Kal Pop Event Report
Jun 3, 2019 20:39:04 GMT
Jeff Leach, Ray Langstone (was saintsray), and 5 more like this
Post by Kev Mulrenan on Jun 3, 2019 20:39:04 GMT
What a great day! Back to the standards of the Halycon days of the early 10's at the Talbot Hotel.
Great to see such a big crowd. The PR really helped. National tv and also regional radio. The strength of the bill meant that people travelled from far and wide e.g. Scotland and Portsmouth.
The day kicked off with two halves of Vikki Carr. Great to see such pristine monochrome quality. The Settlers were great and theres's not much footage of them around. There were tears streaming down Vikki's tears at one point. Roy Castle was a very talented man who could turn his hand to anything. This old style variety show does not really exist any more.
The there was Disco. Fab show. I love quizzes and this was a good one. The participants actually looked as if they were enjoying themselves. Freddie Garrity was particularly jolly.
Masters of Pop was fascinating. I love things that are a bit weird and off-centre and this certainly fell into that category. It had the feel of a colour Shindig, hardly surprising when you consider Jack Good was the prducer and Rita Gallespie the director.
Lots of famous faces popped up. Peter Gordeno of UFO/LWT shows fame. The session bassist Herbie Flowers. Bruce Forsthe's son in law. Chris Farlowe. The Chants who morphed into the Real Thing. Ian Whitcomb who Jack knew well from his Shindig days. Ian was due to present the Old Grey Whiustle Test but developed a terroble stammer. Funnily enough he stammered for comic effect in the show. The 50's revival teme was strong in the late 60's/early 70's e.g. the one surviving Set Em Up Joe, the David Essex films, the Wembley rock and roll revival concert.
It was brilliant to see footage of Julie Driscoll, Brian Augur and the Trinity that I had never seen before.
The sight of the Flrtations dressed in kilts and Scottish hats was priceless. Nice to see a cameo from Emperor Rosko. Joe Brown's wife was part of the Breakaways.
The 75 top of the Pops was fascinating. Hats off to the restoration team. Nice to see a member of the audience singing along with Syreeta.
I was intrigued by Steve Turner's comments. The links by Tony Hicks really added to the show as did the visual effects for the strings and brass. The footage of the track Butterfly must be very rare.#
Great that the peoplem who saved the footage were acknowledged.
The 66 Top of the Pops gave us a tantalising glimpse of how the show looked. It was lovely to see Steve Marriot in a Fred Perry shirt and Kenney Jones in a white suit. Stevie Winwood preferred to wear an Afgan coat. Even Tom Jones looked cool. And of course the piece de resitnace was Paperback Writer.
A little trick was missed. There was plenty of dead air time so we could have seen the Paperback Writer footage one more time.
It was interesting to see how much effort went into getting the Lift Off footage to look decent. I wonder why Charles targetted Lift Off and TOTP. Why not the Old Grey Whistle Test for instance. What job did he have that allowed him to be free around teatime to tape Lift Off?
Great to enjoy Chicory Tip on Lift Off once more.
What a splendid guest Ayshea was! When a fan said he was so upset when it was announced Ayshea and Roy Wood were engaged, she quipped "Why? Did you like him so much!"
Mike and Chris choose great singing clips. What a wonderful version of the David Gates song Everything That I Own.
It was nice to see the RSG! in the correct order, although nearly all the footage was on Channel 4 in the 80's. Apart from the credits there might have been a bit more footage of the Beatles drawing on the artwork and being interviewed.
The humour was fantastic. Before the pressures of Beatlemania they seemed happy and witty. George was a right laugh and seemed carefree.
The dancing of the 60's kids was amusing. Great to see top Mod Mickey Tenner doing the Block.
The Top of the Pops from 69 was crystal clear. The Jethro Tull was exactly the same, I think, as the Hits a Go Go recently found. The Fleetwood Mac performance was a dream. Beautifully crisp and well directed. What a talent Peter Green was before he scrambled his brain by taking bad acid!
I liked the comparison of the versions of the Something promos. The main difference was that the early version had two year old footage of Paul from MMT (Fool on the Hill) Neil Aspinall obviously hadn't been dispatched to Mull of Kintyre at that point.
The pop selection was eclectic. We had a call operation Yewtree moment when Gilbert O'Sullivan enthusiastically fondled a bottom. Noel gorden; fine actress, naff sinder. I really enjoyed the colour clip of Vanity Fare with Engelbert. The Benny Hill/Seekers footage was intriguing.
I had noit seen most of Pan's clips. Apparantly the One for the Lads chap had them all bar one.
Well done Chris and co! This was a delightful smorgesbord of pop. A brilliant idea to concentrate on the 60's and 70's as from the 80's onwards it's pretty easy to see material.
Great to see such a big crowd. The PR really helped. National tv and also regional radio. The strength of the bill meant that people travelled from far and wide e.g. Scotland and Portsmouth.
The day kicked off with two halves of Vikki Carr. Great to see such pristine monochrome quality. The Settlers were great and theres's not much footage of them around. There were tears streaming down Vikki's tears at one point. Roy Castle was a very talented man who could turn his hand to anything. This old style variety show does not really exist any more.
The there was Disco. Fab show. I love quizzes and this was a good one. The participants actually looked as if they were enjoying themselves. Freddie Garrity was particularly jolly.
Masters of Pop was fascinating. I love things that are a bit weird and off-centre and this certainly fell into that category. It had the feel of a colour Shindig, hardly surprising when you consider Jack Good was the prducer and Rita Gallespie the director.
Lots of famous faces popped up. Peter Gordeno of UFO/LWT shows fame. The session bassist Herbie Flowers. Bruce Forsthe's son in law. Chris Farlowe. The Chants who morphed into the Real Thing. Ian Whitcomb who Jack knew well from his Shindig days. Ian was due to present the Old Grey Whiustle Test but developed a terroble stammer. Funnily enough he stammered for comic effect in the show. The 50's revival teme was strong in the late 60's/early 70's e.g. the one surviving Set Em Up Joe, the David Essex films, the Wembley rock and roll revival concert.
It was brilliant to see footage of Julie Driscoll, Brian Augur and the Trinity that I had never seen before.
The sight of the Flrtations dressed in kilts and Scottish hats was priceless. Nice to see a cameo from Emperor Rosko. Joe Brown's wife was part of the Breakaways.
The 75 top of the Pops was fascinating. Hats off to the restoration team. Nice to see a member of the audience singing along with Syreeta.
I was intrigued by Steve Turner's comments. The links by Tony Hicks really added to the show as did the visual effects for the strings and brass. The footage of the track Butterfly must be very rare.#
Great that the peoplem who saved the footage were acknowledged.
The 66 Top of the Pops gave us a tantalising glimpse of how the show looked. It was lovely to see Steve Marriot in a Fred Perry shirt and Kenney Jones in a white suit. Stevie Winwood preferred to wear an Afgan coat. Even Tom Jones looked cool. And of course the piece de resitnace was Paperback Writer.
A little trick was missed. There was plenty of dead air time so we could have seen the Paperback Writer footage one more time.
It was interesting to see how much effort went into getting the Lift Off footage to look decent. I wonder why Charles targetted Lift Off and TOTP. Why not the Old Grey Whistle Test for instance. What job did he have that allowed him to be free around teatime to tape Lift Off?
Great to enjoy Chicory Tip on Lift Off once more.
What a splendid guest Ayshea was! When a fan said he was so upset when it was announced Ayshea and Roy Wood were engaged, she quipped "Why? Did you like him so much!"
Mike and Chris choose great singing clips. What a wonderful version of the David Gates song Everything That I Own.
It was nice to see the RSG! in the correct order, although nearly all the footage was on Channel 4 in the 80's. Apart from the credits there might have been a bit more footage of the Beatles drawing on the artwork and being interviewed.
The humour was fantastic. Before the pressures of Beatlemania they seemed happy and witty. George was a right laugh and seemed carefree.
The dancing of the 60's kids was amusing. Great to see top Mod Mickey Tenner doing the Block.
The Top of the Pops from 69 was crystal clear. The Jethro Tull was exactly the same, I think, as the Hits a Go Go recently found. The Fleetwood Mac performance was a dream. Beautifully crisp and well directed. What a talent Peter Green was before he scrambled his brain by taking bad acid!
I liked the comparison of the versions of the Something promos. The main difference was that the early version had two year old footage of Paul from MMT (Fool on the Hill) Neil Aspinall obviously hadn't been dispatched to Mull of Kintyre at that point.
The pop selection was eclectic. We had a call operation Yewtree moment when Gilbert O'Sullivan enthusiastically fondled a bottom. Noel gorden; fine actress, naff sinder. I really enjoyed the colour clip of Vanity Fare with Engelbert. The Benny Hill/Seekers footage was intriguing.
I had noit seen most of Pan's clips. Apparantly the One for the Lads chap had them all bar one.
Well done Chris and co! This was a delightful smorgesbord of pop. A brilliant idea to concentrate on the 60's and 70's as from the 80's onwards it's pretty easy to see material.
