Product Description
The Hollies were one of the most successful British groups of the sixties and early seventies and have continued to perform up to the present day. “Look Through Any Window” tells the story of their peak years from 1963 to 1975 when the band clocked up 27 UK Top 40 singles, 17 of which were Top 10s. They were also part of the “British Invasion” led by the Beatles that stormed the US charts in the sixties and scored hit singles in many other countries around the world. This DVD is the history of the Hollies told through newly filmed interviews with band members Allan Clarke, Graham Nash, Tony Hicks and Bobby Elliott and fantastic vintage footage of the Hollies performing their classic tracks in full.

1. Baby That's All
2. Rockin' Robin
3. Little Lover
4. Just One Look
5. Here I Go Again
6. I'm Alive
7. Look Through Any Window
8. I Can't Let Go
9. Bus Stop
10. Stop Stop Stop
11. On A Carousel
12. Carrie Anne
13. Dear Eloise
14. King Midas In Reverse
15. Jennifer Eccles
16. Wings
17. Do The Best You Can
18. Listen To Me
19. Sorry Suzanne
20. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
21. Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress
22. The Air That I Breathe

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HS00U0/?tag=imwan-20

Reelin' in the Years, the folks that recently brought us those incredible DVD's of The British Invasion series (Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, Herman's Hermits, Gerry & the Pacemakers) and the Jazz Icons series, have just put together a new DVD on The Hollies, titled "Look Through Any Window 1963-1975".

Quoting Gralto/Simon from the Hollies blog Elevated Observations, it supposedly features 22 complete performances, most from the Nash era, 4 from the Sylvester era. Allan, Graham, Tony, and Bobby were each interviewed separately for 3-4 hours.

The director of this film David Peck says "The film is finished but we do not yet have a release date so I can't tell you when it will be coming out."

Supposedly not containing duplicate clips from The Hollies Dutch Collection CD/DVD set, an outstanding DVD in its own right.

This is going to be out of this world ! ! ! ! ! !!!!

Wow, no dupes from the "The Hollies Dutch Collection". That's amazing, I have the Dutch collection which I have really enjoyed and there is good amount of footage to it so I can imagine what Reelin has come up with. Their previous work in their initial DVD boxset was surperb. Mr. Peck has done a masterful job with that and I am pysched to see the new set that he is putting together for release this year.

Rick A.

When relations between "Reelin' in The Years Productions" and "Image Entertainment" broke down, several completed programs in the "British Invasion" DVD series sunk into limbo, and stayed there for years, but the problem has now been resolved. Eagle Vision will be the licensee for future programs in the series. "The Hollies-Look Through Any Window" will be released in the UK in October, and presumably in the U.S.A. shortly afterwards. No word on a release date for the Manfred Mann & Pretty Things programs.

Here's a 5 minute teaser for the DVD:

That looks great!

Damn it, Robin, this wasn't even really on my radar - until you posted the trailer.

Alan

(I luv that UK smiley!)

New link to the NTSC version at Amazon US:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005HS00U0/?tag=imwan-20

And here's a review from Psychobabble:

http://psychobabble100.wordpress.com/20 ... 1963-1975/

Review: ‘The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (1963-1975)’
Posted on August 24, 2011 by Mike Segretto (admin)

The Hollies never influenced their peers or created L.P.s on the level of The Beatles or The Stones or any of the other top-tier British bands of the ‘60s. They just made one great pop single after another, amassing a trove of top-forty wonders on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. “Bus Stop”, “Stop! Stop! Stop!”, “Carrie Anne”, “Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress”—all smashes and all as fresh sounding today as they were 40-plus years ago. Singles-oriented bands don’t tend to get the respect that groups with a Revolver or Beggars Banquet under their belts do, so The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (1963-1975) is a particularly pleasurable surprise. This over two-hour-long documentary tells the group’s story via brand new interviews with core members—Graham Nash, Alan Clarke, Tony Hicks, and Bobby Elliott—and pristinely presented archival footage. Nearly all of the group’s hits are here, and they sound and look spectacular. Color excerpts of The Hollies performing “Baby That’s All” and “Here I Go Again” in the fairly obscure 1964 film U.K. Swings Again look like they were shot last week (that Hicks looks about 12 in them is a tell-tale sign they weren’t). Because there are no promo films or live clips of “King Midas in Reverse”, director David Peck cut together a montage of home movies shot by tour manager Rod Shields to serve as backdrop for the pivotal track.

Despite their past conflicts, the guys are respectful of each other in the new interviews. In retrospect, it’s pretty amazing to think they clashed over “Midas” and considered it such a departure from their hit-making formula when it’s really just as catchy and accessible as anything else they did (and quite a bit more substantial than, say, “Jennifer Eccles” or “Sorry Suzanne”). Or that Nash parted ways with The Hollies to hook up with Stephen Stills and David Crosby, whose music was only moderately edgier than that of his former band. And let’s not forget how unusual the chiming “Bus Stop”, the steel-drum-speckled “Carrie Anne”, or “Stop! Stop! Stop!”— with its balalaika-simulating banjo and wacky tale of a horny spectator’s ejection from a belly-dancer show (based on a true story, as funnily recounted by Nash)—were. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (1963-1975) is how it puts such subtle innovations and the band’s abilities into perspective. Seeing Hicks recreate that tricky “Stop! Stop! Stop!” riff on his electric banjo today may inspire you to head back to your old Hollies records to truly appreciate his playing for the first time.

The Hollies: Look Through Any Window (1963-1975) will be screened at the American Cinemateque’s Aero Theater in Santa Monica, California, this September 22. After the screening, Nash, Clarke, and the film’s producers will take part in a panel discussion. Reelin’ in the Years Productions’ DVD release follows on October 4. You can pre-order it on Amazon.com here.

Another more detailed review, from an upcoming issue of "Ugly Things",
as posted on the Reelin In The Years site, as referred to on a Hollies forum:

http://www.reelinintheyears.com/UT32Hol ... review.pdf

Bump: moved Robin's release information into the first post, along with a cover image. The DVD is coming out domestically this Tuesday!

On a Hollies forum, found a link to some very recent and good interviews with Allan and Graham, done separately. Scroll down:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-rago ... 99432.html

I've had this for about two months now and I have to say it is by far my favorite of the three I purchased in the series (Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits), which I easily attribute to the quality of their songs and the excellent, highly informative interviews by most of the band members, especially Nash and Clarke. I've always liked The Hollies but now have a new-found appreciation for their music and Graham Nash, whose music I've never really been familiar with as a solo artist but intend to from here on. The audio and video quality are superb, and I even picked up on some early songs I had not heard before. I've been watching and listening to this disc just about every weekend since I got it, and imagine I will be for some time to come - it's that good.