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Released on DVD as Go Go Mania


If you hunt around, you cna fine it if you're looking for a nice capsule (albiet odd) of 1964 UK bands.

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Thanks! I've been watching it on the Flix channel, and I'd love to have it on DVD.

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not the greatest film ever made LOL, but agreed, a nice precursor to videos and ultimately MTV and VH1 later on. And it's worth it to see the acts of the '60's at their youthful peak.

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I've got to see this film a couple times on cable in the last few months. It's a treat that takes me back to many of the many variety shows that were standard TV fare when I was a kid (I’m 45). Yeah, they’re lip-syncing but it’s still probably more real than the usual MTV videos.
I actually remember some of the performers & also got some exposure to some I had never heard of before. I did a wikipedia search on Jimmy Seville, interesting guy.
I wish my kids (16 & 12) would watch it & see how it was on the olden days. Oh well, maybe they’ll take a History of Rock & Roll class in college & learn to appreciate this gem from the British Invasion.

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Yikes, those sets are awful. Let's see how many ways we can rearrange planks of wood. And the host is rather scary looking.

All that aside, it's interesting to see some of these acts, although many are long forgotten.

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There are three things you'll find on the average 60s British pop band:

1) a Derek, Gordon, Alan, or Clive

2) a pair of thick, black, horn rimmed glasses

3) bad teeth

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Indeed. I often wished that John Lennon could have worn his thick black rimmed glasses in the early part of his Beatles career. Then the switch to wire frames would not have been as shocking. And just as Paul was "The pretty one", George "The quiet one", and Ringo "The one with the nose", so John would have been "The one with the glasses".

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ordered the DVD from Modcinema recently and I'm very satisfied... love the performances by THE ROCKIN' BERRIES, HERMAN'S HERMIT'S, and THE HONEYCOMBS

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