Performances (Selena video)

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Performances

Performances cover.jpg

The cover for the Performances DVD.
Video by Selena
Released November 23, 2010
Recorded 1993 - 1994
Genre Tejano pop, R&B, Latin pop
Length 100 minutes
Language Spanish, English
Label EMI/EMI Latin
Selena DVD chronology
Through The Years DVD
(2007)
Performances
(2010)

Performances is a live DVD that features previously unreleased footages of Selena during the Johnny Canales Show , a live coverage music television show, from the periods of 1993 to 1994. [1]

DVD Optical disc

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Footage Raw, unedited film from a motion picture

In filmmaking and video production, footage is raw, unedited material as originally filmed by a movie camera or recorded by a video camera, which typically must be edited to create a motion picture, video clip, television show or similar completed work.

Selena Mexican-American singer, songwriter, actress, and fashion designer

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. Billboard magazine named her the top-selling Latin artist of the 1990s decade, while her posthumous collaboration with MAC cosmetics became the best-selling celebrity collection in cosmetics history. Media outlets called her the "Tejano Madonna" for her clothing choices. She also ranks among the most influential Latin artists of all time and is credited for catapulting a music genre into the mainstream market.

Contents

Track listing

The DVD comes in with two different styles, one being made of super jewel and another made of Amaray. [1] The two contain the same track listings and features. The DVD movie features half of the movie of live performances while the other half includes a Selena special which is presented by Johnny Canales. [1]

Optical disc packaging type of optical disc packaging

Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical discs. Most packaging is rigid or semi-rigid and designed to protect the media from scratches and other types of exposure damage.

Juan José "Johnny" Canales is a former Tejano singer, and was host of the popular show titled "The Johnny Canales Show". Canales is credited with one of the first live performances of Selena by her thirteenth birthday. He took Selena y Los Dinos for their first concerts in Mexico. As a radio DJ in 1974, Canales gave Ruben Naranjo considerable airplay.

DVD chapters

  1. "Intro"
  2. "Como La Flor"
  3. "Band Relationships"
  4. "Las Cadenas"
  5. "Loss of Selena"
  6. "Missing My Baby"
  7. "Selena Interview 1"
  8. "¿Qué Creias?"
  9. "Opening Doors"
  10. "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom"
  11. "Selena Interview 2"
  12. "No Me Queda Mas"
  13. "Favorite Song"
  14. "Amor Prohibido"
  15. "Memorable Show"
  16. "Si Una Vez"
  17. "Selena Interview 3"
  18. "El Chico Del Apartamento 512"
  19. "Why People Love Selena"

Release history

Country Date Format Label Rating Catalogue
United States [2] November 23, 2010 Amaray EMI Records/EMI Latin NR B00475XUEW
Super Jewel B004763SMU
Canada [3] DVD compact
Japan [4] EMI Music Japan B00005YWZN

Background

Selena Performances was originally named Johnny Canales presenta... Selena (English: Johnny Canales presents... Selena) and was going to be released during the fall of 2008. Due to new management for EMI Latin Records the DVD was postponed. The DVD was originally planned to be a DVD of various performances of Selena during the Johnny Canales Show from 1990 to 1994 but the record company compiled for a DVD that included both various live performances and a special that would talk about Selena's legacy currently. The promotional poster, talks about an upcoming Television film based on Selena's death, similar to the Famous Crime Scene: Selena that aired on VH1. The television film will be produced by The Walt Disney Company set to be released in 2011.[ needs update ] The upcoming Selena United States Stamp Collection and the upcoming Selena museum tour is also talked about on the promotional poster. [1]

A television film is a feature-length motion picture that is produced and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

<i>Famous Crime Scene</i> television series

Famous Crime Scene is a VH1 show that follows a documentary format. This show exposes the evidence and the last moments of a celebrity and the subsequent chaos about their deaths; all this through the view of special investigators, and even exposes the point of view and details that only the ones present are able to give.

VH1 American cable television network

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References

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  3. "Performances now available in stores". Amazon.co.ca . Retrieved 18 December 2010.
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