“I didn’t know Melody Maker
magazine, but Barrie kept say-
ing you have to go to England
and talk to my mates - talk to
the journalists,” explained Coles.
“So, the film grew from an inti-
mate artist portrait into a much
bigger picture after I came back
from England.”
Thanks to the change in focus,
the film became a much big-
ger story; several stories in fact.
There’s the story of Barrie Wen-
tzell and his wonderful photo-
graphs; the journey of the maga-
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zine as it morphed from a rather
stodgy trade magazine into an
exciting rock and roll magazine
of the sixties; and an examina-
tion of the music industry as a
whole and the many changes it
has gone through. She captures
this evolutionary period in the
history of rock n’ roll via inter-
views with journalists, musicians,
and others who worked behind
the scenes. Some of the artists
in the film include Ian Anderson
(Jethro Tull), Eric Burdon (The
Animals), Dave Cousins (The
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