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Post by danielsteel on Mar 4, 2014 11:49:54 GMT
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Post by Paul Rumbol on Mar 4, 2014 13:49:06 GMT
Some rare wonderful footage here from two of the earliest Oh Boy! shows broadcast October/November 1958. This mute footage is all we will probably ever see from those earliest shows as none were telerecorded. Jack Good kindly allowed the 'teaboy' at the Hackney Empire to use his wind-up Paillard Bolex B-8L camera to record short sequences of the full dress rehearsals (prior to the live broadcasts). That teaboy, Jeremy Hoare, went on to become an ATV cameraman and photographer. Wonderful stuff! Alas it's all he has in his archive relating to 'Oh Boy!'
Note the longest uninterrupted clip is of the Vernons Girls. As a 17 year old in 1958 Jeremy said he'd never ever seen girls in shorts before.
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Post by markjhaley on Mar 4, 2014 15:26:11 GMT
There's some priceless footage there. The cameraman did a great job capturing some sharp images.
Also, I'm fairly certain I spotted Jet Harris around the 3m 50 Mark.
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Post by Alfred James on Mar 6, 2014 11:18:04 GMT
That was wonderful. Thank you so much.
I am green with envy as I would have loved to have been present at just one of those shows. The best ever of it's type in my opinion.
Such a pity that the splendid Oh Boy! site seems to have stopped operating as a lot of tremendous work was done by the originators of it.
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Post by Paul Rumbol on Mar 6, 2014 14:53:01 GMT
We've managed to re-upload the website again Alfred, even though its content is now 12 years old and much of it out of date. The home page briefly outlines how my 'Oh Boy!'documentary remains a 'work in progress'. www.ohboy.info/One positive did emerge after BBC4's Controller Richard Klein declined its commission in 2012. I was introduced to a retired BBC cameraman and his sound recordist who offered their services for free. A magnanimous gesture on their part. So far i've got 8 interviews in the can, and Cliff Richard is up next on his return to the UK this summer. I hear Richard Klein has now left the BBC. When i complete my re-edit I'm taking it back to the BBC's Music Commissioner Mark Cooper -whom i must say has been very supportive throughout the whole process. He's said all along BBC4 is the only home for this. |
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Post by Nathan Dickel on Jul 4, 2014 6:00:56 GMT
I've seen a short clip of Cliff Richard doing "Mean Streak" on Oh Boy in a documentary. Does anyone know where that comes from?
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Post by John Green on Jul 4, 2014 7:24:47 GMT
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