The Rolling Stones are interviewed on a visit to Morocco in 1989. They talk about visiting the country in 1967 and we hear Cecil Beaton's description of them as Mick Jagger and 'a sleepy band of gypsies'.
Spector speaks about production as creation and compairs himself to Leonardo Da Vinci and other rennaisance painters. Taken from the 2008 大象传媒 Arena film The Agony and The Excasy of Phil Spector.
Excerpt from James Marsh's 1993 大象传媒 Arena film exploring Lou Reed's connections with Warhol's art factory and the story behind his song Walk on The Wild Side.
Slim Gaillard accompanies Morrison in a performance of a passage from On The Road and then interviews Slim on knowing Karouac for the 1989 大象传媒 Arena film How High The Moon.
Gaillard sings How High The Moon to the worlds only astronut - a peanut which went to the moon and back on Apollo 14. Taken from the 1989 大象传媒 Arena film How High The Moon.
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden talks through choice items of clothing that embody the Heavy Metal aesthetic from the 1989 大象传媒 Arena programme Heavy Metal.
A clip from Arena: Cool (2009).Gerry Mulligan's 1952 track 'Line for Lyons' is combined with images of the 'cool' 50s in California and a recording of an interview with Mulligan which drives home the importance of the 'West Coast Sound' to the history of Jazz music.
Kinky Friedman introduces himself, describing his musical and writing career and his new log cabin in Texas. Filmed for the 大象传媒 Arena film Texas Saturday Night (1981).
Judy Collins is recorded by the production team of Arena: Moby Dick in 2008. She sings the folk song 'Farewell to Tarwathie' and speaks of the importance of Melville's book in her early life.
Tony Grinham shows us around the graveyard where he did location sound recording with Joe Meek. We hear the cat making 'human sounds' recorded by Meek there and later transcribed . Clip from the 1991 大象传媒 Arena: The Strange Story of Joe Meek.
The Story of Joe Meek's record 'Telstar' - performed by The Tornados and written in celebration of the launch of the first communications satellite in 1962. Clip taken from Arena: The Strange Story of Joe Meek (1991).
Arena is the 大象传媒's multi award-winning arts strandThe Peggy Sue who inspired the song of that name describes how she met Buddy Holley in the corridor of their local high school and we see the town where they both grew up. Taken from 大象传媒 Arena's 'Tales of Rock and Roll' directed by James Marsh.
A clip from 大象传媒 Arena's 'A Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie' Anthony Wall introduces Slim Gaillard and we experience him speaking in his own language 'voutoreenee' and scatting with Dizzy.
A clip from Arena: Brian Eno- Another Green World. Eno's reflections about the way in which various different musical forms have influenced him are juxtaposed with footage of Roxy Music playing 'Do The Strand'.
A clip from Arena: Brian Eno- Another Green World. Eno describes his childhood bicycle adventures and the transcendence of being in nature and discusses his desire to create new places through musical innovation.
