Rockstar Records have an expanded 3CD release due next month :-
"As the follow-up to "Oh Boy!", much was expected of "Boy Meets Girls" when it began its 26 episode run on 12th September 1959. Producer Jack Good had been the driving force behind the BBC's pivotal 1957 "yoof" programme "Six-Five Special" but the BBC had refused to allow Good to realise his original plan which was to create Britain's first fast-paced rock 'n' roll show. The BBC preferred a magazine-style format and although the show was a groundbreaking attempt for the time, Good and director Rita Gillespie quit when it became clear that the show was becoming increasingly watered down. Pitching his idea to independent television company ABC, Good was allowed to prep two editions of his fast-paced rock 'n' roll show idea for broadcast in June 1958. Utilising Rita Gillespie and "Six-Five Special" scriptwriter Trevor Peacock, Good explained "We want to have the fastest show on TV and we'll try out new ideas like getting a full choir to sing rock 'n' roll. It'll be an audience show and we'll make it 100 per cent for teenagers. No catering for anyone else ! "
MIGHTY GOOD Is the first comprehensive look at Jack Good's ABC Television series 'Boy Meets Girls' which was broadcast from September 12th 1959 to March 5th 1960. Hosted by Marty Wilde and featuring guests such as Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Billy Fury, Johnny Cash and Ronnie Hawkins, ABC - TV chose to wipe the entire series within weeks of transmission - but all is not lost.
Show engineer Ron Parker preserved some on-set audio recordings while unknown members of the viewing audience recorded further segments for prosperity and its all presented here for your listening pleasure. Considering that nothing from the show is supposed to exist, we hope you will agree that this 3-CD set provides a great insight into one of the classic 'lost' pop television shows and much of the music contained herein is indeed, MIGHTY GOOD....
Track listing:
CD 1
EPISODE 1 - 13: Marty Wilde - Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight, Little Tony - She's Got It, Little Tony - I Can't Help It, Lyn Cornell - Broken Hearted Melody, Marty Wilde & Little Tony - I'll Do The Same For You, The Firing Squad - Forty Miles Of Bad Road, Marty Wilde - So High So Low, Marty Wilde - Here Comes Summer
EPISODE 5: Johnny Cash - Ballad Of A Teenage Queen, Johnny Cash - I Got Stripes, Johnny Cash - Five Feet High, Marty Wilde - Down By The Riverside, Marty Wilde - I'm Gonna Get Married
EPISODE 1 - 13: Mary Richmond & Ann O'Brien - ('Til) I Kissed You, The Vernon Girls - What Is Love, Cherry Wainer - Like Young, Marty Wilde - Just A Little Too Much, Marty Wilde - That Is Rock And Roll, Marty Wilde - When I Fall In Love, Marty Wilde - As Time Goes By, Marty Wilde - Teenage Tears, Marty Wilde - The Three Bells
EPISODE 13: Marty & Joyce Wilde - April Love
EPISODE 15: The Firing Squad - I Walk The Line (Intro), Marty Wilde - Won't 'cha Come Home, Little Tony - Forty Days, Marty Wilde - Hully Gully, The Firing Squad - In The Mood, Marty & Red Price chat, Little Tony - Too Good, The Firing Squad - I Walk The Line (END OF PART 1) The Firing Squad - I Walk The Line (INTRO PART 2), Marty introduces Gene Vincent, Gene Vincent - Rocky Road Blues, Gene Vincent - Frankie And Johnnie, Marty & Gene chat, Gene Vincent - Wild Cat, Gene Vincent - Right Here On Earth The Firing Squad - Closing Chat / I Walk The Line
CD 2
EPISODE 19: Michael Cox - Mighty Good, The Vernon Girls - Black & White Thunderbird, Marty Wilde - Ubangi Stomp, Marty introduces Johnny Gentle, Johnny Gentle - If I Had A Girl, Johnny Gentle - Be My Girl, Marty Wilde - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, The Firing Squad - Run Red Run, Marty introduces Eddie Cochran, Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah I Love Her So, Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody, Eddie Cochran - Somethin' Else, Marty and Eddie chat, Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock, Cherry Wainer - Saturday Night In Tia Juana
EPISODE 20: Marty Wilde - Let's Talk About Us, The Vernon Girls - What About Us, The Firing Squad - Some Kinda Earthquake, Lyn Cornell - Smooth Operator, Marty and Lyn Cornell chat, Billy Fury - Turn My Back On You, Marty and Billy chat, Billy Fury & Marty Wilde - Colette, Marty Wilde - I Wanna Be Loved, Marty introduces Eddie Cochran, Eddie Cochran - Money Honey, Eddie Cochran - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah! I Love Her So, Closing announcement, Cherry Wainer - Saturday Night In Tia Juana
EPISODE 21: Michael Cox - Mighty Good, Billy Fury & Marty Wilde - Colette, Lyn Cornell - I Don't Know, Billy Fury - Baby Let's Play House
EPISODE 22: Michael Cox - Hound Dog Man, Joe Brown - The Darktown Strutter's Ball, Marty Wilde - Be Mine, Billy Fury - Mighty Cold, Billy Fury & Marty Wilde - Pretty Blue Eyes, Ronnie Hawkins - Southern Love
EPISODE 24: Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran - Milk Cow Blues
EPISODE 1 - 13: Cherry Wainer - The Song Of Lotus Lee
CD 3
EPISODE 14: Gene Vincent - Blue Jean Bop / Five Days, Five Days / Say Mama (Medley) Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby Blue
EPISODE 16: Gene Vincent - Baby Blue, Gene Vincent - I Got A Baby, Gene Vincent - Summertime, Gene Vincent - Right Here On Earth
EPISODE 23: Billy Fury - Too Much, Marty Wilde - Big Time, Jess Conrad - Chicka Chicka Honey / If I Had A Girl (FRAGMENT), Joe Brown - The Darktown Strutter's Ball, (FRAGMENT) Beyond The Sea
EPISODE 24: Introduction by Marty Wilde, Gene Vincent - Say Mama, Joe Brown - The Darktown Strutter's Ball, Billy Fury - Baby Let's Play House, Adam Faith - Poor Me, Jess Conrad - Chicka Chicka Honey, Marty Wilde - Way Down Yonder In New Orleans, Eddie Cochran - Hallelujah! I Love Her So, Gene Vincent - Wild Cat, The Firing Squad - Reville Rock, Billy Fury & Marty Wilde - Colette, Eddie Cochran - Twenty Flight Rock, Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula, Marty Wilde - Johnny Rocco. The Vernon Girls - We Like Boys, Adam Faith - Poor Me, Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues, Eddie Cochran - Milk Cow Blues, Gene Vincent - My Heart, Marty chats with Gene And Eddie, Gene Vincent - Dance In The Street, Boy Meets Girls Cast - My Babe
EPISODE 25: Billy Fury - Baby How I Cried, Eddie Cochran - I Don't Like You No More, Eddie Cochran - Sweet Little Sixteen, Marty Wilde - Stood Up, Gene Vincent - My Heart, Gene Vincent - I've Got To Get To You Yet, Eddie Cochran & Gene Vincent - White Lightning
EPISODE 26: Marty Wilde - Hard Headed Woman, Marty Wilde - Trouble
EPISODE 1 - 13: The Vernon Girls - A Girl's Work Is Never Done, Little Tony - I Can't Help It, The Vernon Girls - Deutscher Rock 'n' Roll / Oom Pah Polka, Cherry Wainer - Ciao Ciao Bambino)
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