Live Letters

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Live Letters
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DVD cover
Written by The Rasmus
Produced byBaranga Film
Starring Lauri Ylönen
Eero Heinonen
Pauli Rantasalmi
Aki Hakala
Distributed by Playground Music (EU)
DRT Entertainment (USA)
Release dates
  • 22 November 2004 (2004-11-22)(Europe)
  • 20 February 2007 (2007-02-20)(U.S.)
Running time
107 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Live Letters is a live DVD by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, originally released on 22 November 2004 on Playground Music.

Contents

The DVD features eleven live videos from a performance at Gampel Open Air in Switzerland on 21 August 2004, which was part of their Dead Letters tour. All of the songs performed are taken from the Hell Of A Tester, Into and Dead Letters albums. The DVD contains also all seven music videos from Dead Letters, including the three different versions of "In the Shadows" .

The DVD also features bonus material, including behind the scenes footage and interviews, as well a hidden video clip. The hidden video can be accessed by going to the "Music videos" menu, selecting the second version of "In The Shadows", and then pressing the right arrow, causing The Rasmus' logo to appear on the right. Selecting this will play the video.

On 20 February 2007, Live Letters was released in the United States by the record label DRT Entertainment. There is no difference in content between this and the European release.

The DVD was produced by Baranga Film, who have also produced of the band's music videos from Dead Letters, including "In My Life", "In the Shadows" (European version) and "Funeral Song".

Personnel

Track listing

Live at Gampel Open Air

  1. "First Day of My Life"
  2. "Guilty"
  3. "F-F-F-Falling"
  4. "Still Standing"
  5. "Time to Burn"
  6. "Bullet"
  7. "Every Day"
  8. "One & Only"
  9. "In the Shadows"
  10. "Funeral Song"
  11. "In My Life"

Music videos

  1. "In the Shadows" (1st Finnish 'Bandit' version) – 2003
  2. "In the Shadows" (2nd European 'Crow' version) – 2003
  3. "In the Shadows" (3rd U.S./UK 'Mirror' version) – 2004
  4. "In My Life" – 2003
  5. "First Day of My Life" – 2003
  6. "Funeral Song (The Resurrection)" – 2004
  7. "Guilty" – 2004

Extras

See also

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