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Post by stevej on Oct 28, 2023 10:35:03 GMT
I don't know if BBC4 have run these before, but on Friday Nov 3rd they are showing five surviving editions of 'Bobbie Gentry' screened by BBC2 in 1968:
I've only ever seen clips so it will be fantastic to see the programmes complete. I did wonder whether they originally ran longer than 30 minutes, but a quick look at BBC Genome confirms that they were indeed half hour shows. Guests include Donovan and The Hollies. Can't wait!
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Post by Dan S on Oct 28, 2023 13:46:34 GMT
About bloody time!!!! They've been sitting on those episodes for so long, I was beginning to wonder if we'd ever get to see them!
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Post by Peter Prentice on Oct 28, 2023 15:21:24 GMT
Fantastic news! A must-watch.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Oct 28, 2023 17:06:45 GMT
So that's three episodes from 1968 and two from 1971.. I'm looking forward to these.
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Post by Dan S on Oct 28, 2023 17:25:10 GMT
The Jerry Reed one is in b&w unless they coloured it using chromadots or other methods.
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Post by Jeff Leach on Oct 29, 2023 12:45:30 GMT
Been waiting to see these for years! Great news.
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Post by jimhope on Oct 31, 2023 15:35:51 GMT
Can't wait to see the Mason Williams editions
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Post by Jeff Leach on Nov 3, 2023 21:20:30 GMT
Just watching the first show with Long John Baldry - Fabulous show in crisp colour!
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Post by iwest on Nov 5, 2023 17:13:50 GMT
Really enjoyed these, meant to just watch a couple and finish it later but ended up watching all five in one go.
Was looking for an episode list for this show so as to put episode numbers to the ones shown, no doubt one is out there but in the end I just made one from combining info on TV Brain and TV Pop Diaries, I think this is right though:
Bobbie Gentry series 1:
13.07.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, The Alan Price Set (missing)
20.07.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Don Partridge (missing)
27.07.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Donovan
03.08.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, The Hollies
10.08.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Long John Baldry
17.08.1968 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Glen Campbell (missing)
Bobbie Gentry Series 2:
18.06.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Joe South (missing)
25.06.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Billy Preston (missing)
02.07.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Alan Price (missing)
09.07.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, Noel Harrison (missing)
16.07.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, James Taylor (missing)
23.07.1969 With Bobbie Gentry, Tears of Joy, Pan's People, John Hartford (missing)
Gentry:
01.02.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Jerry Reed, Hank Strzelecki, Sue and Sunny
08.02.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Tony Joe White (missing)
15.02.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Marmalade, Sue and Sunny (missing)
22.02.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Elton John, Sue and Sunny (missing)
08.03.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Mason Williams
15.03.1971 With Pan's People, Bobbie Gentry, The Barbara Moore Singers, Randy Newman, Alan Price (missing)
(It's interesting that Alan Price was a guest on all three series and yet still isn't represented on any of the surviving episodes.)
Which means the BBC4 ones were "Bobbie Gentry" series 1 eps 3, 4 and 5 and "Gentry" eps 1 and 5. I did think the black and white 1971 episode suffered a bit from the lack of colour, especially when watched straight after three ones in their original colour. I thought I'd adjust to it after a minute or two but never seemed to. Anyway it made a good argument for putting colour back into shows that were originally filmed that way, even if that means using AI if it can't be done properly by chroma dot recovery.
Surviving episodes of the Julie Felix show would make a good BBC4 follow-up to this, especially as another one was recently recovered.
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Post by Jeff Leach on Nov 5, 2023 17:54:14 GMT
I suppose we are lucky 5 editions survived - incredible they wiped the Elton John and Glen Campbell shows - we live in hope that they may be out there...
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Post by John Green on Nov 5, 2023 18:45:49 GMT
Thanks for doing all the work, iwest, so that I can find one tiny mistake: it's Don Patridge on the 20/07/1968 show, not Dan Patridge.
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Post by iwest on Nov 5, 2023 23:48:01 GMT
Thanks for doing all the work, iwest, so that I can find one tiny mistake: it's Don Patridge on the 20/07/1968 show, not Dan Patridge. Thanks, definitely meant to write "Don" but I've fixed it now anyway  |
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Post by David smothers on Nov 27, 2023 20:48:46 GMT
OMG!!! I watched the Jerry Reed/Sue and Sunny episode this morning and that final medley was SO beautiful it made me want to cry. Bobbie singing "Golden Slumbers" in that smoky alto of hers, and then Sue and Sunny with those harmonies with her in the medley is just one of the most beautiful things I've heard in years.
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