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Post by Shaun B on Dec 10, 2003 18:50:18 GMT
It's a drop in the bucket, but I can confirm that a 1966 edition, broadcast live from Blackpool (woo! there's glamorous for you) exists in full. Brian Matthew hosts, and the show features live performances from Cilla Black, The Rockin' Berries, Mark Wynter, The Bachelors and Marty Wilde (backed by the super-tight Tornados). Highlights include a self-penned anti-Vietnam war number from Marty Wilde, and a faithful rendition of The Fugs' "Kill For Peace" from Cilla. I may have made one of these up.
Shaun B.
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Post by William Martin on Dec 12, 2003 11:52:16 GMT
well it's something, no expense spared or perhaps no expense, maybe they did it in the studio, who would know? no i'm sure brian would never lie
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Post by bruiser on Dec 23, 2003 6:49:07 GMT
I have heard through a reliable source that the former producer of Sat Club (who was with the show from the outset.. Oct 58?) diligently kept recordings of many of the early shows. Can anyone clarify what exactly exists in his collection?? . You mean Bernie Andrews who was one of the producers on Saturday Club. Bernie made superb off air recordings of many BBC pop radio programmes in an attempt to preserve them from destruction. In 1990 he returned some of these tapes to the BBC, including the 5th Birthday Saturday Club and several earlier editions. Around the same time he came forth with the Beatles' priceless "Pop Go The Beatles" radio series, and his tapes made up the bulk of the 1994 double cd "Live At The BBC" (along with a handful of poorer tracks taken from bootleg discs). Apparently he has many more tapes, but is wary of returning them to the Beeb. And, really, who can blame him?
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Jan 5, 2004 16:56:02 GMT
You mean Bernie Andrews who was one of the producers on Saturday Club. Bernie made superb off air recordings of many BBC pop radio programmes in an attempt to preserve them from destruction. In 1990 he returned some of these tapes to the BBC, including the 5th Birthday Saturday Club and several earlier editions. Around the same time he came forth with the Beatles' priceless "Pop Go The Beatles" radio series, and his tapes made up the bulk of the 1994 double cd "Live At The BBC" (along with a handful of poorer tracks taken from bootleg discs). Apparently he has many more tapes, but is wary of returning them to the Beeb. And, really, who can blame him? --------------------------------------------- Yup, Bernie is the boy; a while ago I found a site that had a review of the Hendrix BBC Sessions cd, and it more or less said that both Bernie Andrews and another Beeb producer (wish I could remember who it was) were both holding onto many more session tapes until the Beeb saw fit to express their appreciation in a financial manner (sorry, most tactful way I could think of phrasing it!). By the way, some of the 'Pop Go The Beatles' tracks came from the World Service at Bush House; apparently some time after the original U.K. broadcasts, the series was re-made for the World Service. The guest's tracks were removed, along with requests etc., to produce a series of 15 minute shows. It does prove that the shows were not destroyed immediately after U.K. transmission. In the early eighties, a collector offered the BBC most of the fabs BBC sessions (off-air) as well as shows featuring most of the big names from the sixties. The Beeb turned him down, saying that they would not pay for something that they (in theory) already owned.
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Post by geoffleonard on Mar 7, 2017 23:49:22 GMT
I'm getting to this several years late, I realise, but Bernie Andrews bequeathed all his BBC recordings to a collector and archivist, and at least one double CD was released a few years ago consisting of Cliff Richard & The Shadows -- all from Saturday Club sessions.
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 8, 2017 10:32:32 GMT
I believe Jeff Griffin was/is the other BBC producer who together with Bernie Andrews was said to be holding session tapes not in the possession of the BBC. Some interviews with Bernie here, which should be interesting, although I've not yet watched or read them historyproject.org.uk/interview/bernie-andrews
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