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George Slv ● 30th Nov 2015		Cinema Carnival Rock (1957)	Bob Luman performs All Night Long, an early release of his [YouTube Video] YT video from House Rockin Channel 50's.
George Slv ● 30th Nov 2015		Cinema Carnival Rock (1957)	Review Another excuse for some interesting rock and roll performances. But everyone agrees that the drama aspect turns out miserable. There's this Greek concession owner in this New York carnival (Coney Island?), see, who provides music acts and a dance floor. He's an old guy who falls for one of his young female singers. He gets all broken up because she thinks he's too old for her. Then there's this group of Jewish guys who are out to screw him and take over his business. They cause him to lose in some set up gambling games, and he forfeits his joint to them. He's in a miserable state, so it's a "Greek tragedy". At least check Youtube for some music performances like by Bob Luman. A DVD can be found on the web. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 30th Nov 2015		VHS Swing: The Best Of The Big Bands - Volume 3	For any selections not otherwise available, you gotta getcherself a videotape player. Was also available on laserdisc.
George Slv ● 29th Nov 2015		VHS The Turn Of The Screw (1992) - Live Home Video	There is no English DVD. DVDs of other nations don't include the Enlish soundtrack.
George Slv ● 29th Nov 2015		LaserDisc Swing: The Best Of The Big Bands - Volume 2	This was the only video release to ever include Teresa Brewer's 1951 Snader performance of Old Man Mose, probably her most interesting of those. There was also a VHS release. [YouTube Video] YT video from the VHS source, slightly tinted. I got this for its importance but can't play LD.
George Slv ● 27th Nov 2015		Book Joel Whitburn - Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories	Notice on page 125 songs like Are You Lonesome Tonight by Vaughn DeLeath from 1927, and I've Told Ev'ry Little Star from 1933 by Jack Denny. This book had a couple of printings and that's it.
George Slv ● 24th Nov 2015		Cinema The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn	Aha, this was an episode of the TV series Climax. They are the ones who brought us Casino Royale in 1954. I've been wondering about putting some of those up as TV movies, and didn't think it was allowed. Well, whatever you dare and can get away with. I can accept it.
George Slv ● 21st Nov 2015		Cinema Creatures The World Forgot (1971)	Review A Hammer Film followup to their previous successful prehistoric fantasies. This one is simpler. A tribe wanders around and goes thru various incidents. Two brothers fight for the leadership. Julie Ege is the fairest maiden and ends up in jeopardy. She had been Miss Norway. They hoped to make her sexy. A freak incident with a cameraman somewhat sabotaged that. The guy got a grudge against her, thinking she was standoffish. The next day of filming he did not capture her in the frame when she was to be featured in a sexy vest. Headquarters got incensed. So did I. There are no dinosaurs here. There is some topless female nudity, but not by Ege. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 21st Nov 2015		Cinema Back From Eternity (1956)	Review Eleven people are stranded in headhunter territory. The plane can be fixed but will only be able to fly five people. From my recollection of seeing this in the early days: It's a low budget black and white production which never gets out of its small Hollywood fake jungle set. For a supposedly exciting theme, it was rather uninteresting. Ends up being mainly dialog drama among the passengers. There are dangerous headhunters nearby, we hear their drums, but they never show. A plane flies over and doesn't notice them. Anita Ekberg is an attraction. She first shows up when her breasts walk into the airport -- I mean when she walks into the airport (that's how she was). In the jungle her blouse is ripped in a couple places. Slight uplifts in a dull movie. One IMDB reviewer made the interesting comment that it does "the one thing so many movies of today fail at their core to pull off - TELL A GOOD STORY." See what you think yourself. The title was one of the variations of the day on travelling to or from Hell or Eternity etc. I thi-i-i-nk there was some message in the drama somewhere. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 20th Nov 2015		DVD Das Boot - Columbia TriStar	Could somebody give information regarding full length or cut versions and language spoken for these releases. What do you think is the best way to watch this one for English.
George Slv ● 20th Nov 2015		Book 1982 Price Guide Records Rock And Country - Dell	These are partial listings. At the time it was the first book I could find that listed Clyde McPhatter's records. That was a sore point. Other books like Jerry Osborne's treated him as if he had ONLY existed as part of the Drifters. A small paperback of 235 pages.
George Slv ● 19th Nov 2015		Cinema Wolfman (1979)	Rated 6/10 Americans get very ornery. The reviews are wrong. Talk about hyperbole. It's not a top notch production but for its level it is a satisfactory tale. It was immensely popular in its time, which says more than a bunch of crabapple amateur critics. There haven't been any good serious werewolf movies since Hammer's 1961. This one is a good interesting effort, a satisfying story. (Oh hi Twistin. But your other comments have been good.) I rate it one more than 5, because it turns out interesting. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 18th Nov 2015		Cinema Surf Party (1964)	Jackie DeShannon sings Glory Wave at 54 minutes. [YouTube Video] YT from GSMusicMoments
George Slv ● 18th Nov 2015		Cinema C'mon, Let's Live A Little (1967)	Another teenage movie starring rock and roll singers of the day. I've just discovered that Jackie DeShannon was in two such movies in the 60s. VERY IMPORTANT information. This one is hard to find because it's considered a bomb.
George Slv ● 16th Nov 2015		Vinyl Album The Shirelles - 16 Greatest Hits	The mix on Baby It's You is a concern to me. Lead voice is loud, chorus is quiet. No satisfaction. Did various releases do their own mastering? Go for the mono mix. Here's my copy from this LP of Baby It's You. How do the reissue singles compare to this mix?
George Slv ● 11th Nov 2015		Vinyl Album Jackie DeShannon - Me About You	Youtube video of this album version of Splendour In The Grass [YouTube Video] Plus comparison with The Shadows Theme for Young Lovers. Could start a debate. (From GeoSilverMore)
George Slv ● 10th Nov 2015		TV Clay Cole Sunday Show (1964 - 1968)	The color images here were stills from a home movie taken in the studio by one of the Del Satins members. I saved them from the now-defunct website of Clay Cole. I'm told that footage no longer exists. It doesn't mean the show was in color. It would have ended 1968 or earlier.
George Slv ● 10th Nov 2015		TV Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999 - 2002)	The point is that none of da stuff was shown in any of the scenes with nude people. So the shows should not be rated "nudity". I've seen some hopelessly ridiculous ratings at times. Yeah, like a sex scene where they are under the covers, cause well after all, underneath the cover they are naked, right.
George Slv ● 8th Nov 2015		TV Peter Benchley's Amazon (1999 - 2000)	Episodes written by Peter Benchley. They had one big neat jungle set around Toronto. To me it didn't work. They just HAD TO update it for "political correctness" and chose one of the females as the leader. The male personalities were like out of 1980s rock culture. The natives were portrayed as witless savages, which is never really true.
George Slv ● 8th Nov 2015		TV Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1999 - 2002)	This was a super series. By the last season the Canadian co-producer (Alliance-Atlantis) had closed business. It was filmed in Australia and used many mystical themes. I saw what could be called "nudity" in many episodes in Canada, except that it was not nudity. Nude people in the scene does not constitute nudity in the film if you don't show da stuff.
George Slv ● 7th Nov 2015		Vinyl Album The Wailers [Tacoma] - The Wailer's Wail	I'd be mo-o-o-o-re than happy to answer your kweschin George. I now have it and it's full weight. The thin vinyl was a 1980s Euro reissue of the Canadian release. There was some kind if special mastering done here, I don't know if the 1959 is the same. The first song on each side starts very quiet and builds up for about 50 seconds. Spoils those two songs actually, from the archival viewpoint.
George Slv ● 4th Nov 2015		Vinyl Album Clyde McPhatter - Ta Ta!	Does anyone have the first printing? I recall the back notes talking about his next hit climbing the charts. (which was not to be) Would like to at least see it again.
George Slv ● 2nd Nov 2015		Cinema The Turn Of The Screw (1992) (1992)	Review I would say this is the favorite filming of this supernatural story that I've seen. The drama and horror suspense are good, and so is the photography and production. It's the famous American novella of Henry James filmed many times, including as The Haunting of Helen Walker, and as an excellent episode of TV's Nightmare Classics. The new governess for two young children finds that there are evil spirits influencing this country manor [old dark house]. That most famous 1961 version titled The Innocents with Deborah Kerr gets a zero from me, based on the effect and atmosphere. There's one problem to get past in this 1992 film. Kensit's initial job interview is filmed in such an oddball manner, that on TV I turned it off without continuing, not knowing what I missed. The story is told in flashback fashion with Marianne Faithful recounting it, and we realize later what her role had been. So it's one of those most excellent intense British productions. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 31st Oct 2015		Vinyl Album Steve Lawrence - Portrait Of My Love	Review This album illustrated the problem with Steve Lawrence's albums. The title song was one of the greatest hits ever, and so were many of his other pop hits. But on albums Steve always reverted to his most bland pop standards. I learned the hard way. Got all excited when I found this rare LP, at a collector price. Then looked hard to unload it at a decent price, which I managed. I do love Steve and Eydie in general. 2 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 31st Oct 2015		Vinyl Album The Shirelles - Golden Hour Of The Shirelles Greatest Hits	TheJudge: might be a faint color. I've been noticing balance problems on Baby It's You on some stereo LPs. I'm trying to investigate all the releases. With this noise this one's no good to me. Here's my copy from this LP, after declicking too. Someone put more effort into balancing the voices than on the 1977 Trip LP. How do your reissue singles compare to these mixes?
George Slv ● 30th Oct 2015		Vinyl Album The Shirelles - Golden Hour Of The Shirelles Greatest Hits	I received a copy from England and it's very noisy. On thin vinyl. Can anyone comment whether this Golden Hour series always had problems wearing out?
George Slv ● 29th Oct 2015		Cinema The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse	Rated 1/10 A film about nothing. I saw it in 1962 and left not knowing what it was about. Look at what the title promised, with a poster showing four ominous horsemen flying thru the sky. But MGM had decided not to make a film about war or against war. What was left was a meaningless bunch of personal situations of family members while the World War 2 events were progressing. So MGM must have been content just to show some background Nazi history one one more more time. After Louis Mayer was forced to leave (for being anti-communist?) the studio went to the dogs. This is at the very bottom of the barrel of movie history. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv ● 29th Oct 2015		DVD The Muppet Show 2 - Buena Vista	Season 2 guests included Jaye P.Morgan, Bob Hope, Teresa Brewer, John Cleese.
George Slv ● 28th Oct 2015		TV The Honeymooners (1955 - 1956)	As a boy of 9-10 I commented to some friends in Winnipeg that the show had kind of a downer effect because of how Gleason was always arguing. Next season they tell me it was not renewed because of this. It was a hard situation to take for Jackie and everyone.
George Slv ● 27th Oct 2015		Cinema Dr. Morelle: The Case Of The Missing Heiress (1949)	This is currently available at the Internet Archive or Youtube. One of Hammer's more successful early spooky thrillers.

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