{"id":1511,"date":"2018-05-09T03:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T03:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2018-05-09T03:11:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T03:11:18","slug":"bang-the-bert-berns-story-finally-out-on-dvd-june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/09\/bang-the-bert-berns-story-finally-out-on-dvd-june-1\/","title":{"rendered":"BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY  FINALLY OUT ON DVD JUNE 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumbnail-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1512\" src=\"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumbnail-2-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumbnail-2-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/thumbnail-2.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY <\/em><\/strong><strong>FINALLY OUT ON DVD JUNE 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>INCLUDES ONE HOUR OF BONUS FOOTAGE FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY, KEITH RICHARDS, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RONALD ISLEY, SOLOMON BURKE, ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM, CISSY HOUSTON, OTHERS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"yiv8261161999\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2952\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HOLLYWOOD (Perfect Music Today) 5\/8\/18\/&#8211;Virtually since its debut at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, demand for a DVD version\u00a0<em>of<strong>\u00a0BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0has been mounting.\u00a0 In the intervening time, the feature documentary has been screened at more than 50 international film festivals, theatrically released in numerous major markets and digitally released thereafter. \u00a0Along the way, it attained a 100% Fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes and earned five (out of five) stars from MOJO. \u00a0Now, the film\u2019s producers have announced that, at long last, a DVD release is set for this June 1.\u00a0 The\u00a0<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0DVD include a full hour of additional footage, including interviews with Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Ronald Isley, Cissy Houston, Andrew Loog Oldham, Solomon Burke, Betty Harris, Mike Stoller, Ben E. King, Doug Morris, Joel Dorn and Carmine \u201cWassel\u201d DeNoia, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XgynAk4SQ-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/em>\u00a0is now available for pre-order exclusively at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangthebertbernsstory.com\/\">www.bangthebertbernsstory.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s music meets the Mob in this biographical documentary about the life and career of Bert Berns narrated by Stevie Van Zandt and featuring Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Ben E. King, Solomon Burke, and many more.\u00a0<em>BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/em>\u00a0tells the story of one of the most important songwriters, producers and label chiefs of the \u201860s whose hits include\u00a0\u201cTwist and Shout,\u201d \u201cHang On Sloopy,\u201d \u201cBrown Eyed Girl,\u201d \u201cHere Comes The Night\u201d and \u201cPiece Of My Heart.\u201d \u00a0He helped launch the careers of Van Morrison and Neil Diamond and died tragically at the age of 38, before the decade was out.\u00a0<em>BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/em>\u00a0was executive produced by Sid Ganis and produced by Michael B. Borofsky and Brooks Arthur.\u00a0 Brett Berns, Bert\u2019s son, co-directed with Bob Sarles who also edited the film. Sarles\u00a0is an Emmy-nominated film and television editor and documentary filmmaker. He co-edited the Peabody Award winning documentary series\u00a0<em>Moon Shot<\/em>\u00a0and directed and edited\u00a0<em>Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield; Fly Jefferson Airplane; John Lee Hooker: Come And See About Me; Feed Your Head: The Psychedelic Era\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Soulsville<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Brett Berns commented,\u00a0\u201cBecause of the subject matter, there has been an understandable demand for a physical DVD of the film from fans of the music and collectors of my father\u2019s body of work. \u00a0We\u2019re delighted to finally make it available now with a bounty of extra footage from many of the artists whose lives and music were touched by what he was able to accomplish in the short time he was given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Until quite recently, Bert Berns had been relegated to obscurity, his very existence known only among the cognoscenti of hardcore record collectors and old school music industry veterans, but that has dramatically changed in recent years. The film is part of what\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0called \u201cthe Berns boomlet,\u201d which began in 2014 with the acclaimed Joel Selvin-authored biography\u00a0<em>Here Comes The Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm &amp; Blues<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em>(Counterpoint Press) and the source of the film\u2019s narrative thread. The Broadway bound musical\u00a0<em>Piece of My Heart \u2013 The Bert Berns Story<\/em>\u00a0originally premiered Off-Broadway in 2014 in an extended run called \u201cstunning\u201d by\u00a0<em>The Village Voice<\/em>\u00a0and \u201cgorgeously tuneful\u201d by\u00a0<em>The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Stevie Van Zandt, the musician (Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band), actor (<em>The Sopranos<\/em>) and media mogul (SiriusXM\u2019s Little Steven\u2019s Underground Garage) posthumously inducted Berns into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016 and is, most appropriately, the film\u2019s narrator.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9PxTOFm_EqQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/em>\u00a0chronicles the brief life of a musical genius who, over the course of a tragically brief career, managed to write and produce numerous groundbreaking hits on both sides of the Atlantic. Berns founded Bang, one of the most successful independent record labels of all time, the home of hits by Neil Diamond, The McCoys, The Strangeloves and Van Morrison.\u00a0 Shout Records, Bang\u2019s sister label, yielded hits for Freddie Scott, Erma Franklin and other R&amp;B greats. \u00a0Bert Berns is the only songwriter in history whose work has been recorded by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Them and Led Zeppelin.<\/p>\n<p>Analog Planet, the highly influential high-end audio site encapsulated the film\u2019s appeal: \u201cCross\u00a0<em>Goodfellas<\/em>\u00a0with the hippest Ken Burns PBS mid-sixties New York music business documentary you&#8217;ve never seen and then anchor it with a songwriter, producer, record label executive biography that were it not true would have been difficult for any fiction writer to invent. That&#8217;s the heart of\u00a0<em>Bang! The Bert Berns Story.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times review of the film noted, \u201cThere\u2019s some juicy stuff here\u2026 If you love the music Berns made, you\u2019ll love this\u00a0movie; if you don\u2019t, I feel for you. But\u00a0<em>Bang!<\/em>\u00a0might nevertheless entertain with its\u00a0dish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roots music outlet No Depression suggested, \u201cYou probably heard a Bert Berns song today. If you heard \u201cTell Him,\u201d \u201cTwist and Shout,\u201d \u201cCry to Me,\u201d \u201cHere Comes the Night,\u201d \u201cHang on Sloopy\u201d or \u201cPiece of My Heart,\u201d you heard a song he wrote. If you heard \u201cBaby, I\u2019m Yours,\u201d \u201cUnder the Boardwalk\u201d or \u201cBrown Eyed Girl,\u201d you heard a record he produced. Berns\u2019 enormous catalog of deeply-felt songs and deftly-produced records puts him in a league with the best of the Brill Building\u2019s songwriters and New York\u2019s golden age pop producers.<\/p>\n<p>Additional laudation for\u00a0<em>BANG! The Bert Berns Story<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>The story is arresting, and if that\u2019s all\u00a0<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0offered, that would be enough. But\u00a0<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0does more.\u00a0\u2013 San Francisco Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p><em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0is a documentary that simply needed to be made. \u2014 Variety<\/p>\n<p>The film recounts the way Berns charged and hustled his way into the music\u00a0business, shaping the sound and business of pop along the way\u2026\u00a0<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0also serves\u00a0as an unintentional eulogy for an era of pop that recedes into the history books. \u2013 Rolling Stone<\/p>\n<p>The film unfolds like a\u00a0Hollywood noir\u2026<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0is sure to stir your emotions and stick in your head for\u00a0some time. \u2013 NY Observer<\/p>\n<p>The new high-water mark for music documentaries. \u2013 Glide Magazine<\/p>\n<p>This film is a\u00a0beautiful secret whispered in your ear. &#8212; Sugarbuzz<\/p>\n<p><em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0needs to be seen. &#8212; Counterpunch<\/p>\n<p>Contact for\u00a0<em>BANG!<\/em>\u00a0radio promotion:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo ajU\">\n<div id=\":d0\" class=\"ajR\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Show trimmed content\" data-tooltip=\"Show trimmed content\"><img class=\"ajT\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/images\/cleardot.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"inductee-category\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2952\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/tn-10.jpg\" alt=\"tn-10\" width=\"88\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inductee-category\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Michael Hepworth<\/p>\n<p>287 S.Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/search.jpeg\" alt=\"search\" width=\"105\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrSpiritsman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/spiritsman\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/passets-ec.pinterest.com\/images\/about\/buttons\/follow-me-on-pinterest-button.png\" alt=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\" width=\"169\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritsman.com\/\">www.spiritsman.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mrspiritsman@gmail.com\">mrspiritsman@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectskintoday.com\/\">www.perfectskintoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectskintoday@gmail.com\">perfectskintoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfecttraveltoday.com\/\">www.perfecttraveltoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com\">perfecttraveltoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmealtoday.com\/\">www.perfectmealtoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmealtoday@gmail.com\">perfectmealtoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectgolftoday.com\/\">www.perfectgolftoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectgolftoday@gmail.com\">perfectgolftoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perfectmusictoday.com\/\">www.perfectmusictoday.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:perfectmusictoday@gmail.com\">perfectmusictoday@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.champagnewinemaison.com\/\">www.champagnewinemaison.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:champagnewinemaison@gmail.com\">champagnewinemaison@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publication\/\">http:\/\/alquimie.com.au\/publicatio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritsman.blogspot.com\/\">spiritsman.blogspot.co<\/a>m<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BANG! 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