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RARE INTERVIEW WITH ROCK MUSICIAN, SONGWRITER AND RECORD PRODUCER, AL KOOPER. OFF CAMERA INTERVIEWER. KOOPER SITTING CASUALLY AND TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER BEGINNING AT AGE 14 AND HAVING A HIT RECORD ("SHORT SHORTS"), WORKING WITH BOB DYLAN, NOT WANTING TO BE FAMOUS DUE TO THE LIFESTYLE, THE THRILL OF WORING WITH MAKE-UP ARTIST DICK SMITH, BEING IN MIAMI CUTTING TRACKS FOR A RECORD WITH JEFF BAXTER (DOOBIE BROTHERS FAME) AND PRODUCING A ROCK AND ROLL DISCO ALBUM "FOUR ON THE FLOOR". HE TALKS ABOUT THE PRODUCTION WITH MICKY THOMAS, VALERIE CARTER, AND GEORGE PERRY'S GARDNER (RICKY WASHINGTON) SINGING ONE SONG AND IS THE BEST SINGER ON THE RECORD.
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01:21:15 1226.09 |
CAMERA CUTS OUT. AUDIO IS STILL GOING
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01:22:03 1273.84 |
KOOPER ADJUSTS MIC WITH TAPE AND IS SMOKING A CIGARETTE. INTERVIEW RESUMES. KOOPER TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW RECORD "CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING" COMING OUT IN AUGUST AND THE TYPE OF MUSIC ON IT, RADIO AND WHAT HE'S LISTENING TO NOW AND THE CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGIES, MUSIC VIDEO AND HOW HIS MUSIC TRANSLATES, WRESTLERS HULK HOGAN, ANDRE THE GIANT, AND THE APPEAL OF WRESTLING, HIS FEELINGS ON THE ADVENT OF MUSIC TV AND MUSIC VIDEO, HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH DR. JOHN AND HIS TALENT, MUSIC FROM NEW ORLEANS.
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01:40:03 2354 |
INTERVIEW CONTINUES. KOOPER TALKS ABOUT RECORDING IN ATLANTA IN THE EARLY 70'S, DISCOVERING GREAT BANDS THERE AND GETTING MCA TO BACK HIM UP, HE STARTED HIS OWN LABEL SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH AND SIGNED LYNARD SKYNARD, MOSE JONES, WET WILLIE, ETC.
KOOPER TALKS ABOUT TOURING AND WORKING WTIH BOB DYLAN (EARLY 80'S) AND HOW GREAT THEY WORK TOGETHER, DYLAN'S BEING A BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN. |
01:46:55 2766.48 |
KOOPER HOLDS UP HIS OUT OF PRINT BOOK, "BACKSTAGE PASSES" FILLED WITH FUNNY STORIES ABOUT KOOPER'S LIFE. KOOPER TALKS ABOUT THE GEORGE HARRISON ALBUM HE PLAYED ON AND RECORDED AT GEORGE'S HOUSE, THE MUSICIANS ON HIS CURRENT ALBUM "CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING".
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01:51:46 3056.78 |
CUT TO CU ON A PINBALL MACHINE.
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01:52:59 3130.35 |
AL KOOPER PLAYING PINBALL.
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01:53:29 3160.43 |
HANDWRITTEN SIGN READS - BAYSHORE HIRES NEW ASSISTANT FOR KOOPER SESSIONS. PAN DOWN TO PHOTO OF TOPLESS BLONDE PINUP GIRL.
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01:54:22 3212.92 |
KOOPER WEARING SUNGLASSES LOUNGES ON SOFA IN STUDIO
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01:55:13 3263.53 |
CAMERA ROAMS THE STUDIO, BLURRY PAN, OUT OF FOCUS.
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01:55:27 3277.94 |
KOOPER AND TECHNICIAN AT SOUND BOARD JOKE AROUND. SOUND GUY SETS HIS SUNGLASSES ON EQUIPMENT AND PLAYS SOME "BACKGROUND" MUSIC AS KOOPER RELAXES ON SOFA.
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01:57:05 3375.93 |
SOUND TECHNICIAN AT KEYBOARD PLAYS RECORDING, STOPS AND STARTS AS KOOPER ON SOFA SMOKING A CIGARETTE OR JOINT LISTENS. THEY DISCUSS.
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01:58:11 3442.13 |
CAMERA FOCUSING IN AND OUT ON SOUND KEYBOARDS, RECORDING EQUIPMENT, KOOPER AND TECH. JOKING AROUND IN RECORDING STUDIO WITH UNSEEN INTERVIEWER. RANDOM CONVERSATIONS, SUNGLASSES SITTING ON KEYBOARD.
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02:01:34 3644.65 |
INTERVIEW COMES TO AN END. LIGHTS IN STUDIO GO OUT, INTERVIEWER THANKS, THEY SHAKE HANDS..
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02:01:50 3661.3 |
CU ON KOOPER'S BOOK "BACKSTAGE PASSES" AND KOOPER POSTERS AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES.
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02:05:56 3906.91 |
BLANK - TESTING.
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02:07:46 4016.88 |
ANNOUNCER, COREY JAMES FROM "INSTANT REPLAY VIDEO" INTRODUCES A SHOOT FOR MTV FEATURING BRITISH SINGER SONGWRITER, JOHN WAITE.
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02:08:29 4060.49 |
JOHN WAITE
WHITE HEAT
(live)
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02:13:42 4373.11 |
JOHN WAITE
WILD LIFE
(live)
FOOTAGE IS DARK
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02:17:11 4581.72 |
DARK FOOTAGE, SONG ENDS. WAITE THANKS AUDIENCE. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS.
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02:17:56 4626.78 |
JOHN WAITE
CHANGE
(live)
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02:22:18 4889.44 |
JOHN WAITE
MR WONDERFUL
(live)
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02:26:26 5137.12 |
END REEL.
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Description: AL KOOPER INTERVIEW EARLY 1980'S JOHN WAITE
Keywords: 1982
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