While the bulk of the supplements in this set are on the second disc, aside from the concert the first disc also has a few doozies. First up is are two 'montage songs' which are basically clips from different live performances of the same song strung together into a coherent version. The first song is Sunday Stripper and it highlights some of the lovely and not so lovely ladies that have gotten up on stage with the band throughout various live gigs and exposed the goods to the band and the crowd. The second song is England Belongs To Me which is more in spirit of what the band is all about as it's made up of clips from various club shows and it shows better than the concert footage itself just how rowdy some of the smaller venues get when these boys are on stage.

Also contained on the first disc is twenty minutes of footage from the band's first ever tour of the United States. They played on date at CBGB in New York, one in Boston and two on the west coast in California and this segment gives us a good idea of just how fast they showed up, did their thing, and left. The CBGB footage is fantastic, anyone who has ever been there knows that the place is about as big as a closet and to see it packed with rowdy punks falling all over one another and the band just eating it up is pretty fun stuff. In between live bits we see the band in airports, passed out on planes, and trying to find their way from one show to the next. It's an enjoyable look at what was a probably a pretty chaotic mini-tour.

A fifteen minute interview with the band that was recorded before the concert presented on this disc gives us a good look at their fans, many of whom are probably half their age. Their popularity has lasted a long time and it's neat to see how appreciative they are of the fans in this interview where they talk about the origins of the band and how they're endured up to the present time (or at least what was the present time in 2003 when this was recorded).

The last extra on the first disc is entitled Playing A Day The Cock Sparrer Way and it's a twenty-one minute examination of Mickey Beaufrey's buzz-saw guitar sound through the words of the man himself. Not being a guitar player, it was tricky to get much out of this but fans with more musical inclination than this reviewer might enjoy his examples of how to play various songs and get the same kind of sound out of a similar instrument.

The second disc starts off with a fantastic feature length documentary entitled Memory Lane that documents the entire history of the band from their origins in the East London of the early to mid seventies through to the present day. This in depth look at the band covers line up changes, record label hassles, touring, club shows, and fans and anyone who is even remotely into Cock Sparrer should really enjoy hearing the band's story in their own words. A lot of the documentary is the band members trudging around town to various landmarks that represent different phases of their career, some of which, like certain clubs where they played in the early days, are long gone. The guys aren't always polite but they're always honest and they pull no punches when talking about the ups and downs that they've encountered throughout the years. They discuss their infamous meeting with Malcolm McLaren, who wanted them to open for a then unheard of band called The Sex Pistols (they declined when he wouldn't buy them a round of beers) and the cover the way that their first label, Decca, screwed them over. They also talk affectionately about the fan base that they almost never knew they had, their influence on what would become the Oi! scene in the early nineties, and loads more. It's an affectionate look back, and it's not only insanely thorough but completely enjoyable as well. There's a fantastic selection of archival live footage and photographs taken from throughout their three decade plus career and that, combined with the interviews, makes this an essential watch for the band's fans.

The second disc also rounds up some excellent live clips of the band from various parts of their career shot during the years from 1994 through 1996. There are also a few promo videos thrown in for good measure (We Love You from 1977 and Because You're Young filmed on the band's tour from 1994) as well as a nice selection of interviews with the band members that was filmed in London after they'd completed the Memory Lane documentary. In text format, the DVD also includes the complete discography for the band as are the lyrics for each of the songs off of the band's four full length studio albums.

Rounding out the extra features is an insert booklet that contains a brief history of the band as well as an explanation of what some of the various extra features on this set actually are and where they came from. It's a nice little guide to the disc and it's also got some keen pictures of the band in it as well.

A solid live show combined with an excellent full length documentary and a wealth of extra features makes Cock Sparrer – What You See Is What You Get a truly excellent package for fans of old British punk and Oi! music and Cock Sparrer fans in general. While the audio and video isn't always perfect, it's good enough considering the age and rarity of much of this material, and it's not hard at all to slap this two disc set with the 'highly recommended' stamp.

Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.