Kev Hunter
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Post by Kev Hunter on Oct 15, 2016 22:20:54 GMT
According to my TV's EPG, this is a 'new compilation of the band's early TV appearances'... anyone know what this could include (apart from "Astronomy Domine" from The Look Of The Week, which is a cert)?
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Post by nicadare on Oct 16, 2016 9:31:42 GMT
"With front man Syd Barrett, they perform Astronomy Domine and Jugband Blues, and after Syd's departure, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason can be seen playing a full range of their electric material, from out and out pop in It Would Be So Nice, through instrumental improvisations, collaboration with choir and orchestra on Atom Heart Mother and enduring rock material like Wot's...Uh The Deal".
It would be nice to see a good copy of the Pathe Newsreel 35mm colour film "The Scarecrow", and maybe what's left of See Emily Play from TOTP.
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Post by Barry Hodge on Oct 16, 2016 9:52:19 GMT
Nice ad for the boxset - and good for those of us that can't afford it  |
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Post by paul carney on Oct 22, 2016 0:16:30 GMT
The programme tonight started off on the wrong foot with typical BBC lazy production values when the well known performance of Astronomy Dominie was credited as being "taped at the Queen Elizabeth Hall". Seeing as this stuff is aimed at us of a "certain age" it is obviously from the Late Night Line Up type programme that was introduced by Robert Robinson about a week later. The Floyd played live and then some Austrian composer who had been "brought up on the string quartet" proceeded to try and patronise Syd and Roger. When asked why it had to be so loud Roger replied that it did not have to be but that was the way they liked it............
It's a shame they did not include the TOTP footage from 1967 and just fess up about the deplorable archiving policies of the Beeb at that time (and many years after)...that goodness for French and German TV archive policies in the 60s! Finally the band only version of Atom Heart Mother was brilliant...never seen this before. They say that they came close to nervous breakdowns trying to make this a symphonic masterpiece....but from this comparative failure emerged Meddle and Dark Side of the something.................................................................................................................
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Post by Joe Haynes on Oct 22, 2016 9:25:00 GMT
I surprised they didnt show the ToTp footage, i thought that would be a safe bet for this sort of documnetry
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Post by Sal Mohammed on Oct 23, 2016 3:57:28 GMT
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Oct 23, 2016 17:03:40 GMT
"With front man Syd Barrett, they perform Astronomy Domine and Jugband Blues, and after Syd's departure, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason can be seen playing a full range of their electric material, from out and out pop in It Would Be So Nice, through instrumental improvisations, collaboration with choir and orchestra on Atom Heart Mother and enduring rock material like Wot's...Uh The Deal". It would be nice to see a good copy of the Pathe Newsreel 35mm colour film "The Scarecrow", and maybe what's left of See Emily Play from TOTP. Absolutely love the Jugband Blues footage!Never seen it before but it's the almost catatonic Syd Barrett that makes it so fascinating.Having had too much acid,you can almost see his sanity and identity splitting from him with those cold dead eyes and the increasingly wild afro... |
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Post by Joe Haynes on Oct 23, 2016 20:27:19 GMT
Is there a list of all pink floyds TV appearances from the 60s? is there any appearances missing?
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Post by markdixon on Nov 6, 2016 17:03:31 GMT
Is there a list of all pink floyds TV appearances from the 60s? is there any appearances missing? There are lots of Pink Floyd chronologies online that list film footage and TV appearances in various countries. Some of this information is confusing and inaccurate. I thought I'd have a go at compiling a list of early British TV appearances by Pink Floyd. Any corrections or additions are welcome. Broadcast dates for transmitted programmes07 March 1967: Granada 'Scene Special: It's So Far Out It's Straight Down' - Interstellar Overdrive. Exists 14 May 1967: BBC1 'Look of the Week' - Pow R Toc H/Astronomy Domine. Exists 06 July 1967: BBC1 'Top of the Pops' - See Emily Play. Exists 13 July 1967: BBC1 'Top of the Pops' - See Emily Play. Missing 17 July 1967: Rediffusion 'Living Music'. Missing 18 July 1967: Rediffusion 'Come Here Often' -Apples and Oranges? Missing 27 July 1967: BBC1 'Top of the Pops' - See Emily Play. Missing 17 January 1968: BBC1 'Tomorrow's World' - Instrumental Improvisation. Exists 18 May 1968: BBC2 'Release: Rome Goes Pop' - It Would Be So Nice. Exists 29 June 1968: BBC2 'Release' - A Saucerful of Secrets. Missing 10 September 1968: BBC2 'The Sound of Change' - Instrumental Improvisation Exists 03 November 1968: BBC1 'Omnibus: All My Loving' - Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun. Exists. 05 March 1969: BBC1 'Science Session: Let's Make Pop'. Missing 29 May 1969 HTV 'Fusions'. Missing 20 July 1969: BBC1 'Omnibus: So What if It's Just Green Cheese?' - Moonhead. Missing 13 March 1970: BBC2 'Late Night Line-Up' - music from 'Zabriskie Point'. Missing 28 December 1970: BBC2 'Line-Up 70' ( repeat of performance from 13.03.70). Missing 1971: BBC1 '24 Hours: Bootleg records'. Exists Recording dates for programmes not transmitted06 March 1967: Granada 'The Rave' - Arnold Layne. Missing 09 July 1967: Concert at the Roundhouse, London, filmed for BBC2's 'Man Alive'. Missing 11 April 1968: BBC2 pilot 'My Generation'. Missing Oct 1969: BBC Wales. Unreleased Syd Barrett footage in short documentary about singer-songwriter Meic Stevens. Missing Miscellaneous08 April 1966: Rediffusion 'Ready Steady Go' (apparently Syd Barrett could be clearly seen in the audience). Missing 18 July 1970: Hyde Park concert recorded by John Hopkins' TVX video workshop and research group. Exists (this counts as British TV, but it wasn't shown to the public via a broadcasting channel) Finally, I thought some of you might be interested in this letter about the 'Scene Special' featuring Pink Floyd that I found in the Northern edition of the 'TV Times' 25 March 1967-31 March 1967. This is probably the only thing that was written about the programme at the time. Scene of Success
Granada should be congratulated for showing the daring experiment which made up “Scene” on March 6.By combining things which are already in existence – free pop music, satire, psychedelic visuals, and the kind of condensed philosophy which made Bob Dylan, and now the LSD people notorious – something greater than any of these was created – something teeming with imagination – something which only TV can put over.Tim Horrocks
Leigh, Lancs
Note that the transmission date given is slightly different from the one listed in most sources. |
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Post by Dan S on Nov 7, 2016 4:13:28 GMT
05 March 1969: BBC1 'Science Session: Let's Make Pop'. Missing 20 July 1969: BBC1 'Omnibus: So What if It's Just Green Cheese?' - Moonhead. Missing Those two exist as audio. The latter of course is well known, the former less so. It usually appears on bootlegs titled "Laying Down Tracks". I've never heard of that one, what does that consist of? |
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Post by markdixon on Nov 8, 2016 17:11:11 GMT
I don't know much about '24 Hours: Bootleg Records'. It's included on the list of contents of the 'Early Years' box set. It seems to consist of an interview with Pink Floyd. I suspect that BBC-1's nightly news magazine programme '24 Hours' ran a feature about the music industry's reaction to the rise of bootleg recordings.
By the way, I found details of a few possible lost Pink Floyd British TV appearances that I didn't mention in my earlier post. I think these are a bit dubious really, but I'll post them here in case anyone has some further information.
1967: Pilot show with Bill Oddie? Not transmitted. Missing. (Could this have been 'Twice a Fortnight?)
July 1967: Possible appearance on unknown Tyne-Tees programme. Missing.
July 1967: Possible appearance on unknown Scottish TV programme. Missing.
23 October 1967: BBC2 'The Impresarios: Transport by Underground' (did Pink Floyd appear on this?). Missing
23 January 1972: Concert in Southampton filmed by BBC. Not transmitted. Missing
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Post by John Smith on Nov 8, 2016 21:34:15 GMT
Yes been wanting to see that 24hrs prog for years, apparently Peter Grant (Led Zeppelin manager) was also on there discussing the rise of TMOQ/Rubber Dubber and other related boots that were popping up in the early years i believe a certain Virgin Records were importing en-masse into the UK at that time before the clampdown.
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Post by williammcgregor on Nov 9, 2016 10:06:46 GMT
I don't know much about '24 Hours: Bootleg Records'. It's included on the list of contents of the 'Early Years' box set. It seems to consist of an interview with Pink Floyd. I suspect that BBC-1's nightly news magazine programme '24 Hours' ran a feature about the music industry's reaction to the rise of bootleg recordings. By the way, I found details of a few possible lost Pink Floyd British TV appearances that I didn't mention in my earlier post. I think these are a bit dubious really, but I'll post them here in case anyone has some further information. 1967: Pilot show with Bill Oddie? Not transmitted. Missing. (Could this have been 'Twice a Fortnight?) July 1967: Possible appearance on unknown Tyne-Tees Arthur Brown,The Exploding Galaxie Dance Company (sic)programme. Missing. July 1967: Possible appearance on unknown Scottish TV programme. Missing. 23 October 1967: BBC2 'The Impresarios: Transport by Underground' (did Pink Floyd appear on this?). Missing 23 January 1972: Concert in Southampton filmed by BBC. Not transmitted. Missing Re the 23rd October 1967 BBC2 programme 'The Impresarios: Transport by Underground, I think it's ambiguous as to whether Pink Floyd appeared on the TV programme? In a well researched book I have it mentions Pink Floyd performed at the Floral hall, Gorleston on the 19th July 1967 and that this was the show that the BBC filmed. Members of the audience were interviewed, film of The Social Deviants, Arthur Brown,The Exploding Galaxie Dance Company (sic) , Alan Ginsberg, Michael Horowitz etc was shown (But the article did not confirm Pink Floyd's set as being shown) |
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Post by ashleywood on Nov 9, 2016 14:17:06 GMT
No Floyd in The Impresarios (i've seen it) unfortunately though as William says they were filmed for it (there's a bbc contract)....just didn't make the final edit of the programme.
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Post by williammcgregor on Nov 18, 2016 18:46:28 GMT
letter from an NME reader dated the 18th March 1967...I've just watched the Move and the Pink Floyd on TV, and the show was great,because both these groups produce the most fantastic freak-out music! Susan Broadfield (Cleckheaton Yorks)
anybody any idea of which TV show she was on about?
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