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Post by Paul Watkins on Sept 28, 2015 19:48:16 GMT
It's not part of the B&w copy of the show, it exists from another source - Bob Pratt tapes
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Sept 28, 2015 19:59:29 GMT
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Post by Paul Watkins on Sept 28, 2015 20:11:29 GMT
Dragging this back on track, does the TOTP edition used to source 'You'll Always Be A Friend' exist as a telerecording or is it b&w video (it's hard to tell when watching on i-player)? If it's the latter does that make it unique in being colour TOTP held as a b&w videotape copy and not a b&w film recording, as some early 70s editions are. It a VT afaik. It's also not totally b&w.
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Post by stevej on Sept 29, 2015 18:55:48 GMT
Wow those are brilliant! Thanks Paul.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Sept 29, 2015 20:58:46 GMT
Good stuff Paul, thank you. I was wondering why the Hot Choc at the BBC performance was missing its lead-in the other night. No doubt that peroxide rogue Savile was snipped out with great gusto!
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Post by Roger Houdaille on Dec 4, 2015 23:01:57 GMT
Anyone know what show the clip of "No Doubt About It" used in this special comes from? It's not TOTP (I think...)
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Post by simoncurtis on Dec 6, 2015 0:35:36 GMT
Returning to the 'Brother Louis Controversy'. A few years ago I saw a BBC news report about race/multiculturalism or somefink. In it, one of the current (black) members of Hot Chocolate showed a confused BBC reporter his large Golliwog collection.
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Post by johnstewart on Dec 6, 2015 13:38:10 GMT
Did anyone else catch this compilation the other night? I wondered if they would be able to come up with a performance of the band's first hit 'Love is Life'... and sure enough they did, from 'Ed and Zed', the 1970 Saturday lunchtime kids' show. This must be the first time this has been aired since the original tx (31.10.70?). Wonderful to see it, complete with a brief intro from Ed Stewart and Zed the robot. The musical guests on the series were pretty diverse, including a late appearance from the dynamic Sounds Incorporated, Gulliver's People and for Bonzo fans Roger Ruskin Spear's Giant Kinetic Wardrobe. Seven out of the nine shows exist, although as each included a clip of the latest Disney film ('Aristocats' etc) I assume any kind of repeat showing (most unlikely anyway) would be mired in rights issues. Was the show related to the earlier 'Zokko'? series? It seems to share some production credits. I also enjoyed another early Hot Chocolate performance 'You'll Always Be A Friend'. A terrific single from '72, which I don't recall hearing before. The clip was obviously TOTP and in black and white, although it looked so good I almost convinced myself it was from VT rather than telerecording. As I was watching on i-player it was difficult to tell. Maybe someone can confirm! Steve Paul Ciani produced the second series of 'Zokko', but apart from a similarity in format I don't think there was any connection with 'Zokko'. I heard also that 'Ed and Zed' went out weekday afternoons whereas 'Zokko' was a Saturday morning filler compendium. Back to Hot Chocolate 'Brother Louie' is the one I recall best so pity nothing British about for that. I thought there might be a promo as there was one for 'Emma' song (c 1974); with its tragic feel disturbed me at the time I recall. The most likely source of any rediscovered 'Brother Louie' would be a private source so maybe any in house PC censorship wouldn't be applied. I think it generally seems to relate to the use of terms or words considered to be insulting, but maybe that should be looked at in context. I say in particular where the context is one promoting racial equality, certainly 'Love thy neighbour' has been looked at again for the same reason.
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Post by jheaton on Feb 2, 2016 17:24:54 GMT
Repeated tonight at 23:30 BBC4 and BBC4 HD. The 1972 TOTP clip was most impressive, as for Brother Louie, there's no way they would of shown that even if it did exist in the BBC archives although German TV had no problem with it shown recently from Hits a Gogo. "I don't want no honky in my family" no can't see the PC BBC broadcasting that! ..and if that wasn't enough to put the willies up the BBC (if you'll excuse the expression) then the later verse, where the girl's father says "I don't want no spook in my family", was probably even more contentious. Played on Radio Norfolk this afternoon including both Alexis Korner sections, and not for the first time either.
The anti-racism message of the song is pretty clear, let's face it.
James
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