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Post by paul carney on Apr 21, 2019 18:51:58 GMT
As far as I remember Today was an unremarkable local news programme that ran for many years and without the infamous Grundy v Sex Pistols spat would be largely forgotten now. I agree that if the programmes were taped they would probably have been wiped pretty soon afterwards. It shows the huge impact that the Sex Pistols interview had at the time that the footage was preserved. My only other memory of Today is of a sometimes testy relationship between Grundy and the then upcoming young kid on the block reporter John Stapleton.
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Post by markdixon on Apr 21, 2019 19:09:30 GMT
I've added a few more names to the list in my earlier post.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 22, 2019 7:00:00 GMT
Maybe the shows were recorded for duty logging? & normally wiped afterwards. It was. Then one of the engineers got a copy to Bob Pratt at the BBC and that's the reason it still exists today. Thames footage at the BBC! |
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Post by Thomas Walsh on Apr 22, 2019 10:42:47 GMT
Did Bob Pratt salvage the Sex Pistols clip then Ray?
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Post by robertreinstein on Apr 22, 2019 14:10:21 GMT
Did Bob Pratt salvage the Sex Pistols clip then Ray? Pratt did save the Pistols appearance, however there seems to be a second source as well. |
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Post by martinbarden on Apr 22, 2019 16:02:45 GMT
The Marc Bolan dates I have are: 08 August 75: MB interviewed 25 September 75: MB interviews John Mayall 02 October 75: MB interviews Keith Moon 16 October 75: T.Rex perform 'Funky London Childhood' (recorded previous day) 20 October 75: date MB interviews Roy Wood and Stan Lee, tx later that month (date unknown) 03 November 75: T.Rex preform 'London Boys' (recorded 15 October) Additionally Eamonn Andrews interviewed Marc Bolan at some point in 1972 for 'Today' - some stills exist in the Fremantle archive - see attached. Attachments:
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Post by Thomas Walsh on Apr 22, 2019 17:04:01 GMT
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 22, 2019 18:24:32 GMT
Did Bob Pratt salvage the Sex Pistols clip then Ray? |
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 22, 2019 18:33:42 GMT
The Stan Lee audio I posted was taped the same day as Marc interviewed Roy Wood. He sometimes taped two interviews in a day. There is a bootleg out there with several interviews and also three T Rex performances on the show. and i can't find it!One of them wasn't shown - it was the Keith Moon one - which Marc said at the time was because they were too drunk. He did spend a lot of time out of the country from '72 onward - due to the 'spend less than 60 days in the UK and you don't pay UK income tax' rule that meant a number of UK pop stars headed for the US, France, Monaco or just on LOTS of tours. |
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