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U2 – iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE, Live In Paris (2016) Blu-ray 1080i AVC DTS-HD MA 5.1 + BDRip 720p/1080p
Title: U2 – iNNOCENCE + eXPERIENCE, Live In Paris
Release Date: 2016
Genre: Rock
Artist: Bono – lead vocals, rhythm guitar; The Edge – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals; Adam Clayton – bass guitar; Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion
Production/Label: Universal Music
Duration: 02:30:47
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 13104 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 96 kHz / 8023 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: English LPCM 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Size: 44.21 GB
Live performance from Irish rock band U2, recorded in Paris in 2015. The show also features American group Eagles of Death Metal, who are invited to join U2 on stage for the final two songs. The concert, based primarily around tracks from their 2014 album ‘Songs of Innocence’ includes, among others, ‘The Miracle (of Joey Ramone)’, ‘Cedarwood Road’ and ‘Song for Someone’ as well as classic hits such as ‘Where the Streets Have No Name’ and ‘With Or Without You’.
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Title: Whitesnake – The Purple Tour (Live)
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock
Production/Label: Rhino Music
Duration: 01:20:41 + 0:23:35
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio codec: TRUE-HD, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 14984 kbps 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: Dolby TrueHD Audio English 4736 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4736 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps)
Size: 21.71 GB
Whitesnake revisited the music that singer David Coverdale recorded with Deep Purple in the Seventies when they released The Purple Album two years ago. The album, and the tour that followed, offered fans new modern interpretations of Purple classics like “Burn” and “Mistreated.” Highlights from the historic tour will be featured in a new live collection, including double-disc versions that feature audio, video and a selection of bonus material.
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Title: Westlife: The Where We Are Tour – Live from the O2
Released: 2010
Genre: Pop
Released: Sony Music
Duration: 01:34:26
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 2996 kbps 480i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 3.2
Audio 1: DTS-HD Master Audio English 2903 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio 2: LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio 2: Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -4dB
Size: 19.71 GB
Known for their spectacular live shows, this DVD features their incredible performance at London’s 02 Arena on this year’s Where We Are Tour. Capturing the band’s most thrilling tour yet, created with visionary William Baker (Kylie, Leona Lewis, Bjork), that wowed UK arenas in May 2010, the show includes the band’s biggest and best-loved hits and new tracks taken from their 2009 album Where We Are. It also gives fans a rare, intimate glimpse into the lives of Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily And Shane Filan with the bonus ‘Where We Are – The Documentary’. This compelling behind the scenes documentary provides a fly on the wall insight into the lives of the band in the run up and during the tour. The boys also chat exclusively about why this tour meant so much to them. Both the DVD and Bluray versions also include the epic “What About Now” video. In addition, the Bluray feature a full hour and a half exclusive commentary where the boys discuss the show in detail and talk about what we can expect from the next tour.
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Title: Westlife: The Farewell Tour – Live at Croke Park
Released: 2012
Genre: Pop
Released: Sony Music
Duration: 02:06:08 + 00:22:27
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: AC3
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 27996 kbps 1080i / 25 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 3.2
Audio : Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Size: 31.52 GB
Coverage of the popular boy band’s final concert in Croke Park, Dublin on 23rd June 2012. Westlife are one of the most successful British pop acts of all time, with 14 UK number one singles to their name and close to 50 million record sales worldwide. Originally launched by Simon Cowell, the band were subsequently managed by Louis Walsh, but decided to bring the curtain down on their 14-year career in the summer of 2012. Appropriately, their final concert was scheduled for their hometown of Dublin and sold-out speedily.
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Title: Westlife: The Twenty Tour – Live from Croke Park 2019
Released: 2020
Genre: Pop
Released: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:52:18
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 35981 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4766 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 36.43 GB
The Twenty Tour – Live from Croke Park is a celebration of one of pop’s most sensational comebacks. Filmed at Westlife’s homecoming gig in summer 2019, this spectacular live show features Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian at their very best, performing their greatest hits to the backdrop of the iconic Croke Park stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Includes incredible performances of all their hit singles, including Uptown Girl, You Raise Me Up, Flying Without Wings and World Of Our Own, along with brand new tracks Hello My Love, Better Man and Dynamite to a sell-out crowd with spectacular staging, lights and effects.
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Title: Within Temptation – Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live in Concert
Released: 2014
Genre: Rock, Symphonic metal, Power metal
Performers: Sharon den Adel – vocals; Ruud Jolie – lead guitar; Stefan Helleblad – rhythm guitar; Martijn Spierenburg – keyboards; Jeroen van Veen – bass guitar; Mike Coolen – drums; Guest Musicians: George Oosthoek – growls on “Candles” at Elements; Robert Westerholt – guitars at Elements and growls on “Silver Moonlight” at Hydra; Martijn Westerholt – keyboards on “Candles” at Elements; Michiel Papenhove – guitars on “Candles” at Elements
Released: Nuclear Blast
Duration: 2:51:33
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio Codec: DTS, AC-3, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 18000 kbps / 1920 * 1080i / 25 fps / 16: 9 / High Profile 4.1
# 1 Audio: English Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio # 2: English Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Size: 21.9 GB
Let Us Burn – Elements & Hydra Live In Concert (or simply Let Us Burn) is a live album, DVD and Blu-ray Disc from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation. It is scheduled to be released on November, 2014 and is available on 2-disc DVD, 2-disc CD, 2-disc Blu-ray and digital album. The live album features two performances, being the first one the greatest part of the band’s 15th anniversary concert at the Sportpaleis, entitled Elements, and the second one the band’s performance at the Heineken Music Hall during the Hydra World Tour.
On 9 May 2012, the band officially announced special a concert entitled “Elements” at the Sportpaleis, in Antwerp, in celebration of their 15 year anniversary. Il Novecentro Orchestra accompanied the band among other special guests, including ex-band members and former Orphanage vocalist George Oosthoek. The show was sold out with fans from over 50 reported countries in attendance. No plans for a video album were in mind at the time, and as the band disliked the final result, they moved forward on the next album tour. As Hydra was released, the band decided to record a live album featuring a concert and announced via their facebook account that they were going to record the concert in Amsterdam at the same evening for a later release. During an interview for Sonic Cathedral, lead vocalist Sharon den Adel stated that the plan was originally to make a Hydra live album as plans for the Elements concert turning into a live album were early dropped as the band found themselves unhappy with the end result, so they opted to left only a few songs as extra content, but in the edition final process they decided to change the main concert to Elements as they realized the event was an important moment for their history, and after some work on the material they considered it a worthy material then. Den Adel also commented that having Black Symphony as the previous live video released, Elements would be the only possible follow up as it wasn’t a common concert. Some ex-members were invited to the Elements concert as they were somehow part of the bands history, as Martijn Westerholt and Michiel Papenhove. Both of them executed their original instruments during the track “Candles”, in which was composed while they’re still band’s studio or touring members at the time.
Both concerts had missing songs on the final edition cut. The concert at the Sportpaleis also featured “Never-Ending Story”, “Titanium”, “Summertime Sadness”, “Grenade”, “Memories”, “What Have You Done” and “Our Farewell” while the concert at the Heineken Music Hall missed “Our Solemn Hour”, “Angels”, “See Who I Am”, “The Cross” and “Summertime Sadness”.
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Title: Within Temptation – Black Symphony
Release Date: 2008
Genre: Gothic Metal
Production/Label: Neu Records
Duration: 02:06:00
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video 18000 kbps 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio English 4608 kbps 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: LPCM Audio English 13824 kbps 5.1 / 96 kHz / 13824 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #3: Dolby Digital Audio English 448 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Audio #4: DTS Audio English 1509 kbps 6.1 / 96 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #5: Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps
Size: 43.26 GB
Formed in 1996 around the nucleus of guitarist Robert Westerholt and vocalist Sharon den Adel, Within Temptation have build a solid reputation as one of Europe’s most successful Gothic Rock acts over the course of 4 albums with a myriad of Gold and Platinum certifications. More plaudits followed in 2006 with Within Temptation receiving the Dutch Export Award (“Best International Selling Artist”) for the third consecutive time in a row and a Golden God Award from the UK’s Metal Hammer magazine for Best Video. Within Temptation once again proved themselves as peerless purveyors of quality Gothic-tinged rock with the release of their latest album “The Heart Of Everything” – their debut UK Top 40 release.
Having already sold out their biggest UK tour in Nov 2007, the band staged their most ambitious concert to date at Rotterdam’s Ahoy Arena in Feb 2008. Dubbed “Black Symphony”, the band performed to 10,000 fans with the 60-piece Metropole Orchestra and a 20-voice classical choir, as well as on-stage performers and stunning pyrotechnic and lighting effects. Special guests on the night included Keith Caputo (Life Of Agony) and Anneke van Giersbergen (The Gathering).
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Title: Opeth – Garden of the Titans (Opeth Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre)
Release Date: 2008
Genre: Metal
Production/Label: Nuclear Blast
Duration: 01:31:43
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 25997 kbps / 1080p / 24 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: LPCM Audio / Undetermined / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / Undetermined / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4608 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 22,13 GB
There are few bands that can or will match Sweden’s Opeth. Since forming in the tiny Stockholm suburb of Bandhagen in 1990, the Swedes have eclipsed convention, defiantly crushed the odds, and, most importantly, crafted 12 stunningly beautiful albums, become one of the best bands on the planet; on album or on stage. Ask any Opeth fan. Enquire with any band that’s shared the proverbial pine with the Swedes. Or, get a label representative to talk Opeth. They’ll all tell you the same thing: Opeth are peerless. And they’re only getting better. Filmed and recorded in 2017 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver, “Garden of the Titans (Opeth Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre)” is a 2-CD/BLU-RAY + DVD release (along with several vinyl color formats) consisting of tracks spanning the band’s nearly 30 year career (more…)
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Title: Eric Clapton – Nothing But The Blues 1995
Release Date: 2022
Genre: Blues Rock
Production/Label: Reprise
Duration: 01:44:46+00:08:19
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio codec: PCM, Dolby TrueHD
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24953 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio #1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 96 kHz / 4608 kbps / 24-bit
Audio #2: Dolby TrueHD/Atmos Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4457 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1-EX / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -31dB)
Size: 29.54 GB
1995 Documentary Gets 4K Upgrade And Remixed Audio. Soundtrack Features 17 Previously Unreleased Live Performances Recorded During The From The Cradle Tour. Watch Four Tracks Including “Groanin’ The Blues” And “It Hurts Me Too” Below.
Eric Clapton’s lifelong passion for the blues burns brightly in Nothing But The Blues. The film – which was broadcasted once in the U.S. on PBS in 1995 and nominated for an Emmy® Award – has been upgraded to 4K for its long-awaited official release. In addition to the film, Reprise will release a new soundtrack with more than an hour of previously unreleased live performances recorded in 1994 during the legendary guitarist’s tour supporting From The Cradle, his Grammy®-winning, multi-platinum blues album.
Written and produced by Scooter Weintraub and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the documentary includes an in-depth interview with Clapton conducted by Scorsese. Throughout the interview, Clapton discusses his love for the blues and the profound impact bluesmen like Muddy Waters and B.B. King had on his music. Many of those artists (Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker) appear in the film through vintage performances, interviews, and photographs.
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Title: Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin, Wakeman – Live at the Apollo
Release Date: 2018
Genre: Rock
Production/Label: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 01:59:57
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29996 kbps / 1080p / 23,976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2859 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio#2: English / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 31,4 GB
In 2016, Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman brought together their incredible talents and long experience of working in Yes to take to the road for a series of concerts celebrating Yes’ musical legacy of the seventies, eighties and nineties. Yes featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman toured first in North America and then brought their live show to the UK in early 2017, including this performance captured at the Manchester Apollo. The band are in superb form in front of a sell-out crowd who are clearly loving every minute of the show, which includes classic tracks such as “Roundabout”, “Owner of a Lonely Heart”, “And You and I”, “Hold On”, “Heart of the Sunrise”, “Rhythm of Love”, “I’ve Seen All Good People” and many more. (more…)
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Title: Yellow Magic Orchestra – Live In San Francisco 2011
Release Year: 2015
Genre: Electronic, Synth-pop
Released: Commmons
Duration: 01:46:59
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio Codec: PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 34872 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio # 1: Japanese / LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit
Size: 29.76 GB
Yellow Magic Orchestra’s June 27, 2011 show, at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A. It has been 31 years since YMO performed in the U.S. last. The band featured support members Oyamada Keigo (Cornelius), Gondō Tomohiko (anonymass, pupa) and Christian Fennesz.
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Title: Yellowjackets – New Morning – The Paris Concert
Released: 2008
Genre: Fusion, Smooth Jazz
Released: in-akustik
Duration: 01:30:02
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: VC-1
Audio Codec: DTS-HD, LPCM, Dolby Digital
Video: VC-1 Video / 15914 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / Advanced Profile 3
Audio # 1: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1917 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)
Audio # 2: English / LPCM Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4608 kbps / 16-bit
Audio # 3: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 448 kbps
Size: 20.17 GB
A performance by the Yellowjackets – purveyors of progressive jazz for nearly three decades – is an experience that has as much to do with sight as it does with sound. Any given performance on any given night by this seasoned quartet brings with it a degree of spontaneity and expression – on an individual as well as collective level – that can be best appreciated by seeing these four highly skilled musicians in front of a live audience.
New Morning: The Paris Concert is a new DVD that takes you up close and personal with the Yellowjackets – keyboardist Russell Ferrante, saxophonist Bob Mintzer, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Marcus Baylor – on stage at the New Morning, one of the most celebrated clubs in Paris. The DVD captures 90 minutes of live music at the New Morning. The disc also features “Soundcheck Sketches,” a brief but insightful segment narrated by Haslip, who introduces each band member and provides an overview of the Yellowjackets philosophy as a whole.
New Morning: The Paris Concert is a snapshot of one of the finest jazz bands in the world doing what comes naturally in front of an energized crowd. A simple formula, perhaps, but one that has served the Yellowjackets well for the better part of three decades. “Anyone who sees this DVD is watching four people enjoying what they do for a living,” says Haslip, “and also doing their best to deserve the gift of being able to stand in front of an audience and perform music that goes beyond words to an entirely different level of communication.”
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Title: Yello – Live in Berlin
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Electronic, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Synth Pop
Artist: Boris Blank – Composer, Arranger, Vocals; Dieter Meier – Vocals; Malia – Vocals; Fifi Rong – Vocals; Roland Peil – Percussion; Jeremy Baer – Guitar; Beat Ash – Drums; Noah Fischer – Baritone Saxophone; Fabia Mantwill – Tenor Saxophone; Ulrich Röser – Trombone; Semjon Barlas, Jotham Bleiberg – Trumpet, Flugelhorn; Louise Schumacher, Rebecca Schwietzke, Vivien Cutino Azahares – Backing Vocals
Production/Label: Polydor/Island, a division of Universal Music GmbH
Duration: 01:38:02
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS, PCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC 22493 kbps / 1920*1080i / 29,970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: German DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4130 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: German LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 23 GB
This is an enormously special moment in time that captures the legendary Swiss electronic pioneers playing live for the very first time in their 37-year career. Recorded in October, 2016 at Berlin’s Kraftwerk, a decommissioned power station, over the course of four sold out shows in four days, it finds the duo joined by a full band – as well as singers Malia and Fifi Rong – to perform tracks from 2016’s acclaimed ‘Toy’, as well as reloaded classics from across their influential catalogue, including “Do It”, “Oh Yeah” and “The Race”. if you like pet shop boys, Depeche mode, kraftwerk or underworld, and haven’t hear yello already, this is a great entry point. (more…)
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Title: Yanni – Live! The Concert Event
Release Date: 1993/2018
Genre: New Age, Relax, Meditative, Flamenco
Production/Label: Sony Masterworks
Duration: 01:21:16
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: H.264
Audio codec: DTS-HD MA, LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24964 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 5370 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Size: 38.39 GB
Twenty-five years ago, on September 25, 1993, beneath the golden glow of the Parthenon, a standing-room-only crowd assembled to witness a stunning spectacle of sight and sound. The majestic stone arches of the 2,000 year-old Herod Atticus Theater became the setting for the performance of a lifetime. The passionate crowd warmly embraced its native son, internationally-known composer and performer, Yanni, who was returning home after two decades in America. With Live at the Acropolis, Yanni delivered a heart-stopping, emotion-filled program of his timeless masterpieces brought to life by his innovative band. The concert captures Yanni at the height of his artistry. The most successful concert video of all time, the Yanni Live at the Acropolis 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box Set is a must have for all Yanni fans. The video has been digitally restored and the music has been digitally re-mastered and remixed by Yanni for full 5.1 surround sound. This special limited edition CD/DVD and Blu-ray also includes a brand new interview with Yanni a look back on Live at the Acropolis 25 years later, three bonus tracks and a 60 page booklet with never-before-seen photos from the making of Live at the Acropolis.
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Title: ZZ Top – That Little Ol’ Band from Texas
Released: 2019
Genre: Blues Rock / Southern Rock / Documentary
Released: Eagle Rock Entertainment
Duration: 02:04:00
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio Codec: DTS-HD, PCM
Video 1: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29978 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Video 2: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 21971 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio 1: LPCM Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Audio 2: DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3543 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Size: 31.86 GB
ZZ Top is one of the more interesting bands in the American rock scene, one that has sold tens of millions of records, and one with an instantly identifiable sound and a perhaps even more instantly identifiable look, but one which may not have penetrated into the mass public consciousness enough that anyone who is not a diehard fan of the band would be able to even name its three members, let alone offer any biographical information about any of them. Fans of course would be able to list off Dusty Hill, Billy F Gibbons and Frank Beard* within seconds, but even some of those selfsame fans might not be able to list much biographical data beyond those names. For anyone in either of those categories (non-fan or fan), ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas may be an agreeable information dump of sorts, giving a glut of datapoints on what the back cover of this release probably correctly states as being “the extraordinary tale of a band whose image we know, but whose story we don’t.”
One of the many talking heads in this piece mentions how ZZ Top’s early music videos created almost an aura of mystery, distancing the trio from the audience in a way, and that in and of itself may help to account for how little seems to be generally known about these guys. This very appealing documentary may not provide a bunch of “early childhood” biography, but it really has some hugely entertaining archival video and reminiscences from all three that get into their early music making activities, as well as their eventual formation and success as ZZ Top. There’s also some touching content given to their longtime manager Bill Ham, who passed away recently. Some of the anecdotes are kind of funny, including their recounting of their own first encounter with MTV, which they initially mistook to be some kind of special, watching for untold hours and wondering when it was finally going to end.
*It’s always struck me as a little funny that Frank Beard is the one without “the beard”.
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