Описание: The fifth title of this exclusive and all new DVD collection for fans, we take an inside look at the British rock-n-roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor Ian Dury the man who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music. Best known as the founder and lead singer of his band Ian Dury and the Blockheads, he released a host of seminal songs most notably Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, What A Waste and the UK chart-topping single Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. He toured extensively with his band over the years with the likes of Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Larry Wallis and released a dozen albums, with New Boots and Panties going platinum in 1977. After his death from liver cancer in 2000, Suggs, the singer with Madness, described him as ''possibly the finest lyricist we've seen.'' This brand new DVD release to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Dury s death is a collection of rare footage, featuring original film and videos of the...

Описание: The next title in our Rare and Unseen series looks at the Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue. Starting her career at the tender age of eleven on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, ''Locomotion'', spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. She has released nearly a dozen albums, has achieved worldwide success and is especially popular in Australia and the UK. Told through missing-believed-wiped archive interviews and rare and unseen footage of the singer talking, this insightful DVD is a worthy addition to any Kylie collection. Items genuinely unseen and never before on DVD including film from the ITN archive. Includes lost and now restored TV interviews from the past and rare film of the singer talking about her career. A must for the die-hard fan!...

Описание: By 1988, Zulu choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo (named after the township of Ladysmith where they came together more than a decade ago] had received a coveted Grammy award and had achieved international prominence and acclaim through their association with Paul Simon. The astonishing ten-piece group accompanied Simon on two tracks on his ground breaking Graceland album (Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes and Homeless) and then toured the world in concert with him. Journey of Dreams unfolds the aspirations of a people to whom music is much more than entertainment. To black Africa, music is a voice, a rallying cry, a mode of worship. On every one of those levels. Ladysmith Dlack Mambazo are a yardstick by which other vocal ensembles are measured.

Описание: The next title in our Rare and Unseen series looks at Take That the BRIT award-winning English pop band consisting of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. The band s dance-oriented pop tunes and soulful ballads dominated the UK charts in the first half of the 1990s, spawning two of the best selling albums of the decade with Everything Changes and Greatest Hits 1996. After a ten year hiatus, the band (minus Robbie Williams) reformed and made a massive comeback with several albums of new material and a UK Tour. One of the most successful UK boybands of the 1990s, Take That have sold over 65 million records to date. Told through missing-believed-wiped archive interviews and rare and unseen footage of the band talking, this insightful DVD is a worthy addition to any Take That collection. Items genuinely unseen and never before seen on DVD including film from the ITN archive. Includes lost and now restored TV interviews from the past and ...

Описание: The Beatles hove endured as the greatest popular band of all time, with their music and lyrics transcending the decades. John, Paul, George, and Ringo's individual personalities continue to influence generations of musicians and fans across the world. But before the fame and fortune there was the lesser-known story about the six young men who would - and wouldn't - grow up to become The Beatles. Becoming... The Beatles begins in working class Liverpool in the 1950s, a grim sea port where poverty haunted every street. It was within these hardscrabble streets though that a group of young men met and began to create music that would literally change the world. After exploring the childhoods of John, Paul, and George, as well as those of their friends and former band mates Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best, the film delves into the club scene in Hamburg, Germany, where they learned how to make music and perform as a band becoming the launch pad for Beatlemania and the band's ultimate...

Описание: Marilyn Manson, "Demystifying the Devil", An Unauthorised Biography flashes back toincarnation of Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids and chronicles their controversial trials and tribulations. The documentary features shocking first-hand testimonials of the people who were closest to Brian Warner, a.k.a. Marilyn Manson, back in his local-based town of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as outrageous home videos that depict the Mansons in ways never seen before. Included on this DVD is an exclusive interview with Brad Stewart aka Gidget Gein, the second bass player for Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids. Other critical counterparts from the Spooky Kids era and beyond have also been rounded up to provide testimonies, exclusive photos, home video footage and memorabilia to create one of the most unforgettable rock videos you will ever own. Marilyn Manson has become one of the most cutting-edge controversial and talked about figures in music today and this Unauthorised Biography is one...

Описание: "Second Chorus", the 1941 Hollywood musical comedy film starring Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw and Charles Butterworth, with music by Artie Shaw, Bernie Hanighen, Hal Borne and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, sees Danny O'Neill (Astaire) and Hank Taylor (Meredith) as rival trumpeters with college band the Perennials. Both men find themselves competing for the affections of Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) while trying to get the other one fired. The 1951 Hollywood musical comedy film "Royal Wedding" was set in London in 1947 at the time of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. Fred Astaire and Jane Powell play a brother and sister song and dance duo, echoing the real-life theatrical relationship of Fred and Adele Astaire. Powell falls for Lawford, who plays an English aristocrat - mirroring Adele Astaire's romance and eventual marriage to Lord Charles Cavendish, son of the Duke of Devonshire. Also starring Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill and...