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The inspiration for the series was a conversation in New York in 1974 between leading Brtish arts filmmaker Tony Palmer and his friend John Lennon. Lennon felt that no one had yet fully documented the history of America’s popular music on film. He suggested that Palmer should create a series of films that remedied this. Lennon also suggested the series title.
Palmer shot the films 1975-1976. The films were shown on TV through much of the world in 1977-1978. However very few US TV stations ever screened the series -- and the films have not been seen anywhere in the US since 1980 -- and have never been shown theatrically in the USA. Until now.
From Participants In The Film Series
John Lennon: "A mighty achievement. Thank you."
Bing Crosby: "Magnificent… The editing is truly outstanding. A priceless archive"
Pete Seeger: "Its colossal emotional, intellectual and historical range is breathtaking"
From Media Reviews of The Film Series
"The musical content is superb, with enough highlights to fill any schedule." - New York Times
"A highly intelligent and sensitive survey of a very complicated story." - Chicago Daily News
"This is a highly intelligent and sensitive survey; educated and displaying a vast knowledge and respect for the subject." - San Francisco Examiner
"Splendid and great fun. A wonderful survey of American mass music." - Houston Chronicle
"The whole series overflows with fascinating anecdotes. All in all, it is comprehensive and masterly." - San Diego Union
"A stunning triumph. One of the finest television offerings of this or any year. It is entertaining, exhaustive, informative and, regardless of age or musical preference, utterly captivating." - Ottawa Citizen
"A brilliant and authoritative historical study." - New York Library Journal
"A whale of a series piled high with information." - Massachusetts News-Tribune
"An illuminating, bracingly prejudiced survey of the whole pop phenomenon, which is bound to please all but the irredeemably tone-deaf."- Cosmopolitan
"The descriptive passages are of the highest quality. This is outstandingly good." - The Economist
"Visually rich as mass entertainment. Loaded with great musical personalities, its appeal should transcend most frontiers." - Variety
"Just brilliant." - Screen International
"It displays everything that is best in informative and entertaining television." - The Times (UK)
"A brilliant exposition, told in a magisterial style." - The Sunday Times (UK)
"As provocative and entertaining a work of art as you are ever likely to find." - The Guardian (UK)
"It has winner stamped all over it. A beautifully assembled work of popular scholarship. A firework display. Unique." - Daily Mail (UK)
"Absolutely fascinating films. Incredible energy, which augured well even if you had never bought a pop record in your life." - Daily Express (UK)
"These films will quite rightly attract a massive audience. They are scholarly and one of the most comprehensive surveys of popular music yet to appear." - London Evening Standard (UK)
"An illuminating, bracingly prejudiced survey of the whole pop phenomenon, which is bound to please all but the irredeemably tone-deaf."- Cosmopolitan
"The first well-planned, thoroughly opinionated, non-nutty history of the people’s music in the people’s century, infuriating, stimulating, long overdue and hugely welcome." - The Listener (UK)
"Just sensational." - Sunday Telegraph (UK)
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