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Post by Stephen Doran on Jan 4, 2012 9:02:47 GMT
The same BB who recorded Loud Music In Cars? Billy Bremner from the Pretenders....
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Post by markg on Jan 4, 2012 9:50:42 GMT
He did.
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Post by Steve Yeo on Apr 16, 2013 14:00:27 GMT
Hello All,
[trading request deleted]
Not sure if this is the 'done' thing on this forum, but if it is, can anybody help? Is it on the web anywhere to view/stream?
Many thanks in advance!
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Post by Rob Moss on Apr 16, 2013 14:09:44 GMT
Sorry, Steve, trading isn't allowed on the forum. Please take a few minutes to read the forum rules.
Welcome to Missing Episodes, though!
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 11, 2014 18:53:55 GMT
It's been a couple of years since I got hold of a complete episode of Pop Quiz that I didn't already have, but today I was alerted to an episode on YouTube that hasn't already been catalogued on here yet, so I've resurrected this thread to bring you the details: S03E01Broadcast 9th April 1983 Round 2:The Yardbirds - Louise (Go, Tell It On The Mountain, 1964) The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (Pop Go The Sixties, 1969) Round 5:The Shadows - Apache (Pop Go The Sixties, 1969) Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Promo) The Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap (TOTP, 1978) The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Promo) Japan - Boys Quiet Life (Promo) Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (TOTP, 1967) End Credits:Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar (b/w TOTP, 1973) That means we've now catalogued the whole of Series 3, 4 and 5 (minus two playout tracks from Series 3) so it's just the remainder of Series 1 and 2 that need attention. There are 10 episodes left for which no information exists at all. These are the episodes that could contain material that is otherwise missing from the archives...
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Jan 13, 2014 11:01:05 GMT
Happy New Year, Simon.
EXCELLENT work as always!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2014 13:45:52 GMT
Simon, the correct title of the Japan promo is 'Quiet Life'.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 13, 2014 14:38:29 GMT
Thanks, Mike. I've updated the original post. Of course, it was the title track of their third album from 1979 and shouldn't be confused with that Top 5 hit by Sabrina! The same Yardbirds clip also appeared in Pop Quiz S01E07 I notice, one of several clips that got re-used on the show. I found another partial episode of Pop Quiz on YouTube, S03E11: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPlKDcD6AFQIt features another b/w clip from the 1st February 1973 TOTP (ELO with Roy Wood performing Roll Over Beethoven) and some rare footage of Gene Vincent performing "Dance in the Street".
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 2, 2017 20:00:08 GMT
A quick heads-up for fans of "Pop Quiz". Mike Read is back with two special shows being shown over Christmas and the New Year on BBC4: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086zs7n/episodes/guideGreat to see the return of this classic eighties quiz. Wouldn't it be great if BBC4 commissioned a full series? It might also be a good excuse for BBC4 to re-run the original series. Six years on from the start of this thread and I'm still trying to catalogue every clip that was used in the original shows...
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Post by christian bews on Jan 5, 2017 22:39:21 GMT
sounds like a good idea for BBC4 to revive it this year as a new series but re-running it,well like TOTP some clips could be blocked by copyright owners that were shown at the time so it's doubtful it'll be seen again.we all heard of the series but mike read did issue a number of spin-off merchandise that were not authorised by the BBC but licensed by himself which include a tape and question book set & a waddingtons board game.they came out after the BBC axed the show in 1985.did mike read own the format rights to 'pop quiz'?
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Jan 6, 2017 16:56:51 GMT
If they can re-show old TOTP, then why not Pop Quiz? The soundbites and video clips included in each episode are all under 30 seconds in length so it shouldn't be difficult or expensive to get permission to reuse them. 47 episodes of Pop Quiz were shown in the eighties and, unlike modern quiz shows, have never been repeated, even though it was the second most watched music show of it's day (after TOTP). Not sure who owns the rights to Pop Quiz. The BBC did resurrect it in 1994 with Chris Tarrant, so presumably they still own the rights to the format. Sarah Lewis, author of "The 80's Annual", has started a petition to get a new series made. 142 signatures so far: myeighties.wordpress.com/2017/01/04/bring-back-pop-quiz/
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Post by robinore on Jun 19, 2019 13:05:44 GMT
Hey All, I'm trying to find info / a transcript / audio / or video of a question on Pop Quiz that resulted in a disagreement/argument. The question was: what was The Beatles first #1 record? I've been told that Dave Dee was on the show, and that he got into a 'heated' discussion with host Mike Read over the answer to this. And many BBC viewers wrote in to complain as well.
According to Simon's Pop Quiz index, Dave Dee was only on 2 shows. The 4 Jan 1994 show is up on YouTube, and it's not that one, so it must be the other one from 2 Oct 1984. This show has been posted on YouTube, and is up in several accounts, but the BBC has blocked it due to copyright reasons. It cannot be viewed in either the UK or US. I think the BBC is blocking it because of this specific question and resulting disagreement, as many other Pop Quiz episodes are up on YouTube and have not been blocked by the BBC.
The panelists on this show that night were John Entwistle, Feargal Sharkey, Davy Jones, Dave Dee, Tony Butler, and Cheryl Baker. Guest appearance by Captain Sensible.
Can someone / anyone please provide me with a transcript of this Beatles #1 discussion on this show? Or post an audio or video clip somewhere? Maybe put it up on YouTube or DailyMotion for a few days. (1 member here said he had the show, but hasn't logged in since 2012; another guest commented as if he had the show)
Thanks so much for any help !!!
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Post by markjhaley on Jun 19, 2019 18:10:00 GMT
While I don't have a transcription the argument was probably over the answer 'Please Please Me'. While it was #1 in just about every chart available at that time. The chart used by Mike Read and co to compile their Guinness Book of Hit Singles had it peaking at #2. Anybody involved in the recording industry in the early 60's will tell you the same thing. NME was the recognised chart that mattered where 'Please Please Me made it to #1
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Post by robinore on Jun 19, 2019 19:09:02 GMT
Ooops, thanks Mark. I should have mentioned that I know what the argument was all about (Please Please Me vs. From Me To You), I just want to read / hear / see the actual conversation/discussion/argument. For historical purposes, I want to know (exactly) what was said on this Pop Quiz show.
By the way, I'm in the true history camp that PPM was The Beatles first #1, as per the NME, Melody Maker, and Disc charts, for 2 weeks on each, and 3 weeks on the BBC average chart, as determined by the sampling of 270 record shops. As OPPOSED to the false revised rewritten history perpetrated and first asserted in 2001 by the self-named 'Official' Charts Co, that Record Retailer was the 'official' chart of the 60s, which had only sampled 30 record shops in 1963. What is truth: 270 shops say #1, or 30 shops say #2? How is it that someone can revise true history 38 years after it happened? There was no 'official' national sales-based chart until Feb 1969. Record Retailer might be the revised history 'official' chart of the 60s for the 'Official' Charts Co, but it was not the 'official' chart of the UK in 1963. There was no such thing until Feb 1969. To state otherwise is pure rubbish.
P.S. The Guinness chart books never proclaimed Record Retailer as 'official' for the 60s either, they only listed which charts they were using for their books. I.e., something like, "For the purposes of our books, we are using NME for the 50s, RR for the 60s, BMRB/Gallop/etc. after that."
So if anyone can supply info on this question / clip, please do chime in. Cheers n cheese!!
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 19, 2019 21:40:27 GMT
Ooops, thanks Mark. I should have mentioned that I know what the argument was all about (Please Please Me vs. From Me To You), I just want to read / hear / see the actual conversation/discussion/argument. For historical purposes, I want to know (exactly) what was said on this Pop Quiz show. By the way, I'm in the true history camp that PPM was The Beatles first #1, as per the NME, Melody Maker, and Disc charts, for 2 weeks on each, and 3 weeks on the BBC average chart, as determined by the sampling of 270 record shops. As OPPOSED to the false revised rewritten history perpetrated and first asserted in 2001 by the self-named 'Official' Charts Co, that Record Retailer was the 'official' chart of the 60s, which had only sampled 30 record shops in 1963. What is truth: 270 shops say #1, or 30 shops say #2? How is it that someone can revise true history 38 years after it happened? There was no 'official' national sales-based chart until Feb 1969. Record Retailer might be the revised history 'official' chart of the 60s for the 'Official' Charts Co, but it was not the 'official' chart of the UK in 1963. There was no such thing until Feb 1969. To state otherwise is pure rubbish. P.S. The Guinness chart books never proclaimed Record Retailer as 'official' for the 60s either, they only listed which charts they were using for their books. I.e., something like, "For the purposes of our books, we are using NME for the 50s, RR for the 60s, BMRB/Gallop/etc. after that." So if anyone can supply info on this question / clip, please do chime in. Cheers n cheese!! I remember in the 1990s the Hits Singles books claimed that they had tried to use the most complete chart where possible, & mentioned that people had written in to ask why Please Please Me wasn't lasted as a Number 1. I assume they had used the same charts from the first edition. My Dad reckons Roger Miller's King Of The Road wasn't a Number 1 on most charts apart from the Record Retailer's.
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