Where The Action Is – Volume 01

Great collection of original 1960’s rock and roll TV performances.

“Where The Action Is” was created and produced by Dick Clark and aired on ABC, debuting on June 28, 1965 and ran through to March 31, 1967.  It had a catchy theme song which actually hit the charts performed by Freddy Cannecause of the difficulties of the time in obtaining high quality sound on location, lip synching was sued on the show extensively.  For a lot of years because Mike Nesmith of the Monkees started MTV, the thought was the Monkees TV series created the first original rock video.  “Where The Action Is” actually did some rock video type format stuff before the Monkees premiere.  This was Dick Clark’s first move beyond American Bandstand and never really got that popular, but it did give Dick a new outlet for presenting music besides Bandstand.

Feb. 28, 1966.  San Francisco.
The Everly Brothers: “Cathy’s Clown” and “Lonely Avenue”.
Joe Tex: “A Sweet Woman Like You”.
Paul Revere & The Raiders: “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)”
Keith Allison: “Mr. Tambourine Man”.
Steve Alaimo: “Crying”.

Aug. 16, 1966.  Minneapolis.
Brenda Lee: “Bye Bye Blues” and “I’m Sorry”.
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels: “See See Rider / Jenny Take A Ride” and “Taking’ All I Can Get”.
Keith Allison: “Brown-Eyed Handsome Man”.
Steve Alaimo: “Hold On I’m Coming”

Sep. 26, 1966.  Los Angeles.
The 13th Floor Elevators: “You’re Gonna Miss Me”.
Lee Dorsey: “Ya Ya” and “Working In The Coal Mine”.
Paul Revere and the Raiders “Over and Over”
Keith Allison: “Lonely Weekends”.
Tina Mason: “Hit The Road Jack”.
Audio of The Monkees: “Last Train To Clarksville”.

Oct. 13, 1966.  Los Angeles.
The Left Banke: “Walk Away, Renee”.
The Standells: “Why Pick On Me”.
Bob Lind: “San Francisco Woman”.
Tina Mason: “Sunshine and Lollipops”.
Keith Allison: “Black is Black”.
Paul Revere and the Raiders: “Hallelujay, I Love Her So”.

plus includes bonus movie trailers and 1960’s newsreels!

Video Quality:  The quality of this title is below our normal standards, only fair quality, about a 7.5. It has been included due to it’s rarity and demand from our customers for it.

Running Length:  120 minutes.

Disc Format:  1 NTSC DVD-R disc.