Jeremy Marre
Phil Collins - Face Value (Classic Album)
A documentary examining the production of the album which turned Phil Collins into a solo star in 1981, spawning several heart-rending songs influenced both by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, as well as the huge hit single "In the Air Tonight".
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Count Basie - Through His Own Eyes
This revealing biography, told in Count Basie’s own words, uncovers for the first time the private passions and ambitions that inspired the world-famous bandleader and pianist. Until now, little was known about Basie’s private and family life, but director Jeremy Marre uncovered a treasure-trove of home movies and photo albums that expose Basie’s remarkable relationship with his wife Catherine, whose pioneering support for African-American causes placed her at the side of Martine Luther King. Through Basie’s intimate footage and letters - and interviews with friends like Quincy Jones and Annie Ross - we discover the Count’s protective love for his disabled daughter Diane who ‘was never out of his heart and mind: the hidden core of his creative life’. Basie’s musical achievements were remarkable: the first African-American to win a Grammy, he brought the Blues to the big band podium. He was ‘the King of the Swing Kings’. We see rare performances with Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davies Jnr. and many others. But this film digs deeper, uncovering the inner motivation and passions that drove Basie’s career as he became a unique link between jazz and America’s turbulent social history.
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Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire (Classic Album)
The principal collaborators on Bob Marley’s “Catch A Fire” come together to recount the recording of one of the world’s most popular reggae albums, featuring rare archival interviews with Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh and Marley himself–as well as never-before-seen performances and footage from the Jamaican recording sessions.
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Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley (Classic Album)
This film tells the unusual story that lies behind the making of Elvis Presley’s first album for RCA Records, in 1956, and his meteoric rise to Superstardom.
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Grateful Dead - Anthem To Beauty (Classic Album)
This film charts how The Dead evolved from “Anthem” to “Beauty”, and examines how these very different albums were made. It includes rare footage of the Dead in their prime from TV appearances and recording sessions to home videos as well as extensive interviews with band members, lyricist Robert Hunter and many musicians from the era.
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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On - The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye is one of the great and enduring figures of American music. His innovative mix of gospel, R&B, soul and jazz made him a huge and glamorous performing star, while records like "What's Going On" challenged and changed the face of popular music. Yet his life story is also one of personal torment, of bittersweet success, and of death by the hand of his father. This tells the full story of his Extraordinary life and tragic death through new interviews with his family, friends and colleagues, re-enactments, and classic archive footage (some of it never seen before) of Marvin on stage, at home, and in the recording studio.
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