Christmas is certainly a time for celebrating and when it comes to gifts a favourite performer is a great way to gift a music lover.
Here are a few that may be just the gift for your loved one.
Maybe your Mum, wife or for the musical theatre goer, this is perfect.
In fact her music has something for everybody.
Elaine Paige Live – Celebrating 40 Years On Stage
Filmed at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia during Elaine Paige’s sell out 40th Anniversary tour, her first ever in concert DVD Elaine Paige Live – Celebrating 40 Years on Stage captures the magic of this thrilling live performer as never before.
From her beginnings in the musical Hair Elaine Paige takes the audience on a journey with performances from Evita, Chess, Cats, Anything Goes, Piaf, Sunset Boulevard, The King & I and many more from the West End to Broadway. Elaine also entertains us with amusing and enlightening anecdotes from her illustrious career.
New songs to Elaine’s repertoire are Lennon & McCartney’s Yesterday, Shoot the Breeze (written by Bette Midler & Dustin Hoffman), Stephen Sondheim’s By The Sea, and Small Packages, a song specially written by Stiles & Drewe (Mary Poppins, Honk!) to celebrate this 40th Anniversary concert.
Also featured is the first lady of musical theatre’s greatest hits, many recreated in costume here for the first time ever on DVD. With One Look from Sunset Boulevard, a vignette of songs from her critically acclaimed West End production of Piaf, complete with Elaine’s own signature Memory make this a captivating collection of performances from a remarkable career.
Included on the DVD is a comprehensive interview with Elaine giving the viewer an insight into the process of playing some of the most fascinating women in modern musical theatre history. And as a bonus Elaine performs a song by one of her favourite composers, Jim Webb, entitled Grow Young which can be found on her contemporary album Love Can Do That.
For those who have attended Elaine’s live concerts this DVD will be a wonderful souvenir and for others it will give them a chance to witness this outstanding and legendary performer doing what she does best.
Stockist details: All good entertainment retailers, eg. HMV, Amazon, Play, etc. and Elaine’s official website – www.elainepaige.com
Price: RRP of £12.99
Message to You was the first song I played on my hifi gift. Ahh memories, oops that was the last DVD!!!
This is my era and I have fond memories of rude boys and girls dancing to Gangsters.
An ideal gift for Dads, husbands and sons!
THE SPECIALS
The Specials 30th Anniversary tour in 2009 was a jubilant, celebratory event which saw fans old and new enjoy one of the UK’s finest bands coming together to play music as relevant and exciting as when they started out in 1979. Reviews were ecstatic, with The Telegraph declaring “they are simply one of the greatest live bands this island has ever produced” and the NME calling the shows “staggeringly life affirming”.
The band played 33 sold out shows in the UK to over 140,000 fans as well as playing several festivals and dates in Australia, New Zealand and Japan and now the show has been captured on film for release in March 2010. Featuring all the classic tracks ‘Too Much Too Young’, ‘Do The Dog’, ‘Gangsters’ and many more the film was shot at the bands Wolverhampton Civic Hall show on 10th November 2009 by director Lindy Heymann. The DVD also features exclusive footage from backstage, rehearsals and interviews with fans explaining what the band and the gigs mean to them from many of the shows.
An edited version of the live show was previewed on Sky Arts on 6th February 2010.
The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour DVD
Stockist details: All good entertainment retailers, eg. HMV, Amazon, Play, etc. and the band’s official website – www.thespecials.com
Available: Out now
Price: RRP of £17.99
DO THE DOG
DAWNING OF A NEW ERA
GANGSTERS
IT’S UP TO YOU
MONKEY MAN
RAT RACE
HEY LITTLE RICH GIRL
BLANK EXPRESSION
DOESN'T MAKE IT ALRIGHT
STUPID MARRIAGE
CONCRETE JUNGLE
FRIDAY NIGHT / SATURDAY MORNING
STEREOTYPE
MAN AT C&A
MESSAGE TO YOU
DO NOTHING
LITTLE BITCH
NITE KLUB
TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG
LONGSHOT / LIQUIDATOR / MOONSTOMP
ENJOY YOURSELF
GHOST TOWN
GUNS OF NAVARONE
YOU'RE WONDERING NOW
Another unmissable DVD for fans of this iconic band
Heaven 17 Release Special Edition 2-Disc DVD of ‘Penthouse and Pavement Live in Concert’
Also includes the documentary ‘Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement’
London:- Heaven 17 are to release Penthouse and Pavement Live in Concert on DVD in December 2010, nearly 30 years on from the album’s original release. Recorded live in front of 2,000 hometown fans at the Sheffield Arena in March 2010, the DVD includes the concert in its entirety, never before seen on screen. In addition, the documentary Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement, with exclusive new rehearsal footage, an intimate session at Glenn’s own studio and behind-the-scenes footage from Abbey Road studios.
Released at the dawn of the 1980s, Heaven 17’s debut album Penthouse and Pavement has become one of the defining albums of that decade, ushering in a new age of electro-pop that still resonates throughout the charts today.
1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
2. Penthouse and Pavement
Cited by the likes of La Roux as an inspiration and influence on the band, singer Elly Jackson says of the band: “Instant respect... they sounded really fresh and exciting – loads of attitude and I loved it. Loads of DJs still ramming home songs like ‘Play To Win’, playing them out at big nights and they still go down. The debut just still sounds great – the textures and tones of it and the rhythms of it.”
The veteran British synthpop group – featuring original founding members Martyn Ware (previously in The Human League) on keyboards, synthesisers and vocals, and lead vocalist Glenn Gregory – picked up where Kraftwerk left off, creating glistening electro-pop that didn't skimp on danceable grooves or memorable melodies.
In March 2010, nearly thirty years on from its release, the band staged a one-off hometown show at the Sheffield Magna Arena, playing the album in its entirety in front of 2000 fans. Filmed by Strong Pictures, fans worldwide will now be able to enjoy the concert with this special edition 2-Disc DVD release.
The band commented: ”We are so excited about the DVD release of our homecoming show, it was definitely one the most treasured moments of our career to date. The additional documentary really gives an insight to the band and captures the live digital visual show beautifully.”
Featuring 19 classic tracks, including ‘Temptation’, ‘(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang’ and a cover version of the Human League’s ‘Being Boiled’, the DVD captures one of the most influential bands of their generation, as relevant and exciting today as they were when they first formed.
Included in the special edition package is a bonus DVD featuring the documentary Heaven 17: The Story of Penthouse and Pavement, plus never before seen footage including rehearsals
Stockist details: Available from the band’s official website - http://www.heaven17.com/ - and on their forthcoming UK tour
Price: RRP £17.99 (£14.99 if pre-ordered via the website)
1. (We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
2. Penthouse and Pavement
3. Play To Win
4. Soul Warfare
5. Ball Of Confusion
6. Geisha Boys And Temple Girls – Acoustic Version
7. These Boots Are Made for Walking (Duet with Claudia Brucken from Propaganda)
8. Perfect Day
9. Wichita Lineman
10. Let’s All Make A Bomb
11. The Height Of The Fighting
12. Song With No Name
13. Geisha Boys and Temple Girls
14. We’re Going to Live for a Very Long Time
15. Are Everything
16. I’m Your Money
17. Let Me Go
18. Temptation
19. Being Boiled
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