cure 20. I'm Free 21. We're Not Gonna Take...

• The Who : Amazing Journey - 2 Disc Collectors Edition | DVD | (26/11/2007) from £23.89   |  Saving you £1.10 (4.60%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From the makers of acclaimed documentary films 'Riding Giants' and 'Dogtown And Z-Boys' comes Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who the authorized portrait of the defining live act in popular music history told in their own words. Discover in this two disc DVD set how four diverse Londoners - Roger Daltrey Pete Townshend John Entwistle and Keith Moon - combined to create their own style of rock music built a dedicated fan base the world over and how The Who has survived at the top for over forty amazing years. Crammed with masses of never-seen-before footage rare concert performances and exclusive interviews in which the band and those close to the band share their thoughts and memories of The Who their music and their history. From their roots as a 1960s pub cover band through all the fascinating ups and downs twists and turns stops and starts successes and failures follow them as they evolve through four decades of rock.

• The Beggar's Opera | DVD | (23/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Created specially for television this Beggar's Opera captures the quality and satiric edge of the Hogarth engravings which influenced Gay's original version. The characters of this highly spirited comedy of London low-life thrived on thieving lechery and deceit: Peachum the receiver of stolen goods shops his clients when it suits him; Lockit the prison governor has corrupt links with Peachum; Macheath the highwayman has married Polly Peachum but is promised to Lucy Lockit; Jenn

• Lisztomania | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  This flamboyant extravaganza tells the scandalous tale of superstar composer Franz Liszt''s (Roger Daltry) hedonistic life of groupies sex and music as well as his rivalry with the scheming Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas). After enjoying the fruits of his celebrity Liszt tries to find true love with one of his mistresses Princess Caroline. The Pope (Ringo Starr) forbids their marriage and Liszt attempts to adopt a monastic lifestyle. The vampiric Wagner marries Liszt''s daughter Cosima and then battles for world domination by unleashing the Viking God Thor (Rick Wakeman) and his troupe of robot Nazis. The only way to save the world is through Liszt and all of his mistresses in a rocket ship to destroy the resurrected Wagner who has now become the Nazi Antichrist. A freewheeling outrageous and over-the-top look at the life of the world''s first pop superstar.

• Tommy | DVD | (27/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Your senses will never be the same! This classic rock opera is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many stars of the rock music industry. Told through the remarkable music of The Who this is the story of Tommy who when just a boy of six witnessed the murder of his father by his mother (Ann-Margaret) and her lover (Oliver Reed). They command him ""You didn't hear it you didn't see it and you won't say anything to anyone.."" As a result the traumatised boy retreats into the shadows of his mind and becomes deaf dumb and blind. Growing into manhood Tommy (Roger Daltrey) is subjected to several bizarre cure attempts by the Acid Queen (Tina Turner) the preacher (Eric Clapton) and the Specialist (Jack Nicholson). In spite of his handicap Tommy defeats the Pinball Wizard (Elton John) and becomes the champ attaining a devoted following. When he is finally cured he is hailed by his fans as a ""Messiah"".

• Like It Is / Surveillance - Double Pack | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £22.65   |  Saving you £-7.66 (-51.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Award-winning British director Paul Oremland brings you two gritty and contemporary feature length films that couldn't be any more different save for one similarity - both heroes are gay men.Like It Is follows closeted bare-knuckle fighter Craig (Steve Bell Coronation Street) who falls in love with record executive Matt and follows him to London, despite not being able to handle intimacy and the fact that Matt's friends want Craig gone.In Surveillance, Adam (Tom Harper) hooks up with a handsome guy (Sean Brosnan) only to discover that he is then murdered by the secret police for having information on a supposedly gay member of the Royal Family. Before long, Adam is being followed by special agent spies who want him dead!

• 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

• Like It Is | DVD | (11/09/2000) from £12.70   |  Saving you £2.29 (18.03%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Like It Is is much like watching a train wreck--the very idea of it is repellent and yet you perversely can't avert your eyes. While its urban grittiness and sooty veneer entranced some critics who mistook its violent, netherworld neorealism for art, Like It Is offers little in the way of redemption, positive gay imaging or even particularly good narrative. Paul Oremland directed this venture about a young, gay Blackpool tough named Craig (Steve Bell) who bare-knuckle boxes for money. He ultimately moves to London in search of a better life and falls in with the trendy London gay-club scene, meeting and falling for a handsome record producer named Matt (Ian Rose) and his wealthy boss (played by the Who's lead singer Roger Daltrey). The better life is quickly tainted by disillusion and misery, much as is the viewing experience. Steve Bell is, in real life, a featherweight boxing champion in Britain and therefore brings an urgent and raw vitality to the lead, but the characters as a whole are either irritating or unsympathetic, and it's ultimately difficult to find anyone to care for, or a story worth empathising with. --Paula Nechak, Amazon.com

• Dark Prince - The Legend Of Dracula | DVD | (07/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Medieval Transylvania. His homeland seized by marauding Turks his father cruelly buried alive Prince Vlad Dracula returns from exile on a mission of destiny and revenge. A fearless leader he vows to reclaim all that rightfully belongs to him and his people: no matter what the cost. On his quest he shows no mercy slaughtering common criminals corrupt noblemen and villainous clergy alike. As the stories of Vlad's unquenchable thirst for blood spread the legend of Dracula the Prince of Darkness is born...

• Brian Wilson - On Tour | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Brian Wilson On Tour is a documentary film celebrating the music of Beach Boy legend Brian Wilson. Following Brian through the U.S. and Japan on his first-ever solo tour this is an intimate portrait not of Brian ""the genius"" but of Brian ""the working musician "" choosing songs teaching them to his 10-piece band and ultimately performing them live for the first time ever in front of electrified audiences. Includes 24 live performances interviews and guest musicians like Neil Youn

• Yes - 35th Anniversary Tour | DVD | (01/09/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yes: The Director's Cut is narrated by The Who's Roger Daltrey from footage of the 2003 world tour that didn't make into the original edit. Recorded live during the 35th Anniversary World Tour this is the 'wonderous' songs and the 'wonderous' stories of YES featuring behind the scenes footage and previously unreleased live performances at the N.I.A Birmingham and The Glastonbury Festival.

• The Who - The Kids Are Alright | DVD | (21/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Kids Are Alright celebrates the phenomenon of the Who. More than a retrospective the film is a visual exploration of the great performances and maniacal events that constitute The Who legend. This special edition of the film includes the one musical omission from prior editions of this film: a video version of the classic song The Kids Are Alright. Tracklist of 24 songs includes: My Generation ; I Can't Explain ; Substitute ; Won't Get Fooled Again and many more.

• The Who: The Kids Are Alright | DVD | (23/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The Who: The Kids Are Alright

• The Wheels On The Bus - Mango And Papaya's Animal Adventure | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £6.98   |  Saving you £2.01 (28.80%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Hop aboard the bus with Mango the monkey and Papaya the toucan to explore a vehicle filled with animals and musical adventures! Mango and Papaya are lost climbing aboard the bus to discover where their home is. With the help of a little girl and Argon the dragon bus driver they sing along with the other passengers all through the town and stop at an aquarium a zoo and a farm to meet all kinds of interesting animals! Featuring The Who's frontman Roger Daltrey

• The Legacy | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Three young French friends experience all the peculiarities of rural Giorgian life when they meet an old man and his grandson traveling with an empty coffin.

• Kids Are Alright -The Who | Blu Ray | (22/03/2010) from £34.80   |  Saving you £-13.55 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  At the height of dynamic power, Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon combined to produce some of the most revered rock music of all time. The Who built their reputation as concert performers, setting standards by which all other rock bands will forever measure their worth. Jeff Stein's 1979 'rockumentary' classic, The Kids Are Alright, captures the band in the studio, delivering their most infamous interviews, showcases some of their finest performances and is universally acclaimed as one of the best documentaries of a rock group ever made. Includes full length audio commentary and collectable, 32-page booklet.Tracklist:1. My Generation2. I Can't Explain3. Russell Harty4. Baba O'Riley5. Shout And Shimmy6. Russell Harty7. Young Man Blues8. Melvin Bragg9. Drum Kit Mayhem10. The Keith Ringo Knows?11. Tommy, Can You Hear Me?12. Ringo And Keith: On Roger13. Pinball Wizard14. Ummm... Jah?15. See Me, Feel Me16. Melvin Bragg17. My Generation18. Anway, Anyhow, Anywhere19. Russell Harty20. Success Sto21. Pete: On The Beatles22. Substitute23. Pictures Of Lily24. Magic Bus25. Happy Jack26. Melvin Bragg27. A Quick One, While He's Away28. A Circus Act?29. Ringo And Keith: Joining The Who30. Cobwebs And Strange31. Russell Harty32. Ringo And Keith: On Pete33. Pete: On Doing His Job34. Sparks35. Barbara Ann36. Road Runner37. My Generation38. Pete: The Power Of Volume39. Russell Harty40. Who Are You41. Russell Harty42. My Generation43. Final Words44. Won't Get Fooled Again45. Long Live Rock46. The Kids Are Alright

• The Beggar's Opera - John Gay | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £28.12   |  Saving you £-22.13 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

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• British Rock Symphony | DVD | (29/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Be honest now: what rock fan hasn't fantasised about one day seeing Alice Cooper and The Who's Roger Daltrey on stage together, belting out the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" with backing by Pete Townshend's brother, Ringo Starr's son, and the bombast of a full symphony orchestra? Well, OK, so maybe that peculiar pairing is no one's idea of rock & roll heaven. But that didn't stop the producers of British Rock Symphony, a 90-minute outdoor concert, from assembling a wildly disparate cast, ranging from Daltrey, Cooper, and Procol Harum's Gary Brooker to Darlene Love (best known as the voice of the Crystals' classic "He's a Rebel") and lesser lights like singers Alvin Fields and Nikki Lamborn, to raise money for the Let Music Live charity and to celebrate the music of the Beatles, the Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, and others. Some of it is pretty predictable (there's a feeling of inevitability to "Stairway to Heaven", "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Pinball Wizard," and others), but there are also moments of genuine inspiration. Daltrey, who never seems to tire of those Pete Townshend songs, sounds great on "You Better You Bet" and "Who Are You", as well as outside fare like the Stones' "Street Fighting Man"; and Love, despite an occasional tendency to oversing, brings soulful fervour and conviction to the likes of "Ruby Tuesday". The DVD sound is superb, the visuals are good, and performers and audience alike seem to be having a good time. Still, aside from the curiosity (or novelty) factor, one has to wonder why anyone would prefer these versions to the originals. --Sam Graham, Amazon.com