Later... with Jools Holland - Cool Britannia

First off, yes...this dvd is region 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. So if you live in America and don't have a region free dvd player...this won't work for you mate. It is also labled as "Playstation 2 Compatible" on the dvd but I have not bothered to see if it plays in it. If you want to buy a DVD player region free and cheap like I have, Philips has a nice one I paid about $72 for total with S/H that is sold by VCT ELECTRONICS and you can order dvd's from anywhere and be happy. You just have to set it to region 0 which another person explains in his review of it. It has this lable...PHILIPS DVP3140 - ALL REGION CODEFREE MULTI SYSTEM DVD PLAYER WITH DivX. PLAYS PAL/NTSC DVDS FROM ANY COUNTRY ON NTSC TV. REMOTE INCLUDED.Now, about this great dvd...here is all you need to know from A-Z:You get 34 performances ~156 minutes of music~ & ~19 minutes of interviews~Artist...Song...Date of gig played on showAsh - Shining Light 27/04/2001Blur - Tender 16/04/1999British Sea Power - Remember Me 17/10/2003Catatonia - Bleed 16/11/1996Coldplay - In My Place 13/12/2002Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha 06/12/1997Doves - The Cedar Room 29/04/2000Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever 14/06/1997Elastica - Connection 19/11/1994Elbow - Fugitive Motel 07/11/2003Embrace - All You Good Good People 08/11/1997Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling 29/11/2002Franz Ferdinard - Take Me Out 21/11/2003Keane - This Is The Last Time 31/10/2003Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life 31/12/1996Morrissey - Boy Racer 11/11/1995Oasis - I Am The Walrus 10/12/1994Paul Weller - Sunflower 09/07/1993Primal Scream - Movin' On Up 31/12/2003Pulp - Disco 2000 11/10/1995Radiohead - The Bends 27/05/1995Spiritulized - Come Together 17/04/1998Starsailor - Good Souls 20/04/2001Stereophonics - More Life In A Tramps Vest 17/05/1997Suede - So Young 04/06/1993Super Furry Animals - Something For The Weekend 01/06/1996Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz 03/06/199522-20's - Devil In Me 21/11/2003The Beta Band - Human Being 16/11/2001The Charlatans - Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over 09/12/1995The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love 20/06/2003The Libertines - Up The Bracket 01/11/2002The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 01/11/1997Travis - All I Wanna Do Is Rock 07/12/1996The DVD booklet aslo contains a good bit of info on each showthe performances here are taken from and the bands. Below isan example...Suded - So Young04/06/1993 Series 2, Programme 4with Soul Asylum, Fishbone, Bryan Ferry, Ed Alleyne-JohnsonIt's hard to remember how barren young british rock was in the early 90's 'til Suede came along and ignited a generation. They were camp, deadly serious and they had a vison of Britian based on Bowie and the desperate yearnings of suburban kids going nowhere slowly. I'd produced a live session with them on The Late Show which turned into disaster; the sound mix got scrambled just before they went on air, Bernard's guitar drowned out everything and though he wound up the song clapping nervously, they clearly didn't enjoy the experience much. Here they were alongside Soul Asylum, a band breaking big on radio in the wake of grunge, and they were ready to be unashamedly foppish in the face of all that America angst. This is one of their early anthems and captures Brett and Bernard when they were still friends. Suede became regulars on the show as did Bernard, first with McAlmont and then solo but this is them back in the early days, taking on the world.DVD also includes bonus features which are: *Interviews with Doves and Travis *Program your favourite 6 tracks to play in order With the DVD and Booklet here in "Later...with Jools Holland presents Cool Britannia", this is a nice piece of British music in the 90's for not alot of money.

This is a compilatiojn of the best bits of Jools New Year shows on the BBC. Its fabulous, there are 34 tracks, amounting to just over 2 hours of great music. OK not all of them are going to be to everyones taste, but most are so good you can't really complain.I love Paul Weller doing the late Billy Prestons "Will It Go Round In Circles" in 1997. I didn't know it was a Billy Preston song until long after I first saw this Paul Weller Performance. Immediately following this is Sharleen Spiteri belting out a fantastic version of "Surrender" in 1999. Again I've never heard this song before, and I don't know anything by Texas but this is great. She puts everything into this performance and you can't ask more of an artist than that.My absolute favourite is Gary Brooker doing A Whiter Shade of Pale. I remember watching this in 2001 and thinking will it be even remotely like the classic record from 1967? Well this brought tears to my eyes. Gary Brookers voice is still as good, if not better than it was in 1967, bluesy, and in fact very close to being like Ray Charles. I never tire of watching this track.Of course not everything is perfect, John Cale (who I'm a big fan of) seems out of place singing an old Sinatra number, and there are a few others I could mention, but this is mostly down to personal taste more than anything.Of course a lot of credit must go to Jools and the Rhythm and Blues Orchestra for providing wonderful backing to this assortment of great talent.Have a glass of wine, play loud and enjoy.

The music on this dvd is incredible, from the newest to the oldest. Some highlights:DovesManic Street PreachersOasisBlurCornershopand the interviews with Travis and the Doves are excellent as well, nearly 30 great bands, this dvd is a must-buy

Great compilation, but.... it's PAL format and I couldn't watch it at home, just on PC changing the region set. I should've noticed that. Anyway

Would not play in region 1. Did not see this in any info.

if it played in my DVD player. Amazon has is listed as being region 1. When I received my disk, I looked at the back and it stated region 2,3,4,5. Where was the region 1 disk that I ordered???Buyer beware. If you enjoy returning orders, this is the DVD for you!!! Enjoy.

Hola este DVD viene grupos de unos de los programas mejores que han hecho en la historia de la música además son grupos muy buenos de gran bretaña

Bei tempi musicali

BBC Two's 'Later with Jools Holland' is one of my favourite television music shows, hosted by a talented man who truly cares about good music, and long may it continue. However, even though DVD compilations are no longer released, which is a shame, it makes me all the more grateful for what was made publicly available previously. As an avid fan of Britpop and all of the bands, I love watching this 'Cool Britannia' edition, which features performances (recorded from 1993 to 2003) from the likes of Oasis, Blur, Ash, Supergrass, and later bands such as The Libertines and The Darkness. The artists are neatly presented, not chronically, but alphabetically.As a bonus, you are allowed to program you're six favourite tracks, so you're allowed to choose which songs you want to hear, in the order you'd like to see them - cool or what!Track listing1 - Ash - Shining Light2 - Blur - Tender3 - British Sea Power - Remember Me4 - Catatonia - Bleed5 - Coldplay - In My Place6 - Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha7 - Doves - The Cedar Room8 - Echo And The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever9 - Elastica - Connection10 - Elbow Fugitive Motel11 - Embrace - All You Good Good People12 - Feeder - Just The Way I'm Feeling13 - Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out14 - Keane - This Is The Last Time15 - Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life16 - Morrissey - Boy Racer17 - Oasis - I Am The Walrus18 - Paul Weller - Sunflower19 - Primal Scream - Movin' On Up20 - Pulp - Disco 200021 - Radiohead - The Bends22 - Spiritualized - Come Together23 - Starsailor - Good Souls24 - Stereophonics - More Life In A Tramps West25 - Suede - So Young26 - Super - Furry Animals Something For The Weekend27 - Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz28 - 22-20s - Devil In Me29 - Beta Band - The Human Being30 - The Charlatans - Just When You're Thinkin' Things Over31 - The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love32 - The Libertines - Up The Bracket33 - The Verve - Drugs Don't Work34 - Travis - All I Wanna Do Is RockBonus features include interviews with Doves and Travis, taking about their first ever appearances on 'Later'.

Eine wunderschöne Zusammenstellung hat Jools Holland da auf die Beine gestellt.Die Auftritte in seiner Sendung, die in England gerade wegen dem etwas schrulligen Moderator Kultstatus hat, geben einen hervorragenden Überblick über das, was uns in den vergangenen Jahren aus England beglückt hat.Vom alten Haudegen Paul Weller über Primal Scream, Elastica und Suede, Morrissey und die Brit-Pop Legenden Blur und Oasis hin zu heutigen Top-Acts wie Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand und den Libertines enthält die DVD so ziemlich alles, was ich in den letzten 15 Jahren an britischer Musik gemocht habe.Toll, dass auch weniger bekannte Formationen wie Spiritualized (Ex-Spacemen 3) nicht fehlen und Bands wie Radiohead nicht mit Schmusesongs sondern dem eher sperrigen "The Bends" vertreten sind.Das Bild ist einwandfrei, der Ton könnte manchmal ein wenig besser abgemischt sein, der Club-Sound der Sendung kommt jedoch sehr gut rüber.Für alle Freunde britischer Musik abseits des Radio-Mainstreams eine absolute Empfehlung.Man wünscht sich diese DVD wirklich als Audio-CD.

Eine gute DVD mit bekannten und weniger bekannten Musikgruppen.Die Videoqualität ist teilweise etwas schwach. Die Musiktitel aus der Later-Show sind ja auch schon etwas älter.Empfehlenswert für Rockmusik-Liebhaber.