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| TITLE | YEAR | MUSICAL STARS | VIDEO | SOUND
TRACK |
PRODUCTION
COMPANY |
DIRECTOR | SONGS BY |
| Let it Be | 1970 | The Beatles
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DVD:
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CD:
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Apple/CBS | Michael Lindsay- Hogg | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison |
| One More Time | 1970 | Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford | Sammy Davis Jr. sings: One More Time/Where Do I Go From Here?/When The Feeling Hits You | UA/Chrislaw/ Tracemark | Jerry Lewis | Sammy Davis, Les Reed, Jackie Rae | |
| Scrooge
Stage (Birmingham 1992/London 1996) |
1970 | Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Paddy Stone |
DVD:
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LP Col S-30258
Songs: The Beautiful Day;A Christmas Carol; I Hate People;Happiness; Thank You Very Much; Christmas Children; Farver Chris'mas; See the Phantoms; You...You... ; I Like Life; December the 25th ; I'll Begin Again CD (Stage production)
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Cinema Center/ Waterbury | Ronald Neame | Leslie Bricusse (m/l) |
| Toomorrow
Tag: Launch out on a musical cosmic trip with the new 'Toomorrow' |
1970 | Olivia Newton-John, Ben Thomas, Vic Cooper, Karl Chambers, Roy Dotrice, Stuart Henry, 'Sam Apple Pie' | Songs: You're my Baby Now, Toomorrow; Taking Our Own Sweet Time; Happiness Valley; I Wanna Go Back; If You Can't Be Hurt, You Can't Be Happy | ?LP? | Lowndes Prods./Sweet Music/Rank | Val Guest | Mark Barkan, Ritchie Adams (m/l)
Hugo Montenegro (score) |
| And Now For Something Completely Different | 1971 | John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle | DVD:
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Features: The Lumberjack Song; Spam Song On CD: 'Monty Python Sings' |
Kettledrum/ Python/Columbia | Ian Macnaughton | |
| The Boy Friend
Composer: Sandy Wilson Stage (London/NY 1954) |
1971 | Twiggy Christopher
Gable, Tommy Tune, Antonia Ellis
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VHS:
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LP:EMI (UK)/ MGM 1SE-32ST
(USA)
Overture The Boy Friend /Perfect Young Ladies/I Could Be Happy With You/Fancy Forgetting/Sur La Plage / You Are My Lucky Star/It's Never Too Late To Fall In Love/Won't You Charleston With Me?/ The You-Don't- Want-To-Play-With- Me-Blues /A Room In Bloomsbury/ It's Nicer In Nice/All I Do Is Dream Of You/ Safety In Numbers/Poor Little Pierrette/At The Riviera-The Boy Friend CD:Soundtrack not currently available. I recommend the Classic Broadway OCR from 1954, features the NY debut of Julie Andrews:
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MGM/Russflix | Ken Russell | Sandy Wilson Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed (Arranged by Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter Greenwell, Ian Whittaker) |
| Fiddler on the Roof (70mm)
(Filmed in UK)
Stage (NY/ London 1967) |
1971 | Topol
Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Molly Picon |
Special Edition DVD:
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CD with extra tracks:
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UA/Mirisch Filmed at Pinewood Studios |
Norman Jewison | Jerry Bock(m) Sheldon Harnick(l) |
| The Pied Piper | 1971 | Donovan, Diana Dors |
CD: Donovan
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David Puttnam/ Scotia-Barber | Jacques Demy | Donovan
Scoring: Kenny Clayton |
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| Tales of Beatrix Potter
(Dance film) |
1971 | Frederick Ashton, Leslie Collier, Wayne Sleep and the company of the Royal Ballet |
DVD:
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GW Films/EMI | Reginald Mills | John Lachberry | |
| Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland | 1972 | Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford | DVD/VHS:
check availability |
LP Warner BS-2671 | 20th Century Fox/Joseph Shaftel | William Sterling | John Barry(m) Don Black(l) |
| The Best Pair of Legs in the Business | 1972 | Reg Varney | Reg Varney: Strollin'; Home Town;Tickle my Fancy; I do like to be beside the seaside; Virgin Queen | ||||
| Cabaret
Stage (NY/ London 1968)
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1972 | Lisa Minnelli, Joel Grey | Special Edition DVD :
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CD:
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American Broadcasting /Allied Artists
(Made in UK Studio: Shepperton) |
Bob Fosse | John Kander(m) Fred Ebb(l) |
| I Am A Dancer
(UK/France) |
1972 | Ballet Documentary with Rudolph Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn |
VHS:
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ORTF/ Demitriou/EMI | Pierre Jourdin | ||
|
Showcase (Short) |
1972 |
A musical revue with Ronnie Hilton The Southerners |
Global/ Queensway /Butchers | Arnold Louis Miller | |||
| O Lucky Man | 1973 | Alan Price |
VHS:
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Alan Price sings: Changes; Justice;
Look over Your Shoulder; My Home Town; O Lucky Man; Poor People; Sell
Sell
LP: Warner CD:
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Memorial/Sam /Warner | Lindsay Anderson | Alan Price |
| The Optimists of Nine Elms
(US:The Optimists) |
1973 | Peter Sellers |
LP: Paramount PAS-1015 Song by Lionel Bart |
Cheetah/ Sagittarius/ British Lion | Anthony Simmons | Lionel Bart
(m/l) |
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| Take Me High | 1973 | Cliff Richard, Debbie Watling, Anthony Andrews | Available on VHS in UK | Songs:Anti-Brotherhood of Man; Brumberger Duet;
Driving; The Game; It's only Money; Join the Band; Life; Midnight Blue;
Take Me High; Why?; Winning; The Word is Love
LP: EMI EMC-3016 Songs on CD 'Cliff at the Movies 1959-1974'
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EMI | David Askey | Tony Cole |
| That'll Be The Day
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1973 | David Essex Ringo Starr, Billy Fury Keith Moon |
DVD:
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LP Ronco MR-2002-3
Billy Fury sings: No Other Love Like Yours/ Long Live Rock/The Stars in the Skies/ That's All Right/What´d I Say /Get Youself Together David Essex: Rock On Eugene Wallace:Slow Down |
Goodtimes/EMI | Claude Whatham | Neil Aspinall, Keith Moon |
| Mahler | 1974 | Composer Biopic with Robert Powell | DVD:
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CDs: see classical music on Amazon | Goodtimes Enterprises/VPS | Ken Russell | Music of Gustav Mahler |
| Pianorama (Short) | 1974 | Christopher Gable, Una Stubbs | Tara/MGM/EMI | Richard Taylor | John Dankworth | ||
| Stardust | 1974 |
David Essex Adam Faith, Marty Wilde, Dave Edmunds, Paul Nicholas, Keith Moon, Larry Hagman
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LP: Ronco
David Essex performs: Let It Be Me/Just a Little Bit Too Long/Take It Away/You Kept Me Waiting/ Stardust/ American Stray Cat Blues |
Goodtimes/EMI | Michael Apted | Dave Edmunds | |
| Dick Deadeye
or Duty Done |
1975 | Animated feature based on 'the plots, songs and characters of Gilbert and Sullivan' , with reggae music and updated lyrics. Voices provided by: Victor Spinetti, Miriam Karlin |
VHS:
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LP: GM Records GML-1018 | Bill Melendez Productions | Bill Melendez
Designs by Ronald Searle Animation director: Dick Horn |
Gilbert and Sullivan (modernized, additional lyrics by Robin Miller) |
| Flame | 1975 | Slade
Tom Conti |
CD:
LP: Polydor Slade:How does it feel?;Them monkeys can't swing;So far so good;Summer song;OK Yesterday was yesterday;Far far away;This girl;Lay it down;Heaven Knows;Standing on the corner |
Goodtimes Enterprises/VPS | Richard Loncraine | Jim Lea,
Noddy Holder |
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| Lisztomania | 1975 | Roger Daltrey, Paul Nicholas, Linda Lewis, Ringo Starr |
VHS:
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Rick Wakeman - Now on CD ! :
LP: A&M SP-4546 Songs: Roger Daltry: Love's Dream; Orpheus Song; Peace at Last/ Fiona Lewis: Hell/ Paul Nicholas; Excelsior Song |
VPS/ Goodtimes /Warner | Ken Russell |
Rick Wakeman/ Roger Daltry/ Ken Russell/ Jonathan Benson based on Liszt |
| Mr Quilp
(US:The Old Curiosity Shop)
|
1975 | Anthony Newley | DVD/VHS:
Check availability |
Reader'sDigest/ Embassy | Michael Tuchner | Anthony Newley | |
| Never Too Young To Rock | 1975 | Peter Noone, Scott Fitzgerald Mud,The Glitter Band, Rubettes, Slick, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Sally James | LP: GTO
Includes: |
GTO | Dennis Abey | Scott Fitzgerald , Glitter Band and others | |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show Link to Movie Site
Stage (London 1973) |
1975 | Susan Saradon Barry Bostwick Tim Curry, Meat Loaf, Richard O'Brien, Jonathan Adams | DVD:
Also available...
2 x DVD set. Features:
Closed-captioned/ THX sound/ Widescreen/ Full-length audience participation
track |
CD:
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Michael White/ Lou Adler | Jim Sharman | Richard O'Brien(m/l) |
| Side By Side | 1975 | Barry Humphries, TerryThomas, The Second Generation, Mud, Kenny, Fox, The Rubettes, Hello, Mac and Katie Kissoon, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band, Desmond Dekker and the Israelites, Kenny, Lauri Lupino Lane | Includes: The Rubettes: I can do it/ Stephenie
De Sykes: Born with a smile on my face/ Mud: Side by side |
GTO Films | Bruce Beresford | John Shakespeare and others | |
| Three For All | 1975 | Adrienne Posta, Robert Lindsay, Paul Nicholas, Cheryl Hall | Dejamus/Fox/ Rank | Martin Campbell | Graham Bonnett
(music score) |
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| Tommy
Stage (NY/London 1979)
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1975 | Roger Daltrey Ann-Margret Elton John, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton |
DVD:
DVD with original 1975 Theatrical Quintaphonic Soundtrack, Digitally remastered for Dolby Digital 5.0 + Audio restoration essay
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Songs: I'm Free; Listening to You; See Me, Feel
Me;Sensation; We're Not Gonna Take It; Today It Rained Champagne; Mother
and Son; Welcome; Sally Simpson; Eyesight to the Blind; Pinball Wizard;
Fiddle About; Tommy's Holiday Camp; Cousin Kevin; Amazing Journey; Captain
Walker Didn't Come Home; It's a Boy; Miracle Cure; Acid Queen; Sparks
LP: Polydor (UK)/ MCA (USA) CD:
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Hemdale/Robert Stigwood | Ken Russell | Pete Townshend The Who |
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
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1976 | Nicky Henson, Georgia Brown |
VHS:
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Songs: How Do You Explain a Baby?; Modus Operandi; Walkaway; The Real Truth; I'll Make the Music Play; Ingenuity | Chobridge/ Universal | Cliff Owen | Paul Holden/ Christopher and Annie Gunning, David Matthews, Michael Guilgud |
| Bugsy Malone
Stage (London 1983,1997) |
1976 | Scott Baio, Jodie Foster, Archie Hahn, Julie McWirder |
VHS:
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CD:
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Rank/Bugsy Malone Productions | Alan Parker | Paul Williams |
| The Butterfly Ball | 1976 |
Vincent Price, Ian Gillan, David Coverdale Glenn Hughes, Eddie Hardin, Roger Glover Includes Animated Sequences |
CD:
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Oyster Films/VCL | Tony Klinger
Based on the book by William Plomer |
Songs by Roger Glover Numbers:Dawn /Get ready/ Saffrondoormouse and Lizzy bee/ Harlequin hare /Old blind mole /Magician moth /No solution /Behind the smile/Fly away /Aranea/Sitting in a dream/ Waiting/Sir Maxiumus mouse /Dreams of Sir Bedivere/Together /Watch out for the bat/Little chalk blue/Feast/Love is all/Homeward |
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| The Ritz | 1976 | Jack Weston Kaye Ballard Rita Moreno |
VHS:
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Song: ''Everything's Coming Up Roses'' (Styne/Sondheim) | Courtyard/ Warner Bros.
Made at Twickenham Studios, London |
Richard Lester | Song: ''Everything's Coming Up Roses'' (Styne/ Sondheim) performed by Rita Moreno |
| The Seven Per Cent Solution
Filmed in UK Studio and in Europe (British involvement: Director of Photography- Oswald Morris. Music -John Addison. Production Design -Ken Adam) |
1976 | Nicol Williamson, Vanessa Redgrave, Joel Grey, Georgia Brown, Regine |
DVD:
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See LP/CD 'Side by Side by Sondheim' CD RCA- 1851-2-RG (not movie S/T) | Universal | Herbert Ross | Song by Stephen Sondheim (m/l): 'I Never Do Anything Twice' performed by Regine |
| The Slipper and The Rose | 1976 | Richard Chamberlain, Gemma Craven, Christopher Gable, Peter Graves, Margaret Lockwood, Annette Crosbie | DVD:
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CD:
Songs include: "Why Can't I Be TwoPeople?","Protocologically Correct" "Secret Kingdom" and "He Danced with Me."
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Paradine Co- Productions (David Frost) |
Bryan Forbes | Robert B Sherman and Richard M Sherman |
| Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
(Concert film) |
1976 | John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page |
DVD:
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CD:
CD includes: No Quarter, Whole Lotta Love, Black Dog, Dazed and Confused, Stairway to Heaven |
Joe Massot
Peter Clifton |
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| Wombling Free | 1977 | Bonnie Langford, David Tomlinson, David Jason, Bernard Spear |
VHS:
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Ian Shand Prods/Rank | Lionel Jeffries | Songs by Mike Batt | |
| Jubilee | 1978 | Toyah Wilcox, Wayne County
Jenny Runacre |
DVD:
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CD:
LP: Polydor |
Whaley-Malin /Megalovision | Derek Jarman | Brian Eno |
| And All That Jazz
(Short) |
1979 | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | |||||
| The Birth of the Beatles
(TV movie) |
1979 | Stephen McKenna, Rod Culbertson, John Altman, Ray Ashcroft | Can't Buy Me Love and other Beatles songs performed by 'Rain' | Vumba/Dick Clark/GTO | Richard Marquand | Lennon, McCartney | |
| Monty Python's Life of Bryan | 1979 | John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin | DVD:
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Song: Always Look on the Bright Side; Brian's Song
CD:
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Hand Made Films | Terry Jones | Geoffrey Burgon |
| The Muppet Movie | 1979 | The Muppets |
DVD:
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CD:
LP Atlantic SD-16001 |
ITC | Jim Henson | Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher |
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The Music Machine Set in the Camden Town disco |
1979 | Gerry Sundquist, Patti Boulaye, Clarke Peters | Patti Boulaye sings: Ready For Love/Disco Dancer/Get The Feel Right; Tony Jackson: The Music Machine, | Daycastle/ Norfolk International | Ian Sharp | Aaron Harry, The Music Machine | |
| Quadrophenia | 1979 | Phil Daniels |
DVD:
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CD:
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Polytel | Franc Roddam | The Who |
The list below includes MUSICAL MOVIES MADE IN THE USA, BUT WITH A BRITISH CONNECTION (the Film may be set in England/Scotland/Wales/Ireland, ot it features British performers, or the technical crew is British (Director of photography etc). If the studio used for a film's production is in the UK, it is generally classed as a 'British' movie. British stars in US produced movies are shown in BLUE
| Darling Lili (Made in USA) | 1970 | Julie Andrews Rock Hudson, Jeremy Kemp, Lance Percival |
DVD:
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CD:
BMG (Spain) 74321665002 LP: RCA LSPX-1000 |
Paramount/ Geoffrey | Blake Edwards | Henry Mancini(m)
Johnny Mercer(l) |
| Song of Norway (70mm)
(USA Prod: Filmed in Europe) Stage (NY 1944 /London 1946) |
1970 | Toralv Maurstad, Florence Henderson, Harry Secombe, Elizabeth Larner, Frank Porretta | VHS:
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LP- ABC SOC-14 | American Broadcasting Co. | Andrew Stone | Robert Wright, George Forrest (m/l), based on Grieg |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Made in USA) | 1971 | Angela Lansbury
David Tomlinson, Bruce Forsyth, Tessie O'Shea
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DVD:
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CD:
LP -Buena Vista 5003 |
Walt Disney | Robert Stevenson | Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman |
| Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Filmed in Bavaria [Studio work in W Germany]
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1971 | Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Roy Kinnear, Tim Brooke- Taylor, Julie Dawn Cole |
30th Anniversary Edition DVD with extras:
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CD:
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David Wolper/
Warner Bros.(US) Photographed by Arthur Ibbetson Story: Roald Dahl |
Mel Stuart | Leslie Bricusse |
| The Great Waltz 70mm (USA Production: Filmed
in Europe)
Stage 'The Great Waltz' (Los Angeles 1965/London 1970) (Based on 'Waltzes From Vienna' London: 1931/ NY:1934) |
1972 | Mary Costa, Kenneth McKellar, Ken Barrie | VHS ?? | LP: MGM 1SE-39 | MGM | Andrew L Stone | Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from Johann Strauss Sr. and Jr. |
| Lost Horizon (Made in USA) | 1972 |
Peter Finch (voice:Jerry Hutman), Liv Ullman (Voice: Diana Lee), Bobby Van, Michael York Olivia Hussey (voice: Andrea Willis) |
CD: available at |
Columbia/ Ross Hunter | Charles Jarrott | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | |
| Man of La Mancha
Stage (NY/ London 1968) |
1972 |
Peter O'Toole (voice: Simon Gilbert) Sophia Loren Harry Andrews Brian Blessed Ian Richardson |
DVD/VHS:
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CD:
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United Artists/PEA | Arthur Hiller | Mitch Leigh(m) Joe Darion(l) |
| Jesus Christ Superstar
Stage (NY/ London 1972) |
1973 |
Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice |
DVD:
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CD:
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Universal | Norman Jewison | Andrew Lloyd Webber(m) Tim Rice(l) |
| The Little Prince | 1974 | Richard Kiley, Bob Fosse, Gene Wilder |
DVD (2004):
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LP: ABC ABDP-854 | Paramount | Stanley Donen | Frederick Loewe(m),
Alan Jay Lerner(l) |
| A Little Night Music (US/Austria/ W.Ger)
Director of Photography: Arthur Ibbetson (UK) Stage
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1977 | Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Lesley Anne-Down (voice: Elaine Tomkinson), Hermione Gingold, Len Cariou, Laurence Guittard |
VHS:
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CD: Movie Soundtrack is not currently available. The Broadway
cast is superior, and highly recommended:
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Sascha Film/S&T | Harold Prince | Stephen Sondheim (m/l) |
| Sammy Stops The World
(Made in USA) Stage: Film of 1978 NY production of 'Stop the World-I Want to Get Off'
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1978 | Sammy Davis Jr, Marian Mercer (both from NY Stage Cast) | LP:Warner Bros. HS-3214 | Ed Rood | Mel Shapiro | Anthony Newley
Leslie Bricusse (m/l) |
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| Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
(Made in USA) |
1978 | Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Frankie Howerd, Paul Nicholas Aerosmith, Earth Wind and Fire, Alice Cooper | DVD:
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CD:
Songs: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ; With a Little Help from My Friends ; Fixing a Hole ; Getting Better ; Here Comes the Sun ; I Want You (She's So Heavy) ; Good Morning, Good Morning ; Nowhere Man ; Polythene Pam ; She Came in through the Bathroom Window ; Mean Mr. Mustard ; She's Leaving Home ; Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ; Oh Darling ; Maxwell's Silver Hammer ; Because ; Strawberry Fields Forever ; Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite ; You Never Give Me Your Money ; Got to Get You into My Life ; When I'm 64 ; Come Together ; Golden Slumbers ; Carry That Weight ; The Long and Winding Road ; A Day in the Life ; Get Back LP: RSO RS-2-4100 |
Robert Stigwood/ Universal | Michael Schultz | Lennon/McCartney
/Harrison |
POP SHORTS AND CONCERT FILMS: (Mostly under 60 minutes) released between 1970 and 1979, and mainly consisting of concert performances. (All in Colour) (length in mins(m) in brackets):
Colosseum and Juicy Lucy (33m)(1970),Bread (79m) (1971)(with Juicy Lucy, Crazy Mabel, Web), Born to Boogie(67m)(1972) (with Marc Nolan,T.Rex, Ringo Starr), Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort (33m) (1972), Grave New World (The Strawbs)(29m)(1972) , Pictures at an Exhibition (Emerson, Lake and Palmer)(95m)(1972), Sounds of the Seventies(42m)(1972)(Taj Mahal, Santana), 200 Motels (Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention)(99m)(1972), YesSongs (Yes)(75m)(1973), Glastonbury Fare(91m)(1973)(with Fairport Convention, Arthur Brown and the Kingdom Come, Traffic, Melanie, Quintessence), The London Rock and Roll Show (84m)(1973)(with Mick Jagger, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Bill Haley and the Comets, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Screaming Lord Sutch, Heinz, The Houseshakers), Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (David Bowie)(90m) (1973), Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen)(92m)(1974), Remember Me This Way (Gary Glitter)(57m)(1974) , Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band(14m) (1975), Rory Gallagher's Irish Tour (90m)(1975), Status Quo at Wembley(24m) (1975), Queen at the Rainbow(33m)(1976), Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel :In Between the Lines (30m)(1976), Genesis :A Band in Concert(45m) (1977), Bob Marley and the Wailers Live(74m)(1978), The Kids are all Right (The Who)(101m)(1979), Millie Jackson Live(35m)(1979), Steppin' Out(26m)(1979)(with Sponooch, Roxy Rollers, The Merton Parkas, Secret Affair), To Russia With Elton (John) (42m) (1979).