Many thanks to Clare at The Sanctuary Group for giving me a complimentary ticket to the pre-release screening of Born To Boogie DVD at the Curzon Mayfair.
An excellent evening with a chance to meet up with some Tillers from the TillDawn Mailing list. Also in the foyer were Gloria Jones (Marc's girlfriend), Bill Legend (drummer), Harry Feld (Marc's brother) with wife and Geoff Blayldon (Catweazel).
There were some introductory words from the Producer and music producing legend Tony Visconti. Then 50 minutes edited highlights from the DVD followed by a few words from Marc's son Rolan Bolan. Watching it brought back memories of that era and a promise of a longer post and review later...
Me and the other Tillers had black tickets which meant we could loiter, pick up a small goodie bag and shake hands with Rolan and Tony. Then off to the pub for a glass of red wine and home.
[EDIT: 22-Oct-2021 - added photos]
Tony Visconti, Rolan Bolan, Mark McLellan.
Rolan Bolan, Mira
Tony Visconti, Rolan Bolan, Paul Wattam.
Rolan Bolan, Mira
Rolan Bolan, Tony Visconti, Paul Wattam
Tony Visconti, Paul Wattam
Bill Legend, ??, Rolan Bolan, Tony Visconti
Geoffrey Bayldon, Gloria Jones
Hey Mark MCL
ReplyDeletewonderful BLOG I sent it over to one of the PR guys at Sanctuary to read
It has your usually "clever writing"
Love all the links it was a treat to see the Cinema site
I am everso pleased at the meeting of so many of the Gang but moreso the impact of the film
R-