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• Jerry Garcia Band - Live At Shoreline | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On September 1st 1990 at the Shoreline Amphitheater the Garcia Band performed a particularly poignant kind of magic. A Grateful Dead show was originally planned for that date but the Dead's brilliant keyboard player Brent Mydland died of an overdose at age 37 in late July. Rather than cancel the gig the Garcia Band stepped in to deliver one of their most heartfelt performances. The first and only DVD release from the Jerry Garcia Band features the concert plus interviews songwriter documentary and a photo gallery. Tracklist: (First Set) 1.How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You 2.Stop That Train 3.Dear Prudence 4.I Shall Be Released 5.Run For The Roses 6.My Sisters & Brothers 7.Deal (Second Set) 1.I Second That Emotion 2.Think 3.And It Stoned Me 4.Waiting For A Miracle 5.Don't Let Go 6.That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) 7.Tangled Up In Blue

• Radio On | DVD | (26/05/2008) from £10.35   |  Saving you £9.64 (93.14%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Following a young London DJ (David Beames) on the road to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Radio On offers a unigue compelling and even mythic vision of a late 1970s England stalled between failed hopes of cultural and social change and the imminent upheavals of Thatcherism. Stunningly photographed by luminous monochrome by Martin Schafer and driven by a startling new wave soundtrack (Bowie Kraftwerk Lene Lovich Ian Drury Wreckless Eric) - and an early screen performance by Sting - Radio On is ripe for rediscovery.

• E.L.O.-Out of This/Discovery | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £7.69   |  Saving you £3.30 (30.00%)   |  RRP £10.99

  The Seventies was the decade when rock became show business. And nobody put on a better show than the Electric Light Orchestra. The whole world plugged in as the best of classical met the pop generation. The result? Classic rock! George Harrison himself once said that if the Beatles had stayed together they would have sounded like the ELO. But their Out of the Blue Tour took them into another dimension altogether. Captured live at London's Wembley Arena in 1978 this space-age show

• Death in Venice | DVD | (01/11/2010) from £9.72   |  Saving you £11.53 (136.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Benjamin Britten's final opera, written between 1971-1973, recorded at Teatro La Fenice in Venice in 2008. Bruno Bartoletti conducts, while there are performances by Marlin Miller, Scott Hendricks, and Alessandro Riga. Tracklist: Act 1 1. Opening 2. My mind beats on (Aschenbach) 3. Who's that? (Aschenbach) 4. Hey there, hey there, you! (Chorus) 5. Ah, Serenissima! (Aschenbach) 6. We are delighted to greet the Signore (Hotel Manager) 7. Poles, I should think (Aschenbach) 8. ...

• Bruce Springsteen With The Sessions Band - Live In Dublin | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £10.25   |  Saving you £1.74 (16.98%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Live In Dublin features 23 songs drawn from the band's performances in Dublin at The Point on November 17 18 and 19 2006. Springsteen's longtime manager Jon Landau said 'Live in Dublin charts the development of a band from an informal gathering in Bruce's living room to an onstage powerhouse. It also documents the growth in Bruce's vision of American music; it includes folk music blues Dixieland country swing gospel rock down to and including his own writing. It's all performed with Bruce's classic energy and focus. I think it's some of the finest music he's ever made.' Tracklisting 1. Atlantic City 2. Old Dan Tucker 3. Eyes on the Prize 4. Jesse James 5. Further on Up the Road 6. O Mary Dont You Weep 7. Erie Canal 8. If I Should Fall Behind 9. My Oklahoma Home 10. Highway Patrolman 11. Mrs. McGrath 12. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live 13. Jacobs Ladder 14. Long Time Comin 15. Open All Night 16. Pay Me My Money Down 17. Growin Up 18. When the Saints Go Marching In 19. This Little Light of Mine 20. American Land 21. Blinded By the Light (Credits)

• Paul Rodgers-Live in Glasgow | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £8.23   |  Saving you £9.75 (186.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Paul Rodgers is the possessor of one of the great rock voices. As the frontman of first Free and then Bad Company he established himself as also one of the great rock performers and a classic songwriter. In 2005 he joined forces with Queen on their first full tour without Freddie Mercury. This concert was recorded in Glasgow on his sell out autumn 2006 UK tour and features powerful performances of songs from across his career. Tracklist: 1. I'll Be Creepin' 2. The Stealer 3. Ride On A Pony 4. Radioactive 5. Be My Friend 6. Warboys 7. Feel Like Makin' Love 8. Bad Company 9. (I Just Wanna) See You Smile 10. Louisiana Blues 11. Fire And Water 12. Wishing Well 13. All Right Now 14. I'm A Mover 15. The Hunter 16. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love 17. Seagull

• The Rolling Stones - Rock And Roll Circus | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £13.20   |  Saving you £0.79 (5.98%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Unavailable at all for nearly three decades, then issued in a VHS edition in 1996, the Rolling Stones' legendary Rock and Roll Circus finally gets the full treatment with this DVD release documenting the 1968 event. The Stones were reportedly unhappy with their performance (hence the long delay), and it isn't their finest moment; performing "Jumping Jack Flash" and a variety of songs from their then-new Beggars Banquet album, Keith Richards is game, but Jagger's preening (especially on "Sympathy for the Devil") is over the top, and guitarist Brian Jones looks dissolute and well on his way to his death the following year. A certain weirdness permeates some of the other musical acts as well: Jethro Tull lip-syncs unconvincingly, Taj Mahal and band were obliged to perform before the circus set was completed and the audience had arrived, and John Lennon's outing with impromptu supergroup the Dirty Mac (with Richards, Eric Clapton, and drummer Mitch Mitchell) is hampered by Yoko Ono's caterwauling, although their version of the Beatles' "Yer Blues" is cool. Still, the Who are brilliant, Marianne Faithfull is beautiful, the various circus acts are fun, and the crowd clearly loves it. The DVD comes with some fascinating bonus features, including three extra songs by Mahal, some lovely classical piano by Julius Katchen, and a "quad split-screen" version of "Yer Blues". Best of all are a new interview with the Who's Pete Townshend and the various commentary tracks added for the DVD--especially those by Tull's Ian Anderson, director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and Stones Jagger, Richards, and Bill Wyman (who dryly attributes Jagger's reluctance to issue the show to his dissatisfaction with his own performance, not the band's). Flaws notwithstanding, this is a treat. --Sam Graham

• Portishead - PNYC - Live At The Roseland Theatre | DVD | (29/04/2002) from £28.46   |  Saving you £-18.47 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  This famous filming of Portishead's first-ever live gig in New York--along with the accompanying album--is now considered a modern classic. The concert itself is a wonder to behold, as Portishead (Geoff Barrows, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Andy Smith) smoke cigarettes, chew gum, scratch records and behave in a generally hip manner while around them the 30-piece New York philharmonic orchestra and a five-piece horn ensemble do their thing. The performance and subsequent recording of this gig has, in some cases, offered a preferred body of work to Portishead's studio based albums, proving that live gigs do not necessarily equal poor production values. From the haunting "All Mine" to the ever-popular "Glory Box" the energy from the band members and the welcome addition of a live orchestra adds a breathtaking edge to the well-known tunes. The camera adds to the magic of the concert, sweeping majestically across the action and the audience, helping to capture the slow, silky essence of this urbanized opulence. On the DVD: As well as re-EQ'ing all of the music, the band have provided extra musical snippets, footage from their world tour (which followed this concert), an exclusive acoustic version of "Wandering Star", all of their music videos and the cultish short film they made in 1994. The "road tour" section is quite dull, shot from a car racing around provincial England (Portishead, mainly). The music videos, by and large, are more interesting and artful, particularly the video for "Only You" which is undeniably beautiful. The parting shot is their short movie "To Kill A Dead Man" (directed, shot, acted and scored by the band), which is entertaining, despite the hefty disclaimer that precedes it. All in all this is a very comprehensive overview of one of the 90s' most revered bands and a worthy purchase even for those who have the original VHS edition.--Paul Sullivan

• James Last - Live at the Royal Albert Hall | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £6.22   |  Saving you £8.77 (141.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  James Last: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

• The Story Of The Blues | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Story Of The Blues traces the four principal traditions of blues music: Blues Form - Country Blues - Urban Blues - Electric Blues and it's significant contribution to the development of jazz rock music and country and western music.

• Steve Harley - Live In Concert | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  During the 1970's Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel were amongst the most distinctive of British Rock bands. Original lyrics and memorable melodies combined to produce enduring songs the highlight of which is the unmistakable Make Me Smile. Recorded during 2004 the DVD features Steve's brilliant set from the Isle of Wight festival. This is complemented by the inclusion of the bonus track 'Death Trip' recorded at the Edinburgh show during Steve's December tour of the UK. Episode T

• A Film By Jonathan Demme And Talking Heads Stop Making Sense | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Palm Pictures is proud to present the DVD premiere of the groundbreaking Talking Heads concert film 'Stop Making Sense', directed by Jonathan Demme. The film has been re-mixed and re-mastered allowing the brilliance of the music and visuals to take full advantage of state-of-the-art technology. 1. Psycho Killer 2. Heaven 3. Thank You for Sending Me An Angel 4. Found A Job 5. Slippery People 6. Burning Down The House 7. Life During Wartime 8. Making Flippy Floppy 9. Swamp 10. What A Day That...

• Roxy Music - Roxy Music EP | DVD | (01/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  Tracks: Do The Strand All I Want Is You and Virginia Plain.

• Party At The Palace | DVD | (01/07/2002) from £11.30   |  Saving you £8.69 (76.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Party At The Palace starts with Queen Guitarist Brian May--who looks more than ever like a haircut with a person growing from beneath it--playing "God Save The Queen" on the roof of Buckingham Palace; seemingly missing the point of his obvious inspiration, Jimi Hendrix's apocalyptic subversion of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock. Unbelievably, and theoretically impossibly, it goes downhill from there. It can only be assumed that the bill for the Queen's Jubilee was assembled by an ardent republican. The concert is a motley assortment of has-beens and time-wasters, a curious number of whom felt it proper to celebrate the monarch's 50 years by singing old Motown songs badly. The concert also features an extended plug for Queen's (that's the Band) risible musical We Will Rock You and Lenny Henry shouting. Bewilderingly Party At The Palace is not only redeemed, but made worth owning, by the four-song set by Brian Wilson with his version of "God Only Knows"--accompanied by Andrea Corr—-offering a heartbreakingly earnest performance. The concert ends with a pantomime version of "All You Need Is Love". Party At The Palace is the night rock & roll gave up. On the DVD: Party at the Palace is presented in 16:9 format. Songs can be selected by title or by artist. There are subtitles in French, German and Spanish. Proceeds from the sale of the DVD, "after the deduction of costs and expenses in relation to its production and distribution", will be donated to the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Trust. --Andrew Muller

• Metallica-Live in San Diego 1992 | DVD | (15/10/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Metallica: Live In San Diego 1992

• Mama's Boys - Mama Weer All Crazee Now | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £12.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.10%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Mama's Boys hailed from Northern Ireland and was comprised of Pat McManus (guitar vocals) John McManus (bass) and Tommy McManus (drums). The band issued several albums during the early to mid-'80s including such titles as 1982's Plug It In 1983's Turn It Up and 1985's Power and Passion. Merging traditional Irish influences with blues and heavy rock they quickly developed a unique style that echoed the great Thin Lizzy. The band enjoyed success throughout Europe and even gained

• Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  The visual companion to his compilation album, The Ultimate Collection provides an exhaustive view of Billy Joel's video output to date. Rather frustratingly compiled with little or no reference to chronology, the collection is still a fine overview of this underrated, US songwriter. His material from the 1970s may be represented by some now-dated visuals (far too many moustaches and skinny ties) but still ranks as some of the best of his career. Be aware, however, that "Leave a Tender Moment Alone", "New York State of Mind" and the classic "Piano Man" are all live versions, with the latter especially replacing the subtlety of the original with a stadium-friendly, slow-motion rock treatment. All was to change in 1983 with the mildly annoying "Uptown Girl": the budgets got bigger as the records sold more, yet the frequent attempts to present the less-than photogenic Joel in a pop-star light are not that successful. Musically, however, he was still able to produce the goods, especially on the likes of "All About Soul", "The River of Dreams" and the infectious "Tell Her About It". And with "Allentown" and "Goodnight Saigon" he proved himself to be a chronicler of blue-collar America more than capable of matching the Springsteens and Mellancamps. On the DVD: Picture and sound quality is excellent, the latter available in PCM stereo or sumptuous Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Extras include an audio enhanced discography and a biographical timeline, enabling the viewer to pinpoint how Joel made the transition from the decidedly dodgy rock of the Hassles to the elegant AOR of later years.--Phil Udell

• Beats Rhymes And Life - The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest | DVD | (23/01/2017) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Michael Rapaport directs this behind-the-scenes documentary profile of the seminal New York hip hop group, that includes live performances, historical footage, and interviews with band members Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad.

• The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition | DVD | (02/07/2001) from £6.12   |  Saving you £13.87 (226.63%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three classic Doors titles on one packed DVD! Dance On Fire: An all music collection of live and televised performances promotional clips and behind the scenes footage. Featuring 'LA Woman' 'Riders On The Storm' and 'Light My Fire'. (65 minutes in length.) Live At The Hollywood Bowl: The legendary 1968 concert. The only complete live concert of the Doors ever filmed. (50 minutes in length.) The Soft Parade: This collection of footage drawn from the Doors' private archives feature

• Spirit Is The Journey - Celebrating 30 Years (2Cd+Dvd) | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £25.99

  DVD Tracklisting: Intro The Zulu Guitar Walking Song Intro Kwela Kwela - The Big Police Van Mantshonths'emsamo - Thief In The Hut A Yik'wento Njalo - To Love Forever Is Hard Imp'Iyeza - The War Is Coming Singeshaka Singedingane - And We Not Even Shaka Or Dingane The Great Warriors Inkomo Ngazac'umuntu - The Day A Cow Gives Birth To A Human Zin'sizwa Anophelela - Warriors Help Me For I Am In Trouble Sab'inganono - Afraid Of The Cannon Makoti Omncane - My Father Loves My New Wife