Monday, 16 March 2020 15:05
The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
The Who are captured live at the legendary Isle of Wight festival in 1970
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Sunday, 23 February 2020 15:14
The Life and Times of Music Entrepreneur Robert Stigwood
Robert Stigwood was born in 1934 in Adelaide, South Australia and was educated at Sacred Heart College. He began his career as a copywriter for a local advertising agency but in 1955, aged 21 he moved to England. At first, he took odd jobs including working as an assistant in the institution for "teenage boys" in East Anglia.
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Saturday, 22 June 2019 15:44
The Real Oliver Reed (1999)
Narrated by David Hemmings reveals the contrasts and contradictions in the life of Robert Oliver Reed. Born in Wimbledon in 1938,
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Wednesday, 17 October 2018 13:27
The Story of the Sonny Boy Williamson's on ZANI
John Lee Curtis (Sonny Boy) Williamson was born near Jackson, Tennessee in 1914. He played the harmonica starting with country blues before developing a unique urban blues. Singularly he developed the harmonica as a lead instrument influencing a large number of blues harmonica performers, including Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, and Snooky Pryor among many others.
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Friday, 14 July 2017 16:25
Amazing Journey The Story of The Who
A documentary on The Who, featuring interviews with the band's two surviving members, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey.
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Wednesday, 31 August 2016 15:23
The 38th Anniversary of Filming Quadrophenia – Extract from Simon Well’s Book on the Cult Classic
Fast approaching the 38th anniversary of filming of Quadrophenia, this is an extract from Simon Wells’ book “Quadrophenia: A Way Of Life” recalling the preparation before the first day’s shooting in Brighton on 28th September 1978.
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Sunday, 20 September 2015 14:38
Living Famously Keith Moon
Changing the face of rock drumming, Keith Moon exploded (quite literally) into the drumming world, finally bringing drumming to the forefront of the band. Like his style or not, his crazy antics paved the way for modern rock drumming.
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Sunday, 28 June 2015 14:25
New Year's Eve - Paris - 1968 The Who - The Small Faces and a Few More
Surprise-Partie” was broadcast on French TV on December 31st 1968 from the ORTF Studios in Paris and features The Who, The Small Faces, Booker T and the MGs, The Pink Floyd, The Troggs, The Equals, Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac and French band Les Variations.
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Sunday, 07 June 2015 11:07
Cross Section, The Band from Quadrophenia
When 5 teenagers in 1978 saw an advert in the NME that read“Do you want Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll?” you can imagine what they said!The advert was referring to the movie Quadrophenia, based on The Who’s 1973 studio album of the same name.
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Monday, 24 June 2013 17:59
The Who Quadrophenia Reviewed
© Words Tracey Wilmot
Back in '79 thanks to the movie of the same name Quadrophenia was back on the shelves and broadening the brief mod revival scene as it was peaking. I was a 15 year old mod discovering the album for the first time and as a lone mod girl in a school full of punks and skins, I related to Jimmy's story of the angst of youth, growing up and experiencing heartbreak and disappointment for the first time and the rebellious attitude of youth.
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