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Post by Mark Kerridge on Dec 13, 2003 22:08:14 GMT
Anyone know what programmes the following performances featured on TOTP2 this week originally came from? - Crosby & Nash - Marrakesh Express (9/11/70)
- Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl (31/7/76)
- The Clash - London's Burning (5/77) (incidentally, this sounded nothing like the single)
Glad to see that TOTP2 are using clips from other programmes from the 1970s where either the TOTP archive is lacking or where the artists never appeared on the show. |
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Post by Gary C on Dec 13, 2003 23:02:47 GMT
shouldn't that be 'London Calling' ??
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Post by Mike on Dec 13, 2003 23:14:15 GMT
No it isn't 'London Calling'. It's definately 'Londons Burning'. Wasn't this The Clash's second single which failed to chart? I initially got this a few years ago on M2, it's part of a three song live film selection also including 'White Riot' and '1977' and inbetween each promo is interview footage from 1977.
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Post by Gary C on Dec 13, 2003 23:29:31 GMT
ah, yes, in that case, it makes sense!!
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Post by Mark Kerridge on Dec 13, 2003 23:51:26 GMT
Well, that clarifies one thing - I was actually thinking of London's Calling when I said the song sounded different - no wonder, different song!
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Post by Neil Barker on Dec 14, 2003 3:06:33 GMT
"London's Burning" is a track from the Clash's self-titled 1977 debut album. A live version was included on the B-side of their second single "Remote Control" which failed to chart.
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Post by William Martin on Dec 15, 2003 16:57:15 GMT
have you seen the line up for the 17th , i'll bet no one has ever seen these before  its chrisssssssmaaassss |
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Post by Westy on Dec 15, 2003 20:27:57 GMT
Always seems to be the same Xmas clips too!
Much as I like Slade, Mud & Wizzard, surely there is other Xmas material.
What about the Band Aid 2 version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas' ?
Even if it's the video, it's a change.
I've taped a few 'Xmas' TOTP2's over the years, & is it my imagination, or does every show end with bl**dy Bing Crosby ?
Even VH1 & L!ve Tv a few years back had some different clips. (Elton John's Step Into Christmas).
The naffer, the better(Bjorn Again's 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town)!
(Before anyone says, I am aware of the patchy state of the archives !)
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Post by William Martin on Dec 16, 2003 10:37:54 GMT
"is it my imagination"-yes and no
", or does every show end with
bl**dy Bing Crosby ?"-yes and no
In a quantum universe all states can exist simultaneously
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Post by ASM on Dec 16, 2003 11:11:59 GMT
What is sad is many of the early Xmas shows are wiped. If memory serves, only Xmas 67 pt 2 exists from all sixties xmas TOTP shows. What is a disaster is the early colour ones are gone too. Both 1969's, both 1970's and the first 1971 xmas show. I believe the earliest colour TOTP clip surviving is Marmalade's "Ob-Li-Da" which was culled from Xmas 69 pt 2 for inclusion in "Pop Goes The Sixties" Please correct me if i'm wrong. ???ASM
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Post by Jim Schwartau on Dec 16, 2003 12:14:27 GMT
Anyone know what programmes the following performances featured on TOTP2 this week originally came from? - Crosby & Nash - Marrakesh Express (9/11/70)
Delayed kinda answer to the original query - I didn't see the clip on TOTP2, but an educated guess would place this as being from "Crosby & Nash In Concert", produced by Stanley Dorfman and repeated on UK Arena (RIP) a few years back. Hope this helps. Jim. |
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Post by William Martin on Dec 17, 2003 16:55:02 GMT
What is sad is many of the early Xmas shows are wiped. If memory serves, only Xmas 67 pt 2 exists from all sixties xmas TOTP shows. What is a disaster is the early colour ones are gone too. Both 1969's, both 1970's and the first 1971 xmas show. I believe the earliest colour TOTP clip surviving is Marmalade's "Ob-Li-Da" which was culled from Xmas 69 pt 2 for inclusion in "Pop Goes The Sixties" Please correct me if i'm wrong. ???ASM yes the bbc should try to show the xmass specials from 67 and 72 (28/12/72) and pop goes the sixties I don't know how hard the beeb has been looking for totp(quite hard just recently by the looks of things) but it isn't on their hit list on the tresures page, if they can get back about 100 dr who then considereing time and the number of copies made at the time 15(the 2 in the usa et.c) or so is not an unreasonable number to be possible for recovery and thats not including the episodes possibly held by artists and managers |
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its chrisssssssmaaassss