"Actor: Ahmet Ertegun"

• The Cockettes | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £7.09   |  Saving you £12.90 (181.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1969. San Francisco. Sexual Anarchy! Emerging at the end of the `60s The Cockettes were a theatrical troupe of assorted hippies drag queens and gay men who embraced the new drug-fuelled anti-establishment counterculture in San Francisco. Founded by the flamboyant `Hibiscus' they started out by doing improv musicals before the midnight film at the Palace Theatre. As their popularity grew so did the number of performers and the flamboyance of the events which continued into th

• Atlantic Records - The House That Ahmet Built - Various | DVD | (03/09/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  ""The Atlantic Sound "" which sprang from the small record label Ertegun co-founded in 1947 was a revolutionary new genre single-handedly influencing the future direction of contemporary music. Ertegun wrote music produced music defined careers and changed lives. ""He found Ray Charles he introduced Eric Clapton to Aretha Franklin he fell asleep on Mick Jagger "" says Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner. 'Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built' follows Ertegun's remarkable career and its impact on the evolution of the world's most popular musical genre while offering an insider's look at the recording industry from its infancy to today. This two-hour DVD features rare private and classic clips performances and studio sessions of Atlantic recording artists including Solomon Burke Ray Charles Eric Clapton Phil Collins Aretha Franklin Mick Jagger Kid Rock Ben E. King Led Zeppelin & many more. It is narrated by award-winning singer/actress Bette Midler.

• Classic Albums - Phil Collins - Face Value | DVD | (01/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After achieving stardom by taking over the lead vocals of Genesis from Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins released his first solo album, Face Value, in 1980. This explores the album's making in a one-hour documentary film, with Collins himself providing the bulk of the insightful commentary. From his home studio, he discusses how the lyrics to "In the Air Tonight" wrote themselves after his painful divorce and why a drummer would never use a drum machine. Also interviewed are engineer Hugh Padgham, producer Ahmet Ertegun, Genesis colleagues Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford, and many of the studio musicians. Songs such as "Behind the Lines", "I Missed Again", "The Roof Is Leaking", "This Must Be Love" and, of course, "In the Air Tonight" are excerpted in both home and concert footage (some of it previously unreleased), and Collins accompanies himself at the piano in a wrenching "Please Don't Ask", which was cut from the album. In the two decades between the original album's appearance and this 1999 video production, Phil Collins has gone on to become an international solo star, but many still consider Face Value his finest album. This excellent documentary shows you why. --David Horiuchi