+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Scopitone - No, it's not a kind of pasta.

  1. #1
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

    Posts: 16,937
    I'm ChrisB.

    Default Scopitone - No, it's not a kind of pasta.

    Does anyone here know anything about Scopitone?
    I know there were some here, but that it was more popular on the Continent & ~500 machines got to the US but is anyone aware of the whereabouts of any original Scopitone machines in the UK?



    If you don't know what Scopitone was, it was a type of jukebox that played short clips of 16mm film. It was first seen in France in the late 50's but reached a peak at around '64 / '65.





    Here's a Scopi-clip of Danny & The Memories - the band that later became Crazy Horse.


  2. #2
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

    Posts: 16,937
    I'm ChrisB.

    Default

    TGW - 3rd of May 2010: Does anyone here know anything about Scopitone?
    TGW - 7th June 2010: I guess that'd be a 'No' then!

  3. #3
    Join Date: Dec 2008

    Location: Yorks

    Posts: 16,643
    I'm Nobody.

    Default

    no from me

  4. #4
    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

    Posts: 31,848
    I'm openingabottleofwine.

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo View Post
    TGW - 7th June 2010: I guess that'd be a 'No' then!
    Yes - looks like it's a No!

    Regards
    Barry

  5. #5
    Join Date: May 2008

    Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK

    Posts: 16,937
    I'm ChrisB.

    Default

    I thought there might be someone here who'd know a little about this stuff.
    I forgot all about this thread until this week.
    We had a few days in Morocco - I had to go all the way to Marrakech to not find something else out about Scopitone!

    I was in a shop when I noticed a poster advertising an evening of Scopitone.

    NIGHT SCOPITONE MAGHREB @ IFM
    Date: November 12, 2010 | Location: IFM
    Animée par Naïma Yahi, cette soirée dévoile un patrimoine musical peu connu, celui des scopitones maghrébins.

    Ce sont les ancêtres des vidéos clips, que les artistes kabyles ont adoptés aussi entre 1960 et 1980 comme Kamal Hamadi, Noura, Idir,... etc.





    ..............but I'd already missed it - Bugger!

  6. #6
    Join Date: Jan 2009

    Location: Essex

    Posts: 31,848
    I'm openingabottleofwine.

    Default

    Well at least you weren't imagining it Chris!

    You stated that the Scopitone machines first appeared in France. I would imagine that Morocco being a francophone country, they would have arrived there as well, and were probably slower to disappear in Morocco than in the rest of Europe.

    Looks like the "Scopitone soireé" was courtesy of a collector. I'm off to Tunisia soon; also part of the Mahgreb and francophone. I'll keep my eye out for them - some of the cafes may still host them.

    Regards
    Barry

+ Reply to Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •