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Classic Albums

Specials 1997 - 2017
TV-PG

  • 1997-07-20T23:00:00Z on Sky Arts
  • 50m
  • 9h 22m (11 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Classic Albums celebrates the making of the greatest albums in music. Each film features interviews with band members and producers discussing the creation of the recordings.

27 episodes

1997-07-20T23:00:00Z

Special 1 Q65: Revolution

Special 1 Q65: Revolution

  • 1997-07-20T23:00:00Z51m

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In this episode a portrait of the band Q65.
Central to the realization of the first album 'Revolution' (1966).
Including the acoustic performance of a few songs.

INTERVIEWS with:
- Wim Bieler, vocals;
- Peter Finch, bass;
- Joop Roelofs, guitar;
- Frank Nuyens, guitar;
- Jay Baar drums.
- Hans van Hemert, producer.
ARCHIVE MATERIAL: various video clips.
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The latest addition to the acclaimed and award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of two legendary albums from Rush. 2112 was the album that saw Rush break through to major chart success, going to No.1 in their native Canada and Top 75 in the USA where it would eventually be certified triple platinum. Moving Pictures opened them to a mass audience for the first time and remains the biggest selling album of their career. It also went to No.1 in Canada and went quadruple platinum there while hitting No.3 in both the UK and USA. Rush members Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart talk us through the making of the albums, together with original producer Terry Brown via interviews, demonstrations, archive videos and use of the original multi-track tapes.

Bonus Interviews: James and Lars discuss songwriting; Drum recording techniques; Kirks guitar solo - "Wherever I May Roam"; Jason talks about "My Friend of Misery"; Bob Rock in thee desert; The mix, the masters and the end of the story; The god that failed.

Special 7 Herman Brood: Shpritsz

  • 2012-04-21T20:00:00Z50m

Shpritsz was the break through for "Hollands hottest cha cha band" Herman Brood & His Wild Romance.

This is one of three special episodes on Dutch Classic Albums that were included in the original series.

"Niemand in de stad", De Dijk's 1989 album was the breakthrough for the Amsterdam 'soul band', including hit songs "Ik kan het niet alleen", "Nergens goed voor" and "Wat een vrouw".

This is the second of three special episodes on Dutch Classic Albums that were included in the original series.

It is a fairy tale, the success story of Caro Emerald and the debut album,
Deleted scenes from the cutting room floor.
At a time when many people no longer buy records but download
Caro Emerald sold in one year more records
then all Dutch artists together.
The album was a hit in Germany,
Italy and Poland and they reached gold and platinum (over 300,000 copies sold) in England.
"I'm just lost count"
she says about all the prices they received your recent period.
About four years ago came Vincent Degorigio,
traveling songwriter from Canada,
in contact with producer David Schreurs.
Together they wrote a number of songs, music with a jazz sound,
made from ancient samples and modern beats.
A universal sound and suitable for all ages.
Hiphop-producer Jan van Wieringen asked Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw
the demo for Back it up to sing.
Thus Caro Emerald born,
in a tiny studio in Amsterdam pipe,
where Jan and David consecutive nights the songs perfected and started their own label.
For the record companies saw it in the first place are not that Latin-pop songs.
Caro Emerald England now seems to have conquered America and can not be avoided.

Special 10 Shocking Blue: At Home

  • 2012-04-21T20:00:00Z50m

Shocking Blue was founded in the late sixties by Robbie van Leeuwen,
a group in which he wanted to put the scaffolding could break through internationally.
Eventually he succeeded in his mission: to singer Mariska Veres as eyecatcher
Shocking Blue earned in 1970 as the first Dutch band the top spot
in the Billboard Hot 100 with the single Venus.
Venus plays an important role in this episode dedicated to At Home,
the main plate of Shocking Blue.
At At Home is also Love Buzz,
a number that has achieved cult status in Japan and America
because Nirvana as the first single has been released.
Since the nineties, Robbie van Leeuwen,
nicknamed The Genius, shunned the press.
Especially for Classic Albums he breaks the silence.
Also manager Cees van Leeuwen, label boss Willem van Kooten,
photographer Ronnie Hertz and various musicians have their say.

Special 11 Betty Serveert: Palomine

  • 2012-07-04T20:00:00Z50m

Bettie Serveert - Palomine: This year marks the twenty years since Palomine appeared.
Guitar Band Bettie Serveert (named after tennis player Betty Stöve)
publish in 1992 with the album to a flying start.
Both the Dutch and the foreign press coming superlatives
to the unique sound of the quartet to prices.
The raw, yet melodic songs,
the bittersweet voice of Carol van Dyk and meandering guitar work of Peter Visser
Palomine to create a modern classic and a benchmark in the Dutch pop music.
On the wings of their debut the Betties touring through Europe, Canada and the United States.
In particular, America loves the band Bettie Serveert plays frequently and with great success.
In 1993, Bettie Serveert at Pinkpop, Lowlands and the following year at Roskilde.
The group still exists, but Palomine remains her masterpiece.

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Special 23 Carly Simon: No Secrets

  • 2017-05-05T20:00:00Z50m

Carly Simon is one of the most influential singer-songwriters of her generation. The classic album that made her a global star was No Secrets, which included the enigmatic song You're So Vain. The album spent five weeks at number one in the US chart.
In this new interview Carly ties together her life and work on No Secrets - she is at her most honest, sometimes defiant, but with a wit and wisdom that comes from her rich and turbulent life. She tells of how the second single from the album, Right Thing to Do, was a refreshingly realistic love song, choosing to ignore her lover's problems. That lover was James Taylor; Carly wrote the lyrics on a plane after looking over at James and thinking 'there's nothing you can do to turn me away.'
The album's title track, We Have No Secrets, struck a chord with a generation trying to reconcile honesty in relationships with the emotional consequences that followed. Carly had a number of highly public affairs in the early 70s and her experience fed into the album's most famous song, the global hit You're So Vain. She performs the missing fourth verse on the piano, the first time she has ever sung it along with the melody.
Carly tells of how her producer made her do the vocal track on 'Vain' over and over, and how Mick Jagger ended up on backing vocals. The film has access to the master tapes and we hear Jagger's vocal track. Her producer reveals Carly was 'so turned on' after singing with Jagger that she recorded the whole vocal again - and that is the one on the album.
Finally, the film includes footage of Taylor Swift and Carly Simon performing You're So Vain together, and extracts from an interview where Swift herself talks about her love for the song

Over 35 minutes of additional material not included in the TV broadcast, including - The Making of Sledgehammer

Over 42 minutes of additional material not included on the TV broadcast

Over 50 minutes of extra material not included in the TV broadcast including many additional interviews.

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