Eagle Rock Entertainment
has set a powerhouse line-up of new DVD and Blu-ray releases featuring three of
the most iconic groups to “perform” in the past fifty years. The Rolling Stones, The Doors and, drum roll
please, Monty Python!!! That’s one hell
of a threesome!
Kicking off the hit
parade on Nov. 4 are DVD and Blu-ray SKUs of The Rolling Stones: From the
Vault - Hampton Coliseum, Live in 1981. This live concert was part of the group’s
1981 tour and this venue was set up as a pay-per-view event … raw and
live.
The footage from the
concert has been restored and legendary Grammy-winner, music engineer and
producer Bob Clearmountain has remixed the original tracks (26 numbers in all,
plus a “Happy Birthday to Keith” rendition) for this release.
Cuts include “Under My
Thumb,” “Time Is On My Side,” “Beast Of Burden,” “Jumping Jack Flash” and
topped off with “Satisfaction.”
Nov. 11 brings the DVD
and Blu-ray debut of vintage Jim Morrison and The Doors footage filmed by the
group. Titled, The Doors: Feast of Friends,
the would-be documentary of their 1968 tour … it was never completely finished
and with the exception of a few festival screenings (and unauthorized midnight
showings) this ill-fated attempt to capture the group in cinéma vérité blend of behind-the-scenes and on-stage performances
has been MIA (for almost 45 years).
Fully restored from the
original negative, the film has been color-corrected and mastered in HD with a
newly remixed soundtrack and supervised by Bruce Botnick. In addition to this 45-minute “time capsule,”
Eagle Rock Entertainment has included three bonus goodies to complete this
must-have for fans of The Doors.
These are:
Feast of Friends: Encore, a newly-prepared look at this unique period
in the group’s history, The Doors are Open, a vintage 1968
Brit-TV documentary and The End, which was filmed in
Toronto, Canada during August of 1967.
You can toss the bootlegs
… come Nov. 11 The Doors: Feast of Friends on DVD and Blu-ray will be the
keeper!
Also on Nov. 11 are DVD
and Blu-ray editions of the ultra-exclusive, ten-shows only presentation of Monty
Python Live (mostly): One Down Five to Go.
Filmed at the famed O2
venue in London on the last of the ten-shows only run, the reunion of Monty
Python (sans Graham Chapman, who appears via video clips) was an amazing live
stage show. Comedy skits and classic
musical numbers — that all Python fans can sing without a bouncing ball — were
blended nicely with new bits that left all ten audiences wanting more! And we’re talking three-hours on-stage!
The Stones, The Doors and
Monty Python, who could possibly ask for more?
Well, how about more
Stones to cap off the three-week run of new-to-DVD and Blu-ray product
offerings!!!
Eagle Rock Entertainment
does an encore on Nov. 18 with The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - L.A.
Forum, Live in 1975. This
classic live concert (40 years ago) will be available as newly-restored DVD and
Blu-ray editions.
Two-and-a-half hours on
stage, with 25 numbers and capped off by “Sympathy For The Devil,” it just
doesn’t get any better than that! Other
songs in the mix that night include “Gimme Shelter,” “You Can’t Always Get What
You Want,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.”
No matter how you cut it
… that’s one hell of a November line-up!
No comments:
Post a Comment