Customer Reviews

Hullabaloo, Vols. 5-8

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Some of this is almost too good to be true: Brian Epstein interviewing Andrew Loog Oldham, the Kinks, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, the Remains, the Zombies, the Beau Brummels, Marianne Faithfull --- it's hard to know whwre to stop! The David McCallum episode alone is worth the price.
Even the bad stuff --- Hullabaloo dancers trying to break into recording, Peter Noone singing Dylan, Frankie and Annette doing the Freddie with Freddie and the Dreamers etc. --- is charming. And kudos to the company for not doing a "highlights" package and giving us entire episodes.
If any part of your youth is in the 60s, you'll want to open a cold beer and press "play". Warning: it's insanely addictive, and you'll end up losing a few hours sleep. A real treat.

although the picture quality is not so good (master tapes were no longer available), the digital sound is superb. these series of hullabaloo t.v. shows are far better than the "shindig" vhs special collection series. the shows are well balanced in terms of mixture of guests, dances, songs, skits, background sets versus that of "shindig" which is inferior. the running time of almost 5 hours is worth the price of the dvd and you get to watch well-known hosts who does not only introduce guests but perform, narrates, plays skits as well. each show has a lot of prominent guests and the show is well scripted, well prepared and has a good mixture of song, dances and comedy skits. this collection is a must for the teeny boppers of the 50s and 60s.

This DVD Is a must for PETULA CLARK fans.It features the episode in which she was the first hostess in 1965 ,and she can be seen singing her hits "I know a place" and "Round every corner".The production is if course very dated ,and the picture quality is not brilliant ,but as good as you can get from the original source

THIS DVD HAS NO PROBLEMS PLAYING ON MULTI-REGION DVD PLAYERS. LIVING IN ENGLAND PURCHASED THIS DVD AND PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY GREAT. THE ILLYA KURYAKIN EPISODE IS A MUST FOR U.N.C.L.E. FANS AND THE WHOLE DVD IS JUST PURE NOSTALGIA .

I was just 7 or 8 years old when NBC debuted their version of the "Shindig" series (was too young to watch). Frankly speaking, this show was slightly better because it had almost something for every taste, ranging from "middle of the road" acts to the big rock acts of the period.

Although the original video masters don't exist anymore (shame on NBC), the quality of both picture and sound is great. This was my very first DVD purchase (having just bought a DVD/VCR deck), and I'm glad it had to be a TV classic.

I remeber Hullabaloo and Shindig as a kid growing up, It didnt stay to long on ABC. I bought the dvd and was amazed and how good it looked after almost 40 years! And much to my surprise that there was a bonus of another 18 performances, my favorite was the Shangri-las they were great. I hope the put out the rest of the series. Talk about some great memories

It was fun to go back and see some of my musical favorites. I was reminded that I was lucky enough to grow up in the GREATEST music era of all time. If you love rock & roll, this is a must. I have all volumes. My 21 yr. old son absolutely loves it. Great Fun. Lane Mende, Texas

First off, if you're going to buy any one of the three DVDs that are available in this set; this is the one to get. Song for song, and performance for performance, this compilation captures the "Best Of..." Hullabaloo. The Rolling Stones performance of "Get Off My Cloud", alone, makes this "the one" to have.

But, recognize that most of these performances are "canned" and that that the presentation is nothing short of corny. Try to imagine the Lovin Spoolful singing "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" surrounded by franticly gyrating dancers! But, it was the mid-sixties, after all; and the frug, jerk and pony were actually wild dances performed in go-go boots by hormonally-charged teenagers. Anyway, if you were born in the early 1950s, you know exactly what I mean.

So, take it for what it is: a period piece that captures the essence of music in the transitional mid-sixties...when you could let your hair down even if it was just barely over your ears.

THIS ALBUM AND THE REST OF THIS SERIES IS JUST !!UNBELIVEABLE.!! YOU GET 4 HOURS OF SHOWS ON ONE DISC.THE MUSIC IS GREAT,THE STAR LIST WOOOOOOOOOOW.PICTURE QUALITY FAIR TO GOOD.THERE ARE A LOT OF BOOTLEG COPIES OUT THERE !!!BEWARE.!!!THERE ARE ALOT OF RESEALED DEFECTIVE DISCS IN CIRCULATION.A GOOD MUTI REGION PLAYER,WILL HANDLE SOME OF THESE DISCS BETTER THAN THE REGION ONE ONLY PLAYERS...BUY ONLY FROM PEOPLE YOU TRUST, WITH A DEFECTIVE EXCHANGE POLICY.

This DVD contains particular rarities such as The Beau Brummels doing "Don't Talk To Strangers" and The Miller-Goldberg Band doing "The Mother Song", which was probably Steve Miller's first TV appearance, in December 1965.

I took DVD Volumes 5-8 on holiday to Rhode Island from Europe last year and I found that the DVD played perfectly well on the hotel room's DVD player. However, although I can play DVD Volumes 1-4 and 9-12 perfectly well on my laptop computer, I cannot play Volumes 5-8 at all. When I click on any of the options, I get a very fast skipping of the sound, with no picture except the title page, even with expanded memory installed. Is this particular DVD too technically ambitious or is there a bad set of microprocessors out there?