A Night at the Family Dog / Go Ride the Music / West Pole DVD Review: Celebrating San Francisco’s Psychedelic Rock Scene
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mercury Studio repackages A Night at the Family Dog / Go Ride the Music / West Pole into a 2-DVD ...
Read More Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live In ‘76 Album Review: A Night of Marvin Medleys
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally released on DVD in 2007, Marvin Gaye: Greatest Hits Live In ‘76 is now available on vinyl and CD ...
Read More Mercury Studios Presents Marvin Gaye Greatest Hits Live in ‘76 on January 27, 2023
By Cinema Sentries |
The music of Marvin Gaye transcends time in ways that can’t be described. From relatable songs about romance and heartbreak ...
Read More Phil Lynott Songs For While I’m Away + Thin Lizzy: The Boys Are Back In Town: Live at the Sydney Opera House October 1978 DVD Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Mercury Studios has paired the 2020 documentary Phil Lynott: Songs For While I’m Away, which aired on BBC Two,with the ...
Read More The Police: Around the World (Restored & Expanded) Review: An Entertaining Scrapbook from the Band’s Early Days
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally available on VHS and Laserdisc, The Police: Around The World (Restored & Expanded) is now available on DVD and ...
Read More When We Were Kings Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: A Marvelous Time Capsule of Muhammad Ali in 1974
By Gordon S. Miller |
Leon Gast's When We Were Kings documents the "Rumble in the Jungle," the legendary boxing match between undefeated heavyweight champion George Foreman ...
Read More Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets: Live at the Roundhouse Movie Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Pink Floyd was formed in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, lead vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals), ...
Read More Concert Review: Art Alexakis – The Wayfarer, Costa Mesa, CA – 11/15/19
By Darcy Staniforth |
I've been an Everclear fan since the beginning. I have all the albums, a ton of rare singles, and even ...
Read More The Cure: 40 Live – Curætion-25 + Anniversary Blu-ray Review: A Black Ruby Jubilee
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Cure: 40 Live collects two outstanding concerts performed in the summer of 2018 as founder Robert Smith, bassist Simon Gallup ...
Read More Concert for George Movie Review: A Deeply Moving Tribute to a Multifaceted Artist
By Kit O'Toole |
George Harrison's life and career may seem impossible to capture in just an hour and a half. Yet his friends ...
Read More The Rolling Stones: From the Vault: Live at the Tokyo Dome 1990 Blu-ray Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle stadium tour ran for nearly a year. The North American leg started in Philadelphia on Aug ...
Read More The Who: Live in Hyde Park DVD Review: The 50-Year Anniversary Show
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Scott Blitstein What else can be written about The Who that hasn't already been written over the course ...
Read More Black Stone Cherry: Thank You: Livin’ Live, Birmingham, UK Review: An Enjoyable Performance in Spite of the Low Vocals
By Todd Karella |
Recorded October 30, 2014 on their Magic Mountain tour, the four-man band from Kentucky brought their brand of hard southern ...
Read More Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour Live Blu-ray Review: Visually Impressive, Thematically Confusing
By Todd Karella |
Capturing Katy Perry's 2014/2015 concert tour recorded in Sydney, Australia last December, the show features seven different acts, nine costume ...
Read More Frank Zappa’s Roxy: The Movie DVD Review: A Necessary Purchase for Any Zappa Fan
By Jade Blackmore |
The concert film Roxy: The Movie starring Frank Zappa and the Mothers, filmed in 1973 during a three-night engagement at ...
Read More Just Let Go: Lenny Kravitz Live Blu-ray Review: A Giant Directorial Miscue
By Todd Karella |
In support of his tenth studio album, Strut, Lenny Kravitz has released a live concert film that was recorded over ...
Read More Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Live in Hyde Park Blu-ray Review: So Good You Won’t Get It out of Your Head
By Gordon S. Miller |
Founding member Jeff Lynne was such an essential component to the massive success of Electric Light Orchestra throughout the '70s ...
Read More The String Cheese Incident: Rhythm of the Road: Volume 2, Live in Las Vegas Album Review
By Mat Brewster |
Arguably the first live rock and roll record was Got Live If You Want It! by The Rolling Stones. Released ...
Read More George Strait: The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium DVD Review
By Lorna Miller |
Growing up, I always dreaded when my mom would put on her country music. She warned me that when I ...
Read More Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 Blu-ray Review: The Band Keeps A-Rollin’
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Blu-ray for Aerosmith Rocks Donington 2014 takes the viewer straight into the main feature rather than offering the menu. ...
Read More Stray Cats: Live at Rockpalast Review: A Great Live Concert DVD
By Darcy Staniforth |
The American Rockabilly scene would not be what it is today without the influential music of the Stray Cats. Their ...
Read More The Who: Live at Shea Stadium 1982 Blu-ray Review: Long Live Rock
By Gordon S. Miller |
Reading up on the Who, it appears what was intended to be a tour in support of It's Hard became ...
Read More Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators: Live at the Roxy 9/25/14 Blu-ray Review: So Good That You’ll Believe You’re Really There
By Todd Karella |
It's been nearly 20 years since Slash was a member of the heavy metal band Guns N' Roses. Since then ...
Read More Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies: Alpine Valley, WI – 07/19/89 Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
Hosted by Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment at theaters across the country, the fifth annual Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the ...
Read More B.B. King: Live at Montreux 1993 Blu-ray Review: Let the Good Times Roll
By Gordon S. Miller |
B.B. and his band had been frequent performers during the Montreux music festival's long history. Over the course of 100 ...
Read More Daryl Hall & John Oates: Live in Dublin DVD Review: 90 Minutes of Hits
By Greg Barbrick |
My connection to the music of Hall & Oates goes back a long way. I remember “She's Gone” in 1973, ...
Read More The Rolling Stones: From the Vault – L.A. Forum (Live in 1975) DVD Review: It’s Only a Concert Video, but I Like It
By Mat Brewster |
In a thousand years, at universities all over the world, in classes titled "Rock 'N' Roll 101," professors will lay ...
Read More Genesis: Three Sides Live Blu-ray Review: …And Then They Were Live…
By Gordon S. Miller |
Available for the first time as a stand-alone DVD and on Blu-ray, Genesis: Three Sides Live was initially released on ...
Read More Alabama & Friends at the Ryman CD/DVD Review: Celebrating 40 Years
By Lorna Miller |
Alabama was formed in 1969 by cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook. Over the course of their career, ...
Read More Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies: Beat Club 4/21/72 Review
By Gordon S. Miller |
On July 17, Fathom Events and Rhino Entertainment teamed up to present the annual “Grateful Dead Meet-Up at the Movies” in ...
Read More Peter Gabriel: Back to Front: Live in London Blu-ray Review: A Concert to Put in Your Eyes and Ears
By Gordon S. Miller |
Recorded over two nights in October 2013 at London's The O2, Back to Front presents Peter Gabriel in concert during ...
Read More The Who: Quadrophenia – Live in London Blu-ray Review: A Stunning Audio and Visual Presentation
By generaljabbo |
When The Who first toured for their classic rock opera Quadrophenia back in the 1970s, the technology of the day ...
Read More Concert Review: Billy Joel Says Hello to Hollywood Bowl – 05/17/14
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the first of three concerts scheduled, Billy Joel made his Hollywood Bowl debut and played a set filled with ...
Read More Little Feat: Live in Holland 1976 Review: Featfans, Rejoice!
By Greg Barbrick |
They call themselves “Featfans,” and are to Little Feat what the Deadheads are to the Grateful Dead. Recently the Featfans ...
Read More Elvis Presley: Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Legacy Edition Review: The King’s Homecoming Concert in Its Entirety
By generaljabbo |
When Elvis Presley played a concert in Memphis, TN, in 1961, few, if any in the audience probably suspected it ...
Read More Bryan Ferry: Live in Lyon DVD Review: Smooth, Professional Concert Crooning
By Kent Conrad |
After a certain age, all British rock musicians seem to funnel into one style of music. It begins gradually (and ...
Read More ’83 US Festival Days 1-3 DVD Review: Essential Viewing for Fans of the ’80s
By Kit O'Toole |
When hot summer winds blow, music festivals are sure to follow. Today, multi-day events such as Lollapalooza and Coachella are ...
Read More Morrissey: 25 Live Review: November Spawned a Monster of a Blu-ray
By Steve Geise |
OK, it actually came out in late October, but I just watched it and the tagline was too tempting to ...
Read More CeeLo Green Is Loberace: Live in Vegas Blu-ray Review: What Happened in Vegas?
By Darcy Staniforth |
Oh, Ceelo. I had such high hopes when your disc arrived in the mail. I am a fan of the ...
Read More Concert Review: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
By Gordon S. Miller |
After debuting at the Royal Albert Hall and a few performances in the UK, “Danny Elfman's Music From the Films ...
Read More The Velvet Underground: Velvet Redux Live MCMXCIII DVD Review: Well Worth Watching
By Gordon S. Miller |
During the mid-‘60s, the mantle of the counterculture was passed from the beats to the hippies, probably the night that ...
Read More Frank Zappa: A Token of His Extreme DVD Review: FZ TV Circa 1974
By Greg Barbrick |
In 1974, Frank Zappa recorded a concert for television titled A Token of His Extreme. It was intended as a ...
Read More Aerosmith: Rock for the Rising Sun Blu-ray Review: Any Fan Would Be Happy to Own It
By Todd Karella |
It's been more than 40 years since Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, and Brad Whitford came together ...
Read More Dio: Finding the Sacred Heart: Live in Philly 1986 Blu-ray Review
By Jade Blackmore |
First released in 1986 on VHS as an edited concert video, the full performance of late rock icon Ronnie James ...
Read More Paul McCartney and Wings: Rockshow Blu-ray Review: Listen to What the Band Played
By Gordon S. Miller |
It is unfortunate Wings has always been overshadowed, and understandably so, by leader Paul McCartney's previous musical group because they ...
Read More Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium 25th Anniversary Edition DVD Review: A Wonderful Keepsake
By Jade Blackmore |
This two-disc DVD set from Eagle Rock Entertainment, commemorates the 25th anniversary of Queen's iconic concerts at London's Wembley Stadium ...
Read More Miles Davis with Quincy Jones & the Gil Evans Orchestra Live at Montreux Blu-ray Review: Sketches from Switzerland
By Gordon S. Miller |
With a career that frequently found him spearheading new jazz genres over the course six decades, Miles Davis became one ...
Read More Concert Review: Michael Nesmith, The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI, 4/7/13
By generaljabbo |
For years, Michael Nesmith famously avoided the concert stage, both as a solo artist and as a member of the ...
Read More Pat Metheny Group: We Live Here: Live in Japan DVD Review: Brilliant in Every Way
By Greg Barbrick |
The Pat Metheny Group concert that was recorded for the We Live Here: Live In Japan DVD took place at ...
Read More Elvis Presley: Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite (Legacy Edition) Album Review
By Greg Barbrick |
If you are old enough to remember the original broadcast of Elvis Presley's Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite, then it ...
Read More FCA! 35 Tour: An Evening with Peter Frampton DVD Review: Paying Tribute to the Album That Made Him a Household Name
By generaljabbo |
The 1970s were a time of bloated excess, disco, and the live album. Bands from Cheap Trick to Kiss were ...
Read More Lady Antebellum: Own the Night World Tour Blu-ray Review: Fans Need This Now
By Lorna Miller |
Before watching this concert, I wouldn't have called myself a great fan of Lady Antebellum, which is comprised of Hillary ...
Read More Paul McCartney: Live Kisses DVD Review: A Thoroughly Enjoyable Document of an Artist’s Labor of Love
By Kit O'Toole |
Earlier this year, Paul McCartney satisfied a longtime ambition of recording an album of standards. Though other rockers have released ...
Read More The Doors: Live at the Bowl ’68 DVD Review: It Sounds Amazing
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The Doors' 1968 show at the Hollywood Bowl has long been considered one of the band's ...
Read More Stray Cats: Live in Montreux 1981 DVD Review: Rockabilly Purr-fection
By Gordon S. Miller |
Rockabilly revivalists Stray Cats (guitarist/vocalist Brian Setzer, upright bassist Lee Rocker, and drummer Slim Jim Phantom) took America by storm ...
Read More Concert Review: An Evening with The Monkees, Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 11/10/12
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Monkees 12-date tour this past fall was a bittersweet affair. No doubt many were delighted to see the return ...
Read More John Cusack Alludes to Say Anything at Peter Gabriel’s Hollywood Bowl Concert
By Gordon S. Miller |
Peter Gabriel is currently touring to celebrate the 25th anniversary of So, which has been remastered and will be available ...
Read More Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live Blu-ray Review: An Impressive Combination of Music and Visuals
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Grammy Award-winning Secret World Live finds Peter Gabriel in Modena, Italy over the course of two November nights 1993, ...
Read More The O’Jays: Live in Concert DVD Review: An Enjoyable Romp Through Their Greatest Hits
By Kit O'Toole |
“I love music, any kind of music/ I love music, just as long as it’s groovin’/ Makes me laugh, makes ...
Read More The Zombies: Live at Metropolis Studios, London DVD Review: A Real Treat for Fans
By Greg Barbrick |
Of all the great British rock acts of the “60s, I have always felt that the Zombies never really got ...
Read More Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD Review: Flawed but Fascinating
By Greg Barbrick |
The newly re-mastered film Jimi Plays Berkeley (1971) is an incredible document of its time. Back in the late ’70s, ...
Read More Duran Duran: A Diamond in the Mind: Live 2011 Blu-ray Review: A Virtually Flawless Live Performance
By Michelle Prather |
As the instrumental “Return to Now” plays over the black-and-white opening sequence to Duran Duran’s first live release in nearly ...
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