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| T.A.M.I. Show | |
|---|---|
 Movie poster | |
| Directed by | Steve Binder |
| Produced by | Lee Savin Bill Sargent (executive producer) |
| Starring | The Barbarians The Beach Boys Chuck Berry James Brown andthe Famous Flames Marvin Gaye Gerry and the Pacemakers Lesley Gore Jan and Dean Billy J. Kramer andthe Dakotas The Miracles The Rolling Stones The Supremes |
| Cinematography | James E. Kilgore |
| Edited by | Kent Mackenzie Bruce Pierce |
Production companies | Screen Entertainment Co. Screencraft International |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
T.A.M.I. Show is a 1964concert film released byAmerican International Pictures.[1] It includes performances by numerous popularrock and roll andR&B musicians from the United States and England. The concert was held at theSanta Monica Civic Auditorium on October 28 and 29, 1964. Free tickets were distributed to local high school students. Theacronym "T.A.M.I." was used inconsistently in the show's publicity to mean both "Teenage Awards Music International" and "Teen Age Music International".
In 2006,T.A.M.I. Show was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United StatesLibrary of Congress and selected for preservation in theNational Film Registry.[2][3]
The best footage from the two concert dates was combined into the film, which was released on December 29, 1964.Jan and Deanemceed the event and performed its theme song, "Here They Come (From All Over the World)", written by Los Angeles songwritersP.F. Sloan andSteve Barri, the song erroneously asserting thatthe Rolling Stones are fromLiverpool.Jack Nitzsche was the show's music director.
The film was shot by directorSteve Binder and his crew fromThe Steve Allen Show, using a precursor to high-definition television, called "Electronovision," invented by the self-taught "electronics whiz" Bill Sargent (H.W. Sargent Jr). The film was the second of a small number of productions that used the system.[4] By using the 25 frames per second819-line video standard (in use in France for television broadcasting at the time), the video could be converted to film bykinescope recording with sufficiently enhanced resolution to allow big-screen enlargement. It is considered one of the seminal events in the pioneering of music films, and more importantly, the later concept of music video.
T.A.M.I. Show is particularly well known for the performance ofJames Brown andthe Famous Flames, which features his legendary dance moves and explosive energy. In interviews,Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones has claimed that choosing to follow Brown and the Famous Flames (Bobby Byrd,Bobby Bennett, andLloyd Stallworth) was the worst mistake of their careers, because no matter how well they performed, they could not top him.[5] In a web-published interview, Binder takes credit for persuading the Stones to follow Brown, and serve as the centerpiece for the grand finale in which all the performers dance together onstage.[4]
Motown Records, which by 1964 had experienced its first wave of chart-busting crossover success, was represented by three of its top acts:the Miracles,Marvin Gaye, andthe Supremes.The Miracles (Smokey Robinson,Bobby Rogers,Pete Moore,Ronnie White andMarv Tarplin) had, three months earlier, lost the services of their sole female member,Claudette (Mrs. Smokey) Robinson. Claudette, who retired from touring for health reasons, remained as a non-touring member of the Miracles, recording with the group in the studio only. Marvin Gaye, backed byShindig! favoritesthe Blossoms, sang several of his greatest hits. The show also featuredthe Supremes during their reign as the most successful female recording group of the era. The group had three chart-topping singles from July 1964 to December 1964, with the albumWhere Did Our Love Go reaching number two.Diana Ross went on to work with Binder on several of her television specials, including her first solo television special and her famousCentral Park concert,Live from New York Worldwide: For One and for All.
Throughout the show, a variety ofgo-go dancers includingTeri Garr performed in the background or beside the performers, under the direction of choreographerDavid Winters, assisted byToni Basil. According to filmmakerJohn Landis's DVD commentary for the film's trailer, he and seventh-grade classmateDavid Cassidy were in the audience for the show.[6]
Dick Clark Productions later acquired ownership of the concert from Sargent.
(in order of appearance)
*Gerry Marsden - vocals, guitar *Les Maguire - piano * Les Chadwick - bass * Freddie Marsden - drums, backing vocals
*Smokey Robinson - lead vocals *Bobby Rogers - tenor vocals *Ronnie White - baritone vocals *Pete Moore - bass vocals *Marv Tarplin - guitar
*Marvin Gaye - vocals * Fanita James - backing vocals *Darlene Love - backing vocals * Jean King - backing vocals
* Jan Berry - vocals * Dean Torrence - vocals
*Brian Wilson - bass, vocals *Mike Love - vocals *Al Jardine - guitar, vocals *Carl Wilson - guitar, vocals *Dennis Wilson - drums
*Billy J. Kramer - vocals *Mike Maxfield - guitar *Mick Green - guitar * Robin MacDonald - bass * Tony Mansfield - drums
*Diana Ross - Lead vocals *Florence Ballard - backing vocals *Mary Wilson - backing vocals
* Jerry Causi - bass, vocals * Ronnie Enos - guitar, vocals * Bruce Benson - guitar * Victor "Moulty" Moulton - drums
*James Brown - vocals *Bobby Byrd - vocals *Lloyd Stallworth - vocals *Bobby Bennett - vocals
*Mick Jagger - vocals, maracas *Keith Richards - guitar, vocals *Brian Jones - guitar, backing vocals *Bill Wyman - bass, backing vocals *Charlie Watts - drums
In order of appearance in the film:
During the VHS era, there was never an authorized home video release ofT.A.M.I. Show in its full, original cut, althoughbootlegs abounded. Most of the bootlegs were missing the Beach Boys' performance. The Beach Boys had been deleted from all prints made after the movie's initial theatrical run because of acopyright dispute by the request of someone in their management.[7] Selected numbers from theT.A.M.I. Show were edited together with performances from another concert film by the same producers,The Big T.N.T. Show, to create a hybrid work calledThat Was Rock. This film did receive a home video release fromMedia Home Entertainment's music division, Music Media, in 1984. It was felt that the film was unlikely to be released due to the cost of obtaining the publishing and performance rights to the extensive lineup of artists. (All of the four Beach Boys songs from the show eventually surfaced on DVD inSights and Sounds of Summer, a special CD/DVD edition ofSounds of Summer: The Very Best of The Beach Boys.)
On March 23, 2010,Shout! Factory releasedT.A.M.I. Show on a restored, digitally remastered and fully authorized DVD, with all performances, including the Beach Boys, included.[8][9] (A DVD release of the complete film by First Look Studios had been planned for 2007, but subsequently withdrawn.)
On December 2, 2016,T.A.M.I. Show was released in Blu-ray as a combo package withThe Big T.N.T. Show byShout! Factory. Both features are presented in1080p resolution, 1.78:1aspect ratio andDTS-HD Master Audio Stereo.[10]
The film was shown in its entirety in Canada onFirst Choice Network in 1984, the 20th anniversary of its release.
Experimental filmmakerWallace Berman, a friend of choreographer Toni Basil, refilmed a screening ofT.A.M.I. Show using an8 mm camera. He used close-ups of Mick Jagger and Teri Garr in his 1966collage filmAleph.[11]
In 2006,T.A.M.I. Show was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United StatesLibrary of Congress and selected for preservation in theNational Film Registry.[2][3]
