A slew of BEATLES & related DVD's issued on the Quarter Apple Label (Sweet Apple Inc. Japanese Label) this week..."1962-1966" Red Cover features 23 promos, while "1967-1970" Blue Cover features 20 promo clips from the period..."At Shea Stadium 1965" features the seemingly complete 50 minute proshot film that features some pre-show footage, including snipets of the opening acts - the 24 minute set, and some post-concert hysteria/reaction footage...The "Ed Sullivan Anthology" features nearly 2 hours of clips with over 31 songs..."Live At The Hollywood Bowl" contains the August 23, 1964 concert event  and aside from the performance itself, also contains pre-show and post-concert footage running just over 90 minutes..."Live In Germany 1966" contains over 100 minutes of proshot and newsreel footage including their show at Circus Krone in Munich on June 24, 1966..."Live In Japan 1966" features the Afternoon Show from Budokan on July 1st..."Washington Coliseum 1964" of course features a complete video document of their first U.S. concert along with a documentary called "What's Happening?"...finally, also included in the batch is the GEORGE HARRISON DVD, "The Dark Horse Collection Vol. 2" which compiles promo videos, interviews, TV commercials, and  live clips spanning the years 1976 to 1996.

As we mentioned on the News Ticker over the weekend, Thinman Records will release the BOB DYLAN 4CD set "Good Enough For Now", an anthology of sorts covering his Fall 1999 show in October/November...A series of titles being released out of Japan on the Vintage Master Premium Series Label are coming soon, and include:...DAVID BOWIE "Moonlight Serenade" 2CD featuring the July 12, 1983 Montreal soundboard...ELTON JOHN "11-12-70 Give Peace A Chance" 1CD soundboard from The Fillmore West in San Francisco (great show!)...and then EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER "Works On The Road" 2CD features their November 20, 1977 show from the Mid-South Coliseum in soundboard quality.  In LED ZEPPELIN release news, Tarantura hasn't even released the 1971 Japanese Tour Anniversary Box "Kurofune" yet and they are already talking about another nebulous 6CD box titled "The Witch Queen"...as soon as more details are shared on this one, you'll read about it here...Wendy Records' next ZEP release will be "Sleeping Beauty" 2CD containing the soundboard tape of the superb Fillmore West show on April 27, 1969.

In a host of other Japanese Silver Disc fare this past week...Wardour announced the QUEEN DVD, "Thank You All", which brings an excellent quality video to collectors which was shot off the large screen at the Knebworth Festival performance on August 9th, 1986 and runs just under 2 hours - should be a good one!...Sirene announced their new PINK FLOYD 2CD set as "Offenbach Master", a wonderful audience recording taped at Stadthalle in Offenbach, Germany on February 26, 1971...Also, Tarantura has their FLOYD "Meddlesome" 1CD ready to go and features the excellent but very common BBC Paris Theater show from London on September 30, 1971.  A title I needed to revisit and share here this week is the new NEIL YOUNG W/BOOKER T & THE MG'S "Torhout Festival 1993" DVD from Bad Wizard (Scorpio), featuring a 90 minute 1-camera proshot piece from The Torhout Festival in Belgium on July 3, 1993.  The initial info I had didn't mention a label and stated it as being a DVD-R title and that is evidently not the case...in ERIC CLAPTON boot news, Tarantura will issue "New Orleans 7/30/74" soon, along with the 8CD "Rainbow Concert" Box Set in March - look for a Mid-Valley 4CD set including that same New Orleans '74 show paired with St. Louis '74, also coming from the label will be "Fairy Tales" 2CD from Tokyo on December 9, 2006 plus rehearsal tracks from December 11th, along with a bonus DVD containg just 2 tracks from that December 9th performance on video...The ARMS Label won't be eclipsed and is finishing off their own 8CD CLAPTON Box (mentioned in this column previously), "Road To Tokyo 1" which contains the November 23rd, 29th & 30th shows with that very same December 9th concert!..."The Road To Saitama" 2CD from ARMS will offer up the December 2, 2006 concert.

New ROLLING STONES titles coming from Idol Mind Productions..."Beautiful Birthday Boy Bill" 2CD offers up another version of the October 24, 1981 concert from the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando..."Birmingham Remaster 1973" 1CD is the Odeon Theater audience tape from Birmingham, UK on September 19, 1973 (3 other titles look like they may have been pulled from the schedule: "A Bigger Bang Beta-Mix", "Altamont 1969 Deluxe Edition" & "Candlestick Park 1981")...SODD will issue the 2CD + bonus DVD-R set, "Happy Birthday Keith" containing the December 18, 1981 Hampton,  Virginia sounboard, along with the bonus proshot "Still Life In Seattle" video from the Kingdome on October 15th, 1981...Halcyon's next DVD release will be titled "Supernova" containing the stellar STONES' proshot/broadcast of the Saitama concert on April 2nd, 2006...Finally, thanks to always intriguing YouKnowWho for the teaser post last week on the BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN DVD's arriving later in the month, including the proshot Paris '85 concert and incomplete Verona 1993 performance - they sound like great titles!  Any more info on label???

That's it for now, keep checking back for the latest and every week for the complete rundown of boots surfacing from underground.  From the frigid tundra...thanks for your support and interest in this always interesting passion of collecting.  Have a great week!

Svengi, February 5, 2007