What's hot: Music Videos

Discount Store News, June 23, 1997

Twenty years ago, Elvis left the building the for the last time.

The King died in Memphis, Tenn., in 1977 and to mark the solemn occasion Cabin Fever Entertainment is re-releasing the documentary 'Life With Elvis' on July 29 (order close date July 8) at $9.98.

But Elvis' is not the only pop culture anniversary looming on the horizon, and several rock music videos that mark various milestones in music are on the way during the next few weeks.

Some of these titles, because of their appeal to a hard-core set of fans, could sell quite well.

Cabin Fever's 'Freebird ... The Movie,' documents the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, which had its career tragically cut short by an October 1977 plane crash. The video is priced at $19.98 and is set to street Sept. 30 (order close date Sept. 9).

The video's release will be backed by a radio and Internet advertising campaign via www.skynyrd.com.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Summer of Love, 1967. Rhino Home Video is celebrating one of thekey events of the summer of '67, the Monterey Pop Festival, with a slate of three videos: 'Monterey Pop: The Film,' featuring never-before-seen footage of The Who, $19.98; 'Jimi Plays Monterey,' featuring guitarist Jimi Hendrix, $14.98; and 'Otis Redding: Shake,' $12.98.