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'Scopitone!' - The Ancestor/Forerunner of Music Video ...
Invented in France in the late 1950's ,the Scopitone was a kind of "Video -jukebox" --basically a jukebox with a 16mm film component. From Wikipedia: ' Based on technology developed during World War II, color 16 mm film clips with a magnetic soundtrack were designed to be shown in a specially designed jukebox. The first Scopitones were made in France, among them Serge Gainsbourg's Le poinçonneur des Lilas (filmed in 1958 in the Porte des Lilas Métro station),[3] Johnny Hallyday's "Noir c'est noir" (a cover of Los Bravos' "Black is Black") and the "Hully Gully" showing a dance around the edge of a French swimming pool. Several well-known acts of the 1960s appear in Scopitone films, including Neil Sedaka ("Calendar Girl)" The Exciters ("Tell Him"), and Procol Harum ("A Whiter Shade of Pale"), . In one Scopitone recording, Dionne Warwick lay on a white shag rug with an offstage fan urging her to sing "Walk on By". Another had Nancy Sinatra and a troupe of go-go girls shimmy to "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".....' 
By the late 60's everyone from Paul Anka and Glen Campbell to Sly and The Family Stone and Rotary Connection had made Scopitone films, but their popularity had faded by 1970. The last film for Scopitone was made in 1978. Today most reside in museums or private collections. 
Just a few examples of the range of Scopitone films: Sly and the Family Stone - "Dance To The Music" Neil Sedaka - "Calendar Girl" George & Teddy and The Condors - "Ain't That Just Like Me" The Flying Machine - "Smile a Little Smile For Me (Rose Marie)" Dion - "Ruby Baby" ... [Edited 7/28/09 12:06pm] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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16mm Scopitone by Pocol Harum for "Whiter Shade of Pale" .... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Barbara McNair - The Best Is Yet To Come Holy crap! I didn't know they let cameras do crotch shots back then, 
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Cool topic. Next generation Soundies. 
As in the VHS vs Betamax war, the Scopitone system beat out its Italian competitor... 
...Cinebox (Colorama in the U.S.) The Video Beat! has a few series available on DVD. DVD compilations are also available at www.scopitones.com tA  Tribal Disorder
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theAudience said: Cool topic. Next generation Soundies.
As in the VHS vs Betamax war, the Scopitone system beat out its Italian competitor...
...Cinebox (Colorama in the U.S.) The Video Beat! has a few series available on DVD. DVD compilations are also available at www.scopitones.com I'd love to see one of these up close! I actually grabbed a Scopitone compilation a few years back, because it had Rotary Connection's "Soul Man" on it. But their video was just a couple of girls go-go dancing--no shots of the group at all! ... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: I'd love to see one of these up close! Well Frankie Avalon has... 
...You might want to ask him what he thought. 
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theAudience said: paligap said: I'd love to see one of these up close! Well Frankie Avalon has...
...You might want to ask him what he thought.
Yeah, that's definitely a Cinebox... I was gonna ask why it was so big, until I realized that it's sitting up on a stand .....
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