You Are What You Eat (film)

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You Are What You Eat
Directed by Barry Feinstein
Produced by Michael Butler
Barry Feinstein
Peter Yarrow
Associate Producers
Phil Ramone
A. Joseph Tandet
Starring Paul Butterfield
David Crosby
Dave Dixon
John Herald
Sharmagne Leland
Barry McGuire
Rosko
Marilyn Salisbury
Super Spade
John Simon
Tiny Tim
Peter Yarrow
Frank Zappa
The Band
CinematographyBarry Feinstein
Edited by Howard Alk
Music by John Simon
Musical Director
Peter Yarrow
Distributed byCommonwealth United Entertainment (US Theatrical)
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

You Are What You Eat is a 1968 American counterculture semi-documentary movie that attempts to capture the essence of the 1960s flower power hippie era and the Haight-Ashbury scene. The film features locally known personalities, including well known drug dealer Super Spade (Bill Powell Jr [1] ) and musicians of the day, including Tiny Tim, David Crosby and Peter Yarrow, and radio disc jockey, Rosko.

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The film soundtrack features music by John Simon and by artists as diverse as Paul Butterfield, The Electric Flag, Eleanor Barooshian, Peter Yarrow, John Herald and Harpers Bizarre, accompanied by several members of The Band. [2]

The film was preserved and restored by Ed Carter at the archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. [3]

Soundtrack


1. Rosko - Teenage Fair

2. Peter Yarrow- Moments Of Soft Persuasion

3. Peter Yarrow- Silly Girl

4. John Simon - Desert Moog Music

5. Tiny Tim - Be My Baby

6. John Herold - The Family Dog

7. Hamsa El Din - The Nude Dance

8. John Simon - My Name Is Jack

9. Tiny Tim & Eleanor Baruchian - I Got You Babe

10. Paul Butterfield - You Are What You Eat

11. John Simon - Beach Music

12. Peter Yarrow / John Simon - The Wabe

13. Peter Yarrow - Don't Remind Me Now Of Time

14. John Simon - Painting For Freakout

15. John Simon / The Electric Flag - Freakout


See also

References

  1. Superspade murder case The San Francisco Examiner • San Francisco, California • Sun, Sept 3, 1967 • Page 1
  2. The Video Beat (website), accessed 12 July 2012
  3. "ACADEMY COLLECTIONS | details". collections.new.oscars.org. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. "Soundtrack Album: You Are What You Eat". theband.hiof.no.
  5. "You Are What You Eat - Soundtrack". discogs.com. Sony Music. Retrieved 1 March 2016.