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Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
4 blu-rays (600 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Soundies has been called the music videos of the 1940s, but that doesn't begin to describe their cultural importance. It's true that they feature a remarkable range of talent, from big-band luminaries like Duke Ellington and Count Basie to then-emerging stars like Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, and lesser-known artists of the American nightclub circuit. But Soundies are also a rich, largely overlooked chronicle of American popular culture during...
4) Elvis
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet.
Description
Elvis Presley's life is traced from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom, and then to his triumphant return to Las Vegas in 1969.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (199 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A television newswoman discovers that the leader of a 1960s rock band, Eddie Wilson, may still be alive; a construction worker joins a band and turns out to be the long-lost 1960s rock star, Eddie Wilson.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
It's a madcap bluegrass chase through Fairytale Village as paperboy Tyrone meets his hungry new customers. Inspector Austin of the Paris Police must find Pablo among the quirky passengers aboard the Orient Express. Berlin cabaret plays as Tasha tries to photograph the big news. Garage-band music blasts as Uniqua and Pablo go to Pirate Camp to train under Captain Austin.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An inside look at The Elephant 6 Recording Co., the '90s rock collective that launched Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Apples in Stereo, and other bands. Around 1985, a group of Louisiana high schoolers began experimenting with whatever random instruments and gear they could find. Influenced by psychedelia, and with little to distract them, they birthed a musical revolution.
10) Quantum criminals: ramblers, wild gamblers, and other sole survivors from the songs of Steely Dan
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Steely Dan was a somewhat unusual band that still inspires unusually strong devotion in its fans. Formed in the late '60s in New York, they released seven albums between 1971 and 1981, two of which were nominated for a Grammy. Part of what's unusual about them is that each of those albums was made by a different group of musicians--founding members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen had no issues swapping players from record to record in order to get...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, this definitive oral history celebrates not only the impact of The Velvet Underground but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen-whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s-The Velvet Underground...
Author
Publisher
Dey St. an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 580 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
"Malcolm Evans, the Beatles long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the bands inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved 'boys.' He was there for the whole of the groups remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations (black and white, some color) , photographs, portraits ; 30 cm
Description
Paul McCartney recalls the pandemonium of British concert halls, followed by the hysteria that greeted the band on its first American visit. Candid recollections preceding each city portfolio that form an autobiographical account of the period McCartney remembers as the "Eyes of the Storm," plus a coda with subsequent events in 1964.
15) Pirate radio
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray Disc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A rogue band of DJs captivate Britain in the 1960s. The music they play defines a generation and the DJs stand up to a government that, incomprehensibly, preferred jazz. The Count is a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin is the boss of Radio Rock. Radio rock is a pirate radio station situated in the middle of the North Atlantic that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs that include: Gavin, the greatest DJ in Britain who...
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