Thomas Lang: Creative Control

Manufacturer: WarnerBrothers Brand: HAYES,ISAAC Model: 2232692

Wattstax: Special Edition, The (DVD)On August 20, 1972, more than 100,000 people attended what came to be known as "The Black Woodstock." Wattstax - The Special Edition is the 30th anniversary release of the film that documented that historic event and includes the once-lost original ending featuring Isaac Hayes' performances of "Theme From Shaft" and "Soulsville."]]> They called Wattstax the "black Woodstock," but there are many differences between that seminal hippie event and the 1972 concert documented in this 30th-anniversary special-edition reissue. Woodstock was all about peace, love, and music. Wattstax, held three years later in Los Angeles, had those elements as well; but as this 103-minute film reminds us, it was a more socio-politically charged event, with its emphasis on black pride and the simple opportunity for African Americans to assert that, in opening speaker Jesse Jackson's words, "I am somebody." There's also a good deal less music in this film than in the Woodstock movie. As the title suggests, a host of great Stax Records artists (including Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Bar-Kays, the Staple Singers, Albert King, and show closer Isaac Hayes) performed, but much of Wattstax doesn't even take place inside the L.A. Coliseum, where the concert was held, but rather in the churches and shops and on the streets of Watts itself (music fans would be better off checking out the Wattstax double CD). Wattstax, in fact, is much less a music movie than a chronicle of b...

Manufacturer: Homespun Tapes Brand: Homespun Model: 2230279

Manufacturer: Kultur Video Brand: BERNSTEIN,LEONARD

Broadcast to millions in America and abroad, the immensely popular series was the winner of multiple Emmy, Peabody and Edison awards. Now this national treasure is available for the first time on DVD in a Special Collector's Edition 9-disc set that contains 25 programs from the Young People's Concerts Series. Leonard Bernstein earned glory as a composer, conductor, and pianist (classical and jazz), but nothing gave him more pleasure than the joy of teaching. He presented the unique blend of spoken words and music known as the "Young People's Concerts" throughout his tenure as music director of the New York Philharmonic and for several years after. His enjoyment, and his audience's, can be seen vividly captured by the video cameras. He is an intensely interactive teacher, getting his audience to sing, springing a quiz full of trick questions, and singing a Beatles song to demonstrate a point. Bernstein is completely at ease talking to his audience. He can take the most abstruse subject - the meaning and function of intervals, tonality and atonality, the links between Gustav Mahler's troubled life and his music - and present them to a young audience with clarity, without condescension, and with a clear sense of the material's value. His subject-matter is enormously varied. For Igor Stravinsky's 80th birthday, he simply tells his audience the story of Petrouchka while conducting a dazzling performance of the colorful ballet. For a program on "Folk Music in the Concer...

Manufacturer: SONY-BMG CANADA Brand: MUSIC VIDEO DISTRIBUTORS

This DVD includes The Rehearsal Hall with 20 mins of footage and The Interview - 20 mins with Randy and Burton. 22 of their best hits are included. **PRICE REDUCED JANUARY 2009!**

Manufacturer: Island Brand: Uni Model: 2239860

First time on DVD. Bob Marley & The Wailers came to London's Rainbow Theatre in the summer of 1977. The Exodus album was riding the British charts. The band's potent, magical music was everywhere; on the airwaves, the jukeboxes, the sound system, hi-fi's. Live At The Rainbow captures a moment in time at the height of Bob Marley's popularity with a digitally enhanced picture, remastered DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, and Dolby Digital stereo. As a special bonus, the award-winning documentary Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story and recently shot footage of The Bob Marley Museum, Tuff Gong Studios and Nine Mile have been included on this special two-disc DVD set. On June 2, 1977, London's Rainbow Theatre "caught fire"--in the best possible way, of course. At the time, Bob Marley and the Wailers, already huge in the UK, were on tour in support of the locally produced Exodus. While the show starts off with the slow-burning "Trenchtown Rock" (1973's African Herbsman), Marley's performance grows increasingly incendiary until, by the time they get to the climactic closer, "Exodus," it looks as he's in another world entirely. The turning point is an extended version of "Crazy Baldhead" (1976's Rastaman Vibration), in which Marley seemingly enters a trance, performing primarily with eyes closed. By the late-1970s, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer were long gone, making the electrifying Marley more the focus than ever before (and for the first few songs, the rest of the band is...

Manufacturer: Universal Int'l

The hit AOR act's 1993 live release/ NTSC/Region 0. Includes the following tracks, 'Calling Elvis', 'Walk Of Life', ' Heavy Fuel', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'The Bug', 'Private Investigations', 'Your Latest Trick', 'On Every Street', 'You And Your Friend', 'Money For Nothing', 'Brothers In Arms', 'Solid Rock' and 'Local Hero - Wild Theme'. Universal. 2004.

Manufacturer: EPITAPH/WEA Brand: RHV Model: 2228213

"Glorious" was recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon during his sell-out tour in 1997 after Izzard debuted the show in New York. He also went onto Paris to do the show in French. Topics contained in "Glorious" include, NEW TESTAMENT: "A Play on Nativity," "Crazy St. Peter," "Swiss Protection," "The Nottingham Twang," "My Name is Tracy," "Deus Ex Machina," "They Lie To Us," "Hell in a Shower," "The Flight of the Volkswagen," "Birdsuck," "I've Got a Bad Feeling," "Death By Chocolate," and "Armageddon." OLD TESTAMENT: "Glorious," "In Bed with God," "Noah On Speed," "The Tyranny of Ducks," "The River Styx," "Mystic Hopscotch," "Fill Me with the Gobi Desert," Six Million Dollar Queen," "Do You Think I'm Sexy," "Helen of Troy," "Achilles Footwear" and "A Huge Fuck-Off Horse." EXTRAS: Lust For Glorious documentary/Audio commentary/trivia track/Subtitled in French, German, Spanish, Norwegian, Swedish, Dutch, Italian, Danish/Photo gallery/Bleeped audio track.

Manufacturer: Malaco Records Brand: taylor

Saddle up for a night full of Johnnie Taylor's greatest hits where he performs live in his hometown of Dallas, Texas, just three years before his death in 2000. He gave a captivated audience a night that they will never forget singing a string of soul, funk and disco hits including "Disco Lady; Who's Makin' Love; Ain't That Lovin' You" with Tasha Taylor, and more.

Manufacturer: Rhino Brand: WEA DVD Model: 2240304

Without doubt, the Eagles are one of the all-time biggest acts in popular music since the dawn of the rock'n'roll era. The band's roots go back to their role as defining artists in the phenomenally popular Southern California rock scene of the '70s, a decade in which they delivered four consecutive #1 albums. Their momentous 2004 farewell tour filled stadiums around the world, and this 2-DVD set captures one of the most stellar events from that now-historic global sweep. Track Listings: Disc 1: Long Run, New Kid in Town, Wasted Time, Peaceful Easy Feeling, I Can't Tell You Why, One of These Nights, One Day At A Time (New Track), Lyin' Eyes, Boys of Summer, In The City, Already Gone, Tequila Sunrise, Love Will Keep Us Alive, No More Cloudy Days (New Track), Hole In the World, Take It To the Limit, Disc 2: You Belong to the City, Walk Away, Sunset Grill, Life's Been Good, Dirty Laundry, Funk #49, Heartache Tonight, Life in the Fast Lane, Hotel California, Rocky Mountain Way, All She Wants To Do Is Dance, Take It Easy, Desperado Thirty songs, spread out over two discs and well over two and a half hours, with fine performances, great sound, and good visual direction: it's all here on Farewell 1 Tour, a documentary of the Eagles' 2004 concert in Melbourne, Australia. At one point, the veteran band seemed unlikely to even make it to the new millennium, but here they are, mostly intact, with a string of hits dating back more than three decades. The majority of them are performed her...