Limited edition Ready Steady Go! DVD set

[ajsmith]

available for pre order from Kaleidoscope here:

www.tvbrain.info/shop/books/ready-steady-go?fbclid=IwAR3MOQy96C6pLmQIfIzNGH9eVH5Q71XQiJvC0zy7wBnDMdxnKfJ9_0KUdNs

limited to 300 copies and on the steep side at £75, but frankly it looks like a fantastic packahe for collectors, check the details out:

Ready! Steady! Go! as we run towards the 5th August 2023.


Limited edition set - 300 copies only. Once they are gone, they are gone!

Numbered from 1-300 with unique special packaging.

PRE-ORDER NOW!

Any copies not sold by the 5th August 2023 (release date); will be withdrawn.


This package is the first AUTHORISED collection of “Ready Steady Go!” material available on DVD.


It compiles most of what has already been released on VHS or shown on Channel 4, plus introduces sequences that have not been seen on any previous releases or re-broadcasts. Shows have been reconstructed from surviving assets or are presented complete, where they survive.


These special items include:

· Tony Meehan talks about “Applejack”

· Millicent Martin “Suspicion”

· Bobby Shafto “She’s My Girl”

· Lulu “Can’t Hear You”

· Amateur DJ: Burt Bacharach

· Dusty Springfield “Losing You”

· The Beach Boys “Dance, Dance, Dance”

· The Plebs “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”

· Paul Williams “Gin House”

· The Zephyrs “Wonder What I’m Gonna Do”

· Manfred Mann “Five Long Years”

…..and more, including “Chart Time”, “Amateur DJ”, and “Mime Time” segments.

Also of note is a silent 8mm home movie shot off of a TV screen, with synced audio dubbed in from records, which offers a glimpse of an episode that had not been previous seen since its original broadcast.

Aside from the “new” material, there are several differences between this collection and the collections that had been previously offered in the VHS days.

For example, a superior source for some of the 02 July 1965 show has been used, allowing you to see the Peter Cook & Dudley Moore performance viewable without an overlay of closing credits. Where possible we have been able to preserve the original credits on some of the episodes, which had been removed in previous collections.


Unfortunately, we have had to remove all music performances by The Beatles, due to licensing restrictions. Had we been able to include them, we could call this collection “COMPLETE” as far as what we know to exist.

Kaleidoscope has had the honour to put this numbered limited edition collection together, partly to commemorate our 35th anniversary. In addition, we were chosen by the owner of the “Ready Steady Go!” archive, BMG, because we hold more “Ready Steady Go!” material than BMG! This material has been collected from BMG, the BFI National Archive, Channel 4, ITV, and from private collectors.

4 disc set

Digipack

EXTRAS:

Channel 4 introductory film from 1985

Uncle George - extracts from the drama series filmed on the set of RSG.

[robertreinstein]

Here's the full track list:
THE READY STEADY GO! ARCHIVE
DISC ONE: 1963-1964
4 October 1963
 Interview with George Harrison
 Tony Meehan talks about “Applejack”
 Dance Demonstration: The Hitchhiker
 Helen Shapiro interview
 Helen Shapiro “Look Who It Is”
 Amateur DJ: Thesesa Confrey
 CHART TIME
 Interview with Ringo Starr
 Helen Shapiro “No Trespassing”
 MIME TIME judged by Paul McCartney
 Eden Kane “Like I Love You”
 Interview with The Beatles
 Press Conference
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions The Beatles musical segments have been removed from this episode
20 March 1964
 The Beatles – Billboard Award presentation
 Dance Demonstration: The Block
 The Animals “Baby Let Me Take You Home”
 Eric Burdon interview
 Bobby Vee “Buddy’s Song”
 Bobby Vee interview
 The Beatles’ Art Contest
 Dusty Springfield “Every Day I Have To Cry”
 Amateur DJ: John Lennon
 Alma Cogan “Tennessee Waltz”
 CHART TIME
 Millicent Martin “Suspicion”
 George Harrison interview
 End Credits
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions The Beatles musical segments have been removed from this episode
1 May 1964
 Kingsize Taylor and The Dominoes “Stupidity”
 Cilla Black “You’re My World”
 Cilla Black interview
 Billy Fury “Nothin’ Shaking But The Leaves On The Trees”
 Lulu “Shout”
 Lulu interview
 Bobby Shafto “She’s My Girl”
 Dance Demonstration
 MIME TIME
 The Four Pennies “Juliet”
 Billy Fury “I Will”
 Freddie and The Dreamers “I Love You Baby”
 Freddie Garrity interview
 Amateur DJ: P.J. Proby
28 August 1964
 The Moody Blues “Lose Your Money”
 Dusty Springfield “Can I Get A Witness”
 Mark Wynter “Love Hurts”
 Dance Demonstration: The Bread and Butter
 Lulu “Can’t Hear You No More”
 Amateur DJ: Burt Bacharach
 Gerry and The Pacemakers “It’s Gonna Be Alright”
 Gerry and The Pacemakers “It’s Just Because”
DISC TWO: NOVEMBER 1964
6 November 1964
 The Beach Boys “I Get Around”
 The Beach Boys interview
 The Beach Boys “When I Grow Up (To Be A Man)”
 Gene Pitney and Dusty Springfield Contest
 Dusty Springfield “Losing You”
 Gene Pitney “I’m Gonna Be Strong”
 Martha Reeves interview
 Martha and The Vandellas “Heat Wave”
 Martha and The Vandellas “Dancing In The Street”
 The Fourmost “Baby I Need Your Loving”
 The Beach Boys “Dance, Dance, Dance”
20 November 1964
 The Plebs “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”
 Paul Williams “Gin House”
 The Zephyrs “Wonder What I’m Gonna Do”
 Marvin Gaye “Can I Get A Witness”
 Audience Dance
 Simon Scott “My Baby’s Got Soul”
 Dance Demonstration
 Kenny Lynch “My Own Two Feet”
 Jerry Lee Lewis “High Heel Sneakers”
 Jerry Lee Lewis “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”
 Marvin Gaye “How Sweet It Is”
 Them “Baby Please Don’t Go”
 Samantha Jones “It’s All Because of You”
 The Rolling Stones “Off The Hook”
 Brian Jones/Mick Jagger interview
 The Rolling Stones “Little Red Rooster”
 The Rolling Stones “Around and Around”
27 November 1964
 The Isley Brothers “Stagger Lee”
 The Zombies “Summertime”
 Billy J. Kramer and The Dakotas “Tennessee Waltz”
 The Searchers “This Feeling Inside”
 The Isley Brothers “The Last Girl”
 Sandie Shaw interview
 Sandie Shaw “Girl Don’t Come”
 The Searchers “What Have They Done To The Rain”
 The Beatles interview
 Kim Weston “A Little More Love”
 The Beatles interview
NOTE: Due to licensing restrictions The Beatles musical segments have been removed from this episode
EXTRAS:
 Kaleidoscope Trailers
DISC THREE: 1964-1965
11 December 1964
 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames “Monkeying Around”
 The McKinleys “Sweet and Tender Romance”
 Kenny Lunch “My Own Two Feet”
 Georgie Fame and The Blue Flames “Yeh Yeh”
 CHART TIME
 Tony Jackson and The Vibrations “You Beat Me To The Punch”
 Tony Jackson interview
 John L. Watson and The Hummelflugs “Lookin’ For Love”
 Rufus Thomas “Walking The Dog”
 Rufus Thomas interview
 Rufus Thomas “Jump Back”
 Dick and DeeDee “Thou Shalt Not Steal”
 Gerry and The Pacemakers “Ferry Cross The Mersey”
 Gerry and The Pacemakers “Why Oh Why”
 Gerry and The Pacemakers “My Babe”
28 April 1965 THE SOUND OF MOTOWN
 Opening Medley:
o The Supremes “Baby Love”
o The Miracles “You Really Got A Hold On Me”
o Stevie Wonder “I Call It Pretty Music But The Old People Call It The Blues”
o The Temptations “The Way You Do The Things You Do”
 Martha and The Vandellas “Heat Wave”
 Dusty Springfield “You Lost The Sweetest Boy”
 The Miracles “Ooh Baby Baby”
 Martha Reeves, The Vandellas, and Dusty Springfield “Wishin’ and Hopin’”
 The Temptations “It’s Growing”
 The Supremes “Shake”
 Martha and The Vandellas “Nowhere To Run”
 Stevie Wonder “Kiss Me Baby”
 Dusty Springfield with Martha and The Vandellas, “Can’t Hear You”
 The Supremes “Stop! In The Name Of Love”
 The Temptations “My Girl”
 Martha and The Vandellas “Dancing In The Street”
 The Miracles “Shop Around”
 The Supremes “Where Did Our Love Go?”
 The Miracles and cast “Mickey’s Monkey”
2 July 1965
 Kenny Lynch “I’ll Stay By You”
 The Who “Anyway Anyhow Anywhere”
 The Who “Shout and Shimmy”
 Nina Simone “I Put A Spell On You”
 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore interview
 Peter Cook and Dudley Moore “Goodbyeee”
 Manfred Mann “Five Long Years”
10 September 1965
 MIME TIME The Rolling Stones, Andrew Oldham, and Cathy McGowan
 The Rolling Stones “Oh, Baby (We Got A Good Thing Going)”
 The Rolling Stones “That’s How Strong My Love Is”
 The Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
DISC FOUR: 1966 and More
25 February 1966
 The Walker Brothers “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More”
 The Walker Brothers “Everything’s Gonna Be Alright”
27 May 1966
 The Rolling Stones “I Am Waiting”
 The Rolling Stones “Under My Thumb”
 The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black”
29 July 1966
Silent 8mm shot off a TV screen, fragments of songs with dubbed sound
 The Merseys “So Sad About Us”
 Manfred Mann “Just Like A Woman”
 Manfred Mann “Mickey’s Monkey”
 Solomon Burke “Down In The Valley”
 David and Jonathan “Lovers of The World Unite”
 The Alan Bown Set “Headline News”
16 September 1966
THE OTIS REDDING SPECIAL
 Otis Redding “Satisfaction”
 Otis Redding “My Girl”
 Otis Redding “Respect”
 Eric Burdon “Hold On, I’m Coming”
 Chris Farlowe “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World”
 The Cast Medley
EXTRAS
 Channel 4 “The Weekend Starts Here!” tx: 15 June 1985
 “Uncle Charles – Man and The Machine” excerpts from a Rediffusion episode from 1965, with scenes shot on
the set of “Ready Steady Go!”
 “Around The Beatles” excerpts from a 1964 Rediffusion TV special. With The Vernon Girls, Long John Baldry, Cilla
Black, Sounds Incorporated, Millie, P.J. Proby, Murray The K, The Jets, and The Beatles
NOTE – due to licensing restrictions The Beatles musical segments have been removed from this presentation

[petercheck]

Ordered!  


Looks fan-bl**dy-tastic!

[Joe Haynes]

Really looking forward to this. The price isn't to bad considering how much you get.

[petercheck]

I hope there are similar future music DVD projects, such as "complete" collections of:

'Thank Your Lucky Stars'
'Top Of The Pops' 1964-1969 era
'Colour Me Pop'
'A Whole Scene Going'
'NME Poll Winners Concerts'...

I would certainly support them!

[Kev Hunter]

Does this put to bed, once and for all, the rumour that Dave Clark had / has lots more RSG material?

[Sal Mohammed]

The Motown episode on its own is worth getting this, just a pity The Beatles performances is missing especially the fixed 'Twist and Shout' footage as shown on the BBC. It's about time the BBC rebroadcast their Ready, Steady, Go! documentary on music night on BBC2.

Hopefully, Apple will collect all The Beatles footage and release a stand alone DVD/Blu-ray. Since all their footage is mimed, they can improve the audio quality especially the 'Around the World' which was specially recorded at IBC Studios for the programme.

[robertreinstein]

Jun 29, 2023 9:43:53 GMT Kev Hunter said:

Does this put to bed, once and for all, the rumour that Dave Clark had / has lots more RSG material?

We're not sure what DC really has. But my gut feeling is all he has are the few full episodes that he cut up and put out on VHS and C4 adding additional material that he did not own (i.e. Shindig!). 
What we do know is that DC did not turn over everything he has to BMG, and only gave them copies of a 14-episode RSG TV series that he put together (with Picture Music International) but was never shown. It did include some bits not previously released by him, from the same episodes he already butchered, and those bits are all included in KALs compilation. Additional material was added to the KAL comp that did not come from DC.

[ajsmith]

I don't have the book to hand to double check for sure, but AFAIR in Andrew Neil's RSG book he concludes that it's likely that pretty much the archive listed above is about all that still existed of RSG by even the late 60s, and was all that Dave Clark was able to buy up in the first place. The surviving 1963/4 editions were telerecordings made by Elkan Allan for potential footage sales of popular artists (hence why all 3 Beatles editions were kept). I think some of the 1965/6 excerpts were copied by Michael Lindsay Hogg at his own expense for his personal archive/showreel. The Motown and Otis Redding specials were kept due to contractual stipulations on behalf of the guest artists. Everything else got binned, with only the recordings of amateur home tapers and that seemingly solitary overseas sale of the Walker Bros footage adding to the small pile in later years.

[robertreinstein]

Jun 29, 2023 10:44:12 GMT Sal Mohammed said:

The Motown episode on its own is worth getting this, just a pity The Beatles performances is missing especially the fixed 'Twist and Shout' footage as shown on the BBC. It's about time the BBC rebroadcast their Ready, Steady, Go! documentary on music night on BBC2.

Apple is so tight with Beatles material, they may not even allow that BBC show to be re-shown.

[petercheck]

Jun 29, 2023 9:43:53 GMT Kev Hunter said:

Does this put to bed, once and for all, the rumour that Dave Clark had / has lots more RSG material?

If Dave Clark had any DC5 RSG material, then he would've included it in the '80s C4 broadcasts. Instead, he inserted footage from such shows as Ed Sullivan. 

[Paul Hayes]

I'm glad they've been able to include "Look Who It Is", even with John, George and Ringo "performing" as Shapiro's stooges. I suppose as they're not actually singing (or even miming), that makes it okay!

[anthonybartley]

Jun 29, 2023 12:31:43 GMT robertreinstein said:

Jun 29, 2023 10:44:12 GMT Sal Mohammed said:

The Motown episode on its own is worth getting this, just a pity The Beatles performances is missing especially the fixed 'Twist and Shout' footage as shown on the BBC. It's about time the BBC rebroadcast their Ready, Steady, Go! documentary on music night on BBC2.

Apple is so tight with Beatles material, they may not even allow that BBC show to be re-shown.

Most kids these days haven't even heard of the Beatles - so it's surprising that any attempt to rekindle their music on a small release like this is a no-go.

I often wonder if the people holding on to these archives (well, the rights in this case) are aware of the fact that what was a 'global phenomenon' once, certainly isn't anymore.

It's like they still believe we're in the swinging 60s and nothing has changed.

I'm not saying the Beatles aren't worth anything - it's just a lot less than what people are probably assuming. If you were a teenager in the 1960s that makes you somewhere in the ball park of 70 now. Was Beatlemania a snowball that just kept getting bigger as time passed? I'm not sure about that because it doesn't really happen. Bands and individual artists hit a peak and then tend to slowly tumble down in popularity. 

On the other hand, lawyers and accountants will no doubt be cooking the books to make us think that the Beatles are the next best thing since sliced bread and have never dwindled in popularity, even though... hardly any of the younger generation have heard of them these days - or are about to rush out and buy their back catalogue

I'm also going assume that most of the Beatles' wealth comes from the investments they made - and not them relying on re-issued album sales. So, when you see Paul McCartney is said to be worth 800 million pounds - my guess is that he simply invested his money wisely (property) and not because his musical back catalogue is worth anything like that amount. Mary Had a Little Lamb, anyone?

I do wonder if the Beatles guarding their back catalogue like Fort Knox will turn out to be a key factor in why they didn't last as long as they could have - in terms of public awareness and, more importantly, popularity and sales. Whoever is in charge of their catalogue is certainly doing a great job at proving my point. 

Much like the 'fair use' doctrine - this is an example where copyright laws could be modified so Kaleidoscope could be allowed (by law) to include the Beatles footage purely for archival purposes. If there are profits to be made, then give them the small amount they'd receive (from this extremely limited release) and be done with it. But the problem here goes back to my previous point - if their back catalogue is so overly inflated then you'll never have a realistic value of the footage - just some seemingly plucked out of thin air valuation of tens of millions and billions - and we're back to Fort Knox. 

[petercheck]

When The Beatles 'Anthology' documentaries were put together in the '90s, Dave Clark (alledgedly!) wanted too much money for the 'RSG' footage, so they didn't use any of it. Perhaps now that they (presumably) own the rights, they're getting their own back! Of course, it's the FANS who suffer, and a collectors box-set limited to just 300 copies isn't going to make anyone that much money anyway.

Incidentally, I've informed Paul Francis, former drummer of The Vibrations about this release, and he's ordered a copy! His 2011 book 'Drumming Up Vibrations' is well worth seeking out.

[ajsmith]

Jun 30, 2023 10:11:09 GMT anthonybartley said:

Jun 29, 2023 12:31:43 GMT robertreinstein said:

Apple is so tight with Beatles material, they may not even allow that BBC show to be re-shown.

Most kids these days haven't even heard of the Beatles - so it's surprising that any attempt to rekindle their music on a small release like this is a no-go.

I often wonder if the people holding on to these archives (well, the rights in this case) are aware of the fact that what was a 'global phenomenon' once, certainly isn't anymore.

It's like they still believe we're in the swinging 60s and nothing has changed.

I have to say I don't really agree with this. I think if anything the last 20-30 years (since the Anthology) have proved that the Beatles have enduring staying power and appeal to every generation that has come after theirs. No they're not up there competing at the level of todays current pop acts (it would be ludicrous to expect 60 old music to be able to) but my observation is that younger people into 'classic rock' (and that's a significant number if still far off from a majority) are very into/aware of The Beatles, along with other 'classic' rock acts with major Gen Z appeal like Queen and Nirvana. The Get Back miniseries 18 months ago in particular did a lot to bring the group into the here and now for todays generation, it was as close to water cooler TV as it's possible to get today.