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Publicación: 15 de noviembre, 2004.
Compañía: ILC Video.
N° de catalogo: DVD2611.
Código de barras: 5 034741 261111.
Formato: PAL / R2. 4:3 aspecto ratio.
Contenido:
An unique collection of live comedy and music for Amnesty International
Celebrating 25 years of The Secret Policeman's Ball
Volumen 1.
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976).
Mermaid Frolics (1977).
Volumen 2.
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979).
The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1981).
Volumen 3.
The Secret Policeman's Third Ball (1987).
- Running Up That Hill - Kat Bush con David Gilmour.
The Secret Policeman's Biggest Ball (1989).
Volumen 4.
Amnesty International's The Big 3-0 - Special Edition (1991).
The Secret Policeman's Balls (Music Edition) (Best of the music from all shows).
Volumen 5.
Featuring lenght documentary "Remember The Secret Policeman’s Ball?".
Box Set DVD - Edición U.K:
Compañía: ILC Video.
N° de catalogo: DVD2611.
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1987 The Secret Policeman's Third Ball.
The Secret Policeman Ball.
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1981 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.
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1981 The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.
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ResponderEliminar1987 – The Secret Policeman's Third Ball:
When the British Amnesty shows finally resumed in 1987 after a six-year hiatus, the show format was retooled in an effort to take advantage of the growing number of rock musicians supporting Amnesty. Instead of the live show being primarily a comedy show with a few musical cameos, the event made a point of giving equal emphasis to comedy and music. The show's four nights were divided up into two nights of comedy and two nights of music.
The line-up of musicians included several who were already veterans of earlier Amnesty benefits in the UK and/or USA: Bob Geldof, Peter Gabriel, Jackson Browne and Lou Reed. Other performers included Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, Joan Armatrading, Chet Atkins, World Party and Duran Duran.
Most of the comedic performers in the 1987 show were talents familiar primarily just to British audiences. This made the film of the show far less appealing to overseas audiences and unlike its predecessors it did not find major international distribution in lucrative markets such as the US and Canada.
Comedic performers included: Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, Ruby Wax, Hale and Pace, Lenny Henry, Rory Bremner, Robbie Coltrane, Ben Elton and the Spitting Image puppets.
The shows took place at The London Palladium over four consecutive nights 26–29 March 1987. The shows were videotaped and a home video special was created integrating performances from the two comedy nights and two music nights. It was released by Virgin Vision. Two TV specials were created and transmitted – one featuring musical performances, the other featuring comedy performances. Following the pattern established by the 1979 and 1981 shows, separate albums of the comedic and musical performances was released by Virgin Records. The shows were produced by Tony Hollingsworth, and the videos were produced by Hollingsworth and Neville Bolt.
The 92-minute TV and video specials were subsequently criticised for the increased musical content. While all the musical performances were presented in full, the comedic performances were often edited heavily. The TV version also prominently featured spoof documentary segments by newcomer Ruby Wax, which took time from the performances of the comedians and musicians. This reflected the fact that, unlike the previous shows (which had been stage events that integrated comedy and music) the performances were edited together from two entirely different types of stage show.
ResponderEliminarVictims of their own success in recruiting stars to appear at fund-raisers, Amnesty took a six-year sabbatical from producing benefit shows in the mid-1980s as a multitude of other good causes staged charity concerts that took the limelight. Amnesty returned in 1987 with refreshed zeal.
A new generation of British comedians took up the Amnesty mantle, including Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie and the Spitting Image puppets. On the musical side, Amnesty show veteran Bob Geldof was joined by several newcomers including Kate Bush, David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Duran Duran, as well as three musicians who had recently performed for Amnesty in the USA: Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Jackson Browne.
The two evenings of comedy and two separate nights of music at the London Palladium in March 1987 were subsequently fused into one TV special -- and the Ball continued rolling