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Popular music is now an essential part of our lives - yet we know comparatively little about it - where it came from, how it developed, how it has influenced or been influenced by social change. Today, the popular music industry controls billions of dollars; it has a greater revenue than the combined efforts of cinema, theatre and sport and all the other entertainment industries put together. This critically acclaimed TV series, originally broadcast worldwide between 1976-80 is featured here in its entirety - 17 episodes contained on 5 discs, encompassing ragtime, blues, jazz, vaudeville, the musical, folk, swing, country and western, rock n' roll and beyond.

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It's subtitled 'The Story of Popular Music,' and it really is, in nearly 15 hours, on five discs... How great must this be? See for yourself. (Entertainment Weekly Pick; 'A' Rating)

     —Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly

Calling this five-disc, 17-episode walk through history of pop music 'comprehensive' is like calling the Bible 'important'... All You Need Is Love is a musical education in a box

     —Ryan Dombal, Blender

There's no shortage of ambition in this 17-episode series directed in 1977 for British TV by music journalist and filmmaker Tony Palmer. Subtitled 'The Story of Popular Music,' this is the closest we will ever get to a definitive portrait of such a sprawling topic.

     —Sean Axmaker, MSN.com

This rigorous and compelling documentary series is a one-stop shop for the wisdom and development of pop

     —Andrew Perry, Mojo (UK)

For an entertaining and informative history of popular music up through the mid-70's, you could not do any better than this engrossing series

     —Curt Fields, Washington Post