NME 68 including some Stones

[ashleywood]

zoinks look what turned up

www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBCPDVBi3U

[ajsmith]

Can anyone have a go at identifying all the other acts shown?

Here's the line up:

1968:
Status Quo / Don Partridge / The Love Affair / The Association / The Paper Dolls / Tony Blackburn / Cliff Richard / Amen Corner / The Herd / The Move / Dusty Springfield / Scott Walker / The Rolling Stones

[ajsmith]

Ok, here's my findings..

The Status Quo are definitely the first band at 0.00...
0.55: Don Partridge
1.15: 5 piece group with 2 girl backing singers. The Love Affair I think?
1.37: The Association, I'm pretty sure.
1.44: Paper Dolls
2.00: solo girl singer with reddish hair.. looks like Lulu. She's not listed in the known running order.. maybe an unscheduled addition?
2.24: solo male singer with backing band.. looks like Cliff Richard to me. (Shadows backing him?)
2.44: announcer (Tony Blackbirn) inroduces a 4 piece group who run on stage. Best guess is The Herd (the band seen here has the same bass/guit/drums/keys line up as The Herd.. they seem to have a flamboyant keyboard player who also fronts the group for the first song.. at first I thought this was The Move because of the crazy stage lighting and effects that the band starts with but since there is a keyboard I'm going with The Herd.. be good to have it confirmed for sure though..
3.40: 4 piece group with guit/guit/bass/drums lineup.. could be The Move but doesn't look much like them, esp as Carl didn't usually play guit onstage. Can't see it being Scott Walker either. An unscheduled act? Any ideas?
3.56: Jimmy Savile chucking underwear back into the crowd, unfortunately.
4.03: Dusty Springfield
4.10: Rolling Stones

[johnpoole]

I came up with the same list except I think it was the Tremeloes rather than the Move in between the Herd and Dusty.

[ajsmith]

Jan 6, 2017 9:49:36 GMT johnpoole said:

I came up with the same list except I think it was the Tremeloes rather than the Move in between the Herd and Dusty.

Good shout, it does look like them. They must have been a replacement for The Move on the schedule.

[williammcgregor]

Here are some details of the concert from the NME dated the 18th may 1968 a week after the concert ...

The order of the concert was as follows...

First Half of the show...

1. Status Quo who sang (Pictures of Matchstick Men, Black Veils of Melancholy, and Gloria)

2. Don Partridge sang (Keep Your hands of Her, Wayward Boy, and Rosie)

3. Love Affair sang (Everlasting Love, and Rainbow Valley)

4. The Showstoppers sang (I'm Gonna Miss You, and Ain't Nothing but a House Party)

5. The Association sang (Cherish, Windy, and Too Many Mornings)

6. The Paper Dolls sang (Simon Says and Something Here in My Heart)

7. Tony Blackburn sang (Baby I Need Your Loving)

8. Lulu sang (The Letter, Me the Peaceful Heart and Morning Dew)

9. The Shadows sang (Apache, Lara's Theme, Dr Zhivago's theme, FBI and a snatch of Land of a 1,000 dances)

10. Cliff and the Shadows sang (In the Country, then Cliff sang Shout, The Day I Met Marie, and Congratulations) then he was awarded his prize as the Top British Vocal Personality from Robert Knight (who had the original US hit of Everlasting Love)

Second Half of the show...

11. Amen Corner sang (Shake a Tail Feather and Bend Me shape Me)

12. The Herd sang (Oop Poo Pah Doo and I Don't Want Our Loving to Die)

13. The Tremeloes sang (Suddenly You Love Me and Helule,Helule)

14. The Move sang (Hey Grandma and the Spooky Tooth number Sunshine Help Me)

15. Dusty sang (Don't Fight It, Wishin' and Hopin', You Don't Have to say you Love Me, A Natural Woman and Sweet Soul Music)

16. Scott Walker sang (Amsterdam, the NME then explained why Scott only sang one song?..It was because he intended to sing Joanna but found out that Mike Leander had not had it arranged for his orchestra.

17. The Rolling Stones sang (Jumpin' Jack Flash, Satisfaction) it was announced to the audience that the Stones took part in the show completely at their own suggestion.

18. Prize Giving Time...Roger Moore handed out awards to Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Savile, The Shadows, Lulu, Robin Gibb, Dusty and all of the Rolling Stones

19 Finally the show ended with DDDBM&T who sang (Hold Tight, Bend It and The Legend of Xanadu)

[ajsmith]

Jan 6, 2017 11:34:47 GMT williammcgregor said:

Here are some details of the concert from the NME dated the 18th may 1968 a week after the concert ...

The order of the concert was as follows...

First Half of the show...

1. Status Quo who sang (Pictures of Matchstick Men, Black Veils of Melancholy, and Gloria)

2. Don Partridge sang (Keep Your hands of Her, Wayward Boy, and Rosie)

3. Love Affair sang (Everlasting Love, and Rainbow Valley)

4. The Showstoppers sang (I'm Gonna Miss You, and Ain't Nothing but a House Party)

5. The Association sang (Cherish, Windy, and Too Many Mornings)

6. The Paper Dolls sang (Simon Says and Something Here in My Heart)

7. Tony Blackburn sang (Baby I Need Your Loving)

8. Lulu sang (The Letter, Me the Peaceful Heart and Morning Dew)

9. The Shadows sang (Apache, Lara's Theme, Dr Zhivago's theme, FBI and a snatch of Land of a 1,000 dances)

10. Cliff and the Shadows sang (In the Country, then Cliff sang Shout, The Day I Met Marie, and Congratulations) then he was awarded his prize as the Top British Vocal Personality from Robert Knight (who had the original US hit of Everlasting Love)

Second Half of the show...

11. Amen Corner sang (Shake a Tail Feather and Bend Me shape Me)

12. The Herd sang (Oop Poo Pah Doo and I Don't Want Our Loving to Die)

13. The Tremeloes sang (Suddenly You Love Me and Helule,Helule)

14. The Move sang (Hey Grandma and the Spooky Tooth number Sunshine Help Me)

15. Dusty sang (Don't Fight It, Wishin' and Hopin', You Don't Have to say you Love Me, A Natural Woman and Sweet Soul Music)

16. Scott Walker sang (Amsterdam, the NME then explained why Scott only sang one song?..It was because he intended to sing Joanna but found out that Mike Leander had not had it arranged for his orchestra.

17. The Rolling Stones sang (Jumpin' Jack Flash, Satisfaction) it was announced to the audience that the Stones took part in the show completely at their own suggestion.

18. Prize Giving Time...Roger Moore handed out awards to Tony Blackburn, Jimmy Savile, The Shadows, Lulu, Robin Gibb, Dusty and all of the Rolling Stones

19 Finally the show ended with DDDBM&T who sang (Hold Tight, Bend It and The Legend of Xanadu)

Thanks for the complete and correct listing William. Fascinating.

[paul carney]

Was this broadcast on tv? I don't recall it if it was. A stellar line up indeed.

[williammcgregor]

Jan 6, 2017 17:24:16 GMT paul carney said:

Was this broadcast on tv? I don't recall it if it was. A stellar line up indeed.

I'm not sure if the whole concert was shown Paul?

But, according to the NME (Southern TV) filmed the concert and that 15 mins of the Rolling Stones performance was going to be shown on the ("Time for Blackburn" TV show) the following weekend.

The Time for Blackburn show was also to show the Poll winners being given their awards and backstage interviews with Mick Jagger, Dusty, Cliff, Lulu, Dave Dee, Scott Walker and Don Partridge.

[Marie Griffiths]

I wonder if there is a boot leg recording out there to match the footage. A little sharpening and it would be good to go for broadcast.