The History of Rock and Roll

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The History of Rock and Roll
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Directed by	Andrew Solt
Cast	Solomon Burke, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, Steve Cropper, Kenny Gamble, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Daryl Hall, Mick Jagger, Wilson Pickett and Prince
DVD Release	June 29, 2004
Running Time	578 minutes
MPAA Rating	NR (Not Rated)
UPC Code	085393499129
Buy this item	$23.49 at Amazon.com As of Oct 13 13:28 EDT (details) 1 DVD, Warner Brothers, Usually ships in 24 hours, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) Or 41 new from $23.49, 17 used from $21.24

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User Reviews

Average user review:

(45 reviews)

Great document

Some people say that it is bad, but for me, it's very good, because you can see and learn about rock different things, obviously, this documentary miss a lot of information and discard rock history of many countries, but nothing it's perfect. September 7, 2008

History of Rock and Roll - DVD

Loving them - they go very well with the Rolling Stones History of Rock and Roll....HOORAY FOR GREAT SERVICE!! July 12, 2008

Beware packaging...do not buy online here!

While this is an excellent documentary, (format of hour long segments is great for viewing and the interviewees range from Bono to Little Richard to Jerry Garcia), the box set does not ship well. Ordered from Amazon and received 3 damaged discs that had fallen out of the packaging. Amazon replaced once, but sent an even more damaged package that fell apart when the plastic came off. Amazon won't send more than one replacement and have no desire to help customers get a non-damaged product.

I finally ordered from Best Buy where I also received a boxset that had loose and damaged dvds (believe it's a problem with this batch of dvds) but they were willing to order two just in case that happened and I was eventually able to find a non-damaged set.

Save the time, energy and effort and don't buy here! January 17, 2008

Do Not Buy This

I received this as a gift for Christmas this is not the History of Rock. The first band is U2 I like u2 but they did not start rock and then there is NWA (hip hop) and that is not rock and all this was in the first 20 min it has nothing to do with rock & roll it is different peoples thoughts on music and not even the founders of rock thoughts if you buy this and you will be so unhappy with it December 30, 2007

Excellent reference to complement other sources

The usefulness of this product depends on the purpose for which you buy it. If you simply want a historical review, it is exdcellent, lots of music tracks and interviews with artists. If you are a serious student, this is good to fill in some of the blanks not covered by other sources.

The role of the narrator is minimised and the material is presented mainly with comments from artists and the continuity is quite good.

In all, a very good addition to those who are interested in rock history and is a fine companion to the 'Dancing in the Street' series. October 30, 2007

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