2:38 PM GMT 21/04/2008
All You Need Is Love, Tony Palmer's huge 17-part series charting the last century of popular music, was originally broadcast on prime-time TV in the mid-'70s. Happily, it's now made its way onto DVD.
Episodes are dedicated to Ragtime, Blues, Jazz, Vaudeville, Swing, Tin Pan Alley, The Musical, Country Music, and contemporary rock music. The list of interviewees is endless - 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, Benny Goodman, Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Phil Spector, Bill Monroe, Bill Graham, Bill Wyman, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton and many, many more are all included.
All You Need Is Love will be shown in its entirety at the NFT on London’s South Bank across the May Day Bank Holiday weekend. For more information, click HERE. And for MOJO's official verdict, be sure to pick up a copy of our new issue - on sale April 30!
To come within touching distance of this mammoth DVD set, mail Editor@mojo4music.com before May 12, 2008, with the answer to the following question…
Who founded the infamous Sun Records?
a) Ahmet Ertegun
b) Sam Phillips
c) Elvis Presley
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