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Blair’s DVD Watch: Three for the Holidays: Petty, Stax and Mahavishnu
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Runnin’ Down a Dream (Warner Bros.)
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Mahavishnu Orchestra: ‘Live at Montreux 1984/74’ (Eagle Vision)
In their own way, Mahavishnu Orchestra was to jazz-rock fusion excess what Queen was to rock excess. They were unquestionably great at what they...
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Stax/Volt Revue: ‘Live in Norway 1967’ (Reelin’ in the Years)
From the same folks who brought you the Jazz Icons series comes another fine example of European TV documenting American music better than anyone...
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Blair’s DVD Watch: More Fantastic “Jazz Icons”
VARIOUS ARTISTS: JAZZ ICONS SERIES 2 (Naxos/Reelin' In the Years Productions)
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BLAIR’S DVD WATCH: Bob Dylan—Younger Than Yesterday
The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (Columbia)
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Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino Cool Spin
Various Artists: Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Vanguard)As one who has groused occasionally about the plethora of lame “tribute” CDs in recent...
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BLAIR’S DVD WATCH: Groundbreaking Country Music from Cash and Friends
The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971 (Legacy)If I knew as much about country music in 1969 as I do now, I...
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Blair’s DVD Watch: Heart’s Classic First Album Is Born Again on DVD (and CD)
Heart: Dreamboat Annie Live(Shout! Factory)This whole business of bands playing legendary albums in their entirety is an interesting trend. I guess it really started...
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Floratone Floratone CD
The great jazz/folk/avant guitarist Bill Frisell can always be counted on for an adventurous musical outing, whether he’s working in a trio setting where...
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Time Keeps on Slippin’, Slippin’, Slippin’
Pass the bubbly, it's our birthday! Which sounds older 30 years or three decades? Either way, it's an impressive number, and we're proud to...
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Mix Interview: Quincy Jones
The storied, six-decade career of Quincy Jones has been so expansive it defies description—and now he looks back at it with Mix.
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Blair’s DVD Watch: Ernest Ranglin: The Jazz at the Roots of Ska and Reggae
Ernest Ranglin may well be, as someone in this intimate concert and documentary DVD suggests, “The greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of.” The spry...
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Wilco Sky Blue Sky
The rap on this new Wilco album is that represents a step back toward the mainstream for Jeff Tweedy and company, and indeed with...
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Guitars of the Stars
Wired for Sound: A Guitar Odyssey(MPI Home Video) Okay, the first thing you need to know about this excellent documentary about guitars and guitarists...
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Zappa Gets the ‘Classic Albums’ Treatment
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation(Eagle Vision) For my money, Eagle Vision’s ongoing series of “Classic Albums” DVDs is the greatest single source of...
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A Must-Have Blues Documentary
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD: 10 DAYS OUT—BLUES FROM THE BACKROADS (REPRISE)
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The Steve Morse Band DVD
The Steve Morse Band: Live in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 1990 (Eagle Eye Media) I still have fond and vivid memories of the first time...
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Steve Morse: Too Many Notes? Nah!
Dixie Dregs: Live At Montreux 1978 (Eagle Eye Media) The Steve Morse Band: Live in Baden-Baden, Germany, March 1990 (Eagle Eye Media) I still...
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Sound Basics Are Explained in ‘Audio: The Movie’
Audio: The Movie(Tracer Technologies)Tracer Technologies, based in York, Penn., is probably best known for its DC Six PC-based audio restoration, noise reduction and enhancement...
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Unraveling the Sound for Zodiac
MUSIC, EFFECTS CAPTURE AN ERA IN DAVID FINCHER'S SERIAL-KILLER DRAMA