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Garth Brooks

Troyal Garth Brooks , best known as Garth Brooks, is an American country music artist who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon. His eponymous first album was released in 1989 and peaked at number 2 in the US country album chart while climbing to number 13 on the Billboard 200 album chart...

 DVD collection of previously aired television specials and music videos. The collection was released on November 1, 2006 and was sold exclusively at Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

 and Sam's Club

Sam's Club

Sam's Club is a chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. , the Sam's Club chain serves more than 47 million U.S. members...

 stores. Most of the footage are from different angles than seen on the original broadcast.

Contents

The collection contains the following previously aired television specials and music videos:

• Disc 1: This Is Garth Brooks (1992)
• Disc 2: This is Garth Brooks, Too! (1994)
• Disc 3: Garth Live from Central Park (1997)
• Disc 4: Ireland and Back (1997)
• Disc 5: Video Greatest Hits (1989–2005)

Discs 1, 2, 3 and 4 each contain an edited edition of a previously-aired Garth Brooks television special. References to Brooks' ex-wife Sandy Mahl have been edited out of all four specials, as have most of her likenesses, save a rare brief shot on disc 3. Disc 5 contains a collection of Brooks' music videos, spanning from his first major label album release in 1989, to his last new collection in 2005. They each contain the main program content, two bonus songs, and a photo montage.

Disc 1 contains the program This Is Garth Brooks, filmed during Brooks' September 20 and 21, 1991 sold-out concerts at the Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena

Reunion Arena was an indoor arena, in the Reunion district of downtown Dallas, Texas . It held 18,293 for basketball and 17,001 for ice hockey.It was demolished in November 2009 and the site was cleared by the end of the year.-History:...

 in Dallas Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

. This Is Garth Brooks first aired on January 17, 1992 on NBC-TV.

Disc 2 contains the program This Is Garth Brooks, Too!, a follow-up to the previous show. The concert took place on June 12, at Texas Stadium

Texas Stadium

Texas Stadium was a football stadium in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The stadium opened on September 17, 1971.Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, it was the home field of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and had a seating capacity of 65,675...

, which sold out in 92 minutes, selling over 65,000 tickets and breaking the previous sales record held by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

. Dallas fans demanded and got more shows: a second show sold 65,000 tickets in 92 minutes, as did a third.

Disc 3 contains the program Garth Live in Central Park, which was a free concert in New York CIty's

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 Central Park

Central Park

Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...

 on August 7, 1997. Many fans started calling the event "Garthstock", which was attended by 980,000 fans, which was the largest concert ever in Central Park.

Disc 4 contains the program Ireland and Back, three sold out concerts in Dublin's Croke Park on May 16, 17, and 18, 1997. 150,000 tickets were sold, which broke a record previously set by U2

U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...

 in 1992. The concert first aired on March 5, 1998 on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 and was watched by over 15.7 million people.

Disc 5 contains 15 music videos, from 8 of Brooks' 10 studio albums (except Ropin' the Wind

Ropin' the Wind

Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 10, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at #1 the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart...

and the Chris Gaines release). It includes some of his biggest hits, including The Thunder Rolls, The Dance, and Callin' Baton Rouge

Callin' Baton Rouge

"Callin' Baton Rouge" is the title of a country music song written by Dennis Linde. It was originally recorded by The Oak Ridge Boys on their 1978 album Room Service, and was later covered by New Grass Revival on their 1989 album Friday Night in America, and more famously by Garth Brooks on his...

.

The first four discs each offer the program in original Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo surround, and DD 5.1 surround. Each also contains a 10-12 minute photo montage, and two additional songs, though one of the discs, the songs are merely deleted from the original full-length programme and placed in special features.

This Is Garth Brooks

1. "Not Counting You"
2. "Rodeo"
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"
4. "We Bury the Hatchet"
5. "The Thunder Rolls"
6. "The River"
7. "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)"
8. "Papa Loved Mama"
9. "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
10. "Shameless"
11. "Friends In Low Places"
12. "The Dance"
13. "You May Be Right" (Billy Joel cover)
14. "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" (Georgia Satellites cover) - in Special Features
15. "What She's Doing Now" - In Special Features

This Is Garth Brooks, Too!

1. "Standing Outside the Fire"
2. "Papa Loved Mama"
3. "That Summer"
4. "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association"
5. "The River"
6. "The Thunder Rolls"
7. "We Shall Be Free"
8. "Kickin' & Screamin'"
9. "One Night a Day"
10. "Shameless"
11. "Friends In Low Places"
12. "The Dance"
13. "Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)"
14. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" - in Special Features
15. "Callin' Baton Rouge" - In Special Features

Garth Live in Central Park

1. "Rodeo"
2. "Papa Loved Mama"
3. "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House"
4. "The River"
5. "Callin' Baton Rouge"
6. "Shameless"
7. "Ain't Goin' Down ('til The Sun Comes Up)" - with guest Billy Joel
8. "New York State of Mind" - with guest Billy Joel
9. "The Fever"
10. "Friends in Low Places"
11. "The Dance"
12. "American Pie" - with guest Don McLean
13. "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damned Old)"
14. "If Tomorrow Never Comes"
15. "You May Be Right" - with guest Billy Joel
16. "Unanswered Prayers" - in Special Features
17. "We Shall Be Free" - In Special Features

Ireland and Back

1. "The Old Stuff"
2. "The Beaches of Cheyenne"
3. "Unanswered Prayers"
4. "Tearin' It Up (and Burnin' It Down)" - Acoustic
5. "Tearin' It Up (and Burnin' It Down)" - Concert
6. "The River"
7. "We Shall Be Free"
8. "Callin' Baton Rouge"
9. Crowd walk
10. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Croke
11. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - Pub
12. "Ireland"
13. "Friends in Low Places"
14. "That Ol' Wind"
15. "The Fever"
16. "Ain't Goin' Down ('til The Sun Comes Up)"
17. "American Pie"
18. "She's Gonna Make It" - in Special Features
19. "Cowboy Cadillac" - In Special Features

Video Greatest Hits

1. "Ain't Going Down ('til The Sun Comes Up)" - from In Pieces
   In Pieces
   In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 31, 1993. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. It was also a huge hit outside the United States. In Great Britain it was Brooks' highest placed album on...
   
   
2. "The Thunder Rolls" - from No Fences
   No Fences
   No Fences is the second studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 27, 1990 and reached #3 on the Billboard 200, and #1 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart...
   
   
3. "Callin' Baton Rouge" - from In Pieces
   In Pieces
   In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 31, 1993. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. It was also a huge hit outside the United States. In Great Britain it was Brooks' highest placed album on...
   
   
4. "The Red Strokes" - from In Pieces
   In Pieces
   In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 31, 1993. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. It was also a huge hit outside the United States. In Great Britain it was Brooks' highest placed album on...
   
   
5. "I Don't Have to Wonder" - from Sevens
   Sevens (album)
   Sevens is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 25, 1997, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and on the Top Country Albums chart. The album also topped the Country album charts in Britain for several months and crossed over into the...
   
   
6. "We Shall Be Free" - from The Chase
   The Chase (Garth Brooks album)
   The Chase is the fourth studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on September 22, 1992 on Liberty Records and sold 403,000 copies in its first week, The Chase debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and Top Country Albums chart. and has been certified 9 x...
   
   
7. "When You Come Back to Me Again" - from Scarecrow
   Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album)
   Scarecrow is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the Top Country Albums chart...
   
   
8. "Tearin' It Up (and Burnin' It Down)" - from Double Live
9. "If Tomorrow Never Comes" - from Garth Brooks
   Garth Brooks (album)
   Garth Brooks is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Garth Brooks, released on April 12, 1989. It was both a critical and chart success, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top Country Albums...
   
   
10. "Standing Outside The Fire" - from In Pieces
    In Pieces
    In Pieces is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on August 31, 1993. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. It was also a huge hit outside the United States. In Great Britain it was Brooks' highest placed album on...
    
    
11. "Anonymous" - from The Limited Series (1998 box set)
    The Limited Series (1998 box set)
    The Limited Series is a box set released by country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on May 5, 1998 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart with 372,410 copies sold. It features re-issues of Garth's first six albums, with a bonus track added to each...
    
    
12. "Good Ride Cowboy" - from The Lost Sessions
    The Limited Series (2005 box set)
    The Limited Series is the name of Garth Brooks' second box set of albums. . The set was released in 2005 to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores...
    
    
13. "The Change" - from Fresh Horses
    Fresh Horses (album)
    Fresh Horses is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 21, 1995. Fresh Horses peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart , and #1 on the Top Country Albums chart....
    
    
14. "Wrapped Up In You" - from Scarecrow
    Scarecrow (Garth Brooks album)
    Scarecrow is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks. It was released on November 13, 2001, and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the Top Country Albums chart...
    
    
15. "The Dance" - from Garth Brooks
    Garth Brooks (album)
    Garth Brooks is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Garth Brooks, released on April 12, 1989. It was both a critical and chart success, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top Country Albums...