punkjazznow (August 17, 2008 at 12:32 am)

totally brilliant upload!!!! ahead of their time...

yodaddymojo (June 14, 2008 at 2:05 pm)

it was actually shot by michael oblowitz on a 16mm eclair camera w/tri-x film

Devito46 (March 22, 2008 at 7:26 pm)

Forced Laugh is SO good

waxernator (February 6, 2008 at 10:26 pm)

Copy/paste info you may like. I was blazed away while watching this for the first time tonight Label: Soul Jazz Records Catalog#: SJR CD 60 Toward the late 70s, two Manchester-based tribes of young people lived together in a weird harmony. On the one hand, the bewitched devotees to the heretic smack of the Velvet Underground and to the ambiguous appeal of David Bowie(Joy Division, Section 25, Crispy Ambulance).On the other, the children of the Northern Soul, fans of black soul music.

bauhaus85 (February 4, 2008 at 7:16 pm)

good description: the blackest white funk;), I've been just discovering them - amazing, I'd never thought so much had been already said and played in music, they're so modern, so contemporary...

NewWaver80014 (December 29, 2007 at 11:50 pm)

His last name is in fact spelled "Shamberg". I apologize for the confusion.

NewWaver80014 (December 27, 2007 at 2:16 am)

"Hey Martha, quit wailing in my EAR!" :) Seriously though - this is very interesting. This footage was part of a promotional film made by New York-based director Michael Chumburg circa September 1980 and is also available on the recent CD "Early" It should be noted that at this point ACR were rather publicity shy after a certain UK journalist made up that salacious story about Tony Wilson giving Simon and Jeremy thigh massages before every performance.

blackriverapples (December 21, 2007 at 12:17 am)

this is such a great video, thanks a ton for uploading.

DACvideos (August 5, 2007 at 3:03 am)

This is amazing. I love ACR.

Merkwurdichliebe (April 25, 2007 at 7:19 am)

FAVORITED. Thanks for uploading this....yeah, where is this from?