Prism Films
Publisher
Smokin'
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Documentary film reviewing the partnership, music, and impact of Lennon and McCartney as composers, from the day they met in 1957 until the release of the Rubber soul album at the end of 1965. With contributions by Robert Christgau, Maureen Cleave, Anthony DeCurtis, Peter Doggett, Chris Ingham, Barry Miles, Allan Moore, Johnny Rogan, Steve Turner, Klaus Voormann, and Nigel Williamson.
Publisher
Pride
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This documentary film, clocking in at over 3 hours, traces the entire history of New York's punk movement; the VU years, the Warhol influence, the Dolls reign, and the handover of power to the bands who, despite their differences in sound, shared the sensibilities and attitude introduced to the city's musical landscape by Warhol and the Velvets a decade before. These were the groups and musicians who claimed the lower east side of the city as their...
Publisher
Smokin'
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
By 1966, the Beatles were at a critical point in their career. Having toured constantly since their formation, the group's two central composers had reached a level of sophistication and studio advancement that precluded their latest songs from being performed in a live setting, and indeed on their final tour than summer, they failed to play a single cut from their most recent record, Revolver. This film re-appraises and re-documents the compositions...
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Documents the life and work of rock guitarist Duane Allman. Includes contributions from engineers and producers the Albert Brothers, who forged the Allman Brothers and the Derek & the Dominos sound; Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section founding members David Hood and Jimmy Johnson; Paul Hornsby and Pete Carr, former members of the Hour Glass; Willie Perkins, Allman Brothers road manager, 1970-1975; Allman biographers Randy Poe and Scott Freeman; E.J. Devokaitis,...
Publisher
Pride
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The definitive Stevie Nicks story, featuring rare footage, archive interviews, and more. For over four decades she has been responsible for composing some of the best loved and most joyous contemporary songs ever written, as this documentary film recounts.
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Reviews the career and music of Kraftwerk, from their inception in the late 1960s (as pre-Kraftwerk ensemble Organisation), through their most celebrated period in the mid-1970s, and culminating with their resurgence during the 1980s with the popularity of synth-pop and techno. Presents a fascinating story previously untold in film.
Publisher
Pride
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Arguably the most iconic, challenging and creative solo female performer of the rock age, Patti Smith, having clocked up a musical career now exceeding 40 years, has intrigued and delighted almost every music fan who has taken the time to listen to her albums. And while the girl from Chicago - via NYC - continues to record new material alongside her career as a much respected author, it cannot be denied that it was the music she created from the...
Publisher
Sexy Intellectual
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"In 1968, under a haze of publicity, The Beatles opened their collective door to all manner of musicians, writers, artists, film-makers, inventors, designers, freaks and more than a fair share of opportunist sharks. But, despite a hefty investment, little of substance was forthcoming from these assorted misfits outside of the music that emerged from one division of the potential empire; Apple Records. Even discounting those Apple platters that featured...
Publisher
Pride DVD
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This documentary film presents how Prince's mid-1990s feud with his record label led him to win control of his masters and his release schedule, as well as Prince's then-revolutionary music marketing concepts using the World Wide Web for sales and distribution.
Publisher
Pride DVD
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Although it can be difficult to detect the influences in the work of Leonard Cohen, he was informed by a far-reaching list of musicians, writers, poets and philosophies. In Leonard Cohen's Lonesome Heroes, the scope and detail of his artistic inspirations are put under the microscope. Cohen's first love was poetry and in the works of fellow Canadian Irving Layton, and the Spanish bard Federico Garcia Lorca, he found the words that moved him to create...
Publisher
The Collector's Forum
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Collection of two programs on the Beatles. Lennon & McCartney, 1966-1970 reviews the partnership, music, and impact of John Lennon and Paul McCartney as composers during this period. From the first bars of Eleanor Rigby to the closing Abbey Road song cycle, the film shows how and why they barely put a step wrong while making the most joyous music the world had ever witnessed. Strange Fruit tells the story of Apple Records, one division of the potential...