shill's DVD collection - Music DVDs

Pat Benatar: Live in New Haven (1983)
Directed by Marty Callner.
Starring Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher, Roger Capps, Charlie Giordano.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Anxiety, Fire and Ice, You Better Run, Little Too Late, Fight It Out, Looking for a Stranger, I Want Out, We Live for Love, In the Heat of the Night, Shadows of the Night, Heartbreaker, Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell is for Children
Comment: A blast from the past, and this was one of the first things I ever bought on videotape (Beta) back in the early 1980s.
Big Country: Final Fling (2002)
Directed by Robert Garofalo.
Starring Big Country.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: (1) Restless Natives, Where the Rose is Sown, Wonderland, Look Away, Just a Shadow, Steeltown, Porroh Man, The Seer, Chance, In a Big Country, Fields of Fire, Honky Tonk Woman. (2) Harvest Home, King of Emotion, Driving to Damascus, 19 more.
Comment: Two disc set including "Live In Berlin" (1988) and "Glasgow Barrowlands" (2000).
Big Country: The Ultimate Collection (2002)
Directed by Robert Garofalo.
Starring Stuart Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Harvest Home, Fields of Fire, In a Big Country, Chance, Wonderland, East of Eden, Where the Rose Is Sown, Just a Shadow, Look Away, The Teacher, One Great Thing (+ 12"), Hold the Heart, King of Emotion, Broken Heart, Peace in Our Time, 6 more
Comment: 22 videos from the career of Big Country
Big Country: Without the Aid of a Safety Net (2002)
Starring Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler, Mark Brzezicki.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Harvest Home, Peace in Our Time, 13 Valleys, The Storm, Chance, Look Away, What Are You Working For, Steeltown, Ships, Wonderland, Long Way Home, Alone, In a Big Country, Lost Patrol
Comment: One of Big Country's finest concerts.
Björk: Volumen (1998)
Directed by Michel Gondry, Sophie Muller, Spike Lee.
Starring Björk.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 1/10.
Includes: Human Behaviour, Venus as a Boy, Play Dead, Big Time Sensuality, Violently Happy, Army of Me, Isobel, It's Oh So Quiet, Hyperballad, Possibly Maybe, I Miss You, Jóga, Bachelorette, Hunter
Comment: All of Bjork's videos through 1997.
Blue Öyster Cult: A Long Day's Night (2002)
Directed by Michael Drumm.
Starring Eric Bloom, Allen Lanier, Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, Danny Miranda, Bobby Rondinelli.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Stairway to the Stars, Burning For You, OD'd On Life Itself, E.T.I., Dance on Stilts, Harvester of Eyes, Buck's Boogie, Quicklime Girl, Flaming Telepaths, Harvest Moon, Last Days of May, Cities on Flame, seven more plus interviews, behind the scenes
Comment: Live concert at Chicago's Navy Pier on the night of the longest day of the year, the summer solstice, June 21 2002.
Boris Godunov: Mussorgsky - Kirov Opera - Valery Gergiev (1990)
Directed by Stephen Lawless, Humphrey Burton, Andrei Tarkovsky.
Starring Robert Lloyd, Alexei Steblianko, Olga Borodina, Sergei Leiferkus.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Comment: The complete 1872 version, filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in 1990, recreation of original production by Andrei Tarkovsky
The Charlatans: Just Lookin' 1990-1997 (2002)
Starring Tim Burgess, Rob Collins, Mark Collins, Martin Blunt, Jon Brookes, Jon Baker, Tony Rogers.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 5/10.
Includes: The Only One I Know, Then, Sproston Green, Over Rising, Me In Time, Weirdo, Tremelo Song, I Don't Want To See the Sights, Can't Get Out of Bed, Easy Life, Jesus Hairdo, Crashin' In, Just Lookin', 5 more videos, 13 live
Comment: Compilation of all Charlatans videos plus a lot of live footage
Cirque du Soleil: Quidam (1999)
Directed by David Mallet, Franco Dragone.
Starring Audrey Brisson-Jutras, Isabelle Chasse, Franco Dragone, Amélie Landry.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 3/10.
Includes: Quidam
Comment: A terrific disc and show.
Cirque du Soleil: Alegria (2001)
Directed by Nick Morris, Franco Dragone.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Alegria
Comment: The performance, not the so-called movie. Only available through Cirque du Soleil (when I got it, that is).
Cirque du Soleil: Corteo (2005)
Directed by Jocelyn Barnabé.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Corteo, plus extras
Comment: One of the better Cirque du Soleil shows, DVD released 2006.
Coheed and Cambria: Neverender (2009)
Directed by Doug Spangenberg.
Starring Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Michael Robert Todd, Chris Pennie.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Second Stage Turbine Blade, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3, Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 2: No World For Tomorrow
Comment: Four concerts, four albums, one album per night. Their music can get a bit samey but it's pretty good.
The Cure: Festival 2005 (2005)
Directed by Ad Hoc, Seren Dipity.
Starring Robert Smith, Porl Thompson, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Open, Fascination Street, alt.end, The Blood, A Night Like This, The End of the World, If Only Tonight We Could Sleep, The Kiss, Shake Dog Shake, Us or Them, Never Enough, The Figurehead, A Strange Day, Push, Just Like Heaven, 15 more
Comment: 30-song live video compiled from nine European festival concerts
The Cure: Greatest Hits (2001)
Directed by Tim Pope, Dave Hillier, Richard Anthony.
Starring Robert Smith, Boris Williams, Laurence Tolhurst, Simon Gallup, Porl Thompson, Roger O'Donnell, Phil Thornalley, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras 3/10.
Includes: Boys Don't Cry, A Forest, Let's Go To Bed, The Walk, The Lovecats, Inbetween Days, Close To Me, Why Can't I Be You?, Just Like Heaven, Lullaby, Lovesong, Never Enough, High, more
Comment: Nice, but why not do a DVD of ALL their videos instead of leaving a few out?
The Cure: Trilogy (2003)
Directed by Nick Wickham.
Starring Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Perry Bamonte, Jason Cooper, Roger O'Donnell.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The three albums Pornography, Disintegration, Bloodflowers, all performed live in their entirety and in sequence, plus If Only Tonight We Could Sleep and The Kiss
Comment: Two disc set recorded live in the Tempodrom, Berlin, November 2002.
Danielle Dax: Bad Miss M Live (1987)
Starring Danielle Dax.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Neil Diamond: Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976 (1976)
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Faith No More: Double Feature (2006)
Directed by John Booth.
Starring Michael Patton, Mike Bordin, Roddy Bottum, Bill Gould, Jim Martin.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Live at the Brixton Academy, London: You Fat Bastards, Who Cares A Lot?: The Greatest Videos (Midlife Crisis, Epic, Falling to Pieces, Anne's Song, We Care a Lot, Surprise! You're Dead!, From Out of Nowhere, A Small Victory, 10 more)
Comment: Two disc set - concert and music videos.
Foetus: Male (1993)
Directed by Kurt Kellison.
Starring J G Thirlwell.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 5/10. Extras 0/10.
Includes: Free James Brown, Fin, Hot Horse, English Faggot, Faith Healer, Honey I'm Home, Butterfly Potion, I'll Meet You In Poland, Anything (Viva!), Death Rape 2000, Stumbo, Behemoth, Your Salvation
Comment: A great set, probably mastered from VHS.
Michael Franti and Spearhead: Live in Sydney (2005)
Directed by Joe Bonanno.
Starring Michael Franti, Carl Young, Dave Shul, Bob Crawford, Mannas Itiene, Roberto Quintana, Radio Active.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: What I Be, Pray For Grace, Every Single Soul, Stay Human, Feelin' Free, Everyone Deserves Music, Rock The Nation, Sometimes, Taxi Radio, Never Too Late
Comment: The great Michael Franti with Spearhead, live in Sydney Australia, 2005.
Peter Gabriel: Growing Up Live (2003)
Directed by Hamish Hamilton, Peter Gabriel.
Starring Peter Gabriel.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Here Comes the Flood, Darkness, Red Rain, Secret World, Sky Blue, Downside Up, The Barry Williams Show, More Than This, Mercy Street, Digging in the Dirt, Growing Up, Animal Nation, Solsbury Hill, Sledgehammer, Signal to Noise, two more plus extras
Comment: Live at the Filoforum, Milan, May 2003.
Peter Gabriel: Play: The Videos (2004)
Starring Peter Gabriel.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Father Son, Sledgehammer, Blood of Eden, Games Without Frontiers, I Don't Remember, Big Time, Lovetown, Red Rain, In Your Eyes, Don't Give Up, The Barry Williams Show, Washing of the Water, Biko, Kiss That Frog, Mercy Street, 8 more plus extras
Comment: All of Peter Gabriel's excellent music videos
Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live (1994)
Starring Peter Gabriel.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Come Talk to Me, Steam, Across the River, Slow Marimbas, Shaking the Tree, Blood of Eden, San Jacinto, Kiss That Frog, Washing of the Water, Solsbury Hill, Digging in the Dirt, Sledgehammer, Secret World, Don't Give Up, In Your Eyes
Comment: Memorable concert from 1994.
Genesis: The Video Show (2005)
Directed by Jim Yukich, John Lloyd, Stuart Orme.
Starring Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Robbery Assault and Battery, Ripples, A Trick of the Tail, Many Too Many, Follow You Follow Me, Misunderstanding, Duchess, Turn It On Again, Man on the Corner, No Reply At All, Keep It Dark, Abacab, Paperlate, Home By the Sea, Illegal Alien, 17 more
Comment: Excellent compilation of all their videos, 32 in all, remixed in 5.1 surround.
Genesis: The Way We Walk Live in Concert (1992)
Starring Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Daryl Steurmer, Chester Thompson.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Land of Confusion, No Son of Mine, Driving the Last Spike, Old Medley, Fading Lights, Jesus He Knows Me, Dreaming While You Sleep, Home By the Sea, Hold On My Heart, Domino, commentary, interviews, slide show, multi-camera angles, more
Comment: Not yet watched, never seen.
Roger Hodgson: Take the Long Way Home Live in Montreal (2006)
Directed by Gerard Pullicino.
Starring Roger Hodgson.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Intro, Take the Long Way Home, Give a Little Bit, Lovers in the Wind, Hide in Your Shell, Oh Brother, The Logical Song, Easy Does It, Sister Moonshine, Love is a Thousand Times, Breakfast in America, Don't Leave Me Now, Dreamer, 4 more, extras
Comment: Nice, fairly intimate concert by Roger Hodgson and his band, doing mostly Supertramp classics.
Kansas: Device - Voice - Drum (2002)
Directed by Michie Turpin.
Starring Billy Greer, Steve Walsh, Phil Ehart, Robby Steinhardt, Richard Williams.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Intro, Belexes, Icarus II, Icarus, Song for America, Howlin' at the Moon, The Wall, The Preacher, Journey from Mariabronn, Dust in the Wind, Cheyenne Anthem, Child of Innocence, Miracles Out of Nowhere, Point of Know Return, 4 more plus extras
Comment: From an Atlanta, Georgia concert, June 15, 2002. Good set list, band in great form, and not at all making old fools of themselves like some other aging rock bands.
Killing Joke: XXV Gathering (2005)
Directed by Eugene O'Connor.
Starring Jaz Coleman, Kenneth 'Geordie' Walker, Ben Calvert, Paul Raven.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Communion, Wardance, Song & Dance, Primitive, Total Invasion, Bloodsport, Requiem, Asteroid, The Wait, Whiteout, Pssyche, The Pandys are Coming, Complications, Sun Goes Down, Are You Receiving?, Love Like Blood, Pandemonium, extras
Comment: Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London 2005. A terrific experience, my only (minor) disappointment is the set list.
Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum (2005)
Directed by Kraftwerk.
Starring Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Fritz Hilpert, Henning Schmitz.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Meine Damen und Herren, The Man-Machine, Planet of Visions, Tour De France 03, Vitamin, Tour De France, Autobahn, The Model, Neon Lights, Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express, Numbers, Computer World, Home Computer, Pocket Calculator, 5 more
Comment: The music is great, the visuals are great too in their own way...
The Legendary Pink Dots: Live at La Luna (1997)
Starring Edward Ka-Spel, Niels van Hoornblower, The Silverman, Ryan Moore, Atwyn.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Hallway Monologue, On High, Spike, Love in a Plain Brown Envelope, Destined to Repeat, Harvest Babies, Velvet Resurrection, Hellsville, City of Needles
Comment: 9 tracks recorded live on 13 September 1997 at La Luna, Portland, Oregon, USA. Sadly, not the greatest of LPD playlists represented.
Live Aid (1985)
Starring Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, U2, Queen, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Elton John, The Who, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Beach Boys, Sting, Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, Bryan Adams, Joan Baez, Pretenders, Tom Petty, INXS, Style Council.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Comment: Much of the music performance from the historic July 13 1985 concerts.
The Mikado (1987)
Directed by John Michael Phillips.
Starring Richard Van Allan, Richard Angas, Bonaventura Bottone, Susan Bullock, Lesley Garrett, Felicity Palmer, Mark Richardson, Eric Idle.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The English National Opera in "The Mikado" or The Town of Titipu, making of, downloadable libretto, biographies
Comment: This is an absolute blast. The cast is superb, even Eric Idle. The music is great. And it's damn funny. I've seen this thing about a dozen times.
Ministry: Sphinctour (2002)
Starring Al Jourgensen.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Psalm 69, Crumbs, Reload, Filth Pig, So What, Just One Fix, NOW, Hero, Thieves, Scarecrow, Lava, The Fall, Stigmata
Comment: I love Ministry, but this live DVD is weak. Find a copy of "In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up" instead.
Ministry: Tapes of Wrath (2000)
Starring Alain Jourgenson, Paul Barker.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Over the Shoulder, Stigmata, Flashback, Burning Inside, The Land of Rape and Honey, Jesus Built My Hotrod, NOW, Just One Fix, Lay Lady Lay, Reload, Bad Blood, Crackin' Up, Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Comment: Decent collection of Ministry and Revolting Cocks videos.
New Order: Item (2005)
Directed by Kevin Hewitt.
Starring Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: New Order: A Collection, NewOrder Story©
Comment: Two discs of New Order goodness.
PJ Harvey: On Tour Please Leave Quietly (2006)
Directed by Maria Mochnacz.
Starring PJ Harvey.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Meet Ze Monsta, Dress, Uh Huh Her, Taut, Down By the Water, It's You, Big Exit, Harder, The Darker Days of Me & Him, A Perfect Day Elise, Victory, Catherine, Who the F**k?, Evol, My Beautiful Leah, The Letter. Plus backstage footage and interview
Comment: Annoyingly edited concert video could have been a whole lot better.
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation: The First London Invasion Tour (1987)
Directed by Dominic Savage.
Starring Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Terminator X, Brother Mike Williams, Brother James Norman.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Countdown to Armageddon, Raise the Roof, Too Much Posse, Bring The Noise, Miuzi Weighs a Ton, Rightstarter, Rebel Without a Pause, You're Gonna Get Yours, Timebomb, Public Enemy Number One, plus bonus CD, lots of extras
Comment: Two discs (one DVD, one CD) with their amazing 1987 London concert(s)
Public Enemy: Live from the House of Blues (2001)
Directed by Kerry Asmussen.
Starring Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Prophets of Rage, Public Enemy #1, Can't Truss It, 911 is a Joke, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, He Got Game, Here I Go, Crayola, Crash, Give It Up, Don't Believe the Hype, Rebel Without a Pause, By the Time I Get to Arizona, 8 more
Comment: Good concert with a somewhat unenthusiastic crowd.
Wagner's Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold (1990)
Directed by Brian Large, Otto Schenk.
Starring James Morris, Alan Held, Mark Baker, Siegfried Jerusalem, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Heinz Zednik, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Matti Salminen, Christa Ludwig, Mari Anne Haggander, Birgitta Svenden, Kaaren Erickson, Diane Kesling, Meredith Parsons, James Levine.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Das Rheingold
Comment: The preliminary evening prologue to The Ring cycle as presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 1990. Total running time of all four parts: seven discs, 941 minutes
Wagner's Ring Cycle: Die Walküre (1990)
Directed by Brian Large, Otto Schenk.
Starring Gary Lakes, Kurt Moll, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Hildegard Behrens, Christa Ludwig, Pyramid Sellers, Martha Thigpen, Joyce Castle, Sondra Kelly, Katarina Ikonomu, Diane Kesling, Wendy Hillhouse, Jacalyn Bower, James Levine.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Die Walküre
Comment: Second night of The Ring cycle as presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 1990. Total running time of all four parts: seven discs, 941 minutes
Wagner's Ring Cycle: Siegfried (1990)
Directed by Brian Large, Otto Schenk.
Starring Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Zednik, James Morris, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Matti Salminen, Birgitta Svenden, Hidegard Behrens, Dawn Upshaw, James Levine.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Siegfried
Comment: Third night of The Ring cycle as presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 1990. Total running time of all four parts: seven discs, 941 minutes
Wagner's Ring Cycle: Götterdämmerung (1990)
Directed by Brian Large, Otto Schenk.
Starring Siegfried Jerusalem, Anthony Raffell, Matti Salminen, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Hildegard Behrens, Hanna Lisowska, Christa Ludwig, Gweneth Bean, Loyce Castle, Andrea Gruber, Kaaren Erickson, Diane Kesling, Meredith Parsons, James Levine.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Götterdämmerung
Comment: The fourth and final night of The Ring cycle as presented by the Metropolitan Opera in 1990. Total running time of all four parts: seven discs, 941 minutes
Skinny Puppy: Ain't It Dead Yet? (1987)
Directed by Dermot Shane.
Starring Ogre, cEvin Key, Dwayne Goettel.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 4/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Anger, The Choke, Addiction, Assimilate, First Aid, Dig It, God's Gift Maggot, Deep Down Trauma Hounds, Chainsaw, Brap, Smothered Hope
Comment: It's since been reissued in a fixed edition, but mine is the crappy one with the beginning chopped off. Picture quality is pretty bad. The VHS is better!
Skinny Puppy: The Greater Wrong of the Right Live (2005)
Directed by William Morrison.
Starring Ogre, cEvin Key, Dwayne Goettel.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Downsizer, I'mmortal, Pro-Test, Empte, Curcible, God's Gift Maggot, VX Gas Attack, Worlock, Deep Down Trauma Hounds, Hexonxonx, Tin Omen, Inquisition, Hardset Head, Human Disease (SKUMM), Harsh Stone White, Reclamation, Convulsion, 2 more plus extras
Comment: Two disc set with a great live show on disc 1 and cool extras on disc 2
Skinny Puppy: Video Collection (1996)
Directed by Ogre, Dermot Shane, Jim Van Bebber.
Starring Ogre, cEvin Key, Dwayne Goettel.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras 1/10.
Includes: Dig It, Stairs and Flowers, Far Too Frail, Smothered Hope, Deep Down Trauma Hounds, Testure, Spasmolytic, Killing Game
Comment: Wish it had all the videos, but it is nice to have this.
Barbra Streisand: The Television Specials (1965)
Starring Barbra Streisand.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Comment: Don't ask me to explain.
Supertramp: The Story So Far (1990)
Directed by C D Taylor, Norman Hall.
Starring Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Dougie Thomson, Bob Siebenberg, John Helliwell, Fred Mandel, Scott Page.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 6/10. Extras 5/10.
Includes: Crazy, Ain't Nobody But Me, Breakfast In America, Bloody Well Right, Give A Little Bit, From Now On, The Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Dreamer, School, Crime of the Century, My Kind of Lady, Cannonball, Better Days, Free As A Bird, I'm Beggin' You
Comment: Nice, especially to acknowledge there are Supertramp fans, but I wish it had been a more recent production!
U2: Under a Blood Red Sky (1984)
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Pride and Joy (1990)
Starring Stevie Ray Vaughan.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Comment: Guitar master at work.
Roger Waters: In the Flesh - Live (2001)
Directed by Ernie Fritz.
Starring Roger Waters, Doyle Bramhall II, Andy Wallace, Andy Fairweather Low, Graham Broad, Jon Carin, Snowy White, Katie Kissoon, Susannah Melvoin, P P Arnold.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 7/10.
Includes: In the Flesh, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Mother, Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert, Southampton Dock, Pigs on the Wing Part 1, Dogs, Welcome to the Machine, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, more
Comment: A great concert and DVD - although he's certainly not as theatrical as he once was!
Roger Waters: The Wall Live in Berlin (1990)
Starring Roger Waters, Andy Fairweather Low, Nick Glennie-Smith, Snowy White, Peter Wood, Bryan Adams, Paul Carrack, Thomas Dolby, James Galway, Jerry Hall, Cyndi Lauper, Ute Lemper, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Sinead O'Connor, Tim Curry, Albert Finney..
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: In the Flesh, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, One of My Turns, and the rest of "The Wall", plus The Tide is Turning
Comment: The legendary concert has its pluses and minuses. Remastered in 5.1.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
Directed by Neil Young.
Starring Neil Young and Crazy Horse.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Sugar Mountain, I Am a Child, Comes a Time, After the Gold Rush, Thrasher, My My Hey Hey, When You Dance I Can Really Love, The Loner, Welfare Mothers, The Needle and the Damage Done, Lotta Love, Sedan Delivery, Powderfinger, five more plus extras
Comment: One of the greatest concerts ever filmed, without question.


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