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Σάββατο 11 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010

It's So Far Out It's Straight Down (1967) Swingin' London '67

It's So Far Out It's Straight Down [1967]

A look at embryonic counter culture capers in swinging London 1967

The fledgling hippie scene in London, featuring The Indica Art Gallery, The International Times (IT), The It Girl, UFO Club, Paul McCartney, Allen Ginsberg, Syd Barrett with Pink Floyd, and more.

On January 18th, 1967, a few weeks into the Sgt. Pepper sessions, Freddie Prinze - er, I'm sorry, Paul McCartney sat down for a filmed interview to discuss the burgeoning psychedelic scene for the benefit of Granada TV's viewers. Excerpts of the interview were used in the Scene Special documentary "It's So Far Out, It's Straight Down", aired March 7th.

ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW:

This conversation with Paul McCartney was originally broadcast on British television as part of the program 'So Far Out It's Straight Down,' which dealt with the topic of the changing attitudes of the late-Sixties, and London's underground movement: namely the Indica Bookshop and International Times. Paul's interview with Jo Durden-Smith was filmed by Granada Television on January 18th 1967, The program was telecast on March 7th. ( listen the interview.)
McCartney's interview was split up into 3 separate segments which were interspersed throughout the program. (listen the interview)

- Jay Spangler, http://www.beatlesinterviews.org/

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It's So Far Out It's Straight Down 1967 Allen Ginsberg,Protests in London,The UFO Club,

A teenage girl group from LA,consisting of sisters,Carol & Terry Fischer and friend Sally Gordon,they were one hit wonders in 1963 with "Popsicles And Icicles" This is their last 45 from 1968,an exemplary cover of Traffic's first single.

They were royally ripped off by the good old music industry, but despite it all they reformed and are still gigging.Okay they are from LA but this track is so synonymous with swinging London that I thought this confetti of clips of London from 1967 fitted the song,enjoy ! (from Vimeo User Brian Jones)

Granny takes a trip

Gary | Myspace Video
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A look at the ever changing Granny takes a trip boutique,set to the purple gang's transatlantic 45'rpm of the same name, enjoy!

Swinging London 1967 @ The Purple Gang Granny takes a trip @

A great song,a great group,and a great shop,enjoy !

A charming clip of Andrew Loog Oldham's discovery Vashti Bunyan

(AKA Vashti Bunyan) looking sultry as she mimes her way through 'I want to be alone' the b side of her Jagger/Richard composed flop 'some things just stick in your mind' for US TV,enjoy!

Info Links :

Counter culture
Swinging London
The underground press in the UK
The International Times (it or IT)
OZ magazine (archived site
"Miles" (Barry Miles)
Tonite Lets All Make Love in London.
The Indica Art Gallery
The UFO Club
John Hopkins (political activist)
Joe Boyd
Mick Farren
The Deviants
International Love-In Festival Alexandra Palace London.7-29-67
14 Hour Technicolour Dream
Allen Ginsberg
Peter Whitehead (filmmaker)
Radio Caroline
John Peel

BBC Radio 1
UK Underground (British subculture)
London Underground
Swinging Radio England
Ladbroke Grove 1967
Hipster (1940s subculture)
Hippie
The Beat Generation
The Beat Scene
The Freak scene

Kosmische musik KrauRock

Krautrock

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

Hermann Hesse

Δευτέρα 6 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010

International-Love-In Alexandra Palace 1967 (Documentary Tonite Lets All Make Love in London.A Film By Peter WhiteHead)

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Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967) from Will Andrade on Vimeo.

This documentary has hard-coded Japanese subtitles but given its relative rarity and counter-cultural importance coupled with the fact this is the only source I can currently find I decided to go ahead and post it. If anyone has access to a non-subtitled version please get in touch***

Depending on which face the English counter-cultural occultural magus Peter Whitehead decides to show you, he can be a seminal film maker; one of the world's leading falcon expert and procurer; a novelist with over twelve books under his belt (some can be read on-line at his website); alleged British intelligence operative (which of course he denies) and a pop video pioneer (having made very early videos for Marianne Faithful and the Rolling Stones).

Shot in the mid-sixties, 'Tonite Let's All Make Love In London' is a 1967documentary that captures the various themes personalities and music of an emerging psychedelic counter-cultural London. Featuring the sounds of early Pink Floyd The Animals and the Rolling Stones the film is interlaced with interviews with such sixties icons as Julie Christie David Hockney Mick Jagger and Andrew Loog Oldham as well as archive footage of the 1965 Albert Hall poetry reading (which Peter Whitehead released as the short documentary Wholly Communion posted elsewhere on my channel) and the 1967 gig and happening called The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream (held at Alexandra Palace as a fundraiser for the underground paper International Times which featured a number of bands and artists with a legendary performance from an early Pink Floyd released as the short documentary Pink Floyd London 66/67).

These two events are considered the ground zero of sixties UK psychedelic counter-culture and Peter Whitehead captured both events on film. The documentary also features cameo appearances from John Lennon and Yoko Ono (before they met) and incongruously Lee Marvin. Of course some of the scenes seem terribly dated (such as the interview with a swinging London dollybird which in these days of hyper-sexuality and slut walks seems almost quaint) and yet it reminds us of a time when thinking was not considered suspect and pop stars and film stars had more to say than simply "buy me".

There are so many classic moments in this film but my favourite moment has to be a young Vanessa Redgrave, dressed in rather fetching Cuban revolutionary chic at a political rally in the Albert Hall and haltingly singing the most famous Cuban song of them all 'Guantanamera'; the word poignant is made for these rare occasions when something entirely of the moment and yet simultaneously timeless is captured on film (to see her ingratiatingly bowing to British Royalty at a 2008 awards ceremony makes me wonder if I am missing something crucial).(jackamo23 /4 Jan.2012 )

IMDb reference:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062379/

Good review of the film here:

http://s120937152.websitehome.co.uk/pw/html/tonitefilm.html

Excellent interview with Peter Whitehead:

http://s120937152.websitehome.co.uk/pw/html/interviewpaul.html

Short 1993 on-line interview with Peter Whitehead discussing this film and the context in which it was made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MboaeUtB3oA

In 2007 the British Film Institute released a double DVD retrospective featuring various films and interviews. An excellent review of the DVD by novelist, critic, counter-cultural provocateur and former intellectual boot-boy Stewart Home can be found on his website:

http://www.stewarthomesociety.org/film/whitehead.htm

As of January 2012 Amazon are offering the DVD for the princely sum of £7:99 including postage and packing:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-Whitehead-Sixties-DVD/dp/B000V0NHLI

alternative link :

Watch Tonite lets all make love in London (1967) in News | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Pink Floyd : Interstellar Overdrive 1967 Alternative Link 1 Link 2

On 28 April 1967, a benefit event took place at the palace. "The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream", organised by the "International Times", demonstrated the importance of the quickly developing UK Underground scene. Although "underground" venues such as the UFO Club were hosting counter-cultural bands, this was certainly the biggest indoor event at the time. Performers included headlining act Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things, Savoy Brown, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Soft Machine, The Move ,Sam Gopal's Dream (featuring Sam Gopal, Mick Hutchinson and Pete Sears).

International-Love-In Alexandra Palace 1967

The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream

Tonite Lets All Make Love in London.

The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream,29th April 1967

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (IMDb)

Soundtrack albums' track listings

Enjoy! The Tracks @ Enjoy the Film @ Enjoy the A 14hr Technicolor Dream dvd

Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London (1967) Movie Online
Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different “movements,” each depicting a different theme underscored by music: A early version of Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive” plays behind some arty nightclub scenes, while Chris Farlowe’s rendition of the Rolling Stones’ “Out of Time” accompanies a young woman’s description of London nightlife and the vacuousness of her own existence. In another segment, the Marquess of Kensington (Robert Wace) croons the nostalgic “Changing of the Guard” to shots of Buckingham Palace’s changing of the guard, and recording act Vashti are seen at work in the studio. Sandwiched between are clips of Mick Jagger (discussing revolution), Andrew Loog Oldham (discussing his future) – and Julie Christie, Michael Caine, Lee Marvin, and novelist Edna O’Brien (each discussing sex). The best part is footage of the riot that interrupted the Stones’ 1966 Royal Albert Hall concert

Features footage from the 14 Hour Technicolour Dream with musical accompaniment from Tomorrow

"Love In Festival" - Alexandra Palace, 29-07-1967 London

Technicolor Dream (Trailer)

The Flies at the '14 Hour Technicolour Dream'

Man Alive, 14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Part 1

Man Alive, 14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Part 2

Man Alive, 14 Hour Technicolour Dream - Part 3

Eric Burdon & The Animals (Live, 1967)

John Lennon 14 Hour Technicolour Dream

Soft Machine Live at UFO in 1967

PINK FLOYD UFO CLUB FEB '67 Nice Res. video

Pretty Things - LSD

Miles - The International Times - 1967 Interview London

London Scenes 1967 Promo

Tomorrow - 1967 My white Bicycle

The Syn - 14 hour technicolour dream

John's Children - at The 14 Hour Technicolour Dream!

Four + One (1966) - Pre-Tomorrow - Keith West

Sam Gopal - Sky Is Burning (1969), Pre-Motorhead!

Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967) John Lennon 1

Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967) John Lennon 2

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Screenshots from the film Tonite Let's All Make Love In London , Pete Whitehead.

Pink Floyd : Interstellar Overdrive & Nick's Boogie.

studio session 11 & 12 january 1967.

screenshots from concert at the UFO Club for 14 hour Techinicolour Dream

(Alexandra Palace April 1967).

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TONIGHT LET'S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON 1967
FLOYD/STONES/ANIMALS
among others

Κυριακή 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2010

Love In Elysian Park , L.A 1967 - Eastern Sunday 1967 (Documentary 20 min.).

''God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance (1968)''
Flower Films 1967 By Les Blank.

Hippies and flower children dance and create rituals at the historic Los Angeles "Love-In" of Easter Sunday, 1967. This '60s classic documents a once-in a lifetime phenomenon, preserving all the fashions, energy and idealism of the first "alternative lifestyles." Psychedelic special effects! 20 minutes.

"An original rock music score accentuates this film panorama of the action and more meditative moments occurring at Los Angeles' memorable 1967 Easter Sunday Love-In''.

LA Love In 1967 Elysian Park Love In
Los Angeles First LOVE-IN - Eastern Sunday 1967 (Documentary 20 min.).
(from Beyond the beat generation - http://tv.beyondthebeatgeneration.com/btbg)
The first Los Angeles Love-in was held to celebrate the Vernal Equinox and to meld the community in an everlasting embrace of fellowship and love.
L.A. felt the love of the summer of '67 too

Here's Rare pictures from Elysian Park Love-In Easter 1967
Los Angeles Love-in 1967
UCLA Library (Los Angeles Times)
Easter Sunday Love-In
Alter Info
Les Blank From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Enjoy!

1967 Hippies and Love-in , Los Angeles Photography of Waldo Nilo
Love- in 1967 -a collection of never seen before photographs of hippies 1967 in Los Angeles.
Taken by master photographer Waldo Nilo.

Chet Helms (The Family Dog Avallon Balroom,Carousell Ballroom,Fillmore Auditorium 1965~ 1967 ,pre Bill Graham's Fillmore West ,San Francisco ,CA.),introduces The Miller Blues Band.

A BBC Reporter uncovers the underground Hippie Culture in Los Angeles during a "Love In" featuring music by The Miller Blues Band (Steve Miller Band).

Flower Power Hippie Movement !!
"White Bird" by The Incredible String Band.

This is an old compilation video showing vintage footage from the summer of 1967 in the days just before the tides turned on the youth and hippie movement.

Great look at the scene and feeling of the time, set to era music with both video and still, even some old "super-8" film in the mix.

Great rare stuff!