Beach Ball 1965U.S. film.  Great quality.  4:3 aspect ratio.  “Surf ridin’, skin divin’, sky jumpin’, drag racin’, beach bashin’ boys and their bikini beauties… in a blast of beach brawl!”  Three aspiring rockers in a group called, “The Wigglers,” attempt to raise enough money to get their instruments out of hock.  Very cool Long Beach, […]

Beach Ball 1965U.S. film.  Great quality.  4:3 aspect ratio.  “Surf ridin’, skin divin’, sky jumpin’, drag racin’, beach bashin’ boys and their bikini beauties… in a blast of beach brawl!”  Three aspiring rockers in a group called, “The Wigglers,” attempt to raise enough money to get their instruments out of hock.  Very cool Long Beach, […]

1982 U.K. documentary.  Fantastic early ’60s footage of Phil Spector writing songs in his mansion and rehearsing The Blossoms in the studio.  Rare and interesting insight into Phil’s eccentric personality through interviews with Ehmet Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Jeff Barry, Mike Stoller, Jeff Barry, Lester Sill, Sonny Bono, Bumps Blackwell, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector, […]

The Sound Is Now 1968This is the pilot episode of a “Music Controversy TV Series” that centers on musical artists (who represent the “now” generation) performing their songs while the song’s lyrics are shown as subtitles.  After the performance the artists is then faced with a representative of the “establishment” who “tells it like it […]