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Lazaretto by Jack White
Quadrophenia: Live In London (2CD Audio) by the Who
New York Concerts by Jimmy Giuffre
Blondie 4(0)-Ever: Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux / Ghosts of Download [LP / DVD]
Colour My World - The Songs Of Tony Hatch
Seven Wonders of the World
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Twice by Hollie Cook
Mod Jazz And Then Some!
Original Album Series by the Buzzcocks
DVD and Blu-ray new releases June 10, 2014: Cosmos; The Who's Quadrophenia live; Perry Mason TV movies!
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Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Quadrophenia: Live in London (DVD)
Perry Mason Double Feature: Perry Mason Returns / The Case of the Notorious Nun
Perry Mason Double Feature: The Case of the Sinister Spirit / The Case of the Murdered Madam
Perry Mason Double Feature: The Case of the Shooting Star / The Case of the Lost Love
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Quadrophenia: Live in London (DVD)
Perry Mason Double Feature: Perry Mason Returns / The Case of the Notorious Nun
Perry Mason Double Feature: The Case of the Sinister Spirit / The Case of the Murdered Madam
Perry Mason Double Feature: The Case of the Shooting Star / The Case of the Lost Love
Pop Focus: Beach Party Movies!
In the days before music went psychedelic and men started sprouting beards, beach movies were a fixture of 1960s movie screens.
The genre was hatched by Sandra Dee's "Gidget" in 1959 and 1960's "Where the Boys Are," but really took off with American International Pictures' "Beach Party" in 1963, the first movie to pair the genre's synonymous couple: Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
The formula was bone simple: Boys, girls, music, bikinis. Plots and dialogue were ridiculous and superfluous - this was all just daydream fuel for landlocked, lovelorn teens. Music was mostly forgettable, too, although every once in a while someone cool like the Beach Boys or Dick Dale would show up.
AIP's "Beach" series went on to include "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach," "Pajama Party," "Beach Blanket Bingo," "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini," and the "The Ghost and the Invisible Bikini." As you can see, things got sillier and weirder as the 60s went on, just like everything else during that decade.
Below we celebrate summer, and summer's past, with a selection of pics and a few videos from the day.
The genre was hatched by Sandra Dee's "Gidget" in 1959 and 1960's "Where the Boys Are," but really took off with American International Pictures' "Beach Party" in 1963, the first movie to pair the genre's synonymous couple: Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.
The formula was bone simple: Boys, girls, music, bikinis. Plots and dialogue were ridiculous and superfluous - this was all just daydream fuel for landlocked, lovelorn teens. Music was mostly forgettable, too, although every once in a while someone cool like the Beach Boys or Dick Dale would show up.
AIP's "Beach" series went on to include "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini Beach," "Pajama Party," "Beach Blanket Bingo," "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini," and the "The Ghost and the Invisible Bikini." As you can see, things got sillier and weirder as the 60s went on, just like everything else during that decade.
Below we celebrate summer, and summer's past, with a selection of pics and a few videos from the day.
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