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Post by Mark Tinkler on Oct 20, 2023 8:37:10 GMT
I appreciate this might not be the right forum for this but lots of very knowledgeable folks here - does anyone know when BBC TV's Top of the Pops went into colour?
Thanks.
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Post by RWels on Oct 20, 2023 8:53:09 GMT
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Post by Mark Tinkler on Oct 20, 2023 9:38:06 GMT
Ah, thank you. Presumably the reason why the BBC archive have B&W TOTP's after that date is because they are low-band recordings/recoveries... |
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 20, 2023 11:18:51 GMT
""27-11-69: Presenter: Jimmy Savile (Wiped) (Exists as audio)
(1) THE ARCHIES – Sugar Sugar (and charts)
(NEW) THELMA HOUSTON – Jumping Jack Flash
(17) ROLF HARRIS – Two Little Boys
(NEW) DAVE CLARK FIVE – Good Old Rock ‘N’ Roll
(NEW) DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Brand New Me
(5) KENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION – Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town (video)
(14) BLUE MINK – Melting Pot
(1) THE ARCHIES – Sugar Sugar (video) *
* although this show is wiped, this performance still exists
>> TOTP begins broadcasting in colour.""
(from Popscene, with thanks.)
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Post by Peter Stirling on Oct 20, 2023 11:32:30 GMT
Ah, thank you. Presumably the reason why the BBC archive have B&W TOTP's after that date is because they are low-band recordings/recoveries... Yes the three surviving editions from early 1970 are actually high-quality B/W film recordings (for export/band wanting a copy etc) but obviously cannot be quite as good as the original in the analogue world. They were found to have colour info (chroma dots) embedded in the print and before the Savile controversy they were lined up for the then-discovered 'colour recovery' process. Original surviving print Colour recovered demo
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