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The Wrecking Crew!

DVD - 2015 DVD 782.421 Wr None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.9 out of 5

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Originally produced in 2008.
Special features: Deleted scenes; song credits; dedications; trailer.
Narrator: Denny Tedesco.
Profiles the group of Los Angeles studio musicians known as the Wrecking Crew--featuring Tommy Tedesco, guitar, Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, drums, Carol Kaye, Joe Osborne, bass--who played on many rock and pop hits during the sixties. Gifted, versatile, and possessing the knack for turning a simple tune into something memorable, the Wrecking Crew were the players who turned the Wall of Sound in Phil Spector's head into a reality, and helped Brian Wilson create the musical vision that would redefine California pop. The Wrecking Crew also backed up everyone from Sonny and Cher, the Mamas and the Papas and the Monkees to Herb Alpert, Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra, but while they became legends in the music business, they were all but unknown to the millions of people who made their records some of the biggest hits of the day. Filmmaker Denny Tedesco--whose father Tommy was a member of the Wrecking Crew and perhaps the most recorded guitarist in history--brings the free-wheeling story of the most famous musicians you've never heard of to the screen. Bonus disc includes interviews with guitarists, various performing artists, drummers/percussionists, producers/arrangers, engineers, bassists, pianists, and saxophonists associated with the Wrecking Crew.
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen 1.78:1; Dolby Digital 5.1.

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Amazing History submitted by kencza on August 19, 2018, 12:06am The Wrecking Crew tells the story of musicians of the 50's , 60's, and 70's that played the songs we
grew up with in that era. They were the "studio musicians" that producers and artists used to provide the
music around the vocal stylings because very few were able to do it anywhere near as well themselves.
Tommy Tedesco, Hal Blaine, Carol Kaye, Earl Palmer and many more tell their story and reveal how the
albums, the hits and the soundtrack of our youth was created.

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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English, with optional English SDH, Spanish, and French subtitles.

PUBLISHED
Los Angeles, CA : Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2015.
Year Published: 2015
Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Tedesco, Denny, 1961-
Tedesco, Suzie Greene,
Magnolia Pictures (Firm),
Lunch Box Entertainment,
Magnolia Home Entertainment (Firm),

SUBJECTS
Wrecking Crew (Musical group)
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rock music -- Los Angeles -- 1961-1970 -- History and criticism.
Sound recording industry -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.