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Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
:Description:3 days. 3-million people. And memories to last a lifetime.Year: 1970Director: Michael WadleighStarring: Jimi Hendrix, Richie Havens, The Who, Crosby, Stills & Nash, much more essential video:The three-day Woodstock music festival in 1969 was the pivotal event of the 1960s peace movement, and this landmark concert film is the definitive record of that milestone of rock & roll history. It's more than a chronicle of the hippie movement, however; this is a film of genuine historical and social ...
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Fleetwood Mac - The Dance
: essential video:With each passing year bringing another high-profile rock reunion, prompted as often by balloon mortgage payments as any real artistic hunger, old fans could be excused for greeting 1997's announcement that the big Mac was back with skepticism: at their commercial zenith, Fleetwood Mac had offered superb transatlantic pop-rock with the added spice of a remarkable back-story, but the band's long decline and underwhelming later personnel shifts didn't bode well. Such guarded expectations make the musical punch ...
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Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Live From Austin, Texas
: :Few guitarists ever mastered the Fender Stratocaster like the late, great Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan, and this priceless digital video disc collects both of the sizzling appearances that Vaughan and his solid band, Double Trouble, made on the PBS concert series Austin City Limits. Combined to form the most popular program in the show's distinguished history, the concerts were taped in 1983 and 1989; both provide a valuable portrait of Vaughan's astounding artistic development. The performances serve as ...
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John Denver - The Wildlife Concert
: :Self-professed 'singer of the American West' John Denver shines in this heartfelt, 1995 live concert to benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society. Favorite songs such as 'Rocky Mountain High,' 'Wild Montana Skies,' and 'Fly Away' are moving and gain fresh perspective from brief comments by Denver. Lesser-known songs like 'Eagles and Horses' and 'You Say the Battle Is Over' celebrate the spirit of animals and nature while underlining the importance of preservation. Succinct interview clips express Denver's commitment to nature: ...
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Neil Diamond - Greatest Hits Live
: :Self-professed 'singer of the American West' John Denver shines in this heartfelt, 1995 live concert to benefit the Wildlife Conservation Society. Favorite songs such as 'Rocky Mountain High,' 'Wild Montana Skies,' and 'Fly Away' are moving and gain fresh perspective from brief comments by Denver. Lesser-known songs like 'Eagles and Horses' and 'You Say the Battle Is Over' celebrate the spirit of animals and nature while underlining the importance of preservation. Succinct interview clips express Denver's commitment to nature: ...
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The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Criterion Collection
:Description:Called 'the greatest rock film ever made,' this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell's Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment. essential video:To cite Gimme Shelter as the greatest rock documentary ever filmed is to damn it ...
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Joe Bonamassa - Live at Rockpalast
:Description:Called 'the greatest rock film ever made,' this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell's Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment. essential video:To cite Gimme Shelter as the greatest rock documentary ever filmed is to damn it ...
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Sade - Live Concert Home Video
: :This impressive record of Sade's 1994 live peformances reminds us of just how much her distinctive sound combines languorously emotional pop with lightweight but musically fulfilling cocktail jazz. As fine as the voice is, we can never forget that Sade's backing band are sidemen rather than mere accompanists, and in several of the 18 numbers here we get solos of real virtuosity. The selection of songs includes many of Sade's hits--'Cherry Pie,' 'Smooth Operator,' 'Your Love Is King'--and some ...
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Styx - Return to Paradise
starring: Styx
: :This impressive record of Sade's 1994 live peformances reminds us of just how much her distinctive sound combines languorously emotional pop with lightweight but musically fulfilling cocktail jazz. As fine as the voice is, we can never forget that Sade's backing band are sidemen rather than mere accompanists, and in several of the 18 numbers here we get solos of real virtuosity. The selection of songs includes many of Sade's hits--'Cherry Pie,' 'Smooth Operator,' 'Your Love Is King'--and some ...
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Yanni - Tribute
: :Exotic locales and famous monuments! Adagios and waltzes! Spectacle and bombast! A didgeridoo and an orchestra too! Yanni's amazing hair!! All this and much more make Tribute a feast sure to be eagerly devoured by the Greek composer-keyboardist's legions of fans--and it's not hard to understand why, as it is an impressive achievement. The DVD chronicles Yanni's 1997 concerts at India's Taj Mahal (the first concert staged there) and Beijing's Forbidden City (the first-ever performance there by a Western ...
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