Product Description: Before MTV there were Soundies, a collection of musical shorts starring such legends as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, and more. Soundies is a PBS pledge driver; seen in all major PBS markets, and listed as a favorite among national programmers, station managers, and viewers. Now available for the first time on DVD, these meticulously restored and digitized classics are hosted by fan favorite Michael Feinstein and contain interviews with the artists themselves, as well as with pop culture icons Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Hefner, and Leonard Maltin. First produced in the 40s to play on a video jukebox called a Panoram, Soundies pays tribute to the music that started it all.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Interesting documentary
I enjoyed this - not just a collection of "soundies" but has documentary information. If you just want collections of clips (as videos to scroll through), don't buy this. But if you want some great footage ... Read More
Rating: - Soundies is prety good.
One may not care for the dialouge and interviews, I, in fact, found them interesting. However, the music, while not DTS or Doby 5.1, is very good and the sound is very good. As a historical musical and visual ... Read More
Rating: - Video clips of the Forties
This is a documentation on music and a way a media (the music clips) sold it. Very informative and interesting to see big stars in the beginning of their careers, and there isn't a better choice than Michael Feinstein ... Read More
Rating: - Don't Bother
Amazon "spammed" my email encouraging me to buy this disc which is too bad because this disc is absolutely horrid. This DVD has talking through all the cuts....shame on Amazon.....I feel used...and stupid.....
Rating: - Save your money!
Terrible, terrible, terrible. This is a PBS special, and the Soundies are constantly interrupted by talking heads or narration, or are truncated. What could've been a great release -- uncut, restored music videos of a ... Read More
- Interesting documentary
- Soundies is prety good.
- Don't Bother