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This DVD features captivating bellydance performances from today’s rising stars, as they perform mesmerizing choreographies to authentic music from the finest artists. Dramatic lighting meets custom costumes in this unforgettable live show!

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MUSIC The Carpenters: Live In London Pop Hudson/Street Cat # HUD DVD 9943 Price Code: M Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 45 min

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Connecticut-born sister and brother Karen and Richard Carpenter ruled the radio airwaves in the early seventies. Their big break came in 1970 with the release of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song “(They Long To Be) Close To You,” which stayed at #1 on the music charts for over a month. Their next single, “We’ve Only Just Begun,” made it to #2 and became their second major hit in less than one year. Over the next several years, their debut album Close To You would sell over seven million copies, becoming one of the greatest sellers of all time.

In this studio concert filmed in 1971, The Carpenters perform many of the hits that helped establish them as them a truly great musical team.

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Help Love Is Surrender And When He Smiles Rainy Days and Mondays Bacharach/David Medley For All We Know Sometimes (They Long To Be) Close To You We’ve Only Just Begun Superstar

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MUSIC The Birthday Massacre: Show And Tell (1 DVD) Alt Rock/Electronic Metropolis Records Cat # MTP 636 Price Code: 2J Amaray; Box Lot 30 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 60 min

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The Birthday Massacre has come along way since their inception in 2000. Their last album, Walking With Strangers, was a major hit resulting in countless touring opportunities, not only as openers (for bands such as Mindless Self Indulgence) but also for their own headlining tours.

The intensity of their live shows was captured on film in late 2007 in Hamburg, Germany, and now this footage has been assembled to make the band’s first-ever live DVD. Featuring 15 fan favorite tracks as well as their show intro “Before Dark,” the DVD provides an excellent platform for fans to reminisce about their live experiences, and for new fans to anticipate the next opportunity they have to see this exceptional band.

The Birthday Massacre has achieved a huge success with the Hot Topic crowd. Other releases on Metropolis include Violet, Nothing and Nowhere, Walking With Strangers, Looking Glass EP, and the Show and Tell CD. CD version released in early 2009; new studio album due in Spring 2010. RIYL: Evanescence, The Cure, KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails.

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Before Dark (Intro) Video Kid Lovers End Goodnight Falling Down Violet Red Stars Looking Glass Remember Me Unfamiliar Walking with Strangers Weekend Horror Show Kill The Lights Blue Happy Birthday

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MUSIC Sacred Music Series One Choral/Classical CORO Cat # CRO 16078 Price Code: 2H Double Slim Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 4 hrs

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Fascinating stories, beautiful architecture, and some of the greatest music ever written—CORO brings the BBC’s groundbreaking TV series to DVD! The complete first series charts the fascinating history of sacred music from the Notre Dame School to Johann Sebastian Bach. Presented by celebrated actor and former chorister Simon Russell Beale, this DVD also features Harry Christophers and his awardwinning group, The Sixteen.

Filmed on location across Europe from Rome and Paris to Leipzig and London. Bonus features include tracks by The Sixteen, a preview of Sacred Music: An Easter Concert (due for release on CORO DVD in April 2010), Harry Christophers’ Top 10 recordings, biographies, images, and much more.

Extensive national and international promotion including Classic FM, BBC Radio 3, BBC Music magazine, Gramophone, and more.

Episode 1: selected works of Abelard, Léonin, Pérotin, and more Episode 2: selected works of Palestrina, Josquin des Prez, and Lassus Episode 3: selected works of Byrd, de Monte, Tallis, and Vaughan Williams Episode 4: selected works of J.S. Bach, Martin Luther, Ludwig Senfl, and Johann Schein “As time goes by, I find Harry Christophers’ musicmaking more and more captivating.” — BBC Radio 3 “Performances throughout show this marvelous choir at their most eloquent, beautifully balanced and blended.” — Gramophone “Exultant and agile singing.” — The Guardian

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MUSIC Tom Zé: Dada Brasil Brazil/World La Huit Cat # LAH DVD 20 Price Code: W Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 47 min

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In 1967, Tom Zé created the Tropicalia movement along with Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil. The movement called for both a new aesthetic and a new Brazil at a time when the country was under the thumb of a military dictator. In 1990, David Byrne played an instrumental role in troublemaker Tom Zé’s comeback by producing several of his albums.

Whimsical and provocative, Tom Zé’s music is impossible to classify. Though rooted in the tradition of the northeast where he grew up, it’s been shaped by the hyper-urban environment of São Paulo, where he lives. Lyonel Kouro uses painting and a scratch technique on 35 mm film to create the visual universe permeating this film. In an interview with Rémy Kolpa Kopoul (Radio Nova’s renowned “connector”), Tom Zé talks about women, Brazil, and himself.

Portuguese with English/French subtitles.

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Ave Dor Maria Mulher Navio Negreiro Proposta De Amor Pagode-Enredo Dos Tempos Do Medo O Amor e Um Rock O Pib Da Pib Elaeu Feira de Santana “One of Tropicalia’s oddest and most fascinating artists since the 1960s … often compared to American innovators like Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa.” — PopMatters “Tom Zé began his career together with Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Gal Costa, and Maria Bethânia.

As a composer, he influenced Caetano and many others and delivered an expressive body of work through his own discography. A restless thinker, he was adept at modern erudite music experimentations, yet he was always ignored by both industry and audiences until he was discovered by David Byrne.” — All Music Guide

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Thinking of You

Peace on Earth

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Daylight, Moonlight New Age Domo Records Cat # DMR DVD 73015 Price Code: 2I Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: unknown

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Kojiki: A Story In Concert New Age Domo Records Cat # DMR DVD 73084 Price Code: Q Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: unknown

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MUSIC David Clayton-Thomas You’re the One: Live at Le Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Rock Justin Time Cat # JTR 5103 Price Code: Q Amaray; Box Lot 25 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 120 min

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On this amazing DVD, former Blood, Sweat & Tears frontman David Clayton-Thomas plays all of the band’s greatest hits in a powerful performance at the 2006 Montreal Jazz Festival!

David Clayton-Thomas’ life is a remarkable story in which he transformed himself from a Canadian barroom rocker into one of the most recognized performers in the world, selling over 30 million albums worldwide. As well, he’s one of the most inventive songwriters in contemporary music. David has survived more than four decades on the road and countless career triumphs and tragedies. He has played everything from one-room beer joints to amphitheaters, and performed with everyone from John Lee Hooker to Aretha Franklin.

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And When I Die Self-Centered Woman Lucretia MacEVIL Don’t Explain Go Down Gamblin’ 40,000 Headmen Gimme That Wine You’re The One God Bless The Child Spinning Wheel You Made Me So Very Happy Highway To Heaven Drown In My Own Tears Hi De Ho “Former Blood, Sweat & Tears frontman David Clayton-Thomas goes solo for this powerhouse performance captured live at Le Spectrum during the 2006 Montreal Jazz Festival. Backed by an eleven-piece orchestra that truly brings the music to life for an enthusiastic audience, Clayton-Thomas and the band belt out such classics as ‘Spinning Wheel’ and ‘You’ve Made Me So Very Happy’ with all of the power and passion that took those tunes to the top of the charts.” — All Movie Guide

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The Last Shangri-La (Blu-ray) History Magic Play Entertainment Cat # MPE 640 Price Code: W Blu-ray Case; Box Lot 30 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 50 min

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Commonly referred to as “the Last Shangri-La,” the Guangxi Province located at the Southern Coast of China is well known for its astonishing scenery of the impressive Dragon’s Backbone rice terraces and its tall, jagged green mountains situated beside clear blue waters. It is said that the mountains and rivers in Guangxi are the most picturesque in the world.

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Guangxi inhabits a relatively high concentration of ethnic minorities that can be recognized by their traditional clothing.

The Yao ethnic group has managed to preserve its ancient culture and folk customs, including distinctive songs and dances. They have thrived as farmers in the mountainous region of Guangxi for generations by developing an extraordinary irrigation system utilizing bamboo tubing. Their life is very simple, focused on preservation of land and water.

Appreciation of nature and living in harmony with it has led the Yao people to their humble and content way of life.

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IMAX Wild Australia: The Edge (Blu-ray) Nature Magic Play Entertainment Cat # MPE 638 Price Code: W Blu-ray Case; Box Lot 30 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 40 min

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Filmed on the doorstep of Australia’s largest city, Wild Australia is about an ancient wilderness: a labyrinth of lost worlds and magical places, beautiful and treacherous waterfalls, canyons and underground rivers carved by streams that lead back to a world as it was 90 million years ago.

In a remote ravine, 40 ancient trees survive unchanged from the age of the dinosaurs. Rappel into this world of exotic creatures and unique plant life with our modern bushwhackers!

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Creatures of the Thaw (Blu-ray) Nature Magic Play Entertainment Cat # MPE 615 Price Code: W Blu-ray Case; Box Lot 30 Playable In All Regions Run Time: 50 min

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Winters in North East Asia are so cold that freshwater all but disappears. Many creatures leave, but those that remain have developed sophisticated strategies to survive the region’s bitter winters, and to make the most of the short warm summers. This fascinating DVD follows Siberian whooper swans, young cherry salmon, Ezo brown frogs, the Crested Kingfisher, and more as they battle the elements for survival.

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SPECIAL INTEREST Bring the world’s most beautiful sights & sounds into your home with Digital Environments’ series of Blu-ray scenic DVDs, featuring full high definition and 5.1 surround sound.

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Delight at the sights and sounds of thousands of migratory birds filling the crimson skies of the great Pacific Flyway at daybreak. Experience the magic of the first morning light filling the sandstone hollow of Utah’s sacred Mesa Arch as it illuminates the stunning desert landscape of Canyonlands National Park. Relax in the soft tropical air as brilliant hues and glorious sky-painting form over the warm waters of the world’s most beautiful beaches.

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Feel the crisp air as it caresses the towering spires of America’s most majestic mountains. Experience the peace and tranquility of the Tetons reflected in pristine lakes. Move unnoticed through undulating fields among deer, elk, moose, and wild bison that roam the highland valleys. Glide along crystal clear lakes, transparent ponds, and shimmering streams

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Witness the spectacle of the “great migration” as millions of zebras, wildebeest, elephants, and giraffes traverse Africa’s largest remaining wilderness. Explore the last refuge of Africa’s ancient jungles in a 900-mile wide caldera that has remained a paradise virtually unchanged for millions of years. Discover the beauty of herds of elephants at home among giant baobab trees in one of Africa’s most majestic wildlife preserves.

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Experience the mystery and magic of California’s old growth redwood forests, where clouds of mist and shafts of sunlight penetrate the towering canopy of giant sequoias. View gentle droplets of captured mist falling from the treetops to the forest floor, replenishing life.

Marvel at thousand-year-old giants rising from darkness into light in hues from brilliant red to chocolate brown.

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Enjoy the inspiring beauty of the world’s most majestic peaks, filmed in full high definition. View spectacular footage from remote locations including Patagonia, the Alps of Switzerland and Austria, The Himalayas, The Rockies, Yosemite Valley, and the peaks of New Zealand.

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Peer through graceful stone arches carved by the wind, your windows on deep blue desert skies and vistas of rounded stone pillars, sun-struck in glowing red and gold.

Cool off near the Weeping Cliffs of Zion, where thousands of silver droplets seep through layers of sandstone to feed tiny plants clinging to rocks.

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Experience the sights & sounds of a Northwest rainforest with its abundant wildlife and enchanting, mystical forests.

Fill your environment with the sounds of native birds, frogs, squirrels, and flowing waters. Feel the softness of the mosses and lichens that cover every surface.

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Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the Oregon’s most spectacular beaches and coves.

Experience the many moods of California’s famed Big Sur, with its dramatic vistas and shimmering coastline.

Sink into a deep relaxed state as you experience the beauty of the sun setting into the vast Pacific Ocean.

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Descend into the mists of Costa Rica’s cloud forest.

Feel the swirling moisture nourish this lush ecosystem as a surround-sound symphony of life fills the room.

Experience the Osa Peninsula’s lowland rainforest, where brilliant scarlet macaws and sleepy sloths dwell in one of the most bio-diverse places on Earth. Intoxicate your senses with brilliant gold and red flowers against an infinite backdrop of lush green.

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Bring the exotic beauty of this island paradise into your home with the vibrant sights and sounds of exotic wildlife, ancient water pools, mystical temples, and traditional Balinese music. Visit the mother temple of Besakih and absorb the serene beauty of the ocean temple at Tanah Lot. Experience the magic of a beautiful stream as it flows through acres of ancient pools adorned by intricately carved statues and fountains.

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