Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)


  • Genre: Documentary, Music
  • Release Date: 2015-11-06
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: BBC Music
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: David Vincent

Summary

Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.

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  • Meera Syal

    as Narrator
Editing Richard Wilkinson Editor
Sound Graham Kirkman Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Directing David Vincent Director
Crew Jan Younghusband Commissioning Editor
Production Mark Cooper Executive Producer
Production Stephania Minici Production Executive
Editing James Johnson Online Editor
Camera Fred Fabre Camera Operator
Editing James Johnson Colorist
Production Mei Ye Li Production Coordinator
Production Celina Parker Development Producer
Production Jo Sinkins Production Manager

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