MUSIC DVDS.

ROD STEWART ``One Night Only - Live at Royal Albert Hall'' (BMG; $19.98)

Taking the stage of London's Royal Albert Hall for the first time, Stewart shows off all his incarnations from hard rocker to balladeer to American songbook crooner, always with a bevy of beauties behind him or in the audience who were happy to sing along on every song. It could have been annoying, as was the early razzle-dazzle camera work, but after a while the good-naturedness of the night prevailed.

While Stewart did many of his old hits - ``You Wear It Well,'' ``Maggie May,'' ``Stay With Me'' (with Ron Wood) and ``You're in My Heart'' - he paid tribute to his friend the late Robert Palmer with a performance of ``Addicted to Love'' and ``Some Guys Have All the Luck,'' with a sax solo from Katja Rieckermann, a tall blonde in a short skirt. Saying he was discovered busking on the streets years ago, he brought a young singer named Amy Belle who had recently been doing the same thing to help him on ``I Don't Want to Talk About It.'' Looking nervous, she proved Stewart right with her lovely voice. It was a nice touch. Stewart's voice has less edge and more rasp than it once did, but he still knows how to show his girls (and the audience) a good time.

- Rob Lowman

VARIOUS: ``Soul to Soul'' (WEA; $24.99)

Tough, engaging sets from Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett and the Staple Singers give this award-winning documentary staying power. Shot more than 33 years ago when some of the era's top r&b acts flew to West Africa for a cultural exchange, the film brings forth concert footage and scenes of the musicians getting back to their proverbial roots.

This double-disc set features both the newly restored 95-minute feature film plus a remastered and expanded soundtrack CD with songs left out of the pic. Best moments include the jaw-dropping Pickett mapping out ``Land of 1,000 Dances'' as the audience melts down, followed by Ike 'n' Tina covering ``I've Been Loving You Too Long.''

- Fred Shuster

SARAH McLACHLAN: ``Afterglow Live'' (Arista; $21.98)

This DVD/CD combo includes concert footage of McLachlan performing two dozen songs from her albums ``Afterglow,'' ``Fumbling Toward Ecstasy'' and ``Surfacing.'' The concert was filmed during a summer stop in Toronto, and with the exception of the cameraman's inability to stay focused on McLachlan for any length of time, it's just like being there. The set list takes in ``Hold On,'' ``I Will Remember You,'' ``Angel,'' ``Building a Mystery'' and ``Fumbling Toward Ecstasy.''

- Sandra Barrera

JAMIE CULLUM: ``Live at Blenheim'' (Universal; $14.98)

Another of the young jazz-oriented crowd, Cullum has energy and talent to spare, if this concert is any indication. The twentysomething (to borrow from the title of his most recent CD) British singer-pianist has a rockin' stage presence, likely to jump up and beat rhythms on his piano at any moment. But he can play jazz, too, with a serious band behind him.

The concert, which takes place at a gorgeous outdoor setting, is cleanly shot with the focus on Cullum and his band. Interspersed are inserts from tours in which the singer-songwriter talks about his music, saying he felt confined in just jazz or rock, which accounts for his hybrid style.

A witty songwriter, a clever stylist with an appealing voice, Cullum will pair a Radiohead tune, ``High and Dry,'' with ``Singing in the Rain,'' or tear ahead on a rhythmic ``I Could Have Danced All Night'' and then midway through give us a more traditional version. It may seem gimmicky, but it usually works. And at least Cullum is doing something that everyone always urges - thinking outside the box, or in this case the groove.

- R.L.

VARIOUS: ``The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus'' (ABKCO; $19.98)

Initially shot in 1968 as a British TV special that never aired, this good-natured romp hosted by Mick, Keef and pals is of interest to Stones fans for readings of ``Beggars Banquet''-era classics ``Salt of the Earth,'' ``No Expectations'' and ``Parachute Woman,'' amid acrobats and fire-eaters. But it's the Who, delivering a slam-dunk ``A Quick One (While He's Away),'' that steals the show.

The DVD comes with a few extra numbers by show guest Taj Mahal and a new interview with the Who's Pete Townshend. Ex-Stones bassist Bill Wyman, meanwhile, suggests why director Michael Lindsay-Hogg's circus never reached the living room: Jagger found his singing entirely unsatisfying.

- F.S.

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