Casey Kasem's Rock n' Roll Goldmine - The British Invasion
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Actor: Gerry and the Pacemakers, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, The Kinks, The YardbirdsBrand: Kultur
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 42 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-27
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Standing Room Only
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DVD Review: Will be of interest to only the most die hard fans of sixties music...
Summary: 3 Stars
The video quality of this production is excellent; however, the original quality of the subject matter is primitive. Most of this stuff is in black and white. Only the Hollies and the Yardbirds cuts are in color, and the Hollies' cut is very grainy, for lack of a better word. The Yardbirds here are the "Little Games" Version. Keith Relf lip syncs "Heart Full of Soul" with Jimmy Page finger-syncing Jeff Beck's guitar work. The end result is that it looks phony.
Biggest disappointment of this dvd: The Kinks live performance of "You really got me". The video is mostly head shots, and does not show the band at work. Ray Davies' head and face occupies most of the video. It would appear that the whole thing was probably shot with one or maybe two cameras.
Biggest Surprises: The Troggs music video, "Wild Thing". It's creative, and it holds up well. Gerry and the Pacemakers' "How Do You Do It" is also a live performance worth watching, because the camera work is pretty good and it shows that the lead singer was also an exceptionally talented rhythm guitarist.
Most of the other stuff, like songs by the Animals, Joe Cocker and Peter and Gordon are lip-synced. It was difficult to call Procol Harum or Traffic - could be either live or pre-recorded. In particular, the video of Procol Harum was probably shot in existing light and it's too dark to identify some members of the band other than Gary Booker.
My only other criticism is that there were too many needless still shots of historic people, place and things that took place during the the sixties. These still images didn't add anything to the overall product and a good target for the fast-forward button on my remote.
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In the mid 1960?s a wave of British rock groups crossed the Atlantic to rule the charts in America. Ranging from hard rock to bouncy pop, with catchy melodies and ringing guitars, the British Invasion changed the sound of rock and roll forever. Includes full song performances of Delta Lady/ Joe Cocker, You Really Got Me/ The Kinks, He Ain't Heavy/The Hollies, Heart Full of Soul/The Yardbirds, How Do You Do It?/Gerry and the Pacemakers, World Without Love/Peter and Gordon, Mighty Quinn/Manfred Mann, Salty Dog/Procol Harum, Wild Thing/Troggs, 40,000 Headmen/Traffic.The opportunity to check out a handful of rarely seen, actual live performances by some fine British bands is the main appeal of The British Invasion, one of five discs included in the Rock n' Roll Goldmine boxed set. Hosted by Casey Kasem, who provides introductions and trivia, the 40?minute program contains live clips of the Kinks ("You Really Got Me"), Procol Harum ("A Salty Dog," with Robin Trower on guitar), and Traffic (the original Steve Winwood-Chris Wood-Jim Capaldi lineup does a rousing version of "40,000 Headmen") that are just about worth the price of admission by themselves. The pickings are slimmer elsewhere; additional clips, many of them lip-synced, range from curious (it's cool to see Jimmy Page as a member of the Yardbirds, but they're miming to the recording of "Heart Full of Soul," which featured Jeff Beck, not Page, on guitar) to lightweight (like Peter and Gordon's "World Without Love," written by Lennon & McCartney, or Gerry and the Pacemakers' "How Do You Do It," originally recorded but rejected by the Beatles) to merely laughable (the Troggs' "Wild Thing," a dumb classic and an even dumber "video"). --Sam Graham
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