Live Letters

Infobox Film
name = Live Letters


caption = DVD cover
writer = The Rasmus
starring = Lauri Ylönen
Eero Heinonen
Pauli Rantasalmi
Aki Hakala
producer = Baranga Film
distributor = Playground Music (EU)
DRT Entertainment (USA)
released = November 22, 2004 (EU)
February 20, 2007 (USA)
runtime = 107 min.
language = English
budget =
imdb_id =

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

The DVD features eleven live videos from a concert at Gampel Open Air in Switzerland on August 21, 2004. Most of these songs are available on the band's 2003 album "Dead Letters", that's how it got the title "Live Letters". The DVD contains also all seven music videos from "Dead Letters", including the three different versions of "In the Shadows" .

On February 20, 2007, "Live Letters" was released in the USA by the record label DRT Entertainment. However, the contents are exactly the same as the European version.

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".

Line-up

These are the band members that appear in the video

* Lauri Ylönen – vocals
* Eero Heinonen – bass, backing vocals
* Pauli Rantasalmi – guitar
* Aki Hakala – drums

Track listing

Live at Gampel Open Air
#"First Day of My Life" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"Guilty" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"F-F-F-Falling" (from the album "Into")
#"Still Standing" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"Time to Burn" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"Bullet" (from the album "Into")
#"Every Day" (from the album "Hell of a Tester")
#"One & Only" (from the album "Into")
#"In the Shadows" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"Funeral Song" (from the album "Dead Letters")
#"In My Life" (from the album "Dead Letters")

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

Extras
* Four video documentaries
* Photos
* Storyboards
* An interview
* Making of the videos
* A hidden clip from the first studio shot of "In the Shadows"

How to access the hidden clip

To get access to the video clip of the first studio shot of "In the Shadows", go to the "Music videos" section from the main menu. Select "In the Shadows 2nd version (crow)" and then press right. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
] should now appear to the right. Click on it with the "enter" button and there it is.

ee also

* Dead Letters, the band's fifth studio album.

External links

* [http://www.therasmus.com The Rasmus' official website]
* [http://www.playgroundmusic.com/Global/Articles.aspx?ProductId=PGMDVD%2014 "Live Letters"] on Playground Music
* [http://www.vertigo.fm/inhalt/kuenstler/The%20Rasmus/33151/downloads Download "Live Letters" flash cards]
* [http://therasmus.org.uk/DVD.htm "Live Letters" fan review]