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Post by johnpoole on Jun 30, 2020 10:13:59 GMT
Can anybody confirm that the Beach boys "dance dance dance" actually survives?. Its been quoted in several places that the song was performed but i've certainly never seen it. Maybe it never made it on the transfer from video to film? Would they have performed a song on 6th November, 1964 that wouldn't be released in the UK until 8th January, 1965?
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Post by johnpoole on May 13, 2020 10:47:03 GMT
There is a link to the band called The Checkmates with the following Search Term ... The Checkmates - West Point- RGM Joe Meek Can anyone find out if this might have been The Checkmates that appeared in Episode 4 of The 625 Show? I've no idea if they appeared on the TV show, but the Checkmates who recorded for Joe Meek were I believe the group who had been with Emile Ford as Emile Ford and the Checkmates (aka The Original Checkmates) 'West Point' was an instrumental B-side written by Alan Hawkshaw and I imagine featured some of Joe Meek's usual session musicians www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqYDWvReAlQen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_HawkshawThe A-side was a dreadful Joe Meek effort 'You've got to have a gimmick today' released in March, 1963 (a year before the Barron Knights) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZT4D4DSPfw
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Post by johnpoole on May 9, 2020 10:15:55 GMT
Russ Conway apart, were any of the songs from the film released on record? George 'Calypso' Browne, I presume was the singer aka 'Young Tiger'? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Tiger
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Post by johnpoole on May 9, 2020 9:28:19 GMT
Seems just to be a medley of various bits and pieces that maybe didn't get given separate song titles; although if they had been 'You Gotta Dig That Beat Boys' and 'In Her Evening Gown' seem like good guesses for a couple of parts. Otherwise something like 'Rock My Baby Rock', or 'Rock Everybody, Roll Everybody'?
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Post by johnpoole on Mar 25, 2020 9:55:08 GMT
I may be wrong but I think it was scheduled on Mondays against Panorama on BBC which may have accounted for a little of its popularity at the time when there were only two channels ...
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Post by johnpoole on Feb 28, 2020 22:34:50 GMT
Doug Hinman's book notes a London press screening on Tuesday 29th November followed by the BBC announcing on Wednesday that the promo film would not be used on that Thursday's Top of the Pops
I recall Ray saying that he was pleased when Panorama later used Dead End Street on a filmed report about slum housing.
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Post by johnpoole on Jan 21, 2020 19:41:43 GMT
I don't know if this has been noted before, but Youtube channel Radio.Lux has uploaded lots of complete editions of the German pop show Disco '71 and '72 in excellent quality (apart from a horrible false stereo efect on the soundtrack). Today they added the first edition of 'Hitparade' from 1969.
To get you started here's a link to the first edition of Disco '71, which kicks off with 'Shocking You' by Shocking Blue and includes the Kinks 'Apeman' with a Tony Blackburn voiceover intro and also Lulu's 'You Gotta Believe in Love' both from TOTP. Any idea on TOTP tx dates for these two performances?
Steve Doug Hinman lists 7th January, 1971 as the broadcast date for the Kinks' Apeman appearance. Lulu could well be from the same week as 'Got to Believe in Love' appears to have been released on the following day (and was not a hit as far as I can see) www.45cat.com/record/2091049
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Post by johnpoole on Jan 21, 2020 17:46:28 GMT
First time I had ever seen Sharon Tandy although was aware of her music. She was filmed for French TV singing live at the Speakeasy in London, backed by the Fleur de Lys www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9TTLVcNi_A
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Post by johnpoole on Jan 17, 2020 15:07:35 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 29, 2019 10:27:36 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 8, 2019 10:32:42 GMT
Those Vince Eager tracks might well be from the Parlophone LP"Drumbeat" which as with the Fontana ep and Oh Boy LP are studio recreations rather than actual broadcasts. Yes, almost certainly so looking at the Parlophone track list which includes the same three titles by Eager.
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 7, 2019 23:31:17 GMT
Drumbeat : The John Barry Seven Transmission Date: 24/03/1959 Annotation: Picture shows (l-r) Jimmy Stead, John Barry, Dennis King, Dougie Wright, Mike Peters, Vic Flick, and Keith Kelly - The John Barry Seven.
Was that the same Dennis King who wrote the themes to several television shows in the 1970s - 80s? There was a Denis King who was the pianist with the King Brothers and later worked on some soundtracks and TV themes www.deniskingmusiclibrary.com/showcontent.aspx?ID=15en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_KingDennis King, tenor sax player with the John Barry Seven www.imdb.com/name/nm1300320/
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 7, 2019 23:20:58 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 4, 2019 15:24:11 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 4, 2019 12:02:43 GMT
Thanks John ...I like their sound from the links you provided. Yes, unfairly maligned by J.G. in the Edinburgh Evening News
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