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• Actors: Gerry & The Pacemakers, Gerry Marsden, Bill Harry, Les McGuire, Les Chadwick
• Directors: David Peck
• Format: Dolby, NTSC, Digital Sound
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Voyage Digital Media
• DVD Release Date: March 30, 2010
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0034BBB28
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,860 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than All Right!, March 31, 2010

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Bill T (CT USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: British Invasion: Gerry & The Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be All Right, 1963-1965 (DVD)

This DVD nicely covers Gerry & The Pacemaker's history in a way that will entertain both newcomers as well as seasoned fans. It tells the group's story by moving from modern commentary to vintage clip.

Commentary is provided by Gerry Marsden(from the current Cavern in Liverpool) as well as Mersey Beat editor Bill Harry, and fans who plan to purchase the T.A.M.I. SHOW DVD will be happy to know that this DVD doen't include any footage from that Pacemakers' performance.

Gerry's commentary is interesting, entertaining, and informative. It's a delight to watch & you'll learn a lot too.

Sure there are plenty of vintage clips that don't appear on this DVD but what is included nicely illustrates what made Gerry & The Pacemakers unique and, at the same time, inseperable from the Mersey musical scene they were unmistakably part of.

If you don't want the commentary you can just watch the musical clips(two additional performances included) and there are further extras featuring Gerry in one and Bill Harry in the other. Harry also wrote the bulk of the fine booklet notes.

I was honestly surprized how much I liked this DVD. It's great!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Winning documentary of early British Invasion hit-makers, May 3, 2010

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: British Invasion: Gerry & The Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be All Right, 1963-1965 (DVD)

It's Gonna Be All Right: 1963-1965 is one of four documentaries released as part of a five-DVD British Invasion box set by Reelin' in the Years Productions. Of the four artists profiled (which also include Dusty Springfield, the Small Faces and Herman's Hermits), Gerry & the Pacemakers might seem the most lightweight. But like all of the artists in this series, what U.S. audiences saw were just the tip of a larger artistic iceberg, and this collection of seventeen vintage musical performances and interviews, television and stage appearances, and contemporary interviews with Gerry Marsden and Bill Harry (founder of the Mersey Beat newspaper) tells more of the band's story beyond their oft-anthologized hits. The Pacemakers emerge as early exponents of Liverpool's beat rock, and an act that vied with the Beatles for the seaport town's music fans.

The parallels between the Pacemakers and the Beatles are many. Both were Liverpool bands with Skiffle roots that turned to covering American R&B. But honed their live performances in demanding Hamburg gigs, played the Cavern Club, were managed by Brian Epstein, wrote some of their own hits, were produced by George Martin, starred in their own film (Ferry Cross the Mersey), toured America and appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964. The Pacemakers' music wasn't as edgy as the Beatles, and Marsden never really varied from his smiling, sometimes hammy, showmanship as a front-man. The group broke in 1963 with "How Do You Do It?" and "I Like It," and crossed the Atlantic the following year with "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying." Their earlier U.K. singles would find later success in the U.S., though "You'll Never Walk Alone" and "I'm the One" (#1 and a #2, respectively) remained UK-only hits.

The group was on the front-lines of the British Invasion, appearing in the 1964 T.A.M.I. Show, but like many of their peers, they never really evolved. Their success in the UK tailed off in 1965, they charted their last single in the States with 1966's "Girl on a Swing," and disbanded a month later. Unlike the Small Faces and Herman's Hermit's volumes, this film provides little documentation of the band's musicians, and few details of their time in the studio or on the road; this is more a nostalgic pass through their catalog (including a nice anecdote about "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying") than a revelatory document of the band's history. In addition to the 72-minute documentary, the full individual performances can be viewed via DVD menu options. Bonuses include additional interview footage with and extensive liner notes by Bill Harry. [©2010 hyperbolium dot com]

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation, December 11, 2011

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Love Good Music (Asheville, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: British Invasion: Gerry & The Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be All Right, 1963-1965 (DVD)

Bought this in the 3 pack along with Hollies and Herman's Hermits. It was definitive music, creative and fun as were the times back then; and all these years later, people are wanting to hear this music still today. These dvd documentary disks are the most amazingly professionally produced product I have seen for any 1960's groups and were put together in the best format I have ever experienced. Quality in every way from the interviews to the many live performances on each dvd.

So good to see and hear these performers again as there is nothing today in music that will ever match the "love of simply performing the music, not for the money" mentality of so many groups we had in the 60's.