| John Mitty Thursday, December 27, 2012 |
Join Rock Legends Live! host Bill Shelley for an entertaining and eye-opening tribute to The Moody Blues, one of the most artistically ambitious and legendary rock bands of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, screening on Tuesday, January 15 at 7:30 pm at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, 631-423-7611 www.CinemaArtsCentre.org
$10 Members / $15 Public / Includes reception. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006
Highlights will include rare live concerts, promo films, as well as TV shows from Europe and the USA. Among the many featured songs will be “Nights in White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” “Ride My See Saw,” “Legend of a Mind,” “Voices in the Sky,” “I’m Just a Singer a Rock and Roll Band,” “Question,” and many more! The Moody Blues started the early 1960’s as a British blues band, but it wasn’t until 1964, when their first singer Denny Laine(who later was part of Wings) sang “Go Now!” that they had their first smash hit. After Laine quit the group in 1966, they reinvented themselves with singer/songwriters Justin Heywood and bassist John Lodge, who developed one of the first concept albums, while combining rock music with classical orchestration. Thus, in 1967, was born Days of Future Passed, with its smash hits “Nights in White Satin” and “Tuesday Afternoon.” Well-regarded “concept” albums followed, ranging in subjects from reincarnation, ecology, moon landings and more. Song hits from these albums that will also be included in the program will be “The Story in Your Eyes,” “Lovely to See You Again,” “Isn’t Life Strange?” “Never Comes the Day,” and “Visions of Paradise.” Along with Ray Thomas on flute, Mike Pinder’s mellotron (one of the first used by any group), and Graeme Edge’s drumming and poetry, The Moody Blues became a top selling act in the music industry. By the 1970’s they were one of the most prolific bands on radio and on tour. They even formed their own record label, Threshold. When several original members left and were replaced with other musicians who brought their own aesthetics, the group saw a rebirth of a new audience. The 1980’s MTV video culture gave them a boost with more hits like “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere,” “Gemini Dream,” and “Your Wildest Dreams,” all of which will be included in the program. In total, The Moody Blues have sold over 70 million records, along with 14 Platinum and Gold disks. (Running time approximately 110 minutes.)
Presented by Shelley Archives Inc.
UPCOMING Rock Legends Live! shows
Tuesday, February 26 at 7:30pm: AEROSMITH
Tuesday, March 12 at 7:30pm: DOO WOP and The Dawn of Rock
Tuesday, April 16 at 7:30pm: WOMEN OF FOLK
Plus, dates TBD: LINDA RONSTADT, WOMEN OF ROCK, more….
ABOUT BILL SHELLEY/SHELLEY ARCHIVES:
As a filmmaker, Shelley has been shooting professionally since the 1970’s when he captured on film and video the following bands playing in small bars and clubs before they became famous: The Stray Cats, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts. Shelley later associated with rap group Public Enemy, then known asSpectrum City. After they became established, they honored Shelley by asking him to join their cablevision television studio and become an honorary member of The African American Media Network. They even gave him the nickname “Dollar Bill,” due to his lack of funds at that time. He directed their Andreus 13’s videos “Paranoid,” “Channel Zero,” and “Conspiracy,” among others.
Shelley Archives Inc. was started in 1985. After working with Readers Digest Entertainment in 1990, the company’s end product was nominated for an Emmy in 1993 for the three part series “Legends of Comedy.” The program was broadcast on the Disney cable network, and home video sales exceeded a record breaking one million copies sold.
Today the company has more than 100,000 reels of original 35mm and 16mm films in its archive and over 10,000 hours of rare concerts, television shows (from Europe & USA), promos, interviews, out-takes, and home movies. Preservation of films and music clips is a main focus of the organization, as well as the desire to compensate the artists. The archives include rare films of such diverse subjects as jazz musicians, rock and roll performers, cartoons, comedies, Hitchcock, newsreels, travelogues, westerns, horror films, mysteries, musicals, African American subjects, television shows, sports, and feature films. The archives even include an extensive collection of silent films.
In 1982-3, Bill Shelley was working at the Brill Building for the sound studio Studio One, who was taking over and gutting the famous (song)Writer’s Wing, unused since ’69. Told that anything that remained would be trashed, he found and rescued reels of 16mm promo footage, acetates, reel-to-reel recordings, and photos.
CAC is proud to have nurtured Bill Shelley’s efforts since 2009 and provided Shelley Archives with a home base and a loyal and enthusiastic audience.
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