Nick Cave fans, it's time to rejoice. Mute Records is releasing together on DVD for the first time, Road to God Knows Where and Live at the Paradiso, on January 24. Order it here from Amazon.

Witnessing Saint Nick live in person was for me a revelation. Cave is a riveting and unmatched force. He wanders the stage like a deranged junkie preacher, wailing out his tales of sin and redemption. Live at the Paradiso captures Cave and the Bad Seeds in Amsterdam in 1992 while on the road supporting Henry's Dream (one of my least favorite Cave records actually).

Mute writes:

"Live At The Paradiso...features classic Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds songs such as The Mercy Seat, The Ship Song, Tupelo and Deanna performed by a line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Conway Savage, Thomas Wydler and Martyn P Casey. The concert film was edited by long-time collaborator John Hillcoat whose credits include The Proposition (scripted by Nick Cave and due for UK release in March 06), To Have And To Hold and Ghosts of The Civil Dead plus many Bad Seeds promo videos). The Director of Photography was John Mathieson who went on to work on Gladiator and the forthcoming Brian Jones biopic, Stoned."

I've watched Live at the Paradiso just once several years ago, but I remember it did a fairly good job conveying the monumental power of the Bad Seeds on stage. Particularly I recall one hilarious moment when Cave accidentally falls off the stage at the beginning of "Deanna". As for Road to God Knows Where , I've yet to see it, but it sounds very intriguing based on Mute's description:

"Described by the NME on its original VHS release as "the definitive documentary of the music business in its glorious, monotonous reality", The Road To God Knows Where by Uli M. Schueppel is an intimate and revealing insight into a band on the road. Filming during their US tour in Feb / March 1989, we see life on the road as it truly was. On the road - at the hotel - sound check - backstage - the concert - backstage - back at the hotel - hitting the road again. Featuring a Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Thomas Wydler, Kid Congo Powers and Roland Wolf, the film also introduces us to a cast of extras from the band's crew and the band's guests (including Anita Lane, Lydia Lunch and Lung Leg)."