Anthology (2006)

Material:
Dive Dive Live (Live 1990)
Skunkworks live (Live 1996)
Scream for me Brazil (Live 1999)
Promo videos (1990 - 2006) incl. commentary
Tyranny of souls EKP (2006)
Samson - Biceps of Steel (1980)

Detailed Tracklisting can be found below.

Running time: 6 hours approx.
Catalogue No: SVE4011

The DVD is comprised of three discs with live material, promo videos and various other bits. The first disc is comprised of live stuff and features the original Dive dive Live video and the Japan only Skunkworks live Video. The second disc features a video from the live screen feed from one of São Paulo gigs during which "Scream for me Brazil" was recorded.

The third disc contains all promo videos with comments from Bruce on the thoughts and ideas behind the videos. Included is also a "Tyranny of souls EPK" (Electronic Promotion Kit) on which Bruce gives some insight in the process of making and recording the album with Roy Z. The last item on the disc is a gem from Bruce's past in Samson, the "Biceps of steel" video. This 10 minute video was directed by Julien Temple (who directed Sex Pistol's "The great rock 'n' roll swindle") and features two Samson tracks mimed on stage interleaved with some sort of storyline.

This package leaves a few questionmarks, though:

  • How come the full "Tears of The dragon" video was omitted? They could easily have fitted both versions on the disc but apparently just the short version with an edit in Roy Z's solo was used.
  • Did they even attempt to include the "(I wanna be) Elected" video made for "Smear Campaign" back in 1992? It's technically not really a Bruce solo career video but it does feature more or less the band that played on the first (albeit scrapped) version of Balls to Picasso.
  • Why wasn't "Biceps of steel" included in full? The interleaving storyboard acting has been cut out leaving only the actual songs.

    Disc 1

    Dive Dive Live

    Riding with the angels
    Born in '58
    Lickin' the gun
    Gypsy road
    Dive! Dive! Dive!
    Zulu Lulu/Ballad of Mutt
    Son of a gun
    Hell on wheels
    All the young dudes
    Tattoed millionaire
    No lies
    Fog on the Tyne/Winds of change
    Sin city
    Bring your daughter to the slaughter
    Black night

    Skunkworks Live

    Space Race
    Back From the Edge
    Tattooed Millionaire
    Inertia
    Faith
    Meltdown
    I Will Not Accept the Truth
    Laughing in the Hiding Bush
    Tears of the Dragon
    God's Not Coming Back
    Dreamstate
    The Prisoner

    Disc 2

    Scream For Me Brazil

    DVD Disc 2 contains footage of Bruce performing in Sao Paulo in 1999 during the Chemical Wedding Tour. The footage is taken from the crowd screen feeds and the quality anbd editing is therefore a bit rough. This "bootleg" is the only officially released visual material from The Chemical Wedding tour.

    		Tracks:
    King In Crimson
    Gates Of Urizen
    Killing Floor
    Book Of Thel
    Tears Of The Dragon
    Laughing In The Hiding Bush
    Accident Of Birth
    The Tower
    Darkside Of Aquarius
    The Road To Hell

    Disc 3

    Promo videos

    DVD Disc 3 features the promotional videos made during Bruce's solo career. This is the first time the promos have been officially released. Bruce also comments on each video and gives an insigth into the ideas behind them and what went on behind the scenes during the shoots.

    		Promo Videos
    (incl. optional commentary):
    Tattooed Millionaire
    All The Young Dudes
    Dive Dive Dive
    Born In '58
    Tears Of The Dragon (short version)
    Shoot All The Clowns
    Back From The Edge
    Inertia
    Accident Of Birth
    Road To Hell
    Man Of Sorrows
    Killing Floor
    The Tower
    Abduction

    Tyranny of souls EPK

    The disc also holds a "Tyranny Of Souls EPK" (Electronic Press Kit) in which Bruce gives an insight in his working relation with Roy Z and the writing and recording of the album. It also has Bruce commenting on the songs on the album and how they came about.

    		Tyranny of souls EPK

    Samson - Biceps Of Steel

    "Biceps of Steel" is a ten minute piece of Bruce's first recording band Samson. It was filmed at the Rainbow Theatre in London with the band miming in front of an invited audience and is a curious rock 'n' roll interpretation of the Biblical story of Samson, the man with the strength in his hair.

    The songs on the video is "Hard times" and "Vice versa" of the 1980 "Head on" album. The film was financed by GTO films and directed by Julien Temple. It was released on video by MMG Video in 1985 and in 2003 on DVD.

    		Samson - Biceps of Steel
    Hard Times
    Vice Versa

    Running time: 6 hours approx

    More details and full tracklisting can be found here
    There is also a nice preview at ScreamForMe.com

    Anthology was released by Sanctuary Visual Entertainment June 19 2006.