Classic Rock Legends: Caravan Live at Metropolis Studios (2011)

Combining the natural excitement and added vibrancy that a live performance provides, while recording in a studio environment with better acoustics, proves the best of both worlds for a recorded concert. The small invited audience to this label showcase consisted mostly of family, friends, and music company executives from the Columbia/Epic imprints, giving the proceedings a homey, more comfortable vibe. Poco's live album of predominantly new material, Deliverin', which came out earlier in the year, was a big seller and the band had just released the studio follow-up, From the Inside, which introduced Paul Cotton into the outfit, replacing Jim Messina. This was Cotton's first tour with the existing members, and although his contributions on electric guitar and soon-to-be primary songwriter are still on low boil, it's clear that Poco is headed in a more commercially rock-oriented direction.

Description: On August 18, 1990, WHITESNAKE headlined the legendary Monsters Of Rock (now known as 'Download') festival in Castle Donnington, England. WHITESNAKE's performance at the festival was one of the highlights of the Liquor & Poker World Tour, which saw over a million people attend the band's sold-out concerts. The previously unreleased footage shows one of WHITESNAKE's most intense lineup performing in front of an audience of over 70,000. The audio recording of the concert is mixed in 5.1 and stereo formats, so it can only be cooler than attending the event directly. The 1990 WHITESNAKE line-up included guitar greats Steve Vai and Adrian Vandenberg, bassist Rudy Sarzo,
The "Live At Donington 1990" DVD also includes an impressive gallery of previously unseen photos of the band from the "Liquor & Poker" tour, as well as a documentary on the making of the "Slip Of The Tongue" album.

By all outward appearances, The Best of Caravan Live seems to fit the description and packaging of a budget release. Indeed, this is what all but the most inquisitive enthusiasts must surely have thought when passing up the French two-LP set in 1980. In actuality, the music contained within these grooves is a performance by Caravan from the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, September 1, 1974. The band used this gig to prepare for their inaugural North American tour. Additionally, the performance was documented in hopes of using the best bits as a promotional tool for their upcoming shows. However, the tapes remained dormant for nearly two years. Then in 1976, the epic "For Richard" was judiciously extracted and subsequently included as an unreleased bonus on the double LP Canterbury Tales retrospective…

A desperately under rated band which has had many line-ups, all of them led by the brilliant Dave Cousins - guitarist and vocalist. The Strawbs sound is immediately identifiable and includes elements of rock, folk, and classical influences. First and foremost they are brilliant musicians, and this DVD showcases some of their best tracks…