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25x5: The Continuing Adventures Of The Rolling Stones - 1989
Quality: 8/10 (dvd-r disc only, Euro PAL format)
Stars: The Rolling Stones
A Year In The Life: Big Deal Group - 1969/1989
Doc 1 is a rare made-for-tv documentary about 60's never-to-be-famous Brighton pop stars, The Mike Stuart Span aka The Span. Documentary number one follows their near-potential rise to the top. And these guys were a really good psych-pop band circa 1967-9 so they probably should have made it. Candid interviews with the band members and their manager plus DJ Dave Cash. Essential viewing if you have an interest in 60's Pop.
Doc 2, A Year In The Life: 'Twenty Years On' is a retrospective of the band's achievements in 1989 and is highly recommended
*Time-coding throughout
Birth Of The Beatles - 1979
An account of The Beatles during the Hamburg years, their signing with Brian Epstein and their inevitable rise during the early sixties with non-original songs. Recommended for it's badness! British actors, US production
Quality: 7.5/10, US, logo
Stars: Stephen MacKenna, John 'Nick Cotton' Altman, Rod Culbertson, Ray Ashcroft
Dir: Richard Marquand
Buddy's Song - 1990
Teenager Buddy takes refuge in music but not the Rock 'n' Roll oldies his Dad loves, but his own original material
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce, Michael Elphick
Eric Burdon, Rock' n' Roll Animal - 2020
Underrated singer and driving force of The Animals Eric Burdon, talks about his greatest successes, his lean times and his political views. Includes some live performance
Quality: 8.5/10, Germany + Eel Pie Island
Stars: Eric Burdon, Patti Smith, Steven Van Zandt, Sting, Bruce,
Includes Eel Pie Island Doc 'Rock'n'Roll Island
Dirt Road To Psychedelia - 2007 Austin Texas 1960's
With a folk singing Janis Joplin, the 13th Floor Elevators, peyote, LSD and the first psychedelic music venue in Texas, Austin was a fertile ground for the emerging counter culture of the 1960s. Seen as nonconformists, Beatnik inspired students were drawn together by folk, country and Blues music while dabbling with peyote and later exploring with LSD. Traditional values became challenged as they sought a lifestyle outside of the system. Civil Rights and the war in Vietnam were galvanizing factors in 1960s American society, but the advent of psychedelics made it electrified!
Quality: 9/10
Ferry Cross The Mersey - 1964
Quality: 8.5/10
Stars: everyone who was anyone back then in Liverpool and the fans
Groupie Girl - 1970
A bored teenage girl decides to go on the road with Opal Butterfly but soon finds out hanging with the band isn't so glamorous
Quality: 8.5/10 (PAL disc only)
Stars: Esme Johns, Billy Boyle, Richard Shaw, Donald Sumpter, James Beck
Hunting Venus - 1999
Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band for one final show
Quality: 8/10 (a few a/v problems due to weather interference from the original broadcast recording/region free Euro PAL dvd-r disc only)
Stars: Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Jane Horrocks, Mark Williams, Ben Miller
Julian Cope - The Modern Antiquarian - 2000
Inspirational ancient sites of Britain historical travelogue, stunningly realised by musician and cultural ambassador, Julian Cope. With original music soundtrack by JC.
Quality: 7.5/10 (uk/Euro format disc only)
Groupies - 1970
This gritty documentary on rock 'n' roll groupies, including the infamous Plaster Casters, features performances (musical) by such bands as Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spooky Tooth, and Cat Mother
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Patty Cakes, Chaz, Joe Cocker
Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story - 1983
Biopic tv movie based on the singer's life living in the shadow of his Father's legacy
Quality: 9/10, tv logo
Stars: Richard Thomas, Lenora May, Liane Langland, Ann Gillespie
London Rock - 1970
Quality: 9/10, 46 minutes
The Hippie Temptation / Tonight Let's All Make Love In London - 1967
A time capsule double bill. Haight-Ashbury drug culture vs London’s Psychedelic scene and vice versa
Quality: 7/10 US/UK, *Jap subs onscreen throughout TLAMLIL (English language, sync issues)
Stars: Peter Coyote, Grateful Dead, Alan Aldridge, Julie Christie, David Hockney,Pink Floyd
John Martyn - Johnny Too Bad + Richard Thompson - Solitary Life
Two exceptionally fine documentaries from the BBC's 'Originals' series. John Martyn from 2006 and Richard Thompson from 2003, with John Peel narrating. Just rescued from the vaults. Unmissable stuff from these British Folk icons.
Quality: 8/10, 2 hours
The Monkees : 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee - 1969
Four individuals are brainwashed into forming a musical group, featuring guest appearances from some of the superstars of 1950's rock'n'roll
Quality: 8.5/10 (way better than the YT version)
Stars: The Monkees, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Buddy Miles and more
The Music Machine - 1979
A low rent pastiche of Saturday Night Fever set in London
Quality: 7/10
Stars: Gerry Sundquist, David Easter, Patti Boulaye, Ferdy Mayne, Brenda Fricker
Popcorn - 1969
Rare interviews and fantastic live performance from the 60's Counter Culture, in Peter Clifton's inspired documentary
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Animals, Bee Gees, Traffic, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Rolling Stones
Smashing Time - 1967
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process
Quality: 8/10
Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Rita Tushingham, Michael York, Irene Handl, Ian Carmichael
T.F.I. The Rolling Stones + Back To Babylon - 1999
Filmed in Chicago in 1999. Interviews with Chris Evans plus backstage & onstage footage. 50 fab minutes. Plus Back To Babylon from the same year. BBC live + interviews. Grrreat!
Quality circa 8.5/10
This Is Blues - Music Documentary
Three hours of rare blues live footage and documentary from the Mississippi Delta to Chicago to Rock'n'Roll and beyond
Quality: 7.5/10
Rare footage and much black social history, put together 30 years ago from various vhs sources. Includes Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louis Jordan, Chuck Berry, Big Joe Williams, Johnie Lewis, Willie Dixon, Junior Wells, Alan Lomax, JB Hutto, Paul Oliver, Blind John Davis, Fred McDowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Leadbelly, Lester Young, Billie Holiday and others
Three For All - 1975
A bonkers and badly mimed 70's pop group go on tour to Spain with their girlfriends in hot pursuit and hot-pants. Unrealistic throwaway nostalgic fun
Quality: 9/10
Stars: Adrienne Posta, Lesley North, Cheryl Hall, Graham Bonnet, Paul Nicholas, Richard Beckinsale, Showaddywaddy, Robert Lindsay