EAGLE TO RE-RELEASE TOP SELLING DVDS ON SEPTEMBER 25

September 13, 2007

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EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT RE-RELEASES

THREE TOP SELLING DVDS:

MARVIN GAYE’S GREATEST HITS: LIVE IN ’76

MARIANNE FAITHFULL: DREAMING MY DREAMS (DOCUMENTARY)

DEEP PURPLE: IN CONCERT WITH THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

TO BE RELEASED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Eagle Rock Entertainment, on September 25, will re-release three of its most popular DVDs, Marvin Gaye’s Greatest Hits: Live in ’76, a powerful Marianne Faithfull documentary, Dreaming My Dreams, that includes an interview with Rolling Stone Keith Richards, and Deep Purple In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Paul Mann.

Marvin Gaye (1939-1984) was one of the architects of modern soul music. His suave crooning, his falsetto, his sexy stage demeanor, and his unerring sense of the inherent drama within each and every one of his songs made him a superstar before his tragic death at the young age of 45 at the hand of his own father. There exists today precious little complete concerts on film for this most revered artist.

Recorded live at Edenhalle Concert Hall in Amsterdam, Holland during Gaye’s first European tour, this 23-song hour (retail: $12.49) power-packs a lifetime of great R’n’B into one stellar performance. Classics like “Let’s Get It On,” “Ain’t That Peculiar,” “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)” are juxtaposed against Gaye’s more topical material that he wrote as he gained political awareness later in his career (“Inner City Blues [Makes Me Wanna Holler],” “Save The Children” and “What’s Happening.”).

Dreaming My Dreams (retail: $12.49) is an intimate hour-long look behind-the-scenes at the life and career of British singer/actress Marianne Faithfull. Catapulted into fame with her vulnerable and touching cover of a Jagger/Richards composition, “As Tears Go By,” she was a big part of the early Rolling Stone oeuvre, nestling comfortably into the lives of both Mick and Keith. Battling drug abuse throughout the ‘70s, her triumphant artistic return, 1979’s Broken English, was a landmark recording and one of the year’s best.

Faithfull’s demons, though, did not disappear. She has been upfront about her rough life, yet has continued to surprise artistically, performing with a dramatically diverse array of artists from Pink Floyd to Metallica. This heralded 1999 inside look comes complete with a 30-minute concert performance, material about her childhood and family (including her marriage to avant-garde artist John Dunbar), historical video footage dating back to 1964, and interviews with Richards, Faithfull, as well as Maggie Mayall and other friends and family members.

Deep Purple In Concert With The London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Paul Mann (retail: $12.49) has this most classic of Classic Rock bands blowing the roof off the famed Royal Albert Hall in London, England a full 30 years after their first symphonic project. Keyboardist Jon Lord, Singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice, guitarist Steve Morse and bassist Roger Glover perform 13 tracks in two hours, with heavy accents on improvisation and even a guest shot by the legendary Ronnie James Dio!

The above-mentioned releases are included in the Eagle Vision Classics collection of budget line DVDs specially priced at $12.49. Eagle Vision Classics is a subsidiary of Eagle Rock Entertainment.

Eagle Rock Entertainment develops, acquires and produces music programming for a wide range of notable and high profile artists, which the company distributes on a worldwide basis. Eagle Rock Entertainment, Eagle Vision and Eagle Eye Media are wholly owned divisions of Eagle Rock Group, LTD.