Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18904 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-11-06
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 196 minutes

Synopsis
Jools Holland's fantastic LATER... series has seen some phenomenal talent tread its hallowed boards; from established to new musical acts, solo artists to bands, and spanning a cross-section of popular and world genres. This BEST OF collection features 30 intimate lives performances from the likes of Coldplay, The Arctic Monkeys, Green Day, and James Morrison.

Customer Reviews

Best of Later's mainstream
Even if don't live in UK and you don't have access to the Beeb you can still enjoy the many bands that performed at Later thanks to dvd. In fact, Later's compilations include many legendary performances, often cited as high points in the career of the bands involved (At The Drive-In, the Manics, Sonic Youth). It's in the format itself: it's all about the music, no hidden catch, and the goal is to nail that perfect execution, in a bs-free environment. If the band that plays right before you outdid themselves, you don't feel humbled, you feel compelled to outdo yourself.

Unfortunately, this Best Of mostly collects mainstream names, many flavour-of-the-day stars and starlettes, a few plain mediocre acts (Snow Patrol) and novelty pop (James Morrison -seriously?).
Even taking into account the eclectic nature of these compilations, it's still a missed occasion. A double dvd best-of could have been stuffed with memorable performances but very few are actually captured here.