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Music > Documentary: 567 Films to Buy & Rent
All You Need is Love (TV Series) (1977)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
- Prolific arts filmmaker Tony Palmer oversaw this landmark, encyclopedic history of modern pop and rock – prescribed viewing for anyone who’s ever…
Grateful Dead Movie, The (1977)
- Dir. Jerry Garcia
Feat. Jerry Garcia
Tomorrow Show, The: John, Paul, Tom and Ringo (1975-1981)
- Hosted by broadcasting legend Tom Synder, this features the last ever interview with John Lennon before he disappeared from the public eye, as well…
Johnny Cash - Ridin' The Rails: The Great American Train Story (1974)
- Dir. Nicholas Webster
Feat. Johnny Cash
- Johnny Cash narrates this fascinating glimpse into the history of America's railroads, which includes performances of his well–loved songs…
Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire (1974)
- Dir. Tony Palmer
Feat. Leonard Cohen
- Fittingly moody portrait of the master of melancholy is an intimate account of his exhausting 1972 European Tour.
Wattstax (1973)
- Dir. Mel Stuart
- A little–seen yet significant concert film of the 'Wattstax' festival in Los Angeles in 1972, organised to commemorate the 7th anniversary of…
George Harrison and Friends: The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
- Feat. George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan…
- A lavish presentation of possibly the first all–star charity concert, organised by ex–Beatle George Harrison in 1971 at Madison Square…
Ladies and Gentlemen...The Rolling Stones (1972)
- Dir. Rollin Binzer
- Legendary Stones concert film captures the band at arguably their artistic peak shortly after the release of Exile on Main Street. Filmed on a…
Elvis - That's the Way It Is (1970)
- Dir. Denis Sanders
Feat. Elvis Presley
- The King is captured in preparation of an elaborate Las Vegas concert that was to mark the end of an eight year absence from public performance. With…
Gimme Shelter (1970)
- Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Feat. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood…
- The Rolling Stones captured at the summit of their popularity and musical form in 1970, on the tour that led to disaster at Altamont.
The Maysles…