When Albums Ruled The World - Documentary (DVD)

Another excellent documetary, even if it barely connects with the usual music posted here, it's still a must to anyone slightly interested in music history. Thanks to Other for sharing it on MWP.

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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums
that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time,
musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express
themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album.
The LP allowed popular music become an art form - from the glorious artwork
adorning gatefold sleeves, to the ideas and concepts that bound the songs together,
to the unforgettable music itself.

Built on stratospheric sales of albums, these were the years when the music
industry exploded to become bigger than Hollywood. From pop to rock, from
country to soul, from jazz to punk, all of music embraced
what 'the album' could offer. But with the collapse of vinyl sales at the end
of the 70s and the arrival of new technologies and formats, the golden era of
the album couldn't last forever.

With contributions from Roger Taylor, Ray Manzarek, Noel Gallagher,
Guy Garvey, Nile Rodgers, Grace Slick, Mike Oldfield, Slash and a host of others,
this is the story of When Albums Ruled the World.

Uploaded to MWP by Other 8th Feb. 2013


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