“In the top three of all rock movies” – Quentin Tarantino
It is the Greatest, Grooviest, Wildest, Most Exciting Beat Blast Ever to Pound the Screen!
Filmed just eight months after The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, The T.A.M.I. Show introduced rock n soul youth culture to America in the first concert movie of the rock era. One of the rarest and most sought-after performance films from its time, the 1964 concert event featured future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Rolling Stones, James Brown, Chuck Berry, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes and many other American and British Invasion hitmakers in their prime.
This legendary film has never been available on DVD and has not been seen in its entirety since it originally appeared in theaters in 1964. Mastered from a new High Definition transfer and uncut, this complete version features the Beach Boys performances that were removed following the films initial theatrical run. This is what music fans have been waiting for: the ultimate collectors edition of this long-unavailable landmark film.
Filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, October 29, 1964, performances include:
Jan & Dean- (Here They Come) From All Over The World
Chuck Berry- Johnny B. Goode, Maybellene, Sweet Little Sixteen, Nadine (Is it You?)
Gerry And The Pacemakers- Maybellene, Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying, Its Gonna Be Alright, How Do You Do It?, I Like It
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles- Thats What Love Is Made Of, You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me, Mickeys Monkey
Marvin Gaye- Stubborn Kind Of Fellow, Pride And Joy, Can I Get A Witness, Hitch Hike
Lesley Gore- Maybe I Know, You Dont Own Me, You Didnt Look Around, Hey Now, Its My Party, & Judys Turn To Cry
Jan & Dean- The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) & Sidewalk Surfin
The Beach Boys- Surfin U.S.A., I Get Around, Surfer Girl, & Dance, Dance, Dance
Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas- Little Children, Bad To Me, I’ll Keep You Satisfied, & From A Window
The Supremes- When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes, Run, Run, Run, Baby Love, & Where Did Our Love Go
The Barbarians- Hey Little Bird
James Brown & The Flames- Out Of Sight, Prisoner Of Love, Please, Please, Please, & Night Train
The Rolling Stones- Around and Around, Off The Hook, Time Is On My Side, It’s All Over Now, & I’m All Right
All Performers- Show Close: Lets Get Together
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January 6, 2006
#1
This is it Young America, well if you remember it then you are not so young any more …lol
KIds get this for your parents or grandparents and parents get this for the kids….A history lesson in real American Music!
David Kaufman
Brooklyn, NY
January 6, 2006
#2
I want this DVD! Heard about it on NPR this am and want it baaaaad!
January 6, 2006
#3
This is very intriguing…Am I correct to assume by seeing the “DVD” icon and these several reviews, that the great long-lost concert film from the mid-60′s, the “T.A.M.I. Show” was reissued? and with the Beach Boys performances included? On DVD? Really? When? and if so, Why not reissue it? I can’t figure this out. There’s not even some widow trying to sell a used copy of it (that her collector husband bought?). Why wouldn’t say RHINO want to re-release this, since it included classic live performances from a series of great artists at their very peak, including James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles? When I last saw much of this–rereleased with parts of the TNT show (which included some REALLY fantastic Ronettes performances) into “That Was Rock,” it did not include the Beach Boys songs, but I recall that the Leslie Gore stuff from TAMI were GREAT! They even dimmed the lights for a moody ballad. I’ve read in the past that the late 60′s Beach Boys were non-plussed at their performances (or their supposedly un-hip striped shirts) and their perception that the Rolling Stones and James Brown stole the show, so they litigated themselves out of the film. BUT, if this was the case, then why have I seen various clips and individual songs of the Beach Boys TAMI show performances in other films?
Another big reason to rerelease this DVD (if there really WAS a DVD of it), is in my estimation, to help right a great cultural and musical wrong: to raise respect and appreciation of Jan and Dean–the show’s MC’s and performers, who for some reason to this date, are not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Yes, the Ramones are, who if you took out their humor/J & D influence, might have been kind of like Ozzy Osbourne or something forgetable like that. So, I don’t think that it’s span of influence that has kept J and D out… Is it popularity and record sales ? Well, no, they had a number one, and created top 5 hits in two decades, and counting Jan’s excellent 90′s solo CD “Second Wave,” they released top notch music for 40 years! Is it just the hippy thing? (you know, Rolling Stone magazine–which selects the Hall of fame inductees, was where we read (the seriously disturbed/smashed on heroin) John Lennon (who was between wives at the time and nearing Beatles break-up) call America in 1963 “unhip” for “digging Jan and Dean.” and Jimmy Hendrix, had some secret message on the back of one of his LP’s along the lines of “May you never hear surf music again.” Right? Doesn’t matter though. It’s a travesty. Screw the hippies! If it means, jerking out Frank Zappa, put Jan and Dean IN the rock and roll Hall of Fame. Facial hair (or drug-addled fans) shouldn’t be an entrance requirement.
and MAKE this concert film available, someone. Start a petition. It’s REALLY great and unique. A CRIME that it’s not available. a CRIME (like Jan and Dean’s non-inclusion in the r n r hall!). Similarly idiotic.
January 6, 2006
#4
I want this DVD, David Simon was on NPR today talking about this being one of his top DVD’s to watch.
January 6, 2006
#5
The TAMI Show took place before my time. This was my Mother’s generation. However, I have always been a huge fan of ’60s music, so I am elated to find out this terrific event in the history of music is FINALLY being officially released. It took me YEARS to see the TAMI Show, and when I did, I was not at all disappointed.
Taped in the fall of 1964 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium before a large crowd of screaming teenagers, mainly girls, this concert featured some of the most popular and talented musical acts of not just 1964, but of all time. Hosted by the good-looking duo Jan and Dean, one by one the stage was lit up with amazing artists.
Just picture it- the Supremes, James Brown, the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Lesley Gore, and my favorite group of all, the Beach Boys. Each of them coming on stage performing, back to back. They were all so young at the time, at the peak of their heyday, and in their prime. Jan and Dean performed as well, right after Lesley Gore.
All of the performers were superb, to say the very least. However, James Brown, and his Famous Flames, really stole the show. They were dynamic and electrifying. Word has it Mick Jagger and the rest of the Stones were reluctant on go on afterwards.
When you think about it, this is also a tribute to those performers who are no longer with us- Florence Ballard, Dennis Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Jan Berry…
Again, this concert is a very rare jewel, and I look forward to owning it- again.