Category Archives: DVD

Best Box Sets of 2016

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Tony

Some fantasic releases this year that would make the list much too long – including the  Otis Redding at the Whiskey A Go-Go in 1966 and a number of multi CD bootleg box sets by bands such as The Doors, … Continue reading →

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Help Fund New Frank Zappa Documentary

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Tony

Earlier this month, British actor and filmmaker Alex Winter took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise $500,000 for the new documentary, ‘Who The Fuck Is Frank Zappa”. Winters stated: “Frank Zappa is one of the strangest, most amazing and … Continue reading →

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Trailer: All Things Must Pass – Tower Records

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Tony

Established in 1960, Tower Records was once a retail powerhouse with two hundred stores, in thirty countries, on five continents. From humble beginnings in a small-town drugstore, Tower Records eventually became the heart and soul of the music world, and … Continue reading →

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Jerry Lee Lewis At Sun Records – The Collected Works

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Tony
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Zappa Deal Will See Major Reissue Programme

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Tony

The estate of Frank Zappa has agreed an extensive licensing and distribution pact with Universal Music, which will now be able to release all manner of “new product releases, film and theatrical productions and trademark licensing,” starting with a 180-gram vinyl … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon: American Epic Documentary Series

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Tony

A three part historical documentary –  a feature length film will be broadcast this autumn on PBS in the USA and on the BBC as part of the Arena series. The cxecutive producers of the series are T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford and Jack … Continue reading →

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This Ain’t No Mouse Music!

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Tony

‘This Ain’t No Mouse Music!” is a feature length documentary made by Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling on Arhoolie Records boss – the legendary Chris Strachwitz. Strachwitz has been described “as a detective of sounds, an archaeologist of the deep American music, … Continue reading →

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Trailer for Led Zeppelin 11 Reissue

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Tony

Above is the new trailer for the forthcoming reissue of Led Zeppelin’s second album ‘Led Zeppelin II’. The clip, which is soundtracked by the previously unreleased rough mix of “Whole Lotta Love”. New song “La La” will appear on the second … Continue reading →

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Babe’s And Ricky’s Inn – A Real Blues Club!

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Tony

This 90 minute documentary film ‘Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn’ directed by  Ramin Niami chronicles the last days of a juke joint and blues club situated in South Central Los Angeles. For 53 years, Laura Mae Gross (aka Mama Laura), who hailed … Continue reading →

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Record Store Day 2014

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Tony

Record Store Day came into being in 2007 when over 700 independent records stores and outlets in the USA came together to celebrate their unique culture. The UK followed suit and 2014 will see the seventh celebration of the UK’s unique … Continue reading →

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