Tony Palmer's
All 17 episodes finally available on 5-DVD Box Set
"Palmer's brilliant exposition has reconciled, drawn together the
multifarious strands of the world's most fascinating music in a way
never before attempted so comprehensively ... with magisterial
clarity. It's simply the best thing yet on the subject and long
overdue. Magnificent."
- SUNDAY TIMES (LONDON)
In the early part of the 21st century the music industry earns
literally billions of dollars; its influences stretch beyond merely
musical art forms and are now an integral part of many different media
including Film, Television and now the new Digital and Internet
industry.
In the mid-70s, at the suggestion of John Lennon, the celebrated
journalist and film director Tony Palmer decided to do***ent the
"Story of Popular Music" and set about interviewing and filming all
the major players in the industry at that time, past and present. Even
in the mid-70s this was seen as a monumental task, but despite the
scale of the undertaking, Tony Palmer made a series of films that set
the standard to which all subsequent biographers and do***entary
makers aspired to.
The critically acclaimed All You Need Is Love was broadcast across the
world between 1976 and 1981. But since that time, it has neither been
repeated nor commercially released on either video or DVD
Now available for the first time, All you Need Is Love makes its DVD
debut as a lavish boxed set which contains all 17 episodes of the
series on 5 discs. Contained within those discs IS the 'Story of
Popular Music', encompassing Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Vaudeville, The
Musical, Folk, Swing, Country and Western, Rock 'n' Roll and beyond,
and includes interviews with some of the major names of the past 50+
years including John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee
Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, Stephen Sondheim, Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby,
Mike Oldfield, The Beach Boys, Tina Turner, Sam Phillips, Dave
Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Richard Rodgers, Roy Rogers, Bo Diddley,
Muddy Waters, Phil Spector, Bill Monroe, Bill Graham, Bill Wyman,
Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton and many many more. It has frequently been
described as the "definitive music do***entary", and is regarded just
as highly today as 'cult viewing' as it was over 30 years ago when it
was first broadcast.
"Visually rich as mass entertainment ... its appeal should transcend
most frontiers ... loaded with musical personalities." -
VARIETY
"Scholarly ... one of the most comprehensive volumes to appear on
pop.., the shows will attract a massive audience." -
EVENING STANDARD (LONDON)
Ordering, Information on Individual Episodes, Trailer and more:
http://www.allyouneedislovedvd.com
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