"Actor: Bill Bruford"

• Yes - Their Fully Authorised Story | DVD | (21/01/2008) from £13.72   |  Saving you £-3.73 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  The definitive fully authorised story of Yes is as controversial as their music and is now told in a series of exclusive interviews with Yes members past and present. Tracing the musical journey from their debut album yes 1969 up until Magnification 2001 and beyond. As told by Jon Anderson Chris Squire Steve Howe Rick Wakeman Alan White Bill Bruford Peter Banks Trevor Horn Geoff Downes Keith Emerson and many more.

• Yesspeak - Yes 35th Anniversary | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Shot during the group's 35th Anniversary European Tour, Yesspeak offers a 169-minute documentary about the classic progressive rock band Yes, together with an audio-only presentation of their 2003 set. The feature, narrated by Roger Daltrey, is a refreshingly straightforward affair, with a near three-hour running time allowing rather more depth than the usual rockumentary. Divided into 10 chapters the programme systematically covers the background, history and outlook of the group before an extended interview with each of the five members of the classic line-up: Jon Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), Alan White (drums), and Rick Wakeman (keys). Finally there are more general sections on touring and the band's music. Archive material and glimpses of the 2003 tour are interwoven with the interviews, but this is very much a documentary, not a concert (to see Yes at their modern best watch Yes: Symphonic Live, 2002). The documentary puts a positive spin on a sometimes chequered past, and it's clearly aimed at long-term fans, but for those who have followed Yes through the decades this is satisfyingly comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable; from Steve Howe's famous but still entertaining guitar/Concord story, to Rick Wakeman's tea break during a typically expansive prog-rock solo. On the DVD: Yesspeak comes as a two-disc set. Disc 1 offers the first five chapters and 89 minutes of the documentary, while the remaining 80 minutes are featured on Disc 2. The picture is an excellent amamorphically enhanced 16:9 widescreen presentation, though by necessity the archive material is of variable quality. Switches into black and white and slow motion are a typically unnecessary distraction of the rock documentary format, but the DVD handles them well. There are excellent Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS soundtracks and optional French, Dutch, Italian and Spanish subtitles. Disc 2 also showcases 126 minutes of concert audio. This is accompanied by concert photos but the sound is only Dolby Digital 5.1, without a DTS option. Although the sound is good it does not match the crystal clear quality of the same music as heard in fragments during the documentary itself. Presumably a DVD of the concerts will follow with much better sound, and the audio here will simply serve as a trailer for that release? --Gary S Dalkin

• Yes - Yesyears | DVD | (25/01/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Yesyears is a generous (over two-hour) documentary that profiles Yes through the years, from the band's earliest days up to and including 1991, the year when no fewer than eight past and current members played together on their "Union" tour. The story is told through separate interviews with the band circa 1991, talking happily about their many successes and even greater excesses; their musical freedoms and their personal fallings-out. The talking heads are interspersed with a lot of fascinating archive footage from all phases of the band's evolution--just some random examples: a youthful Steve Howe playing "The Clap"; "Yours is No Disgrace" from a live German TV appearance in 1971; Chris Squire performing "Hold Out Your Hand" from his first solo album; studio footage from the Going for the One and Tormato sessions; and lots of evocative footage from the Spinal Tap-esque live shows of the 70s. Inevitably, it being an officially endorsed document, there's little negative criticism here, though Rick Wakeman is typically candid about his decisions for originally leaving the band. Documentation of all the various musical excerpts would have been nice--they come and go without any context--but generally this makes rewarding viewing for any Yes fan, with the caveat of course that the story stops in 1991. On the DVD: Yesyears is disappointingly presented in 4:3 ratio NTSC format, leaving the picture generally fuzzy and at times positively obscure in places, with plain stereo sound (at best--many of the early musical excerpts are mono). The chapter divisions are extremely generous, but there are no bonus features as such. --Mark Walker

• Bill Bruford - Bruford And The Beat | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (50.06%)   |  RRP £11.99

  The material contained on this DVD was filmed in New York City and New Haven Connecticut USA in February and March 1982. As with so many things to do with Bruford he was amongst the first to offer material to the then fledgling genre of drum instructional videos. 'Bruford and the Beat' features solos interviews demonstrations and rare performance footage of Bill with King Crimson with guest appearances by Robert Fripp and Steve Howe. Both entertaining and educational this visually rich programme will appeal to anyone interested in music but more importantly those who have followed the various twists and turns of Bill Bruford's lengthy career.

• Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Video Anthology Vol.1 - 2000s | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-17.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Bill Bruford was a founding member of Yes through the years 1968-1972 and while with the band recorded five albums each of which was more successful than its predecessor. When Bill left Yes in 1972 for King Crimson following the release of 'Close To The Edge' there were those who concluded that he'd taken leave of his senses. But it proved an astute musical move. When King Crimson's enigmatic leader Robert Fripp decided to split the band after three tumultuous albums and move on to other projects Bill moved to playing countless sessions and was also briefly a member of the bands National Health Gong and more famously Genesis where he played alongside Phil Collins who had just stepped up to the microphone following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Bill was the drummer in the live Genesis situation and was with the band for the majority of 1976 while the band toured their album 'A Trick Of The Tail'. Volume 1 - 2000s is the first in a two volume anthology of concert footage of Bill Bruford's 'Earthworks ' one of the longest lived best travelled and most original jazz quartets. This volume chronicles the band's progress through the 2000s; volume 2 does the same for the 1990s. Filmed on tour in the United States in 2001 Argentina in 2002 and Germany in 2005 this DVD also includes three previously unrecorded tracks and marks the debut performance of bassist Laurence Cottle and pianist Gwilym Simcock with the group.

• Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Video Anthology Vol.2 - 1990s | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £10.98   |  Saving you £9.00 (112.64%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Bill Bruford was a founding member of Yes through the years 1968-1972 and while with the band recorded five albums each of which was more successful than its predecessor. When Bill left Yes in 1972 for King Crimson following the release of 'Close To The Edge' there were those who concluded that he'd taken leave of his senses. But it proved an astute musical move. When King Crimson's enigmatic leader Robert Fripp decided to split the band after three tumultuous albums and move on to other projects Bill moved to playing countless sessions and was also briefly a member of the bands National Health Gong and more famously Genesis where he played alongside Phil Collins who had just stepped up to the microphone following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Bill was the drummer in the live Genesis situation and was with the band for the majority of 1976 while the band toured their album 'A Trick Of The Tail'. Volume 2 - 1990s: This DVD is the second in a two volume anthology of previously unreleased concert footage of Bill Bruford's Earthworks one of the longest lived best travelled and most original jazz quartets. This volume chronicles the band's progress through the 1990s from its electronic start to its acoustic renaissance; volume 1 does the same for the 2000s. The group was originated as a vehicle for Bruford's unusual and innovative use of electronic percussion and did much to challenge perceptions about what a drummer should or should not be doing in jazz. Filmed on tour in Germany 1991 Japan 1991 and Bulgaria 1999 Earthworks continues to offer a platform to the brightest and best young players.

• Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose in NYC | DVD | (07/04/2008) from £10.98   |  Saving you £6.01 (35.40%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Recorded in 2001 Footloose in NYC has been out of print for several years. This unique DVD gives you the whole Earthworks experience - concert footage exclusive backstage footage and interviews which let you enjoy an intimate up-close evening of state-of-the-art jazz at The Bottom Line in New York City. Effortless elegant and economical Bruford personifies the art of the drummer and his group Earthworks 'cast new light on the jazz quartet format'. Los Angeles Times. Tracklisting: 1. Revel Without A Pause 2. Never The Same Way Once 3. Original Sin 4. Come to Dust 5. Some Shiver While He Cavorts 6. The Wooden Man Sings and the Stone Woman Dances 7. The Emperor's New Clothes 8. The Shadow of a Doubt 9. Triplicity 10. Footloose and Fancy Free 11. Cloud Cuckoo Land 12. Bridge of Inhibition

• Bruford Borstlap - in Concert in Holland | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £19.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-17.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  This 90 minute DVD was filmed in two locations in Holland and brings together two of the leading lights in modern improvised music the virtuoso Dutch pianist Michiel Borstlap and British drummer Bill Bruford. The main programme of approximately one hour of concert footage from Nijmegen is accompanied by a further half hour of backstage footage and bonus tracks from Maastricht. Track Listing: 1. Prologue 2. Game Of Chess 3. Conception 4. Camilla 5. Two Left Shoes 6. Mr. B.B.

• Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe - In The Big Dream | DVD | (01/01/2013) from £12.13   |  Saving you £-3.14 (N/A%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Anderson Bruford Wakeman and Howe was made up of four fifths of the Classic Yes line up of the seventies. Put together by Jon Anderson who wanted to get back to the musical ideals made popular by Yes during the bands massively successful albums of the early to mid seventies. The band recorded one self titled album released in 1989 and then embarked on an extensive and hugely successful worldwide tour. In The Big dream was filmed during the creative and recording process for the first and so far only studio album from Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe. The self titled album was recorded in amongst other locations Montserrat in 1988 and 1989. The film captures the recording process of the band and also features interviews with the members of the band on how the project originally came together. This DVD was previously available as part of the limited edition package of the Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe DVD An Evening Of Yes Music Plus but is now available to buy as a stand alone release. Tracklisting: 1. Brother of Mine 2. Order of the Universe 3. Quartet (I'm Alive) 4. Heart of the Sunrise

• Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - An Evening Of Yes | DVD | (07/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe was made up of four fifths of the 'Classic Yes' line up of the seventies. Put together by Jon Anderson who wanted to get back to the musical ideals made popular by 'Yes' during the bands massively successful albums of the early to mid seventies the band recorded one self titled album released in 1989 and then embarked on an extensive and hugely successful worldwide tour. This performance was captured on the American leg of the world tour and finds the band performing not only material from the self titled album but also classic material from 'Yes' including Starship Trooper Close To The Edge and also And You And I. The tour was not however without its problems and bassist on the tour Tony Levin was unfortunately taken ill and had to drop out at the last minute to be admitted to hospital. This left the band in dire straits as the tour was put in jeopardy and the band had also scheduled the filming of this particular performance. Enter bassist Jeff Berlin who had curiously enough like Tony Levin played with Bill Bruford. With only a short period of rehearsal Jeff threw himself into the gap vacated by the departed Tony Levin. Jeff's performance was incredible as was the rest of the band and captured on film for posterity. The film was previously briefly available on VHS before being deleted. Now on DVD this magnificent fan favourite comes in a double digipack with original Roger Dean artwork and also a beautiful DVD photo booklet along with new sleeve notes. Tracklist 1. Benjamin Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 2. Jon Anderson Solo: Time And A Word/Teakbois/Owner of A Lonely Heart 3. Steve Howe Solo - The Clap/Mood For A Day 4. Rick Wakeman Solo: Gone But Not Forgotten/Catherine Parr/Merlin the Magician 5. Long Distance Runaround 6. Birthright 7. And You And I 8. I've Seen All Good People 9. Close to the Edge 10. Themes 11. Brother of Mine

• Bill Bruford - Sampler and Interview | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £4.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (80.16%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Bill Bruford is perhaps best known for his work with British bands Yes and King Crimson. In his time he has also performed with Genesis and UK. He has also led his own bands Bruford and the more straight ahead jazz combo Earthworks that he leads to this day. Bill Bruford has also recorded a great many albums with various other like-minded jazz musicians such as Patrick Moraz Ralph Towner and Michiel Borstlap many of which are available from his two labels Summerfold and Winterfold Records.

• Bill Bruford's Earthworks | DVD | (15/04/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Now you can absorb the whole Earthworks experience on this unique DVD Footloose in NYC and enjoy an intimate up-close evening of state-of-the-art jazz at the New York City club The Bottom Line. Effortless elegant and economical Bruford personifies the art of the drummer and his group Earthworks. Tracklisting: Revel Without a Pause; Never the Same Way Once; Original Sin; Come to Dust; Some Shiver While He Cavorts; The Wooden Man Sings and the Stone Woman Dances; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Shadow of a Doubt; Triplicity; Footloose and Fancy Free; Cloud Cuckoo Land; Bridge of Inhibition.