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...

Описание: This DVD features two rare vintage episodes of The Frank Sinatra Show. The first was screened in 1950 with guest stars Stump and Stumpin. The second episode is taken from the 1957 series of the Frank Sinatra Show with guest stars Peggy Lee, Bob Hope and Kim Novak.

Описание: Jackson's unique vocal style was fully formed, combining the full-throated tones and propulsive rhythms of the sanctified church and the deep expressiveness of the blues with the note-bending phrasing of her Baptist upbringing. This wonderful DVD features 17 musical performances culled from the Mahalia Jackson Sings programme, broadcast in 1961, the year she sang at President Kennedy's inauguration. Shot on an oddly appropriate, austere German Expressionist set, she's backed by piano, organ, and occasional guitar and drums, taking on gospel evergreens like 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho'. In the year of her death, Mahalia was honoured with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In addition, she was posthumously inducted into the Gospel Music Association's Hall of Fame and was the first gospel artist to be inducted onto the Hollywood Walk of Fame.