A vintage TV documentary looking at thrill-hungry beatniks.
Tag: Beatles
Champion! Stuart Damon’s Musical Career
The unheralded musical career of the star of The Champions and General Hospital.
No Matter How Great You Think The Beatles Were, You’re Wrong. They Were Even Greater
Why the Fab Four really were fab.
The BBC’s Banned Songs Of The Gulf War
The tunes considered too dangerous and subversive to be played on national radio during Desert Storm.
Paul Is Dead: The Beatles Conspiracy Theory
The oddly endearing and enduring belief that Paul McCartney was killed at the start of 1967 and replaced with a lookalike.
Mellodrama – The Story Of The Mellotron
The story of the temperamental, eccentric and otherworldly music instrument.
Norwegian TV’s Insane, Star-Studded Version Of Let It Be
An unholy collection of famous faces and minor celebrities gather to mangle the Beatles classic for a TV promo.
The Psychedelic Sexual Obsessions Of Wonderwall
This wildly trippy dive into the sexual fantasies of an absent-minded professor feels as far removed from our current cultural and visual obsessions as you could get, and is all the more interesting for it.
The Treacle Toffee World Of Apple Records
A fascinating collection of forgotten psych-pop singles from the late 1960s.