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Pink Floyd’s Animals finally gets the remix/reissue treatment

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Animals, Blu-Ray, DVD, Pink Floyd, Reissue, SACD

If you’re a hardcore Pink Floyd fan, you probably have the special box sets issues for Dark Side the Moon,

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Music History 

Ongoing History Daily: What do the letters “DVD” really stand for?

April 12, 2021April 11, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments DVD

Most of us have some DVDs somewhere. But here’s a question: What does “DVD” stand for? The answer is “nothing.”

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Sign of the times: Samsung has stopped making new Blu-ray players

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Alan Cross 4 Comments Blu-Ray, DVD, Samsung

Like you, I have a couple of DVD and Blu-ray players in the house. I haven’t touched any of them

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, January 20, 2017

January 20, 2017January 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alanis Morissette, Amplifiers, Bob Dylan, DVD, Fender, George Michael, Hamilton, iPhone 8, Kanye West, Netflix, Patrick Stewart, Paul McCartney, Payola, Plagiarism, Radio, Sony, Spotify

Off to Winnipeg to see the folks tonight. Oddly, the temperature will be above freezing for the entire time I’m

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The Smart Studios Story: A Film About the Rise of Alt Rock in the Midwest US at Butch Vig’s Madison WI HQ

September 27, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Alternative Rock, DVD, Independent Music, Smart Studios, Smart Studios Story, Vinyl

Beginning on Thursday, September 29, The Smart Studios Story begins a screening tour across the United States as a precursor

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Watch Footage from U2’s Upcoming Innocence + Experience DVD

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment DVD, Innocence + Experience, U2

U2 never mounts a tour without producing all kinds of ancillary material. The upcoming Innocence + Experience collection features footage

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U2 Releasing Innocence + Experience Tour DVD

May 15, 2016May 15, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 3 Comments bonus, DVD, Formats, I+E, Innocence + Experience, U2

One thing is pretty consistent. If there’s a U2 tour, there’s gonna be a DVD. And guess what? It’s coming

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Here’s the Official Trailer for the Rush R40 Concert Film

November 7, 2015November 7, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blu-Ray, DVD, R40, Rush, Toronto

As a touring entity, it appears that Rush is no more. When they wrapped up that last gig in LA

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Wow. A Restored Edition of the Beatles Film for “A Day in the Life”

October 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1+, Beatles, Blu-Ray, DVD

If you haven’t heard by now, a new version of the Beatles 1 collection is coming next month. Dubbed 1+,

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Music News Recommended Music 

Another Peek at Rush’s R40 DVD/Blu-Ray

October 22, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blu-Ray, DVD, R40, Rush, Toronto

R40, a video record of Rush‘s (apparently) last ever tour will appear in stores November 20 as both a DVD

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Music History 

An Unseen Video of the Beatles Doing “Revolution”

October 22, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments 1+, Beatles, DVD

One of the biggest album releases of the millennium so far was the Beatles’ 1 collection, a compilation of the

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