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LANA LANE "Storybook - Tales From Europe & Japan - DVD"US Release: Think Tank Media - TTMV1002 Picture format NTSC 4.3, Audio: 2.0 Stereo, 5.1 Surround Format : DVD-9, Region 0 STOCK STATUS: IN STOCK - ships in 1 day |
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| Sound and vision
is not a new concept for the world of rock 'n' roll. Rock
films and video clips go back to the 1960s, and of course
many a rock band has staged a fabulous multimedia concert.
Perhaps the great Pink Floyd is the most legendary for delivering
this kind of concert on a massive scale, and of course many
additional artists have followed in their footsteps. Sound
and vision is not a new concept to the Lana Lane project
either. Since the very first album, Love is an Illusion
from back in 1995, great care was taken to choose vivid
and imaginative cover art, to shoot moody and high quality
photographs, to make CD booklet layouts that matched the
depth of the music. The advertising and marketing campaigns
undertaken by Lana Lane's labels in time were no less artistic.
The notion of a strong visual concept has always been a
faithful companion to the music of Lana Lane. But what is
a new concept for us is that of moving pictures. Digital
video, to be precise. While Lana Lane has released a vast
catalogue of compact discs, this DVD is a first for us.
As we approach the 10th anniversary of Lana's first CD release,
we knew that it was high time for us to venture into new
creative waters and explore the depths of multimedia that
DVD has to offer. Locating and choosing the source material
was an exercise in teamwork. Over six years worth of touring
is represented in this project and it is due to the heroic
efforts of Mark McCrite along with Naohiro Yamazaki, Hiroshi
Kaneko and the staff at the Avalon label in Tokyo that we
are able to visually document much of those years. When
all the material finally arrived at my studio in Chatsworth,
California, the stack of video tapes was intimidatingly
tall - certainly it reached the height of a pro basketball
player. And of course there were audio tapes and hard drives,
too. All in all, I had made about 60 "very good rough
mixes" of Lana Lane live multitracks in order to then
narrow the material down to the final selection. Then came
the process of matching the audio with the video - making
sure that there was adequate video footage available for
any particular song we wanted to use out of the 60 candidates.
As you can imagine, this process took months. But in the
end, a final playlist was completed, and the task of mixing
and editing began. We have done our best to represent the
most important concerts in the career to date of Lana Lane,
and while sometimes the video quality of the earlier concerts
is not ideal, we felt that it was historically valuable
to include these vital performances. We hope that you will
bear with us in these instances. Additional compromises
had to be made in the 2002 footage as it was necessary to
replace all of the audio and visual footage of the live
guitarist, Arjen Lucassen. Our first choice for the 2002
tour guitarist was Peer Verschuren who had successfully,
enjoyably and above all, professionally toured with us in
Europe in 2001. But the events of September 11 combined
with Peer's mortal fear of flying made it impossible for
him to come to the US or Japan in early 2002. But then in
the happiest of all ironies, when Peer heard about the problems
we had with Lucassen, he overcame his fear and flew to Los
Angeles in 2003 to re-play all of the guitar from the 2002
tour and also shoot some soundstage video footage for the
DVD. So in the end, we got what we wanted originally. If
you find the 2002 footage to lack a bit of continuity because
of the interjected footage, Lana and I hope that you will
share our joy in having Peer be a part of this material,
even if only in surrogate form. And of course you can see
Peer live on stage in all of the 2003 European tour material.
In addition to the more than 2 hours of concert footage
on this DVD, you will find an extensive series of interviews
with many of the performing musicians from the concerts.
I am usually the one who writes the liner notes for the
CDs, and in interviews, you generally only hear from Lana
and me. So we thought it would be both insightful and enjoyable
to see and hear what the other musicians had to say about
all this music and the years that have passed creating it.
Lana and I hope that you will enjoy their views and stories
as much as we do. Lastly, Mark McCrite
and I have assembled a video scrapbook of casual scenes
from the various tours which we call the "candid montage".
The footage was recorded with our own off-the-shelf camcorders
by Mark, Lana, myself and whoever we could find at the particular
moment to hold the camera. We hope that you will enjoy this
behind-the-scenes glimpse into our world of touring and
that you will smile at the good spirit, sense of humour
and overall happy vibes that accompany us in our travels.
Lana and I are lucky to have not only a brilliant family
of talented musicians, but also a close-knit circle of enduring
friends. That is a rare combination indeed. I
wish you many happy viewings, and we'll see you at the next
concert! (I'll be the one with the analog synthesizer and
Mac laptop).
Erik Norlander |
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