On-U Sound Videography

Collected here are the known commercial and promotional video appearances of On-U Sound's stable of artists and/or Adrian Sherwood's productions, excluding soundtrack-only appearances, but also including captured live performances, interviews and features etc. While the On-U publicity 'machine' has in the past often lacked the capital to do much more than put records into shops, there has still been a surprising amount of film footage produced in On-U's name.

It's early days for this section and your help in its development would be much appreciated. Please get in contact if you can add anything to what's here. Some of the items listed below can be viewed at taxcider.blogspot.com or uk.youtube.com/profile?user=taxcider courtesy of mARCO.

 [1: Commercial Presentations]

Only the On-U relevant content of each release is shown, though when this comprises the entire program a @ is shown after the title.

	Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live at the Electric Ballroom' Taste Productions / 1990 VHS: TASTE 10
Off The Beaten Track Conspiring The Race Language And Mentality Wicked Kingdom Free Chant - Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi Hymn Rasta Don't Fear The More We Are Together Natural Mystic Satta Amasagana
Recorded on 24 October 1990 in Camden, London, UK. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Various Artists - 'Dancedaze' (?) / November 1990 (-)
Class Rock [Tackhead]
Live perfomance recorded for the compilation at London's Brixton Academy in 1990. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: African Head Charge - 'Live at Mean Fiddler, London' @ Taste Productions / 1991 VHS: TASTE 26
Off The Beaten Track   Conspiring (Dancing With My Drums) * Wicked Kingdom   The Race   Churchical Chant Of The Iyabinghi (Free Chant)   Church Vibes   Hold Some More * Rasta Don't Fear * The More We Are Together   Power Chant * By Noah House Of Dread.
Record live on 20 September 1991. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Various Artists - 'Snub TV Vol. 1' Picture Music International - EMI / 1990 VHS: MVP 9912133
The Power [Bim Sherman]
An unreleased, AMS produced, track by the Barmy Army provided this series' theme tune. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Various Artists - 'Snub TV Vol. 2' Virgin Music / 1991 VHS: VVD837
Mind And Movement Control [Tackhead]
An unreleased, AMS produced, track by Dub Syndicate provided this series' theme tune. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Various Artists - 'Crisis, What Crisis? Volume One' Saffron Films / 1992 VHS: SF 1001
Food Clothes And Shelter [Gary Clail] Who Pays The Piper?      [Gary Clail] Motherless Children      [Akabu] Rasta Don't Fear         [African Head Charge]
The proceeds from the video's sales went to a UK charity supporting homeless people. ^ To Top

	Video compilation: Various Artists - 'Gimme Shelter: The Video' Picture Music International - EMI / May 1993 VHS: MVR 490093
Gimme Shelter [PWEI / Gary Clail et al.]
"Pop Will Eat Itself vs. Gary Clail vs. Ranking Rogers vs. The Mighty Diamonds vs. The On-U Sound System." Produced by AMS and Skip McDonald. Incorporates part of 'I Need A Roof' by the Mighty Diamonds. Also released as a charity single to raise money for organisations housing homeless people. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Sinéad O'Connor - 'Goodnight, Thank You You've Been A Lovely Audience (Live In Dublin)' Hummingbird - Road Runner Records (?) / 2003 DVD: (?)
Disc 1: * Molly Malone * Oro Se Do Bheatha 'Bhaile * The Singing Bird * My Lagan Love   I Am Stretched On Your Grave   Nothing Compares 2 U   John I Love You * The Moorlough Shore   You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart * Paddy's Lament   Thank You For Hearing Me   Fire On Babylon   The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance Disc 2: A documentary on the making of the 'Sean-Nós Nua' album with behind the scenes footage and interviews with co-producers Donal Lunny, Adrian Sherwood, Christy Moore, Skip McDonald and Carlton 'Bubblers' Ogilvie plus videos of...   Peggy Gordon + Molly Malone + Moorlough Shore   Singing Bird   My Lagan Love + Oro Se Do Bheatha 'Bhaile * Traditional. Arranged (variously) by "O'Connor / Lunny / A. Maxwell / Ogilvie / B. Alexander / Branch / Professor Stretch / B. Maxwell." + Mixed by Alan Branch and AMS.
A DVD live compilation. The first disc is the video to the live recording on CD2 of the "She Who Dwells..." compilation. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Asian Dub Foundation - 'Keep Bangin' On The Walls: Live Tour 2003' Rinse It Out - EMI - Virgin (?) / October 2003 DVD: (?)
(various)
A live DVD from ADF's 2003 tour, almost certainly featuring AMS on-the-mix. Also includes a documentary feature on AMS, amongst others. ^ To Top

	CDEPs incl. video: Asian Dub Foundation - 'Fortress Europe' Rinse It Out - Labels - EMI (?) / 2002 (various)
Fortress Europe (Radio edit)
Mixed by AMS. The video was included on various CDEP releases. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Various Artists - 'Hotaka Mountain Festival '01>'02' Universal Music (Japan) / 2002 DVD: ISCP-1008
* U.G. (Live At Hotaka Mountain Festival '01) [Audio Active] * Studio version on LP94.
A Japan only DVD - predominantly of live recordings filmed at the 2001 Hotaka Mountain Festival. A further Audio Active appearance was made on the accompanying double CD. ^ To Top

	Live compilation: Salmonella Dub - 'Salmonella Dub' Virgin New Zealand / 2002 DDVD: 07243 490345 9 4
Disc 2: * Push On Thru (Adrian Sherwood version) * Remixed by AMS from the 'Outside The Dubplates' remix album and EP.
New Zealand only release. Disc 1 contains music videos, disc 2 contains the DJ Jagwah Remix Mash Up (Realtime video mix recorded live at the AssidHouse by WarpTV). ^ To Top

	Video compilation: Jesse Rae - 'The Thistle' (bonus material) River Records / 2004 CD/DVD: RIVERCD004
* Over The Sea   Chainsaw * The Thistle * Studio versions available on the accompanying CD.
This DVD, featuring videos directed by Jesse Rae circa 1984-5, came packaged with a reissue of his 'The Thistle' album. ^ To Top

	Remix compilation: Noiseshaper - 'Real To Reel' Echo Beach / September 2006 CD incl. video: EB 059
Rough Out There (video)
A remix compilation of Noiseshaper "dub excursions" mixed by AMS, also including the above MPEG video track. ^ To Top

	Compilation: Various Artists - 'Monitorpop 01' Monitorpop - Crippled Dick Hot Wax! / July 2007 DVD: MPEDVD25
Hysteria (video clip) [Mark Stewart]
A German compilation of interviews, short films, videos and visuals, including a 48 page book. One of the interviews is with Mark Stewart (26 minutes). ^ To Top

	Documentary: Mark Stewart - 'On/Off (Pop Group To Maffia)' Monitorpop - RSK Entertainment / June 2011 DVD: MPE028DVD
(documentary) (trailer) (music clips) (bonus material) (photo gallery)
An 82 minute documentary directed by Tøni Schifer that first surfaced in 2009 but only released two years later following a series of preview screenings at cinemas and film festivals. Includes interviews with the likes of Nick Cave, Daniel Miller, Pop Group members, Adrian Sherwood, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc, Fritz Hart (23 Skidoo) and others. ^ To Top

 [2: Promotional Videos]

	Promo video: Mark Stewart - 'Hypnotised' Southern Studios / 1985 (-)
Hypnotised
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	Promo video: (St.) Ché - 'Be My (Powerstation)' Siren Records / 1986 (-)
Be My (Powerstation)
A promo video which accompanied the AMS / Fats Comet-produced singles of the same name. ^ To Top

	Promo videos: Keith LeBlanc - (various) Tommy Boy(?) / Southern Records / 1986-7 (-)
No Sell Out Major Malfunction
'No Sell Out' appeared on a 1986-7 Hip Hop video compilation. 'Major Malfunction' was a promo made by Southern Records, presumably to support the release of the album of the same time. ^ To Top

	Promo videos: Fats Comet / Tackhead - (various) (-) / 1987-90 (-)
Rockchester Reality The Game Body To Burn Ticking Time Bomb Dangerous Sex Class Rock
'Body To Burn' was seen being edited on the BBC's 'Def II' program 'Rough Guide To Careers' in the UK during a media careers feature. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Mark Stewart - 'Hysteria' Mute - (?) / 1989 (-)
Hysteria
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	Promo video: Nine Inch Nails - 'Down In It' Interscope Records / July 1989 (US NTSC version) Island Visual Arts / 1989 (UK PAL version) (-)
Down In It (Skin)
Mixed by AMS and Keith LeBlanc. VHS video to accompany the single releases. ^ To Top

	Promo videos: Gary Clail - (various) Southern Records / BMG - (?) / 1990-92 (-)
Hard Left Human Nature The Emotional Hooligan Who Pays The Piper? These Things Are Worth Fighting For
'Hard Left' was shot by Southern Records, possibly for a 'Snub TV' appearance. The remainder were made during Clail's time signed to BMG. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Bim Sherman - 'Miracle' On-U - Mantra - Beggars Banquet - EFA / 1996 VHS: (-)
Film of Bim in the studio with Skip McDonald and Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah, on the streets and beaches of Bombay, in the studio with the soundtrack orchestra, interviews with AMS, Shara Nelson, Talvin Singh etc, accompanied by extracts from several of the album's tracks.
A promo only video that accompanied the release of the 'Miracle' album (LP67). Its soundtrack matches exactly that on the promo CD BIM 1, given away by 'The Wire' magazine at around the same time. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Bim Sherman - 'Solid As A Rock' On-U - Mantra - Beggars Banquet - EFA / 1996 VHS: (-)
Film of Bim in the studio in Bombay interspersed with Bim at the mic. and driving his car, backed by the title track.
A promo only video that accompanied the release of the 'Solid As A Rock' single. Some of the video footage also features on a promo video for the source album (LP67). ^ To Top

	Promo videos: Audio Active - 'Special' On-U - EFA - Beat Reords / 1998 VHS: (-)
Happy Shopper (plus others)
A promo only video lasting approximately 60 minutes, presumably featuring a selection of tracks. It is not known whether these are specifically made videos or captured live performances. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Various Artists - (?) Yelen Musiques / 1999 VHS: (-)
Another Hard Man [Gary Clail]
A promo only video compilation of various acts signed to this French label at the time. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Audio Active - 'Bag Filled With Emptiness' Beat Records / 1999 (-)
Bag Filled With Emptiness
Japanese promo only video. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Audio Active - 'Elements Of Rhyme' Beat Records / 2000 (-)
Elements Of Rhyme (featuring Boss the MC)
Japanese promo only video. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Audio Active - 'You're No Good' Beat Records / 2001 (-)
You're No Good
Japanese promo only video. ^ To Top

	Promo videos: Audio Active - 'Frozen Head' Beat Records / 2003 VHS: (-)
VHS: Frozen Head (extract) (-): Frozen Head
A Japanese promo only video "spliff-spaceship" animation. The extract version that appeared on the VHS video lasted just under two minutes (despite what is printed on the sticker). The full length version later appeared on YouTube. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Adrian Sherwood - 'Boogaloo' Real World / 2003 (-)
Boogaloo (Drowning Not Raving mix)
Mixed live on camera by AMS and made available on Real World's website. The audio track to this video is thought to appear on the JpCD version of LP100 and the 'Notes 15' compilation. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Various Artists - 'SoundBites presents: On.U Sound Live In Warsaw 2004' CDQ - British Council Poland - SoundBites / September 2004 CD incl. video: 'Catalogue No 0000001'
(live footage / interviews)
A 2000 copy Polish promo compilation from a gig on On-U's 2004 live tour recorded on 24 January at Centralny Domu Qultury (CDQ), Warsaw. It also included a 9-minute video snippet of the show, interspersed by interviews with AMS, Denise Sherwood and Ghetto Priest, a photo collection of the gig and a ScreenSaver (of the photo collection) to download. Its audio CD content is documented seperately. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Mark Stewart - 'Loner' Crippled Dick Hot Wax! / April 2008 (-)
Loner
Promo video for the 'Edit' album track. ^ To Top

	Promo video: Little Axe - 'Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime' Real World Records / 2010 DVD: (-)
(interview / studio performance)
Promo only release for the album of the same name. ^ To Top

 [3: Captured Live Performances]

	Live: Mark Stewart - (various) (-) / 1982 (-)
(?)
A "spring 1982" performance at the Haçienda, Manchester, UK captured on video. ^ To Top

	Live: Tackhead - (various) (-) / 1989-90 (-)
Dangerous Sex   The Game * Mind And Movement Control * Subsequently released on a 'Snub TV' compilation video.
Performances from the UK BBC TV show 'Snub TV'. ^ To Top

	Live: Tackhead - (various) (-) / March 1989 (-)
(?)
Video recording of a gig in Leeds, UK on 31 March 1989. ^ To Top

	Live: Tackhead - (various) (-) / 1990 (-)
Strange Things Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Performances from the UK BBC TV show 'The Late Show' during an On-U special. ^ To Top

	Live: Various - (various) (-) / 1990 (-)
Tribulation         [Bim Sherman] Just Can't Stand It [Bim Sherman] Doug Jam            [Doug Wimbish]
Performances captured on video by Pete "Pinko" at Southern Studios engineered by Adrian Sherwood, and featuring Skip McDonald and Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah. ^ To Top

	Live: Gary Clail - 'Human Nature' (-) / April 1991 (-)
Human Nature
Performance on the UK BBC show 'Top Of The Pops' with David Harrow and Alan Pillay. ^ To Top

	Live: Gary Clail - (various) (-) / 1993 (-)
(tracks from the 'Dreamstealers' album)
Performances from the UK ITV show 'Stage Two'. ^ To Top

	Live: Revolutionary Dub Warriors - (various) Poor Person Productions / 1993 (-)
(?)
Sanctioned, good quality, hand-held video recordings of gigs at The Oddfellows (26th March 1993, 49 mins) and St. George's Hall (31st December 1993, 46 mins) in Exeter, UK. ^ To Top

	Live: African Head Charge - (various) (-) / June 1994 (-)
(?)
Performances recorded by Channel 4 in the UK at the Glastonbury festival. ^ To Top

	Live: Little Axe - (various) (-) / 199? (-)
(?)
Performances from the UK BBC TV show 'Later with Jools Holland'. ^ To Top

	Live: Little Axe - (various) (-) / 1996 (-)
Storm Is Rising Ride On
Live studio session for Dutch TV. ^ To Top

	Live: Jesse Rae / Strange Parcels - (various) Luzuli Music - ASCAP / 199? DVD: (various) (?)
Including: 'Greatest Hits USA Tour' Jacob's Pillow Life's A Killer Dog / What's Next? Having An Enron Day
Jesse Rae has issued a number of his own 'homemade' DVDs, thought to be videoed live performances, including of his collaborations with the Strange Parcels under the titles given above. No more detailed information is known. ^ To Top

	Live: Audio Active - (various) (?) / November 2003 (-)
Weed Specialist Wanna-Na Happy Shopper Time Shock The Red Line District Universal Joint Suckers Demo Crash Back From The Black Hole Frozen Head
A professionally recorded live performance at Shibuya-Ax, Japan on 7th November 2003. ^ To Top

	Live: Tackhead - (various) (-) / August 2004 (-)
Stealing Stormy Weather
Live performances recorded on amateur video of a gig at Sully's Pub, in Hartford, CT, USA on 21 August 2004 - the first Tackhead gig for over 10 years. It was intended to be a warm-up show prior to a 2005 tour and was available to view from www.tackhead.com. ^ To Top

	Live: Ghetto Priest / Adrian Sherwood / Pete Lockett - (various) (-) / August 2004 (-)
Including: Masters Of Deception
Live performances from the 2004 Glastonbury Festival. ^ To Top

	Live: Tackhead - 'Metal Box' Tackhead.com / December 2012 DVD/CD-ROM/CD/CDEPBS: (-)
Disc 1 (DVD - Live in Frankfurt 2011):   Fire...   Just Kissed My Baby   Black Cinderella   Stealing   Dangerous Sex   Higher Ground Disc 2 (CD-ROM part 1 - Live in Berlin 1988):   The Game   King Of The Beat   Dangerous Sex   Crosstown Traffic   Airborn Ranger   Hard Left (with Gary Clail)   Stormy Weather   Drum Solo   Heaven On Earth   Hypnotized (with Mark Stewart) Disc 2 (CD-ROM part 2 - Live in Lodz 2010):   You Drummers Listen Good   King Bee   Unknown   Just Kissed My Baby   Hammerhead   Stormy Weather   Strange Things   Tell Me The Hurt   Fire...   Black Cinderella   The Game   Dangerous Sex   Reality   Higher Ground Disc 3 (CD - 'Black Album (Unauthorised Tracks From The Vaults)'): * Rainy Day * Rainy Day Version * What A Wonderful World Version 1 * Dark Secret Nights * What A Wonderful World Version 2 * What A Wonderful World Version 3 * What A Wonderful World Version 4 * What A Wonderful World Version 5 * Walk On The Wild Side Version 1 * Walk On The Wild Side Version 2 * Walk On The Wild Side Version 3 * Summer Dog Day (with Andy Fairley) Disc 4 (CDEP): + ('Funky President Vs. King Bee' EP) * Previously unreleased tracks and mixes "for private use only". Track 4 and 12 titles are unconfirmed. + Previously released as a download-only EP.
An audio-video limited edition boxed-set of 111 numbered copies, the first 50 of which were also bundled with a copy of the 'Exodus' single. ^ To Top

 [4: Other Appearances]

	Other: Dub Syndicate - (-) (-) / 1985 (-)
Ravi Shankar (Part 1)
The winning entry in a make-your-own music video competition on the UK's 'The Tube' TV music show, directed and animated by David Lodge, on Channel 4. The audio track is taken from LP38. ^ To Top

	Other: Keith LeBlanc - (-) (-) / 1989 (-)
(artist feature)
A Hip Hop documentary shown on Channel 4 in the UK featuring Keith. ^ To Top

	Other: Mark Stewart - (-) (-) / 1990 (-)
(interview)
An interview shown on European MTV by Paul King on the '120 Minutes' show. ^ To Top

	Other: Keith LeBlanc - (-) (-) / 1991 (-)
(interview)
An interview shown on Netherlands TV with live footage of Interference, with whom he was working at the time. ^ To Top

	Other: Gary Clail - (-) Sony Pictures - Fernseh Produktions GmbH / 2001 (-)
(soundtrack appearance)
An excerpt of 'Speak No Evil' from Gary Clail's 'Dreamstealers' album plays in the background during season 1, episode 8 of the German youth TV program "Mein Leben Und Ich". ^ To Top

	Other: Little Axe - (-) Real World / 2004 (-)
(narrative)
A 30 second promotional narrative, available from Real World's website, ad-lib'ed to camera by Skip McDonald. In it he talks briefly about himself and his 'Champagne & Grits' album. ^ To Top

	Other: Adrian Sherwood - (-) (-) / 2003 (-)
(genre feature)
Dub music special by the program 'Tracks' on German cult channel Arte featuring Adrian Sherwood mixing in his studio. ^ To Top

	Other: Ghetto Priest - (-) (-) / 2005 (-)
(video footage / soundtrack)
A seven minute film was shot by Scottish artist Graham Fagen as an exhibit for his 2005 "Clean Hands Pure Heart" exhibition in Glasgow, UK. It consisted of video footage of the recording of versions of 'Auld Lang Syne' and 'The Slave's Lament' - which play throughout; voiced by Ghetto Priest with arranging, backing vocals and guitar from Skip McDonald, keyboards and engineering by Nick Coplowe, and AMS / Skip producing. Fagen acted as executive producer. The film soundtrack remains unreleased but some of the studio recordings appeared on an accompanying CD single, given away at the exhibition. The exhibition booklet also included text explaining the On-U involvement and contained photos taken in the studio during recordings. ^ To Top

	Other: Various Artists - 'Visual Archives: On-U Sound Legendary Classics' Space Shower TV Inc. / 2005 (-)
(label feature)
A 50 minute Japanese documentary program about On-U Sound past and present featuring interviews with Adrian Sherwood, Ari Up, Masa from Audio Active and Bonjo I. There are also videos and live performances from the New Age Steppers, Audio Active, Mark Stewart, Ari Up, Bim Sherman, Lee Perry and Dub Syndicate. ^ To Top

	Other: Little Axe - (-) Real World / 2006 (-)
(narrative)
A 10 minute promotional film, available from Real World's website, introducing his 'Stone Cold Ohio' album and featuring extracts from a live performance of 'Storm Is Rising' interspersed by interview clips with AMS, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish and Keith LeBlanc. ^ To Top

	Compilation: Various Artists - 'Dub Stories' Discograph / June 2006 (Fr), January 2007 (UK) CD/DVD: 6128432
(music / documentaries)
Music CD compilation with bonus documentary DVD, the latter including an interview with AMS. ^ To Top

	Other: Various Artists - 'Inside On-U Sound' Denise Sherwood / 2007 (-)
(documentary / interviews)
A 10 minute documentary available on AMS's MySpace website, produced and directed by Denise Sherwood, discussing the changing climate for professional musicians and producers in the age of widespread, free and downloadable music from an On-U Sound point of view. Includes interviews with AMS, Skip McDonald, Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah and Ghetto Priest. ^ To Top

	Other: Daby Touré and Skip McDonald - (various) Real World / 2009 (-)
Including: Baye Call My Name Outside
Studio performances and a documentary about the collaboration of Daby Touré and Skip McDonald on the mini-album 'Call My Name'. ^ To Top