Band/artist documentaries.


These types of films may not be for everyone, but I’ve been on a viewing kick recently and encourage your recommendations for all to enjoy. It’s been interesting to see the stories of the various subjects and get some great insights, stories, and entertaining anecdotes firsthand. Listed below are a few I’ve seen and can recommend. Please follow suit with yours - and enjoy!

Music from the inside out

The Last Waltz (of course)

Lost Angel (Judee Sill)

Sound City

Neil Young - Journeys

David Crosby - Remember my name

Linda Ronstadt - The sound of my voice

Rumble

Once Were Brothers (The Band)

Muscle Shoals

The Wrecking Crew

Standing in the Shadows of Motown

Seymour: An Introduction

YMMV, but having a full blown home theater set up with a 9 foot projection screen sure does enhance the experience...

 

 

mp5viking

 

@yogiboy: Speaking of mono Everly Brothers albums, when the brothers moved from Cadence Records to Warner Brothers, they rerecorded all their hit songs in stereo (the Cadence recordings were monaural), and Warners released those recordings on an album entitled The Very Best Of The Everly Brothers (WB catalog no. WS1554). That was the first album of theirs I acquired, in 1969. The fidelity of those recordings is fantastic! The front cover of the LP is emblazed with the proclamation "NEWLY RECORDED."

In the 1980’s I crossed paths with Rhino Records reissue engineer Bill Inglot in the Rhino storefront in Westwood Village. By that time I had numerous Everly Brothers albums that had been reissued by both Rhino and Ace, and found the Ace versions somewhat superior to the Rhino’s. I asked Bill if he had heard the Ace LP’s (and told him I thought the Ace sounded better than the Rhinos he had mastered. How rude!). He replied he had, and agreed with me about the Ace LP’s sounding better than the Rhinos. He attributed that superiority to the better electronic mastering chain Ace had in relation to that of Rhino.

 

@immatthewj 

@bdp24 

Another musician, of Beatle fame, George Harrison damaged his vocal cords with cocaine during his 1974 tour. I saw him at Nassau Coliseum, and I remember by the end of the show his intonation was non-existent and he was shouting the lyrics to "What is Life." And if I remember correctly, in Martin Scorcese's "All Things Must Pass", they mention the amount of coke George consumed on tour.

@immatthewj -

Thanks for the clips. Going forward, I don’t think I will be able to watch Stevie Nicks sing without focusing on her nose. LOL.

Has anyone watched "Pop Go the 60's"? It's on youtube. Matt Williamson does pretty forward, decently researched features/segments on bands from that era.

https://www.popgoesthe60s.com/

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Wrecking Crew is a terrific documentary. This is one of my favorite parts-Tommy Tedesco ("the King of session guitarists").

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVnW6SeOl4