Tag Archives: documentary

Album review: HARRY CHAPIN – Story Book, The Elektra Albums, 1972-78 (6 CDs)

Posted on March 25, 2022 by brianmc

Cherry Red/Strawberry [release date 25.03.22] Heads and Tales (1972) Sniper And Other Love Songs (1972) Short Stories (1973) Verities and Balderdash (1974) Portrait Gallery (1975) Greatest Stories Live (1976) On The Road To Kingdom Come (1976) Dance Band On The … Continue reading →

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DVD review: ERIC CLAPTON – Life In 12 Bars

Posted on July 30, 2018 by jason

Eagle Vision [08.06.18] When it comes to guitar legends they don’t get much bigger, or more influential, then Eric Clapton. They also don’t come much more damaged and this excellent new biographical documentary brings us his story, warts and all. … Continue reading →

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DVD review: BLACK SABBATH – The End

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Davoski

Win a copy!! (Closes 17.12.17) Eagle Rock [Release date 17.11.17] Black Sabbath’s Birmingham show in early February was billed as the band’s last ever. It has been captured here for posterity, as was always going to be the case. Whether … Continue reading →

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DVD review: YOUTH – Sketch, Drugs & Rock n’ Roll

Posted on October 11, 2016 by jason

Cadiz Music [Release date 23.09.16] Producer, artist, poet, DJ and bass player, who has also worked as a producer and remixer for the likes of Paul McCartney, U2, Guns n Roses, Primal Scream and Boy George (and that is just … Continue reading →

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Album review: MARC BOLAN & T.REX – Born To Boogie The Concerts

Posted on July 12, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Edsel [Release date 17.06.16] Filmed at the height of T.Rextasy, and directed by Ringo Starr, the Born To Boogie film – centring around Wembley Empire Pool concert footage, a studio jam session with Ringo and Elton John, a four-song acoustic … Continue reading →

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Album review: THE ROLLING STONES – Totally Stripped

Posted on June 10, 2016 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 03.06.16] CD/DVD/Bluray Originally recorded and released in 1995, The Rolling Stones’ “Stripped” album has been given an overhaul and is being re-released as “Totally Stripped”. The live recordings are more pared down than acoustic and have … Continue reading →

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DVD review: NAZARETH- No Means of Escape

Posted on December 25, 2015 by andynathan

Eagle Entertainment (Release Date 23.10.15) This is one DVD that I fully expected to end up on the proverbial cutting room floor. 12 months ago I attended the filming of a special Nazareth live show at Metropolis Studios in front … Continue reading →

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DVD review: JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Electric Church/Atlanta Pop Festival

Posted on November 6, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Experience Hendrix/Sony [Release date 30.10.15] Also available as a 2-CD, Bluray Just eight weeks before his last major appearance in the UK, Jimi Hendrix played the second Atlanta Pop Festival and the DVD version is now expanded to include material … Continue reading →

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DVD review: JEFF LYNNE’S ELO – Live In Hyde Park

Posted on September 12, 2015 by jason

Eagle Vision [Release date 11.09.15] Having being very lucky to be at this concert I was witness to Jeff Lynne and ELO’s first UK gig in nearly thirty years. Jeff Lynne was joined by longtime ELO member Richard Tandy, with … Continue reading →

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DVD review: STEVE HACKETT – The Man, The Music

Posted on August 20, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Wienerworld [Release date 07.09.15] He may not be the most charismatic of narrators, but this documentary about the life and career of Steve Hackett – running out at a very generous 140 minutes – leaves no stone unturned from his … Continue reading →

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DVD review: Heaven Adores You (The Life & Music of Elliott Smith)

Posted on June 22, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Vision [Release date 17.07.15] Several things are clear from this elegant documentary of the life and music of Elliott Smith. Firstly, he was revered by those whose lives he touched, and secondly, as evidenced by some of the footage … Continue reading →

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DVD review: LEVELLERS – A Curious Life

Posted on May 18, 2015 by jason

OTF Recordings [Release date 27.04.15] This film tells the story of the Levellers through the perspective of the band’s bass player Jeremy Cunningham. The film is directed by Dunstan Bunce, former frontman of Chumbawamba. His parents are the unlikely stars … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LEVELLERS – Opera House, Buxton, 5 March 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by GRTR! HQ

Levellers - Buxton Opera House, 5 March 2015

Walking up to the majestic Buxton Opera House it was noticeable that the crusty old tour vans of years gone by have been replaced by posh tour coaches but were Levellers still true to their roots? Well tonight we were … Continue reading →

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Gig review: THE LEVELLERS – A Curious Life

Posted on January 18, 2015 by david.wilson

In the coming months The Levellers are taking to the road for a series of live acoustic gigs along with the screening of ‘A Curious Life’, a documentary covering the band’s 27 years of folk rock mayhem. The film opens … Continue reading →

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DVD review: PAUL RODGERS, RORY GALLAGHER, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS (Special Editions)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Paul Rodgers - Live In Glasgow, Live At Montreux 1994, Live At Wembley

Eagle Rock [Release date 13.10.14] This series of special editions from Eagle Rock bring together a bundle of three DVDs by an artist and at a special price. A great way of catching up if you missed them first time … Continue reading →

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DVD review: GENESIS – Sum Of The Parts

Posted on November 7, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Vision [Release date: 17.11.14] It’s difficult to know who this documentary was made for. Early Genesis fans would feel short changed. Later ones wouldn’t learn that much. If you then factor in several lesser known talking heads and a … Continue reading →

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Album review: RORY GALLAGHER – Irish Tour ’74 (Box set)

Posted on November 3, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Gerry McAvoy – Rory Gallagher’s long-serving bass player – chats about the Irish Tour ’74, Rory in the studio, and the impact on his own musicality (9:34) This is an outtake from a forthcoming hour special on Get Ready to … Continue reading →

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DVD review: THE STORY OF UFO – Too Hot To Handle (1969-1993)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Wienerworld [Release date 29.09.14] One of the great mainstays of British hard rock for nearly 50 years, UFO have never been properly commemorated in terms of a video documentary. Some fans may complain that this 60 minute overview (really from … Continue reading →

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News: STEVE HACKETT interview on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sunday 5 October 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Photo: Simon Dunkerley/GRTR! Bonus material not broadcast with Steve chatting about his solo career and his forthcoming album (20:17) ‘Assume The Position’, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio Sunday 5 October, 22:00 (Monday 6 October and Friday 10 October, 22:00 repeat) … Continue reading →

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DVD review: ELTON JOHN – The Million Dollar Piano

Posted on June 23, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 30.06.14] The Million Dollar Piano is Elton’s residency showcase at The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas featuring a unique Yamaha piano sporting 68 LED video screens displaying imagery to complement that on the vast screens behind … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: The Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett Story

Posted on June 11, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Eagle Rock [Release date 19.05.14] Essentially the Syd Barrett story, you’d have to have been living under a rock to not have seen this 50 minute BBC Omnibus documentary originally aired in 2001 and a regular late night repeat on … Continue reading →

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Album review: BILLY JOEL – A Matter of Trust: The Bridge To Russia

Posted on June 1, 2014 by GRTR! HQ

Sony Music [Release date 19.05.14] As I was passing through HMV this week – in awe of the growing racks of 180 gram vinyl (you’d need a course of body building supplements to walk out with Purple’s 9 LP Made … Continue reading →

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DVD review: BAD COMPANY – The Official 40th Anniversary Documentary

Posted on April 11, 2014 by jason

Universal [Released 07.04.14] Formed from the ashes of Free, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, with Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell, Bad Company had a number of platinum albums and hit singles … Continue reading →

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DVD review: DEEP PURPLE – Perfect Strangers Live

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Yiannis

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live (DVD)

Eagle Records – Out Now Deep Purple have experienced eight main member reshuffles since they first formed in Hertford back in 1968, however, it has been universally accepted that it is the work of the Mark II line up (Gillan/ … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: SPRINGSTEEN AND I

Posted on November 25, 2013 by andynathan

Eagle Vision [Release Date 28.10.2013] Bruce Springsteen is an artist who seems to inspire a unique awe and affection among his fans, so it somehow seems appropriate that he is the subject of a music film with a difference. Concert … Continue reading →