RE-EDITED BLU-RAY VERSION OF CHARITY CONCERT ‘A CONCERT BY THE LAKE’ WITH ERIC CLAPTON, GARY BROOKER, MIKE RUTHERFORD ETC

This all-star supergroup was brought together to play a charity concert at the historic Wintershall Estate in Surrey in aid of the charity HASTE (Heart And Stroke Trust Endeavour). With Gary Brooker of Procol Harum directing from the piano, a backing band that includes Andy Fairweather Low and Mike Rutherford on guitars, Paul Carrack on keyboards and Henry Spinetti on drums gives virtuoso support to an amazing line-up of star soloists including Eric Clapton, Katie Melua, Roger Taylor, Ringo Starr and The Drifters.

Bonus Features: Interviews with the key performers.

This unique all-star line-up perform many of their classic tracks such as ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, ‘Over My Shoulder’, ‘Lay Down Sally’, ‘The Closest Thing To Crazy’, ‘I Want To Break Free’, ‘Under The Boardwalk’ and ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ among many others.

Re-edited for Blu-ray release from the original footage and with a new front cover.

A royalty from the sales of the Blu-ray goes to HASTE.

TRACKLISTING: 1 Tequila, 2 Over My Shoulder (ft Paul Carrack), 3 Reconsider Baby (ft Eric Clapton), 4 Lay Down Sally (ft Eric Clapton), 5 How Long (ft Paul Carrack), 6 Willie & The Hand Jive (ft Eric Clapton), 7 Crawling Up A Hill (ft Katie Melua), 8 My Aphrodisiac Is You (ft Katie Melua), 9 The Closest Thing To Crazy (ft Katie Melua), 10 Lay My Burden Down (ft Andy Fairweather Low), 11 Say It’s Not True (ft Roger Taylor), 12 Those Were The Days (ft Roger Taylor), 13 I Want To Break Free (ft Roger Taylor), 14 This World Is Rich (ft Gary Brooker), 15 Act Naturally (ft Ringo Starr), 16 Photograph (feat Ringo Starr), 17 With A Little Help From My Friends (ft Ringo Starr), 18 A Whiter Shade Of Pale (ft Gary Brooker), 19 Stormy Monday (ft Eric Clapton & Chris Barber), 20 Under The Boardwalk (ft The Drifters), 21 Stand By Me (ft The Drifters), 22 Cocaine (ft Eric Clapton), 23 I Can’t Dance (Everyone!)

Technical: Screen Format: 16:9. Sound Formats: DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital 5.1, LPCM Stereo. Running Time: 128 mins approx

Also Available On DVD: EREDV560

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JOHN MAYALL ‘THE 70th BIRTHDAY CONCERT’ ON BLUE-RAY WITH EXTRAS

On 29 June 2009, Eagle Rock Entertainment release “The 70th Birthday Concert” [Cat No ERBRD5032] from John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Friends. Liverpool’s King’s Dock on 19 July 2003 was the venue for a long awaited and much anticipated reunion between Eric Clapton and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. The occasion was both a celebration of John Mayall’s 70th year and a fundraiser for Unicef. This Blu-ray shows the show in all its glory. Eagle was the first visual music company to embrace High Definition and their commitment to the new technology continues with new additions to their Blu-ray catalogue.

Also invited to the party were former Bluesbreaker and Rolling Stone Mick Taylor and veteran trombonist Chris Barber. Eric Clapton appears on eight of the nineteen numbers performed, with Mick Taylor guesting on a further six. If you’re a lover of the blues it doesn’t get much better than this. The show ran for around two and a half hours and the film is now presented here in its entirety for the first time. Thus, the Bonus Features on this Blu-ray release include three tracks from the concert that had to be cut from the original DVD issue for space reasons [Grits Ain’t Groceries, Jacksboro Highway and California]. The release also features an interview with John Mayall.

TRACKLISTING

1. Southside Story
2. Kids Got The Blues
3. Dirty Water
4. Somebody’s Acting Like A Child
5. Blues For The Lost Days
6. Walking On Sunset
7. Oh, Pretty Woman 
8. No Big Hurry
9. Please Mr Lofton
10. Hideaway
11. All Your Love
12. Have You Heard
13. Hoochie Coochie Man
14. I’m Tore Down
15. It Ain’t Right 
16. Talk To Your Daughter

Seven decades, sixteen tracks and one hundred and sixty minutes of entertainment combine to make this a fantastic release documenting one incredible evening of stunning music. The DVD version of this release is a hugely successful title from Eagle’s catalogue and this brand new Blu-ray release allows the concert not only to look and sound better than ever on but also to be returned to its full length with the addition of the never before seen footage.

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