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Broadcast recording of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, recorded live at SWR Studio in Baden, Germany for the series Ohne Filter, during 1999.

The Offspring present exactly what you're looking for in camcorder entertainment. "Americana" is the video that gives you the inside story behind this band's humble beginnings. Watch the true story of a Californian garage band as they stumble into the limelight. Also check out America's finest boarders (skate, wake, snow & surf) and America's finest bikers (BMX & Moto-X) as they huck their shit. This is no Hollywood production. No actors and no stuntmen, just friends and the Offspring.

The Butterfly World Tour is the third concert tour by Mariah Carey, visited Asia, Australia and the United States. The four dates at Japan's largest stadium, Tokyo Dome, sold out in under one hour, breaking the previous record she held at the stadium.

Following up on her 2000 opus Suspicious River, Lynne Stopkewich directs this documentary about the final Lilith Fair. Launched in 1997 by Sarah McLachlan and a host of other female singer/songwriters, the concert series quickly became one of the most popular, and profitable, tours of the late '90s. Stopkewich, along with her crew, tagged along during the 2000 tour, traveling to 42 shows across the continent. Rising early and crashing late -- often in the bus as it drives to the next destination, Stopkewich's crew quickly gets a taste of the rigors of life on the road. Along the way, they interview fans, crew, tech staff, and the stars. Apart from such documentary footage, Lilith also features performances from McLachlan, Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders, Sheryl Crow, the Dixie Chicks, and sundry other.

All About US is an interesting foray into the thinking and the technology that lies behind the most popular tracks from Peter Gabriel's US album. It contains documentary coverage of the thinking behind the most popular music videos together with the actual music videos themselves. It includes rare interviews and behind the scenes footage of Gabriel as he finishes his album and gets his haircut ready to go out on tour. It also features some of the 11 contemporary artists who were commissioned by Gabriel, in an innovative approach to marketing, to create works inspired by the songs.

The strongest unit "COMPLEX" that combines two major artists, Tomoyasu Hotei and Koji Kikkawa. In just two and a half years, two valuable video works of COMPLEX, which completely burned and shone like a comet, were released! On November 8, 1990, the enthusiasm of the special live at Tokyo Dome, which was the disbandment concert, was recorded in full. - Song Order: 01)　BE MY BABY 02)　PRETTY DOLL 03)　NO MORE LIES 04)　LOVE CHARADE 05)　2人のAnother Twilight 06)　MODERN VISION 07)　BLUE 08)　DRAGON CRIME(East&West) 09)　PROPAGANDA 10)　IMAGINE HEROES 11)　GOOD SAVAGE 12)　恋をとめないで 13)　MAJESTIC BABY 14)　1990 15)　RAMBLING MAN 16)　AFTER THE RAIN（朱いChina）

This 56-minute documentary on America's most controversial and unique composer manages to cover a great many aspects of Cage's work and thought. His love for mushrooms, his Zen beliefs and use of the I Ching, and basic bio details are all explained intelligently and dynamically. Black Mountain, Buckminster Fuller, Rauschenberg, Duchamp are mentioned. Yoko Ono, John Rockwell, Laurie Anderson, Richard Kostelanetz make appearances. Fascinating performance sequences include Margaret Leng-Tan performing on prepared piano, Merce Cunningham and company, and performances of Credo In Us, Water Music, and Third Construction. Demystifies the man who made music from silence, from all sounds, from life.

A tragedy looms for a young Gypsy violinist whose half brother is in the throes of first love.

Described as "a cross between a video and a documentary, but actually being neither of the two", singer/songwriter Elliott Smith plays three acoustic songs in this Jem Cohen-directed short film.

Amusing ARTE Special with SEX PISTOLS, CLASH, GENERATION X, DEAD BOYS, DAMNED, and more This rare documentary covers three very influential years in the shaping of punk rock: 1976-1979. more... Punk rock music was emerging as a solid genre, standing apart from the fuzzed out garage rock that came before it. This video documents the bands that pushed the envelope--The Clash, Sham 69, Generation X, The Dead Boys, X-Ray Spex...Some cool footage...newsreels on Sid Vicious' killing of Nancy Spungen, overdose... and more!

African musician and singer Baaba Maal and his band, Daande Lenol, perform during this concert filmed at London's Royal Festival Hall.

Based on the traditional Dutch smartlap genre (an overly dramatic folk song). Maria Machita has to deal with a lot of heartache in this short musical film; her father dies in an accident, her mother perishes in the theatre, and her sweet Turkish boyfriend is leaving the country. Awarded with a Gouden Kalf for Best Short Film, the Prijs van de Stad Utrecht and the Pathé Tuschinski Award. (from http://www.filmfestival.nl/publiek/films/de-tranen-van-maria-machita)

While this film may look rough and raw to 21st Century eyes, it is also the best representation of Iggy live during an otherwise pitifully undocumented era of his career. Fronting a crack band featuring Blondie drummer Clem Burke and future David Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar, Pop is as unpredictable and dominant as ever (no small feat since he is sporting a mini skirt, garters and stockings for most of the show). Filmed on November 25 1981 near the end of their tour supporting his 1981 album Party, Iggy and co. are raw and ready for business. Iggy Pop Live 1981 provides a snapshot of a hungry artist at the top of his game in front of an adoring crowd.

Two-dimensional clay animations melding and merging the work of 35 famous artists.

The 1998 live tour promoting the new album

5 Years in a LIVEtime is the second home video release by Dream Theater. The video contains a mix of concert footage, promotional video clips, and behind-the-scenes and interview footage from the five years in between the release of their previous home video, Images and Words: Live in Tokyo, and this video

A fascinating study of merging form with content, broken into four shorts, each complete with opening title and closing credits: "19 Questions," "Fourteen," "Paying Attention," and "Overpopulation and Art."

A look at the entire process of creating and developing Patrice Chéreau’s third staging of "In the Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard Marie Koltès with Pascal Greggory and Chéreau himself. From the first reading around the table through the first contact with the performance space, rehearsals and lighting to opening night, the entire creative process unfurls in front of our eyes. The film shows us the evolving and ongoing dialogue between Greggory and Chéreau, a dialogue full of crises and magical moments of harmony and insight via which the truth, intensity, complexity, mystery and depth of Koltès’ text gradually emerge to form an implicit bond between these two men. The film also shows Chéreau directing rehearsals for Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" in Salzburg, revealing both the unity of and profound differences between his opera and theater work.

Damorkestern was an all female band that was the house band of Kurt Olsson. In this documentary we get to follow them on their tour bus and interviews with the members are mixed with performances by the band.

Documentary about the life of one of the greatest composers in the history of Brazilian music. Pianist, composer and conductor, Chiquinha Gonzaga was ahead of her time and revolutionized the customs of a sexist society.

T-Square's iconic performance at Asahikawa Live Jam Festival during their tour for their most recent album, Natural. Also contains behind the scenes footage of the band preparing for the concert.

Longtime fans of bluegrass music and those only recently discovering it will appreciate this documentary on the genre, which was born of a combination of African and Celtic sounds and is the base of American country music. This film traces the musical form from its Appalachian roots to the present. The rise, fall, and consistent revival of bluegrass chronicled through oral history and visual record, resulting in a priceless film that even casual fans are sure to enjoy.

Heading for the East was recorded live on November 11th, 1990 at Shibuya Kokaido Hall in Tokyo, Japan by the German power metal band Gamma Ray following the release of their album Heading for Tomorrow.

A fictional story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's stay in Prague. The film, in no case, claims any historical facts. It only tries to evoke the spirit of that time by connecting Mozart's music with the architecture of Prague and by pointing up the changes in Prague during Mozart's two-hundred absence in the Czech metropolis.

A congratulatory celebration of Povel Ramel's 70th birthday featuring a cavalcade of great Swedish performers.

Cheap Trick rings in the New Year at MGM Disney Studios in Orlando, Florida in 1999. Tracks include: "Big Eyes", "I Want You To Want Me", "Downed" and more!

VH1's acclaimed series, Behind the Music, examines the twisted world of one of rock's loudest bands. Possibly the sleaziest band in American rock history, the Crue's antics have included heroine overdoses, homemade sex videotapes, drunken car crashes, and Pamela Anderson (enough said). So follow Motley Crue from their Los Angeles club days, to the dangerous heights of fame and fortune that nearly ended it all. Crue members and the people closest to them relive their wild ride in one of VH1's highest-rated specials ever.

Bible memory melodies with Steve Green

Karel Kryl's concert in Prague's Lucerna, which also featured singer-songwriter and commentator Ivan Hoffman, took place on the occasion of the release of Kryl's album Maškary in 1991. In addition to the title song, other songs from the creative workshop of the indomitable rebel were also performed, including Songs of the Singer Bacillus, Lullabies, From the Echoes of Songs, Caravan of Clouds, Song of Food, Babylon and others.

Made less than a year before his death in September 1970, Band of Gypsys was an album recorded live to fulfill a contractual obligation for a long-forgotten deal Jimi Hendrix signed when he still spelled his name "Jimmy." Hendrix had just disbanded the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and in order to dispense with the album as quickly as possible, he put together a new trio featuring Billy Cox (an old Army buddy) and drummer Buddy Miles.

Mythological creatures parade and swim in an acid Greek mythos. A broadcast from beyond, with lurid flesh and Arabesque disco.

Live at Donington was the recording of Iron Maiden's second headlining appearance at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington on 22 August 1992 during the Fear of the Dark Tour in front of a crowd of almost 80,000.

Short documentary about the beginnings of punk in Great Britain. Don Letts, Caroline Coon, Jon Savage and Viv Albertine - all themselves connected to this scene - recount their experiences and memories from that time. In addition, original recordings and short concert excerpts document the feeling, fashion and circumstances of the youth of the time.

The name of Alexander Rosenbaum, inseparably linked with Leningrad–Petersburg, is among the most renowned in Russia. His persona has become a symbol of our great, tragic, and transformative era. Poet and singer Alexander Rosenbaum is a true child of Leningrad. To him, Leningrad is, above all, the old city, the old buildings, the old courtyards. Childhood has long since passed, yet his songs still often carry a gentle sorrow for the old courtyards of Leningrad. He frequently returns to the past of his beloved city...

Go behind the scenes with one of London's most important musical institutions.

Modern adaptation of the classic operatic drama, with a few twists. Micaela, José's Mother, and Mörd (Death) are played by the same dancer. The action is reduced to a single act in 13 scenes. The love scenes are played to a minimum and the working women's fight is adjourned to the last scene [and cut from some DVD editions] that concentrates all the pathos announced throughout by the eerie music.

This video release contains concert footage and uncensored videos from Rage's vault, including a live cover of "The Ghost Of Tom Joad", a performance of "Killing In The Name" from the Pink Pop Festival, and videos for "Bulls on Parade", "People Of The Sun", and more.

The audition for the main girl character in the musical for youth attracts various adetepts.And so, on stage and backstage, girls of different types and characters meet, who otherwise might never have met.In the struggle to win the role, their negative but also positive character traits are manifested.There is a girl who is brought up by the street, a girl from a good family,who fulfils the ambitions of a failed mother, a girl loner, a pair of inseparable friends who quarrel for the first time in their lives...All this theatrical world is watched over by a very aspiring director and her assistant. Their private lives also influence the final decision.All of them have to reconsider their dreams of fame but also their real life values... to defend their own sense of values.

Co-operator Konstantin, returning from a business trip, finds a stranger at home. As it turned out, his friend gave the keys to Kostya’s apartment to his fellow students who were supposed to get married. But the bride Svetlana was late in the registry office, and the jealous bridegroom parted with her without hearing any explanations. Kostya allows Svetlana to stay in the apartment for a few more days ...

MS-DOS demoscene short film that showcases computer animation, art and music.

PHIL COLLINS MTV UNPLUGGED FOUNTAIN STUDIOS - WEMBLEY, LONDON AUGUST 30 1994 1. I Don't Care Anymore 2. Both Sides OF The Story 3. You Can't Hurry Love 4. One MOre Night 5. This Must Be Love 6. Seperate Lives 7. The West Side 8. IN The Air Tonight 9. Lady Madonna 10. Sussudio

Take That's third concert tour. Recorded live in Manchester.

Oasis performing from the G-MEX Centre in Manchester on December 14th, 1997. Recorded live as part of their "Be Here Now" tour.

This release was recorded during the 1993 Melodic Metal Tour at Hamburg’s Dock’s venue on September 25, sharing the bill with fellow German headbangers Rage, whose performance has also been released on DVD and the review can be seen here. The lineup for this show consisted of Ralf Scheepers on lead vocals, Kai Hansen on guitar, Dirk Schlachter on guitar and keyboards, Jan Rubach on bass and Thomas Nack on drums. The show was to see one of the last performances of Scheepers as he left the band soon after this tour. Based on a three album recording career including the albums Heading For Tomorrow, Sigh No More and Insanity and Genius the band had an established fan base coming into this tour. The show is a mix of live performances and interviews, giving a great insight into the show but also to some behind the scenes goings on. It also includes footage in the recording studio for the production of the Insanity and Genius album.

A wild musical love story.

Was filmed in October 16, 1991 at Expo '92. The concert is absolutely amazing! What a beautiful tribute to Miles Davis. • 1. All Star Jam: Opening/Medley • 2. George Benson (geb. 1943): All blues • 3. John McLaughlin (geb. 1942): In a silent way • 4. Larry Coryell (geb. 1943): So what • 5. Paco De Lucia: Concerto de aranjuez • 6. Stanley Clarke (geb. 1951): Tutu • 7. Stanley Clarke / Larry Coryell: School days • 8. Larry Coryell (geb. 1943): Bolero • 9. Paco De Lucia: El Panuelo • 10. John McLaughlin (geb. 1942): Que alegria • 11. John McLaughlin / Paco De Lucia: Zyryab • 12. Rickie Lee Jones / Larry Coryell: Dat dere • 13. George Benson (geb. 1943): Valdez in the country • 14. George Benson (geb. 1943): Being with you • 15. All Star Jam: Eighty one

Wealthy guy from Australia travels to his birthplace in Bosnia so he'd make a giant wedding with Yugoslavia's biggest star Lepa Brena. Although it's a Brena doppelganger, media rush to publish the story so Lepa Brena must run across the country to stop the false wedding and tell everyone the true.

Multicam from 3 amateur shots mixed with a great hq amateur recording released as bootleg in 1993

Documentary that follows Stephen Sondheim, during his spell as visiting professor of drama at Oxford University, as he takes students through the creative process of writing a musical. The film was made during rehearsals for the UK premiere of Sunday in the Park with George, which won the Olivier Award for best musical in 1991.

Learn the fascinating story behind groundbreaking Polish musician Wanda Landowska, whose performances and writings helped to revive interest in the harpsichord in the early 20th century. This absorbing documentary chronicles the unconventional woman in many stages of her life: her childhood in Poland, schooling in Berlin, life in Nazi-occupied France and relocation to New York City, where she reconstructed her career.

Tenor saxophone master Sonny Rollins has long been hailed as one of the most important artists in jazz history, and still, today, he is viewed as the greatest living jazz improviser. In 1986, filmmaker Robert Mugge produced Saxophone Colossus, a feature-length portrait of Rollins, named after one of his most celebrated albums.

Classics on a Summer's Evening is an outdoor concert for an enormous audience which was staged in an architecturally striking public square in Dresden in July 1999. It features the most glamorous young husband and wife currently active on the international operatic scene, soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna. Along with these fine performances comes Giuseppe Sinopoli--before his untimely death at age 54--who was considered one of Europe's finest opera conductors, and, in the Dresden orchestra and chorus, performers who match his creative energy.

Documentation on the work and performances of dub poet Lillian Allen from early in her career and beyond.