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ALL THIS AND WORLD WAR II (76) Finally available! A milestone of "What were they THINKING?!?" filmmaking that fuses together two unlikely elements (Beatles tunes + World War II stock footage) to create a mind blowing misfire of musicality. This Shocking Videos exclusive (well, for the moment anyway) boasts astonishingly good picture and sound quality for such a rare title (only slightly marred by a few minutes of minor tape damage on the master at the beginning of the film) and comes complete with the original theatrical trailer! Order AMERICAN HOT WAX (78) Much sought after rock 'n' roll classic chronicles the true story of Cleveland DJ Alan Freed, the man who introduced white America to that crazy Jigaboo music back in the '50s. Starring Tim McIntire and Fran Drescher with early appearances by Jay Leno as "Mookie" and Laraine Newman as "Teenage Louise". Excellent quality. OrderBANNED NIN VIDEOS (Var.) aka Nine Inch Nails: X-Files. Unreleased music videos for the Trent Reznor/NIN EP Broken (in fair quality), plus a shitload of great quality too-hot-for-MTV director's cuts of other NIN videos (including Closer) PLUS a Hard Copy segment on the FBI’s year-long investigation into the Reznor video they thought was a genuine snuff film! All of it’s rolled into one big orgy of hostility scientifically designed to further aggravate your latent suicidal tendencies! Too fucking cool! Remember, your check must clear with us first before blowing your brains out. OrderBELOVED INVADERS Japanese language Order BEYOND ULTRAVIOLENCE: UNEASY LISTENING BY MERZBOW Order BLACK MOSES OF SOUL (73) Rare concert film starring ebony soul music giant Isaac Hayes (we don't really need to remind you that he played the lead in Truck Turner and wrote the theme to Shaft do we?) sporting his trademark chain link shirt and sunglasses. Isaac lays down all his hot buttered hits and raps with the audience about everything from his childhood and life on the streets to Greek mythology and that no good sucker Jody. Right on! Order BLONDIE: EAT TO THE BEAT (79) Debbie Harry and the boys prove that not only were they way ahead of their time musically, they were also pioneering the infant art of The Music Video years before MTV even existed, much less became "The Jersey Shore Channel". Not content to just release another album full of quirky, clever, insanely catchy tunes, Blondie created an entire "video LP" to go with it! 12 full-length videos are included: "Eat to the Beat", "The Hardest Part", "Union City Blue", "Slow Motion", "Shayla", "Die Young, Stay Pretty", "Accidents Never Happen", "Atomic", "Living in the Real World", "Sound-A-Sleep", "Victor" and "Dreaming", and they showcase platinum New Wave siren Deb at her hottest! It's tough to pick a favorite-- it's a toss-up between the pouty pop perfection of "Dreaming" (check out the kooky coke whore in the striped dress in the audience) and Debbie lounging on a round bed, purring out the sultry "Sound-A-Sleep". Your hair is beautiful/Tonight, ohhh to-niiiiii-iiii-iiight! OK, that was gay. (review by Christian McLaughlin) Order THE BODY (70) Floyd fans rejoice! Located at last is this fascinating and bizarre documentary/art film that explores the mysteries of the human body and is highlighted by a soundtrack composed by Roger Waters and Ron Geesin! Order BORN TO LOSE: THE LAST ROCK AND ROLL MOVIE (99) Essential and until now impossible to find rock bio on guitar hero and junkie supreme, Johnny Thunders!!! Great quality. Order BOTTLE UP AND GO! (97) Awesome live performance compilation of (mostly) Japanese garage/punk/surf rock bands brought to you by Japan's DJ King Joe in connection with his wonderful 'zine, SOFT, HELL!. These aren't slick, professionally impersonal recordings, either. No, these were taken from the crowd at stage-side right where the action is, and the quality is GREAT! Jam-packed with over 20 acts including Teengenerate, Accel 4, The 5.6.7.8's, Super Snazz, Mad 3, The Count Backwurds, Thee Pebbles (super hot!), Magnitude 3 (with topless drummer!!), The Phantom Surfers, The Swingin' Neckbreakers, and more! (review by Scott Wallis) Order BREAKING GLASS (80) Hazel O’Connor stars as a quasi-punk singer in Depressed Britain. She’s determined to make it to the top on her own terms. Forming a band (that includes a young Jonathan Pryce), O’Connor faces hostility, indifference and National Front skinheads as well as enjoying a romantic fling with her promoter (Phil Daniels) O’Conner finally rises to the top of the pops, but at a terrible price to her own fragile mental health. A heavily edited version of this film played on U.S.. cable, but this beautiful widescreen print is UNCUT and features the climactic nervous breakdown scene where O’Connor is groped by hordes of her adoring fans on a subway train! Recommended. (review by Greg Goodsell) Order COCKSUCKER BLUES (72) Shootin' up and gettin' down with the Rolling Stones. Long suppressed tour movie directed by Robert Franks with appearances by Allen Ginsberg, Terry Southern, Andy Warhol, and assorted dealers, scalpers, and big-titted groupies. A super-rare collector’s item finally available in a great quality print. We guarantee you will not find a better copy anywhere else! OrderCOURTNEY LOVE TOPLESS! (99) Hour-long pro shot (and completely uncensored) concert footage of Hole performing live in front of 40,000 screaming fans at the "Big Day Out" festival in Sydney, Australia. Great set with all the hits, a few covers, and, best of all, Courtney performing the entire song "Celebrity Skin" TOPLESS for the finale! Yeah! Say what you will, the girl’s looking (and sounding) mighty fine here. "Give it up for my boobies!" OrderCRAZY BABY Letterboxed OrderCRAZY WORLD GREAT compilation of ‘70s music vids from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, New York Dolls, MC5, Alice Cooper, Capt. Beefheart, etc. OrderDISCO CRAZY (79) aka Brillantina Rock; Fleets Biennen auf Heissen Maschinen. Hilariously insipid Italo rip off of both Grease and Saturday Night Fever from, of all people, Michele Massimo Tarantini, director of the chicks in chains classic Women in Fury. With a hero who has pictures of John Travolta taped to the rear view mirrors of his scooter and dance floor showdowns that’ll have you screaming. Gotta love that German alternate title too. It translates as "Fleet Bees on Hot Machines." OrderDISCO FEVER (78) Fabian Forte plays a bearded, burnt-out Fifties crooner dying to make a comeback. He’s clueless as to why his dreary ballads aren’t catching on with the disco-fied public. Longtime radio fuckwad Casey Kasem plays his sleazy manager. Eventually, Fabian falls under the spell of Cybil, an aging nightspot owner who wants to bend Fabian around her little finger. She books him for an opening gig on her special luxury jet but she insists that he play music that people actually enjoy – will artistic integrity or commerce win out? In the meantime there are scenes of people snorting cocaine off of shag rugs, corvettes, Rolls Royce's, feathered hair and girls with big boobs bursting out of their tubes on the dance floor. They’ve all got the fever, man, fever – Disco Fever. A cameo appearance from Shabba-Doo of Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo is just the cherry on the sundae! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order DOWN ON US (84) aka Beyond the Doors. Incredibly rare, totally insane paranoid conspiracy epic from Larry Zontar Buchanan is a fictional (?) expose of the CIA plot to "neutralize the three pied pipers of rock music": Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Jimi Hendrix! Oliver Stone has nothing on this guy! OrderDUBEAT-E-O (84) A couple of years before her solo career took off, Joan Jett was without a band (The Runaways had just split) and she was contracted to do a low-budget B-flick called "We're All Crazy Now", a Beatles-esque look at a day in the life with The Runways. Since the band was no more (and Lita Ford had the good sense not to sign on the dotted line), Joan was the only band member to appear. The movie shut down after only half of it was completed, but here it is, resurrected with a framing story starring Ray Sharkey, and it's of great interest to Jett-fanatics. Sharkey plays a filmmaker under pressure to complete his latest opus (a rock movie starring...Joan Jett!) while a group of unseen people comment on everything that's going on (and this includes belittling Joan so badly, I'm surprised she didn't sue). I felt grimy and dirty after watching this sludge-fest. The footage of Joan is indeed terrific (she's beautiful in her short hair, jeans and cowboy hat or running around the streets of Hollywood). But you have to sit through some really disgusting, degrading material just to catch the Jett moments. OrderEINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN: ½ MENSCH Order FRENCH SCOPITONE RARITIES (Var.) You’re familiar with Scopitones, right? The music video predecessors of the early ‘60s that were viewed on special visual jukeboxes in swanky bars and nightclubs? Well, we lucked into a copy of a rare private collection from France (where Scopitones were invented) that have never ever been released to video anywhere before. And wait until you see these beauties! There’s a Bloody Pit of Horror inspired torture chamber number complete with chains, plastic spiders and go-go dancers with whips; a chick singing Little Eva’s "Locomotion" in French while dancing over a guy tied to railroad tracks; a debauched Serge Gainsbourg feeling up Jane Birkin on the dance floor; an a cappella quartet of Jerry Lewis lookalikes and lots more! There’s even a nudie Scopitone! OrderFUNNY THINGS HAPPEN DOWN UNDER (66) A very young Olivia Newton-John had her first starring role in this 1965 children's musical comedy. It's a fun little story about a group of kids who try to raise Christmas money with a mysterious formula that turns sheeps wool different colors! The highlight for fans is Olivia singing "Christmas Time Down Under" (which is unavailable on any record release) and an appearance by Olivia's first boyfriend, Ian Turpie. There's also the song "Click Go the Shears" which Olivia would perform 22 years later on her TV special, "Down Under." Needless to say, this is a must-have for "dyed in the wool" Olivia Newton-John fans! OrderGARY GLITTER: REMEMBER ME THIS WAY (74) Glittermania documentary/concert film follows Gary from pillar to post and features live performances of "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I am!)", "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)", "I Didn't Know I I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll)" and many more. Also included as an added bonus is the UK Channel 4 investigative report, The Real Gary Glitter which details the recent scandal of GG's conviction for downloading kiddie porn off the Internet. OrderGET CRAZY (83) Hyperkinetic rock ‘n’ roll comedy revolving around a New Year’s Eve concert at an aging L.A. theatre. Bad guy Ed Begley Jr. wants to raze the theatre to build his own musical complex and sends his toadies in with a bomb set to explode at midnight. Colorful as hell, brimming with kooky characters and full of really lame jokes (a seven-foot-tall talking reefer is as sophisticated as it gets), this flick is best described as being “proto-Troma.” Lots of stars, such as Lou Reed, Bobby Sherman, Fabian Forte, Malcolm McDowell, John Densmore, Lee Ving, Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel show up. You just know they had a few lines of toot in order to appear in this! Beautiful, pristine print – letterboxed! (review by Greg Goodsell) OrderGONKS GO BEAT (65) Wacky UK musical sci-fi fantasy comedy has an incompetent alien diplomat named "Wilco Roger" being dispatched to an alternate Earth that’s divided between the inhabitants of Beat Land, who dig only those crazy jams, and those of Ballad Isle, who are of a more melodious persuasion. Wilco has to find a way to get the cats and the crooners to make nice or he’ll be exiled to the planet of the Gonks, a race of screwy little hand puppets! An amazing musical showcase with performances by The Nashville Teens, Lulu and the Luvvers, The Troles and The Graham Bond Organization. And wait till you see the nine drummer jam session held in a jail cell and led by Ginger Baker! Like wild, man! Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis (The Yellow Teddy Bears, School For Unclaimed Girls, Bloodsuckers) and starring Kenneth Connor, Frank Thornton, Barbara Brown, Iain Gregory, Terry Scott and Pamela Donald. OrderGROUPIE GIRL (69) aka I am a Groupie. Sinsational story packed with the three major food groups of the ‘70s: Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll! Following the lusty exploits of cock crazed music fan Sally, this sizzling "sexpose" delves deep into the steamy, seamy world of pop music. Directed by Derek Ford. OrderGROUPIES (70) Yeah baby! Shot in the late ‘60s and originally billed as "the first recorded documentary of the international groupie phenomenon" (when there still was such a thing) this ultra-rare import is a scary and funny look at those crazy mixed up chicks who lived for one thing and one thing only: to stage dive into the skintight pants of the rock stars they idolized! With lots of groovy hippy music by Ten Years After, Spooky Tooth, Joe Cocker, and Terry Reid. OrderHARVEY SID FISHER'S ASTROLOGY SONGS/DO THE NUDE MACARENA (89/96) It's the double feature from Culture Hell! First up, an untalented but insistent lounge singer in a Oscar de la Rental tuxedo belts out corny ditties describing each of the zodiac signs (Talkin' 'bout the Taurus. Talkin' 'bout the bully bull bull!) while homely clubfooted gals jump and spin around in the background under the guise of "interpretive dance." Then to round things out we've got Do the Nude Macarena, starring half a dozen naked nymphos shimmying along to America's favorite annoying novelty song over and over and over again. Leave room on your dance card for this one! OrderI, A GROUPIE (70) aka Sex Brats; Higher and Higher; Ich, Ein Groupie; Das Madchen mit dem Einwegticket (The Girl With the One-Way Ticket). Infamous and impossibly rare collaboration between Swiss sexploitation king Erwin C. Deitrich and Roger Corman protege Jack Hill. According to legend Hill co-wrote and co-directed. According to Deitrich Hill spent all of his time stoned and had to be sent packing. Whatever. Ingrid Steeger makes the scene as the titular band-aid with a one-way ticket to Nowheresville. Non-stop nudity, drug abuse, long hairs and a guest appearance by the Amsterdam chapter of the Hells Angels doing what they do best. With music by Birth Control, Murphy Blend, Luke Zane and Pony Poindexter! Letterboxed English language print. OrderTHE IDOLS (68) aka Les Idoles. Brilliant Pop Art psychedelia musical masterpiece follows three French singing idols as they vie for the public eye. If you’re bored with all the retro Austin Powers jive and want to see something that’s REALLY groovy check this beauty out! Directed by Marc’o and starring Bulle Ogier, Pierre Clementi and Jean-Pierre Kalfon. Letterboxed French language print. OrderINSIDE THE CASBAH: A HISTORY OF CASABLANCA RECORD AND FILMWORKS OrderKISS MEETS THE PHANTOM OF THE PARK (78) aka Attack of the Phantoms. Another misguided cloning experiment as mad scientist Anthony Zerbe attempts to clone KISS! a must for fans of these back-from-the-dead arena rockers. OrderLES PONEYTTES (67) Letterboxed French language print. Order LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL (73) Outstanding rockumentary blends archival footage, interviews and revival concert performances (complete with Woodstock inspired split screen camera trickery) to showcase the movers and shakers of ‘50s era rock’n’roll. Bo Diddly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Coasters, The Shirelles, Danny and the Juniors, and more, Daddy-o! OrderLIKE IT IS (68) aka Psychedelic Fever; The Enormous Midnight. William Rotsler's psychedelic nudie documentary on the '60s San Francisco scene. This eye popping "documentary" may have just been an excuse to show the constant stream of t&a, but the excellent colorful naked go-go girl trip footage backed with offbeat freak-out rock (which takes up half of the running time) makes this a unique experience! You can tell that director Rotsler put a lot of effort into the photography and editing. Possibly the most psychedelic movie ever made! Includes the original theatrical trailer! Recommended!! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order MELODY NELSON OrderTHE MENTORS COLLECTION (Var.) PMRC darlings El Duce, Dr. Heathen Scum, and Sickie Wife Beater kick out the jams on this wild, sick (stag) party tape! All the hits: On the Rag, Golden Showers, Malt Liquor, Donkey Dick, When You're Horny You're Horny, All Women are Insane, Sex Slave, 4F Club and more! Plus interviews, naked broads, an appearance on Wally George's Hot Seat, and Rev. Jeff Ling reading the words "smell my anal vapors" into the record at the US Senate "Porn Rock" hearings! X-rated. OrderMUSIC MACHINE (79) The world can’t have enough Disco musicals, and chances are that this British feature flew right under your radar. Our unemployed hero who still lives at home with mum and dad sees a dance competition at the titular nightclub as his last chance ticket out of nowheresville. A hip, black American deejay takes him under his wing, and in an unguarded moment strips down to a white Lycra unitard for a thumping dance number for his buddy’s admiration. Oily promoters and sharks encircle the big dance-off to make sure that their dancers take home the big prize, and all the familiar intrigue and back-stabbing jealousies come to a boiling point! Anyone who lived through the Seventies with have a nostalgic field day with the polyester flash wear on display, worn by all the lolly birds in feathered hair and leg warmers! Put your cares and worries on hold as we dance, dance, dance at the Music Machine! (review by Greg Goodsell) Order MYLENE FARMER MUSIC VIDEOS (Var.) Funky French Pop diva’s saucy blend of Eurocheese and sex’n’violence prone visuals. Regularly banned on MTV Europe (and never shown Stateside) these risque videos are packed with nudity, bloodshed, underage smoking, cat fights, exploding hearts, people fucking, and other good stuff. Earns extra credit points for the shot of a giant crucifix crushing Michael Jackson! OrderPARIS-CHAMPAGNE (64) Wow! Wow! Wow! Check out this eye-popping French eye candy from the swinging sixties! A dejected flower girl meets a magic hobo who transforms into a handsome rake. He whisks her off in his convertible BMW to see the sights of Gay Paree, but in the midst of their revelry they catch the eye of Lucifer himself, who chases them across a surreal landscape populated by showgirls, strippers and French pop groups. Sort of a travelogue of Parisian nightlife by way of Dante’s Inferno, this is a remarkable conglomeration of lavish dance numbers, naughty burlesque skits and Scopitone style musical routines, all staged in the most gorgeously garish and lurid manner imaginable. It’s in French language but there’s minimal dialogue and the whole thing’s so tripped out that they might as well be speaking Martian for all it matters. Mark Bob says check it out twice!!! OrderTHE PHYNX (70) The leaders of the Super Secret Agency respond to a wave of celebrity kidnappings by the Communist Albanians by manufacturing a spy rock group (the "Phynx" of the title) to send on tour behind the Iron Curtain. A jaw- droppingly unfunny "youth" picture that was apparently made by clueless old farts as an excuse to pass out paychecks to B-list celebrities in need of a hot meal. With appearances by Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, Johnny Weissmuller, Ruby Keeler, Xavier Cugat, Dick Clark, George Jessel, James Brown, Martha Raye and Col. Sanders! Best print we’ve seen of this beast. Order PLASMATICS VOLS. 1&2 (Var.) Oooh Yeah! TWO tapes jam-packed with rare stage shows and interviews with Wendy O. Williams (R.I.P.) and The Plasmatics, "the destructo kingpins of rock and roll." Volume One's got: a live show in New York from "'84" tour, tons of music videos, interviews with Sally Jesse Raphael and Joan Rivers, and a very special surprise ending. Volume Two's live from London at the Camden Palace, more music videos, a hunting trip with John Candy on SCTV, and guest appearances on Tom Snyder and Solid Gold! Quality varies. Each volume sold separately. Don't be a wanker, get 'em both! OrderTHE REBEL (Var.) In case you hadn't gathered, the South's a whole different world. Case in point, James "Rebel" O'Leary a hefty, black-clad, turquoise-encrusted crooner and legend in his own mind who couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. The Rebel, along with his entire fat inbred family (aka "The Rebellettes"), travels from town to town inflicting his unique brand of entertainment on the unsuspecting. This tape's a collection of cable access appearances and interviews with Mr. Rebel, plus a very "special" live performance at a Goodwill bingo hall. If you think you hate country music now, wait until you see this! Order RECORD CITY (77) Order ROCKBITCH: BITCHCRAFT (97) Holy fucking shit! Imagine the Spice Girls dropping trou' and selling their souls to Satan and you've got Rockbitch, an all girl Lesbian porno/slut/Wiccan heavy metal band from Holland that performs live sex acts on stage! See pagan dykes fuck, fist, and piss on each other while playing buck naked! Hear them sing about having their way with Cindy Crawford! Witness the Golden Condom Award where a lucky audience member gets to go backstage and have sex with one of the girls! Take a tour of their private medieval castle, complete with torture chamber! Already banned in England and throughout North America for their over-the-top stage antics, the only way you're ever likely to see Rockbitch is on this exclusive import video. So what the fuck are you waiting for?! Order today! X-rated. Order ROCK ‘N’ ROLL COWBOYS (87) This totally whacked-out Australian musical fantasy suggests director Ken Russell helming an MTV rock video after digesting a sheet of blotter acid. An evil inventor approaches the roadie of a heavy metal band with a magical synthesizer, which not only enhances music, but brings the innermost fantasies of the musician to life! This leads to a series of bizarre, erotic and hilarious sequences with a beat you can dance to. The characters include a Phil Spector-ish producer who performs arcane Egyptian rites involving harem girls and tomatoes, and an anti-rock Christian crusade called “Cowboys for God!” Futuristic sets, garish costumes and overall hysteria ass up to a Midnight movie standard in the making! The music ain’t bad, either. (review by Greg Goodsell) Order ROCKULA (90) The release date may say 1990 but this absolutely bitchin' teen vampire comedy has EIGHTIES written all over it. Dean Cameron is a centuries-old perpetually teenaged vampire who forms a rock band to break his centuries-old curse, Toni Basil plays his gun-toting vampire mom whose fashion sense veers toward corsets and hula skirts, and Thomas "She Blinded Me With Science" Dolby is a media-saturated coffin salesman who also puts in an appearance as the spirit of a pirate with a rhinestone peg leg. And let's not forget Bo Diddley decked out in Spandex with gold records hanging around his neck! Folks we can't just make this stuff up. You owe it to yourselves to check this one out! OrderTHE RUNAWAYS LIVE IN TOKYO (77) Fuck L7. Joan Jett's first band, The Runaways, were the original "Queens of Noise" and here's the proof. This ultrarare hour-long concert film shows these axe grinding babes stomping Tokyo's ass harder than Godzilla himself! You haven't lived until you've seen Joan and the girls doing their big hit "Cherry Bomb" dressed in skimpy lingerie and short shorts! OrderSERGE GAINSBOURG A GAINSBARRE 1958-1991 Two disc set. OrderSHONEN KNIFE: BLAST OFF! OrderSONG OF THE SOUTH (44) Super-rare Disney picture never released to video or DVD in the US due to its “politically incorrect” depiction of African Americans. Closet Jew baiter Walt called it “an epochal event in film history” and “a monument to the Negro race.” Too bad all those uppity Black folks didn’t agree with him! Sweet quality English language print (with NO Japanese subtitles!) includes trailers and other extras! Order SPECIAL BARDOT OrderSTARDUST (74) Here it is kids, Michael Apted's powerful and impossible to find follow up to "That'll Be The Day" starring rocker David Essex as a John Lennonesque musician who finds fame and fortune (as well as sex, drugs and booze) as the lead singer of "The Stray Cats." Co-starring UK teen idol Adam Faith and The Who's Keith Moon and with a soundtrack featuring 40 great original hits by the original artists including The Beach Boys, Neal Sedaka, Jan and Dean, The Drifters, The Righteous Brothers, The Fortunes, The Box Tops, Bobby Darin, Barry McGuire and many, many more! OrderSWEET'S BALLROOM BLITZ (89) All (well, most of) the hits from '70s glam rock superstars Sweet. Don't laugh dude, Sweet fucking ruled. There's also a bunch of really embarrassing interviews with band members (think Spinal Tap) talking about their big, uh, "comeback." OrderTEN FOR TWO (71) When radical poet and publisher John Sinclair was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison in for possessing two marijuana cigarettes (hence the title) John Lennon and Yoko Ono threw a big benefit concert for him in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The John Sinclair Freedom Rally drew many notables in the rock music and political world. Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen contributed some raw, smoking performances and Bobby Seale, Jerry Rubin and Father James Groppi contributed some incendiary speeches (Groppi compares then-President Richard Nixon to Hitler!). Even poet laureate and unrepentant chicken hawk Allen Ginsberg croaked out a little ditty. Lennon along with Yoko (on bongo drums) takes to the stage and sings a couple of songs (you may recognize this footage from the recent documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon). Sinclair was freed three days after the concert and there was a happy ending of sorts. Something that was not in the cards for Lennon. (review by Greg Goodsell) Order THAT TENNESSEE BEAT (66). Jim Birdsell is a guitar-pickin' spoiled roughneck who's just gotten arrested for the last time. He's abandoned by both his daddy ("Find your own way, or die!"), and his indifferent brat of a gal pal, Belle (sexy Dolores Faith), and after bashing Belle's father in the head and stealing 200 of his monies, he runs off to make the music scene in Nashville. Supported by a wheelchair-bound preacherwoman and a fading country and western duo, Jim does become a star, though not without fuckin' up & throwin' down a few more times first. Featuring familiar faces from Ron Ormond's exploitation stable, That Tennessee Beat is naturally filled with regional music, showcasing awesome performances from legends The Statler Brothers and "Mr. Sax" himself, Boots Randolph. (review by Scott Wallis) Order THIS IS SPINAL TAP (84) aka Spinal Tap; Tap. Much sought after COMPLETE four-and-a-half hour workprint of this metalhead cult classic. Takes up TWO discs! Keep in mind that the release print only runs 82 minutes and you'll begin to get an idea of how much stuff is on here. Fair quality. OrderTHREE FOR ALL (74) Delightful British farce with sun, songs and silliness. Diane, Shelley and Pet are the girlfriends of a second-string rock group. The band gets to tour Spain, but the band’s manager says the girls have to stay put. Undaunted, the three gals head to Spain anyway and begin a long series of hysterical misadventures! The girls can’t stay out of trouble: they start a fracas in the street when one of them is accused of shoplifting, start a hilarious slapstick brawl in a disco and create havoc wherever they go. Full of glitter rock and tacky fashions and settings, this seaside diversion also features fun cameos from Brit standbys Roy Kinnear and Diana Dors. (review by Greg Goodsell) OrderTHE TOUCHABLES (68) Great overlooked fluff from the height of the British Invasion. Sexy mod chicks kidnap a pop star and take him to their pagan pleasure dome for a little tea and sympathy. Along the way they run into gangsters, wrestlers, and Michael Caine? From a screenplay by Donald Cammell! Includes trailer. OrderVICIOUS LIPS (87) aka Pleasure Planet; Lunar Madness. Order WHAT LEONARD COHEN DID FOR ME (04) For someone who's known as the "godfather of gloom" Leonard Cohen sure does have a lot of fans. And a lot of influence. For example, there have been over 100 cover versions recorded of his song Suzanne and tribute albums to him feature contributions from the likes of REM, Elton John and the Pixies. In this densely packed, half-hour documentary the Canadian singer-songwriter's enormous influence is explored through interviews with admirers such as Nick Cave, Ian McCulloch, Arthur Smith, Kathryn Williams and Paul Morley. A must for fans and future fans alike. OrderWHERE THE ACTION IS OrderWHITE "POP" JESUS (80) Disco Jesus comes back to Earth and takes on the Mafia in this virtually impossible to find musical(!) from Italy. Starring Awana-Gana. No, really. Yet another in the long list of things we’ll have to collectively answer for if and when the Big Guy does decide to finally show up. Letterboxed Italian language print (No English subtitles). OrderTHE WILD WORLD OF HASIL ADKINS plus bonus WV weirdness: Gilligan’s Appalachia OrderYOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT Order |
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