Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27107 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Rating: Exempt
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 52 minutes

Synopsis
The vibrant 1960s music scene is given a thorough examination in this documentary. ALL MY LOVING was shot in 1968 and includes fascinating footage of artists such as Pink Floyd, the Beatles, and the Who.

Customer Reviews

Classic BBC Rock Doc Stands The Test Of Time...
All My Loving was an extremely controversial documentary when first broadcast in 1968 - it was even shown after the 'Epilogue', when the BBC used to shut down for the night - and it still carries a real punch nearly four decades later. Fast-moving, incisively edited, it mixes interviews with many of the real rock luminaries of the time - Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Pete Townshend, Eric Burdon, Paul McCartney, and even George Harrison's mum - with contemporary newsreel footage from Viet Nam, the Paris Student Riots and other then-current events to make for a vivid, kaleidoscopic snapshot of where Rock was at back then. Rock was separating from Pop, and it is both amusing and refreshing to see how seriously music was taken back then, instead of it being just another lifestyle accessory as it is today. Some bits haven't worn that well, and Patrick Allen's voice-links are tremendously po-faced - but it has verve and energy, and the live footage is great. Highly recommended to anyone with any interest in Rock's Golden Age.

Tony Palmer's Early Masterpiece
I remember watching this programme when it was first broadcast forty years ago. It had a tremendous impact at the time and, although I hadn't seen it again until I bought this DVD, I remembered it well. There are some very powerful images here which are as relevant today as they were then.

Although shot in 1967 the BBC waited until 1968 before transmitting the film. The reason for this and how the film came to be made in the first place are explained in a bonus feature on the DVD. There is a lengthy interview with Tony Palmer recorded in January 2007 in which he explains the politics behind the film and those at the BBC at that time. He also discusses some of his other projects which, fortunately, a search for him in DVD on Amazon reveals many are now available once more!

All My Loving has been digitally restored for this release and is presented in widescreen 16:9 NTSC. The soundtrack is very clear and dynamic, particularly in view of it's age. There is also a small gallery of Gerald Scarfe's cartoons as an additional bonus feature.

A minor sixties classic that will stand repeated viewing today.

An Incredible Snapshot Of How We Were.
Indeed, as my fellow reviewer's agree, an incredible snapshot of how we were in 1968, and hat's off, still, to Tony Palmer for capturing the images which are wonderful for any young person studying our musical heritage, and indeed, for us to look back upon.
Although Patrick Allen (RIP) was THE 'in' voice-over man of the time, both this and Cream's 'Farewell Concert' have unfortunately been marred by his observations. Fair play, he may well have just been reading someone else's words from a script, but even when 'All My Loving' was originally broadcast, Allen's commentary gives the impression, but only during Cream's fiesty live clip from 'We're Going Wrong' that WE AS A GENERATION were going / had gone wrong. This was most objectionable at the time, and as a survivor from the era I still find it so today. But I am now old enough and most certainly ugly enough to be able to cope with this faux-pas, where Jack Bruce's song title and lyric, written after a falling out with his wife, was completely misconstrued, and thus gave the impression my /our generation were complete idiots for being Hippies.
However, the doc is well worth seeing for the Sixties music student, as it is charged with the fraught, tenseness associated with both the Vietnam War and the radical changes taking place as our music was abruptly evolving from pop to rock with a fiery attitude.