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Post by MattC on Aug 24, 2011 21:31:24 GMT
As the title says guys, what actually exists of the first show?
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Post by Bob Savage (robstar) on Aug 24, 2011 21:41:29 GMT
Nothing!
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Post by Rich Cornock on Aug 25, 2011 8:10:38 GMT
i think the titles from the first show exist as they were found at the end of a recording of another program
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Post by Paul Varley on Aug 25, 2011 10:21:24 GMT
Not actually the first show, but the original 1964 'timpani drums' titles do exist from being recorded at the end of a telerecording of the 08/10/64 'General Election' Question Time. This has been covered before.
After the titles, there is a very brief shot of the studio with audience, then the recorder is switched off. The earliest surviving clip of Top of the Pops is, as most know, 'Bits and Pieces' by the Dave Clark Five, from 19/02/64 and seems likely to be an insert (no audience)
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Post by LanceM on Aug 25, 2011 17:03:10 GMT
Paul,could not have said it better myself! ;D ;D
Cheers,Lance.
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Post by mattchurchett on Aug 29, 2011 11:57:35 GMT
Ah right, I thought nothing existed till later on in the year anyway.
But, Ive got a recording of "25 Years of Top of the Pops" from Jan 1st '89, and Jim'll introduces clips of himself from the firsdt episode showing the chart, and a performance by The Rolling Stones.
So were these clips from other episodes?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 13:47:54 GMT
They were, yes. All from fairly early in the run but nothing from the actual first edition.
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Post by Paul Varley on Aug 29, 2011 16:05:24 GMT
The Jimmy Saville and 1st episode chart from the 25th anniversary episode is a mock. Whereas the chart itself is correct, the clip is most definitely not from show 1 (made obvious by Jimmy saying 'it's a show you've never heard of before'.... and the fact he is evidently quite old in the clip)
It's common knowledge that episode 1 was never recorded in the first place (along with a few others) so never actually existed
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Post by mattchurchett on Aug 29, 2011 16:55:23 GMT
Cheers Paul. Was a bit puzzled by it, so glad its all sorted now  |
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Post by Paul Varley on Sept 17, 2012 19:40:48 GMT
Yep, that's the TOTP clip... the David Jacobs bit at the end is from Juke Box Jury, the reason for that is because the above posted clip was sourced from an episode of 'Sounds of the 60s', which used the Juke Box Jury clips to link the TOTP footage.
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