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Rock 'n' Roll Invaders: AM Radio DJ's

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This is a well produced DVD and Very good looking as well. It Does a good Job at the history of some of the beginning DJ's However, I would have liked to have seen some more of the later (60's and 70's) DJ's included Like The "Real" Don Steele and Robert W. Morgan. However you won't go wrong by getting this DVD!

I've always been a great fan of Allen Freed, (correct spelling of his name), and hated how he was chosen to "pay" for introducing White America to R&B. This DVD presents a very fair assessment of what happened, including Allen Freed's last words on WINS, radio in New York. This DVD also shows us that there is a price to pay for progress, and progress can only be made when someone has the courage to pay the price. Allen wasn't a saint, but his words proved prophetic when he said, "they can stop me, but they'll never stop Rock N' Roll".....Rock on..

I enjoyed this clever film immensely! The sound track alone is one of the best cruising tracks since "American Graffiti." Wonderful stuff!!!

This should be just the first in a series of DVD's about the men and women who literally brought radio back from the dead. Freed and the others featured here were the pioneers, the groundbreakers. But there were others, then and later, who were also instrumental in molding and advancing the biggest evolution in radio broadcast history. Their stories should be documented, too.

I originally saw this on Public Television and thought it portrayed the way R&R radio was in the original Top 40 way.
Some really great scenes from what I saw.
I have not viewed the DVD version yet, but hope it doesn't have the annoying copy guard, or whatever it is to put a damper on your viewing.

A must see for all rock'n'roll history buffs.Insightful new information about the important role of the early rock'n'roll radio deejays.