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Post by johnpoole on Sept 17, 2021 9:26:28 GMT
One of the newspaper clippings indicates that Grampian TV gave the girls their first TV "screen try out" and they were set for a guest appearance on Alex Sutherland's "Take It Easy"
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Post by johnpoole on Sept 13, 2021 22:11:28 GMT
Great listen. A few things I noticed were the incredible similarities of a few tunes that were yet to come. Is it Mike Hurst (?) who sings the 'banjo' lyric tune? Ex-Springfields? Well Shocking Blue took the entire melody for 'Venus'. If that's a well known fact then I apologise but it's the first time I've heard it and it's a direct rip. Also I'm thinking a soon to be hit maker Mr. Ray Davies was tuning in because in that skit liverpudlian tune the riff of 'All day and all of the night' is clearly audible. That was very soon to be written. All great fun. Mike Hurst had covered a US recording of 'The Banjo Song' by The Big Three (Tim Rose, Cass Elliot, and Jim Hendricks; not the Merseybeat group). It has been said that Robbie van Leeuwen of Shocking Blue (who wrote 'Venus') was familiar with the Big Three recording; but I guess it may have been the Mike Hurst version that he knew. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uqnN3ek2vI&ab_channel=MaxCowanAmusingly when Neil Young recorded a version of 'Oh Susannah' with Tim Rose's arrangement he was accused by some of ripping off Shocking Blue ...
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Post by johnpoole on Jul 21, 2021 9:01:20 GMT
Am I the only one who thinks they've always been a bit.. shite? The Action couldn't get their incredible album out back then but these could?? Baffling. Nice clip though. š It would have been easier to get an LP released on Deram in 1969 than for EMI in 1967 without a hit single (I'm not sure that the Action got any further than recording a few tracks for a possible projected album)
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Post by johnpoole on Jul 7, 2021 10:00:18 GMT
Ace Records compiled her 1960s French recordings onto a 2017 CD with an interview with Gillian in the booklet. She said that she had "never earned a penny" from her singing in France in the 1960s and here appears to have been a gap of fifty years or so before she began recording a new album ("Half in English, Half in French") www.acerecords.co.uk/-65
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Post by johnpoole on May 24, 2021 9:25:01 GMT
Some fans have assumed the butcher photo shoot was a statement about Capitol butchering their albums. Probably the most butchered of all was the US version of 'Revolver'. As 'Iām Only Sleeping' 'Dr. Robert' and 'And Your Bird Can Sing' had already been released on 'Yesterday and Today', their 11 song version had just 2 songs with John Lennon lead vocals while George Harrison had 3! It was a similar situation with The Rolling Stones, Manfred Mann, The Searchers, The Animals and just about any other act who had moderate US success in the mid '60s (I spent the best part of a year researching these UK/US variations for my last book 'Having A Rave Up! and was shocked at just how different some of the albums were). US record companies wanted the hit singles included on the albums and didn't want LPs to have fourteen tracks ... The Kinks were perhaps the first major UK group of the period to have their LPs released in the US with the same track listing? (starting from their third album The Kink Kontroversy which had the same 12 tracks in both countries)
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Post by johnpoole on May 23, 2021 11:37:57 GMT
Seeing all the trouble they went to for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" (three-four different promos/TV spots for each plus TOTP in person) it's odd they didn't bother at all for this single, the last such 45 for which the Beatles didn't produce or perform anything visually themselves (not counting the YS film sequences that came out two years later of course). I've always though that myself. Was the ER/YS single just pulled off Revolver by EMI and Capitol? I can't remember the story there. I seem to remember that it was a late decision to release the single off the album, a few days before they left for their final US tour.
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Post by johnpoole on May 20, 2021 11:03:33 GMT
Maybe the story about Jerry Lee and Chuck first appeared in Nick Tosches 1982 book "Hellfire"? From a 2006 interview with the author - Q. You took liberties in recreating key events in Lewis's life from your own imagination. Did you have any concerns about making those leaps? A. Man, I just wrote. www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/18/11
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Post by johnpoole on Apr 30, 2021 12:35:56 GMT
I've now found the information I once compiled from the Midlands issues of T.V. Times held in Birmingham's Central Library -
6:40 - 7:00 Thursdays ATV
Steve Brett and the Mavericks - appeared every week from 8.8.63 - 17.10.63 Miar Davies - appeared every week from 8.8.63 - 9.1.64 (except 3.10.63)
22.8.63 The Marauders 19.9.63 Johnny Dean and the Crestas 26.9.63 Carl and the Cheaters 24.10.63 - 9.1.64 Terry McLeod (each week) 24.10.63 - 13.2.64 The Senoritas (each week) 31.10.63 Steve Brett; Rosalinda 7.11.63 Mark Wynter; The Sabres (from Coventry) 21.11.63 Eden Kane; The Beachcombers 28.11.63 Mike Preston; Roy Dwain and the Roamers 5.12.63 Carl Baron; The New Cyclones 12.12.63 Gary Rogers; Johnny Washington and the Congress Men 19.12.63 Adam Faith 26.12.63 John Leyton; The Little People 2.1.64 Kenny Lynch; Ian Crawford and the Boomerangs (from Coventry) 9.1.64 Danny Williams; The Memphis Four (from Gloucester) 16.1.64 The Bruisers 23.1.64 Deke Arlon and the Off Beats 30.1.64 The Bachelors; The Sorrows (from Coventry) 6.2.64 The Swinging Blue Jeans; Cy Tucker 13.2.64 Miar Davies; Terry McLeod; Daniel Boon; Denny Sayton and the Sabres 20.2.64 The Dave Clark Five; Jess Conrad; Steve Brett and the Mavericks; Carol Simms 27.2.64 Deke Arlon and the Off-Beats; Glenda Collins; The Brumbeats 5.3.64 The Eagles; Jackie Painting; The Cherokees 12.3.64 Doug Sheldon; The Sugarbeats; Miar Davies 19.3.64 The Applejacks; Linda Doll; The Rockin' Berries 26.3.64 Keith Powell and the Valets; Millie; Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde 2.4.64 The Swinging Blue Jeans; Jackie & Jill; The Matadors (from Leicester) 9.4.64 Heinz; Miar Davies; Steve Brett and the Mavericks 16.4.64 Mark Wynter; Johnny Kidd and the Pirates; Cliff Bennett; Woody Allan and the Challengers 23.4.64 Deke Arlon and the Off-Beats; Carol Deene; Dave Nelson 30.4.64 Julie Grant; Denny Mitchell and the Soundsations; Mojo; Bobby Shafto 7.5.64 Tommy Quickly; Patsy Ann Noble; Robbie Royal; Miar Davies; Ian Crawford and the Boomerangs 14.5.64 Mike Sarne; Billie Davis; Denny Seyton and the Sabres; Dev Douglas; The Hi-Fis; Brian Howard and the Silhouettes 21.5.64 Billy Fury; Bobby and Denise; Glenda Collins; The Eagles 28.5.64 Tony D and the Shakeouts; Danny King; The Caravelles; The Monotones; Tony Sheridan 4.6.64 Peter and Gordon; Susan Maughan; The Animals; Me and Them; Peter Regan; Bobby and Denise 11.6.64 Mark Wynter; Miar Davies; The Merseybeats; The Mojos; The Swinging Blue Jeans; Andee Silver 18.6.64 The Dave Clark Five; Heinz; Polly Perkins; Shirley and Johnny; The Aristocrats 25.6.64 Craig Douglas; Lulu and the Luvvers; The Cockneys; The Spencer Davis Group; Jenny Clarke; Jimmy Powell 2.7.64 The Applejacks; Tony Brook; George Bean; Christine Holmes; Elie Brooks; Mike Berry 9.7.64 Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames;Billy Boyle; Maureen Evans; Mike Sheridan; Dave Berry 16.7.64 The Diplomats; Millie; Lance Harvey and the Kingpins; Don Spencer; Mal Ryder 23.7.64 Julie Grant; Kingsize Taylor; The Paramounts; The Big Three 30.7.64 Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders; Dave Berry; The Leroys; Maureen Evans; Jacklie Lynton; Dave Nelson 6.8.64 The Dave Clark Five; Julie Rogers; The Song Pedlars; Mike Leroy; Earl Preston 13.8.64 Kenny Lynch; Patsy Ann Noble; The Honeycombs; Simon Scott; Mike Redway; Peter's Faces 20.8.64 Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde; The Kinks; The Wolves; Marianne Faithfull 27.8.64 The Migil Five; The Mojos; Bobby Shafto; Tammy St. John; The Swinging Blue Jeans; Mark Wynter 3.9.64 Georgie Fame; Julie Grant; The McKinleys; Russ Sainty; The Overlanders; Duffy Power 10.9.64 The Fortunes; Billie Davis; The Dalys; Mike Rabin; Denny Sayton and the Sabres; Peter Lee Sterling 17.9.64 Pelham's Puppets; Herman's Hermits; Sally and the Alley Cats; Mike Sarne; Benny Parker; Christine Quaite; The Juniors 24.9.64 The Fortunes; Glenda Collins; The Mudlarks; The Naturals; Doug Sheldon; The Fenmen 1.10.64 Susan Maughan; The Applejacks; "and featuring boy scouts from Yardley, Birmingham"
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Post by johnpoole on Apr 30, 2021 11:36:56 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Apr 15, 2021 15:29:41 GMT
Yes, pretty sure it's Tony Burrows. He replaced John Carter at the beginning of 1966.
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Post by johnpoole on Apr 11, 2021 20:28:19 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 21, 2021 12:00:15 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 20, 2021 10:25:46 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 19, 2021 18:33:41 GMT
Watched it a few times now but still can't guess what the songs might be. At the time they may still have playing the covers of soul and r&b songs that had been in the group's sets in the Cedar Club in Birmingham prior to their move down to London.
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 19, 2021 13:11:14 GMT
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