So Classic Album - DVD

Starring The Supremes, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross.

Phil Collins first enjoyed international success as the drummer with Genesis, and then subsequently as lead singer when Peter Gabriel left the band. In 1981 however, Face Value launched him as a solo artist and remains in many ways his most exciting and unusual music offering. Face Value was immediately a worldwide hit, entering the British charts at Number 1, spending almost six years in the Top 75, and selling in excess of 12 million copies. The album went on to make the U.S. Top 10, earning a gold disc. Face Value also gave birth to several hit singles including the atmospheric in the Air Tonight, I Missed Again and If Leaving Me Is Easy. This documentary includes several previously unseen performances, as well as rare home movies, archive of the studio sessions where Phil Collins worked closely with engineer Hugh Padgham and the Earth Wind & Fire horn section; unique photographs and documents from Phil's own private archive, and insights into the music from an eclectic range of musicians on the album. Many of these musicians recall their work on the album, alongside engineer Hugh Padgham who returns to the original multi-track master tapes of Face Value, including a fascinating contribution by Eric Clapton on the Roof Is Leaking. It also includes special performances given by Phil Collins of songs from the album and material which was finally omitted. Phil also demonstrates how he created the unique drum sound that underpinned in the Air Tonight, his first Number One record. This is a rare and welcome insight into Collins' prodigious music talent and the fascinating story of the making of a true Classic Album.

The Beach Boys - InchPet Sounds Classic AlbumInch DVD - The latest addition to the acclaimed & award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of The Beach Boys ground breaking album Pet Sounds, which celebrates it's 50th anniversary this year. Pet Sounds was recorded in late 1965 and early 1966, about a year after Brian Wilson had withdrawn from playing live with The Beach Boys in order to concentrate on composing and studio work. While the rest of the band were out on tour, Brian Wilson worked in the studio creating multi-layered compositions with painstaking attention to detail utilizing orchestration, sound effects and unusual instruments. When the band returned from tour they went into the studio to add their trademark complex vocal harmonies. - The new direction of the music caused some consternation within the group and the program explores the band's relationship at this time as well as the creation of the music through interviews with all the surviving Beach Boys and others involved in the creation of the album. The US press didn't know what to make of the album at first, although it later became acknowledged as both important and influential. In the UK the album was immediately acclaimed and commercially successful, peaking at No. 2 in the albums chart and remaining in the Top 10 for 6 months. Pet Sounds is now universally regarded as one of the finest albums of the sixties and thoroughly merits it's place in the Classic Albums series. TRACK LISTING 1. Pet Sounds, 2. Good Vibrations, 3. God Only Knows Tony Asher, 4. Caroline, No Horse 5. Beach Boys Live With Support, 6. In Mono With Echo, 7. I Know There's An Answer