Who (Musical group)
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In April 2017, The Who took to the stage at London's Royal Albert Hall to perform their rock opera "Tommy" live in its entirety for the first time in their long and illustrious career. Previous Who live shows had always dropped two, three or four tracks from the album but for this show in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, the band would perform every track. With specially created animations on a huge screen above the stage and creative use of lighting,...
111) Monterey pop
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Criterion collection volume 168
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On a June weekend in 1967, at the beginning of the Summer of Love, the Monterey International Pop Festival captured a decade's spirit and ushered in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey featured career-making performances by Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the performers in a diverse lineup that included Simon and Garfunkel, the Mamas and the Papas, the Who, the Byrds, Hugh Masekela, and Ravi Shankar. With...
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Criterion collection volume 167
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English
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Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on California's Monterey Peninsula in 1968, inspired Jann Wenner to launch his enormously successful "Rolling Stone Magazine." It also did much to boost the careers of many of the pop and rock stars who performed in it.
115) Tommy
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The Who's classic rock opera about a deaf, dumb, and blind boy who becomes a pinball wizard and the object of a religious cult, is brought energetically to life by an outstanding cast including many of music's biggest stars.
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Selected from the past 25 years of benefit concerts, some of the biggest names in music are included, performing rare, acoustic versions of songs never heard anywhere else to benefit the Bridge School, a non-profit, innovative organization educating children with severe speech and physical impairments through the use of augmentative and alternative communication systems and assistive technology.
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"For the last 25 years, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has honored the music's most influential figures at prestigious black-tie induction ceremonies where performers and audience alike let down their hair and rejuvenate themselves through exciting, once-in-a-lifetime performances. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live captures all the excitement, from the wise and witty speeches, to the most incredible combinations of talent ever assembled on a single...
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You are about to be transported to another age: swinging London in the late sixties. The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus is a time capsule. Two days in December 1968 that in many ways capture the spontaneity, aspirations, and communal spirit of an entire era. For a brief moment it seemed that rock'n'roll would inherit the earth.