JONES, BRIAN - DVD
A DEGREE OF MURDER DVD REISSUE (IMP)

LABEL:
IMP PV-801
SOURCE:
Official English Film & Soundtrack with Japanese Subtitles
FORMAT:
1 DVD, NTSC 4:3
RUNNING TIME:
123 minutes
SOUND/SOURCE:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
PACKAGING:
Standard DVD Clamshell
 

A Degree Of Murder DVD Reissue (IMP) front

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SOUND 7.5 / PACKAGING 8 / PERFORMANCE 8

 
TRACK LIST:
1. Opening, 2. A Murder, 3. Finding A Partner, 4. A Mission, 5.A Trouble, 6. Slate, 7. The Second Guy, 8. Burying The Body, 9. Men Couldn t Own Her
 
REVIEW:

Idol Mind Production has reprinted this film that came out originally as DVD-R with bonus CDR. They have released a limited edition version on Factory Pressed DVD after having found a good color copy of  'A Degree Of Murder', the famous film starring Anita Pallenberg whose soundtrack was assembled by the late Brian Jones, with Japanese subtitles. This is the first IMP Factory Pressed DVD that came out together with Germany 73 in limited edition, allegedly the label got busted thereafter. Work on the film score started September 5th 1966 at London IBC Studios by Brian Jones who assembled a small combo to help him cut tracks, Nicky Hopkins (piano) and Jimmy Page (guitar) together with Peter Gosling (keyboards and background vocals) and Mike Leander (orchestra conductor) are for sure featured while it is dubious if other players took part in the sessions as Brian Jones said once that 'some of the boys helped' while Bill Wyman said he wasn't there; we may think that Charlie Watts could have helped. Producer and engineer Glyn Johns was on board, even if his personal relationship with Brian wasn't very good. Obviously Jones is said to have played many instruments (sitar, organ, dulcimer, recorder, clarinet, harpsichord, harmonica,banjo, autoharp) while there is also a rumour that Mick Jagger helped in the production.

Recording went on whenever possible through February 1967 (on the 11th B. Jones was at London's Olympic Studios) while the film itself was premiered in Germany on April 19th 1967 in Munich with the German title Mord und Totschlag, directed by Volker Schlondorf. The story of the film is the story of a girl (Anita Pallenberg) who accidentally kills her boyfriend with his gun and then hires two men to hide the corpse. On April 24th at the Cannes Film Festival A. Pallenberg and both B.Jones and K.Richards were present although after a brief discussion with Anita, Jones abandoned the Festival earlier. At that time Anita had already switched from Jones to Richards as boyfriend and that probably contributed to Jones personal drama and downfall.

The IMP release is a good job, images are quite clear since this is a copy from a Japan print discovered in 2006, with the Soundtrack has music that resembles at times some Stones 60s songs like "Sitting On A Fence" or "Ruby Tuesday" while the overall music feel brings to mind the albums from the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, except for some blues instrumental. That was the problem with Brian Jones at that stage of his career, as he wasn't able to make original music, while very good in dressing songs with his multi instrumental playing ability. No Soundtrack album was ever released by Universal and this makes this film somehow legendary as it shows the only music self made by Brian Jones to have been recorded, apart from the Moroccan ethnic stuff that came out on the Joujouka LP and this is certified by the added remarks on the front cover: Brian's Only Recorded Legacy.
 


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