Quality Ratings: A: Top notch picture and sound, clean as a whistle. B: Strong image, some loss. C: Somewhat fuzzy picture; watchable and adequate for collectors. D: Many generations from source, hard to see; for fanatics only. Click on logo for terms and ordering info!

BELOVED INVADERS: THE VENTURES (1965), a travelogue/concert film of the instrumental group's Japanese tour; with vintage commercials, music clips, and trailers for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:20, C-; letterboxed, in Japanese, no subs)

COCKSUCKER BLUES (1972-76), awesome copy; the quality is stunning enough to reassess our opinion of this supressed document of the Rolling Stones' 1972 US tour. We used to think of it as a tedious hodge-podge of hotel room boredom, but now we see it as an almost avant garde-style collage of groupie sex, drug use, and the extremes of fame. See Terry Southern snorting coke, Keith shooting up, almost-sex (looks like the good stuff was removed from earlier versions), and cameos by snoity jet setters Warhol, Capote, Ahmet Ertegun, etc. Some smokin' performances also; with vintage commercials and music clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:33, A-)

DON'T KNOCK THE TWIST (1962)...no longer available

GRAVEDIGGER FOLK SERIES VOL. 3: FAIRPORT CONVENTION, IT ALL COMES 'ROUND AGAIN (1987, BBC); very thorough history of this UK institution, interviewing just about every member plus Joe Boyd, and even has some older performance clips (including Sandy Denny). (1:50, C)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 1: MIDSUMMER ROCK (1970), the famous Cincinnati Pop Festival at Crosley Field (6/13/70) where Iggy Pop rubbed peanut butter on himself; the Stooges clip is short, but there's an excellent and very psychedelic clip from the classic Alice Cooper Band doing "Black Juju"; also with Grand Funk, Mountain, and Traffic; with vintage commercials, trailers, and music clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:16, C; timecoded)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 2: STAMPING GROUND (1971), Woodstock-style, pro-shot doc of 1970's Holland Festival of Music in Rotterdam, with Santana, Al Stewart, Canned Heat, T. Rex, It's A Beautiful Day, Country Joe, Dr. John, The Flock, The Byrds, and Pink Floyd (great stuff), plus lots of nudity; DVD adds old commercials and music clips. (feature: 1:23, B)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 3: GOOSE LAKE INTERNATIONAL ROCK FEST (1970), yet another hippie rock fest film (shot near Jackson, MI, 8/7-9/70), with one or two songs each by Savage Grace, John Sebastian, The Stooges (doing "1970"), Ten Years After, and Mountain, but mostly consists of dopey interviews with paralyzingly-stoned and/or amazingly dim-witted baby boomers, plus amazingly angry/lunkheaded redneck locals; with vintage commercials, trailers, and various fun for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:44, C+; "For Preview Only" burned into transfer, but not distracting)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 4: GLASTONBURY FAYRE (1971), rare UK medieval/music fest with David Allen and Gong, Arthur Brown, Fairport Convention, Family, Linda Lewis, Magic Michael, Melanie, Quintessence, Terry Reid, Traffic; with vintage commercials, trailers, and music clips for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:27, C)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 5: CELEBRATION AT BIG SUR (1970), some bands play at a hippie institute on the Pacific, with great CSNY and Joni Mitchell footage, plus John Sebastian, Joan Baez, and gospel; features bonus old commercials, trailers, and music clips. (feature: 1:22, B)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 6: GOT NO SHOES, GOT NO BLUES (1969), real low-rent rock fest cash-in, shabbily documenting the Texas International Pop Festival, Dallas International Speedway, Louisville, TX, 8/30-9/1/69. Great line-up, but the editors coudn't be bothered to match up the music with the visuals, sometimes using the wrong band! See/hear Grand Funk Railroad, Canned Heat, Led Zeppelin ("Dazed and Confused"), Ten Years After, Janis Joplin, Santana and others; includes vintage commercials, shorts, and clips. (feature: 1:18, C+; time-coded)

GRAVEDIGGER HIPPIE FEST VOL. 7: RITMO ALUCINANTE--A EXPLOSÃO DO ROCK NO BRASIL (1975), super-rare Brazilian rock fest, with Rita Lee and Tutti Frutti (glam rock), Vimana (funky prog), Pêso (blues rock), Erasmo Carlos ('70s rock), Cely Campelo (blues rock), and Raul Seixas ('60s rock), plus some interviews in Portugese; with vintage commercials, music clips, and trailers for two full hours of entertainment. (feature: 1:20, C-; not bad except for annoying dropouts in the beginning)

JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST (1974), totally stoned, fried and refried glimpse into the murky world of Neil Young, with music clips, road footage, and arty sequences that'll leave you stumped, holding your roach; comes with lots of rare music clips. (feature: 1:19, C)

KRAUTROCK VOL. 1 (2005), almost 2 hours of clips: Can: "I Want More" (German TV, 1976), Can: "Can Can" (German TV, 1976), Kraftwerk: "Roboter" (1978), La Düsseldorf: "Viva" (German TV, 1976), Eberhard Schoener: "Bali Gung" (German TV, 1976), Michael Rother: "Gluck Im Spiel" (promo, 198?), Kraftwerk: "Truckstop Gondolero" (Beat Club, 5/1/71; notable for being the only recording of the trio lineup with Rother and Dinger from NEU!), Can: "Paperhouse" (Beat Club, 7/8/71), Passport: unknown track (Beat Club, 1971), Popol Vuh: "Bettina" (Beat Club, 1970), Popol Vuh: Sei Still, Weiss Ich Bin film (1980), Wolfgang Dauner/EtCetera: unknown track (Beat Club, 1971), Amon Duul II: "Eye Shaking King" (Beat Club, 8/7/70), and another Amon Duul II cut; plus vintage commercials for a full 2 hours of fun, digitally mastered. (feature: 1:48, C-)

KRAUTROCK VOL. 2: AMON DÜÜL II--FLOWERS OF THE ORIENT (1996), documentation (home video-style) of a Japanese tour; focuses mainly on recent performances and interviews, but includes some classic, early jamming footage. (1:45, C-; glitchy sound)

THE METAL INQUISITION (1984?), hilarious Wayne's World-style Winnipeg public access show hosted by two masked headbanger kids who growl non-sequitors and try to play "evil" and "heavy" with puppets and cardboard props, plus they show videos by Razor (over and over again), Tank (doing The Osmond's "Crazy Horses!"), Jim Dandy (amazing), Motorhead, Venom, and Wrathchild; four episodes in all. (1:58, B-)

RENALDO AND CLARA (1978), Bob Dylan's hard to come by, wacky-assed autobiographical/concert film; if you can make sense of this, let me know; 224m version, with (ready?) Ronnie Hawkins, Ronee Blakely, Helena Kallianiotes, Peter Orlovsky, Sam Shepard (who co-wrote), Joan Baez, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Harry Dean Stanton, Joni Mitchell, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Roger McGuinn, composer David Mansfield, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Larry "Ratso" Sloman, Roberta Flack, and (the best part) Mick Ronson and his smooth pickin'; please note poor quality. (3:44, D-; low sound) Counts as two discs