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Titolo: [Esce Rolling Stones DVD del 1968] Rock and Roll Circus -12 Ottobre

STONES' 'CIRCUS' FINALLY SET TO ROLL ON DVD
ABKCO Records will release the legendary Rolling Stones Rock
and Roll Circus for the first time on DVD October 12th.
Filmed before a live audience at Intertel VTR Services
Limited, a North London TV studio in 1968, Rock and Roll
Circus was originally conceived as a BBC TV special but it
never aired. Rock and Roll Circus was directed by Michael
Lindsay-Hogg and centers on the original line up of the
Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Brian Jones,
Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts (with Nicky Hopkins and Rocky
Dijon) who serve as both the show's hosts and featured
attraction. The "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" is
seen and heard performing six Stones classics-to-be:
"Jumping Jack Flash," "Parachute Woman," "No Expectations,"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Sympathy For The
Devil" and "Salt of The Earth."
The program also includes full length musical performances
by The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithful, Yoko
Ono as well as The Dirty Mac, a group that was the first
musical context in which John Lennon performed before an
audience outside The Beatles. The Dirty Mac was Eric Clapton
(lead guitar), The Rolling Stones' own Keith Richards (bass)
and Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience (drums)
with Lennon on guitar and vocals. A mirthful conversation
between Jagger and Lennon to introduce The Dirty Mac finds
them referring to each other as "Winston" and "Michael" with
Jagger affecting a convincingly flat American accent and
Lennon referring to himself as "Winston Leg-Thigh."
The main program, first issued on video in 1995, runs 65
minutes. ABKCO's new DVD version includes numerous
additional bonus elements with the main program now remixed
in 5.1 surround sound. The source for the DVD is a new
digital transfer from the original 16mm negatives.
Newly recorded audio commentaries by Jagger, Richards and
Wyman as well as Ono, Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, Faithfull,
Mahal, Lindsay-Hogg and Anthony B. Richmond who was director
of photography on Rock and Roll Circus are included.
Additional commentary from journalist David Dalton who
covered the original December 11-12, 1968 filming for
Rolling Stone plus original audience member David Stark who
was 13 years old at the time of the Rock and Roll Circus
sessions. Heretofore unseen footage from the two marathon
days and nights of shooting include a backstage encounter
between Jagger, Lennon and Ono and a previously unseen
alternate take four screen version ("quad split") of Dirty
Mac's performance of the Beatles "Yer Blues" are among the
many extra features. Three additional Taj Mahal songs from
the original session plus a 2004 on-screen interview with
The Who's Pete Townshend are included. Footage of various
circus performances, a still photo gallery and two classical
performances by Julius Katchen are DVD extras as is the Fat
Boy Slim remix of "Sympathy For The Devil."
Michael Lindsay-Hogg is the pioneering music video director
behind The Beatles' Let It Be feature film and many of the
Rolling Stones' seminal video clips. During the course of
his more than 40 year career, he has directed specials for
Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, Paul Simon and The Who and
was director of the "Brideshead Revisited" TV series. Tony
Richmond is the veteran cinematographer whose feature film
credits include "The Kids Are Alright," featuring The Who;
"The Man Who Fell To Earth," starring David Bowie and Jean
Luc Goddard's "Sympathy For The Devil" that ABKCO released
on DVD last year.
Rock and Roll Circus was produced for DVD by the same ABKCO
team that produced the Grammy ® winning Sam Cooke: Legend.
Suggested retail list price for The Rolling Stones Rock and
Roll Circus DVD is $19.98.
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (main program,
performances)
1. Song For Jeffrey - Jethro Tull
2. A Quick One While He's Away - The Who
3. Something Better - Marianne Faithfull
4. Ain't That A Lot of Love - Taj Mahal
5. Yer Blues - The Dirty Mac
6. Whole Lotta Yoko - Yoko Ono & Ivry Gitlis with The Dirty
Mac Band
7. Jumping Jack Flash - Rolling Stones
8. Parachute Woman - Rolling Stones
9. No Expectations - Rolling Stones
10. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
11. Salt Of The Earth - Rolling Stones
DVD extras include
Checkin' Up On My Baby - Taj Mahal
Corina - Taj Mahal
Leavin' Trunk - Taj Mahal
Ritual Fire Dance - Julius Katchen
Sonata In C, First Movement - Julius Katchen
Yer Blues (alternate version) - The Dirty Mac
Backstage footage - Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Sympathy For The Devil - Fat Boy Slim Remix
Interview - Pete Townshend
Still photo gallery
Audio commentaries:
Mick Jagger
Ian Anderson
Taj Mahal
Yoko Ono
Bill Wyman
Keith Richards
Michael Lindsey-Hogg
Anthony B. Richmond
Marianne Faithful
David Stark
David Dalton

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