"Actor: Merle Travis"

• From Here To Eternity | DVD | (14/01/2002) from £4.94   |  Saving you £15.05 (304.66%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Here to Eternity offers a much more heartfelt interpretation of the event that propelled the United States into World War II than any film made in recent years. Here there are no angst-ridden scenes where "true love" returns from the dead, no costly CGI and definitely no Hallmark happy ending. This is a film about illicit sex, military machismo and tragic loss of love, friendship and ultimately life. The filmmakers did, however, have to make some compromises when adapting James Jones's novel: Alma becomes a "hostess" rather than a prostitute and the very downbeat ending, where Captain Holmes is essentially rewarded for his brutality by the military, was replaced with the morally acceptable punishment of his actions by a more self-aware army. Although Private Robert E Lee Pruitt's story provides the meat of the film, there are other subplots woven into the narrative, including a couple of doomed love affairs, which explore themes of adultery and social acceptance. Sergeant Warden (Burt Lancaster) begins a torrid affair with the commander's wife Karen (Deborah Kerr) leading to one of the most famous moments in movie history--the "clinch in the surf". From then on everything is challenged. Love, honour and eventually whether you should conform or stand up for what you believe in. At the end the couples are left wondering about the future of their relationship, but fate decides for them as the Japanese launch their attack on Pearl Harbor, leaving us with one of the most dramatic and moving endings of any war film. On the DVD: The black and white film is not anamorphically enhanced but presented full frame in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, although the transfer is well done and the picture is pretty sharp. Sound is 2.0 mono rather than the standard 5.1 reworking of the audio track, and it works. The dialogue is clear without any noticeable hiss. There's a 22-minute "making of" documentary, which doesn't really do justice to the film and contains very little information of interest. Along with this is Fred Zinnemann's As I See It, an extract from the director's home video footage from the shoot. You also get the theatrical trailer, but the best feature is the audio commentary, by Fred Zinnemann's son Tim and screenwriter Alvin Sargent, which has some fantastic detail about the struggle between director and studio-head Harry Cohn over casting, along with the run-ins with the censor and US military over the "inflammatory nature" of the film.--Kristen Bowditch

• Johnny Cash - Christmas Special 1976 | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £14.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Johnny Cash was a unique figure in the turbulent 1970s outspoken enough to be embraced by the counterculture and yet conventional enough to be safe for middle America. It was in this latter mode that Cash devised one of his most successful forays into television ever: The Johnny Cash Christmas Special. Now for the first time since the original airing on CBS is the Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976.

• Legends Of Country Guitar | DVD | (03/10/2002) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-12.50%)   |  RRP £23.99

  Features the tracks 'I Am A Pilgrim' 'The Entertainer' 'Black Mountain Rag' 'Kentucky' 'Freight Train Boogie' 'Backwater Blues' 'Guitar Rag' and more.

• Various Artists - Town Hall Party, 6 June 1959 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  1. Introduction By Jay Stewart2. Merle Travis Johnny Bond and The Entire Cast - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss3. Johnny Bond - Glad Rags4. Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford - Billy Bayou5. Jeannie Sterling - Lipstick On Your Collar6. Charlie Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart7. Quincy Snodgrass (Guitar Instrumental)8. Quincy Snodgrass (Guitar Instrumental)9. Carl Perkins - Matchbox10. Carl Perkins - Boppin' The Blues11. Carl Perkins - Pointed Toe Shoes12. Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford - Tell Him No13. Jimmy Pruett (Piano Instrumental)14. Skeets McDonald - You're Free To Go15. Merle Travis (Guitar Instrumental)16. Martha Carson - That Ain't Right17. Martha Carson - I Can't Stand Up Alone18. Lee Austin & The Last of The Rebels - What's A Fool To Do19. Lee Austin & The Last of The Rebels - White Lightnin'20. Lee Austin & The Last of The rebels - The Battle Of New Orleans21. Carl Perkins - She Knows How To Rock Me22. Carl Perkins - Y.O.U23. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes24. Charlie Williams And Merle Travis - Nine Pound Hammer25. Charlie Williams talks to Skeets McDonald26. Merle Travis (Guitar Instrumental)27. Johnny Bond - Mississippi Roll On28. Jeannie Sterling - Frankie My Darling

• The Night Rider | DVD | (03/10/2005) from £18.98   |  Saving you £4.01 (17.40%)   |  RRP £22.99

  1. Eddie Dean, Gordon Terry, Merle Travis and Johnny Western - Git Along Little Dogies.
  2. Johnny Cash and Merle Travis - Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair.
  3. Karen Downes - Skip To My Lou
  4. Wesley Tuttle and Chorus - Lord I'm Coming Home
  5. Johnny Cash - Don't Take Your Guns To Town.

• Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons - Rare Performances 1946-1981 -Vol. 2 | DVD | (12/06/2003) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-8.38 (-34.90%)   |  RRP £23.99

  22 tracks from rare performances of Merle Travis including Silver Spurs John Henry That's All and Who's Sorry Now.

• Merle Travis - Rare Performances 1946-1981 | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £16.65   |  Saving you £8.34 (33.40%)   |  RRP £24.99

  From his post-war prime to his last days this a collection of some of Travis' finest performances. The tracklist includes: No Vacancy Nine Pound Hammer Midnight Special I'll See You In My Dreams and Petticoat Fever.

• Marcel Dadi - Guitar Of Merle Travis | DVD | (01/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £28.99

• Five Minutes to Live | DVD | (09/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £38.99

  1. A Story
  2. The Bowling Alley
  3. The Breakfast
  4. The Door-To-Door Salesman
  5. Five Minutes To Live
  6. A Plan
  7. Ken's Phone Call
  8. Priscilla's Phone Call
  9. Johnny Dies

• Merle Travis - at Town Hall Party | DVD | (07/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tracklisting:01. Introduction By Jay Stewart 02. Fat Gal 03. Under The Double Eagle 04. Deep South 05. Sourwood Mountain 06. If You Can't Go Right Don't Go Wrong 07. Bugle Call Rag 08. Main Street Breakdown 09. Blue Bell 10. Way Down Yonder In New Orleans 11. Squaws Along The Yukon 12. Ma He's Making Eyes At Me 13. Nine Pound Hammer 14. I'll See You In My Dreams 15. Cannonball Rag 16. Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon 17. Ike Everly's Gig 18. Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home 19. Cincinnati Lou 20. Back Home In Indiana 21. House Of David Blues 22. Squaws Along The Yukon 23. Cuddle Up A Little Closer 24. Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home 25. Hominy Grits 26. Midnight Special.