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rock music videos of the sixties 1 (introduction)

October 22, 2019August 7, 2014
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WAY BACK ON JULY 31, 2014, Bill To­belman of Good Humor Smile fame (if not for­tune) posted a link to a pro­mo­tional video that the Troggs had made for their single Love Is All Around in 1966 on his Face­book page. [Continue reading]

Categories 60s Rock & Roll Tags Elvis Presley, music video, Scopitone

a whiter shade of pale in some spectacular ruins

October 22, 2019August 3, 2014
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PROCOL HARUM MADE A VIDEO of their world­wide hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale in 1967. It was shot in some spec­tac­ular ruins in Witley Court in Worces­ter­shire, Eng­land, once one of the great houses of the Mid­lands, but by then a spec­tac­ular ruin dev­as­tated by fire thirty years ear­lier. [Continue reading]

Categories 60s Rock & Roll Tags music video, psychedelia, Scopitone

let’s all hully gully with pussycat a go-go!

October 22, 2019August 3, 2014
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SCOPITONE IS A TYPE OF JUKEBOX fea­turing a mu­sical and vi­sual per­for­mance on 16-millimeter film. The first Sco­pi­tone films were made in France by Cameca, among them was Serge Gains­bourg’s Le Poinçon­neur Des Lilas filmed in 1958. [Continue reading]

Categories 60s Rock & Roll Tags music video, Scopitone

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