\u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d is a landmark production that first aired in the 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director Tony Palmer\u2019s 17-part documentary covers the history of modern popular music, from its earliest origins through the mid-70s. Among the included genres are folk, ragtime, musical theatre, swing, jazz, blues and of course rock \u2018n\u2019 roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Palmer interviewed more than 300 subjects, and he enlisted the help of experts and personalities in the music field, including Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Feather and Nik Cohn, to provide the background for each episode. The documentary\u2019s title is taken from the 1967 Beatles song written by John Lennon, a friend of Tony\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Box Contains:
1) A hand signed by Tony Palmer certificate
2) All 17 one hour episodes on 5 DVDs of the classic TV series
3) 322 page long out-of-print original book with black & white and colour photos
4) 28 page brochure with all the background
5) A complete facsimile of Tony Palmer\u2019s diary for 1975 showing where and when the films were made\u2026
6) A reproduction of the \u201cA monumental achievement. Thank you\u201d telegram sent by JOHN LENNON personally to Tony Palmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s what the press has said about Tony Palmer\u2019s \u201cAll You Need Is Love\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s subtitled \u2018The Story of Popular Music,\u2019 and it really is, in nearly 15 hours, on five discs\u2026 How great must this be? See for yourself.\u201d (EW Pick, \u201cA\u201d Rating) – Ken Tucker, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCalling this five-disc, 17-episode walk through history of pop music \u2018comprehensive\u2019 is like calling the Bible \u2018important\u2019\u2026 All You Need Is Love is a musical education in a box.\u201d – Ryan Dombal, BLENDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere’s no shortage of ambition in this 17-episode series directed in 1977 for British TV by music journalist and filmmaker Tony Palmer. Subtitled ‘The Story of Popular Music,’ this is the closest we will ever get to a definitive portrait of such a sprawling topic.\u201d – Sean Axmaker, MSN.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis rigorous and compelling documentary series is a one-stop shop for the wisdom and development of pop.\u201d – Andrew Perry, MOJO (UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor an entertaining and informative history of popular music up through the mid-70\u2019s, you could not do any better than this engrossing series.\u201d – Curt Fields, WASHINGTON POST<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe idea of documenting the entire in-depth history of something as mercurial as popular music is the kind of epic task that could make even Ken Burns blanch. And yet that\u2019s exactly what British journalist and filmmaker Tony Palmer did in the mid-\u201970s, with the impossibly expansive ‘All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music.’\u201d – Bilge Ebiri, TIME OUT NEW YORK<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTony Palmer\u2019s ‘All You Need Is Love’ was hailed in its day and looks even better now, thanks to Palmer’s blend of stock footage, electrifying performances and thoughtful narration.\u201d – Noel Murray, LA TIMES<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026an impressive achievement, scholarly, opinionated and entertaining, seamlessly blending archive and fresh footage with an impressive cast of talking heads.\u201d – Peter Kane, Q MAGAZINE (UK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Undeniably the most ambitious attempt to document the changing face of popular music ever to reach the TV screen.\u201d – Terry Staunton, CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026An astute, fine-tooth-combing through popular music in all its hues and ages.\u201d – Linda Laban, BOSTON GLOBE<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Holds your interest throughout \u2013 though you\u2019ll certainly need more than one viewing to absorb it all.\u201d (4 stars) – Gillian G. Gaar, GOLDMINE<\/p>\n\n\n\n