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.
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)
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)
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!
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 )
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:
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
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Debtocracy: Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για την κρίση
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