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Post by Kev Hunter on Apr 22, 2024 14:31:58 GMT
Yes indeed and that skewed view diminishes pop in general and also his. Wouldn't it be great for BBC2 to have a mini series of music clips from across their music archive after the big names thing on Saturday. And revive 'Rock Goes To College'. With another title. Great idea! How about 'Rock Went To College'?
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Post by Kev Hunter on Apr 21, 2024 19:27:25 GMT
Very good points you make, especially with regard to 'Colour Me Pop' and 'Rock Goes To College'. On the upside at least we got the Jeff Buckley performance of "Grace" which was superb! There was far too much of Jools Holland in evidence on this four-hour show though.. was he involved in the programme-making I wonder?
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Post by Kev Hunter on Apr 21, 2024 8:29:31 GMT
I agree completely with Thomas and Chris.. it was an appalling waste of time and opportunity, and hardly representative of 60 years of music in any way. Epic fail, as common parlance has it.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Apr 14, 2024 21:32:42 GMT
Here's a dozen clips that I would love to see on the show. I think they all exist in the BBC2 archives and have not been shown since original broadcast. I'm sure not one of these will get shown! 10. Jeff Buckley, 'Grace' 'The Late Show', 01/17/95 This excellent performance was included in episode 1 of the series "Popular Voices At The BBC" in November 2017, and repeated in 2019 and 2022.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Apr 14, 2024 8:33:48 GMT
Sounds interesting but let's hope this won't include those performances which are rolled out time and time again, good though they are: the Kinks - "You Really Got Me" (from Beat Room), Bowie - "Queen Bitch" (OGWT), New York Dolls - "Jet Boy" (OGWT), Joni Mitchell - "Big Yellow Taxi" (In Concert), etc., etc.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Mar 3, 2024 19:03:39 GMT
Am I right in thinking that the BBC will ammend Genome where PAB details differ from the RT? It would be good if that was the case as there were a few instances where some guests didn't appear on the show despite being billed; for instance Loudon Wainwright III is listed as being on the edition of 25 June 1974 but I have made a note in my diary saying that he pulled out. However, the Heavy Metal Kids and Pete Atkin were on, along with the JSD Band (on film), a Ry Cooder track ("Tamp 'Em Up Solid"), and Ian Hunter being interviewed.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Mar 2, 2024 22:31:34 GMT
Thanks for the link, Steve - I guess that the Radio Times for the Christmas and New Year period must have been printed well in advance of the energy crisis restrictions being put into place. I remember a mate of mine telling me that it was due to be on when I arrived at his house around lunchtime on 31 December, so he must have seen or heard a trailer for it earlier in the day. I have found some of the performances on YouTube, but there's no way of telling whether they are from the original programme editions during 1973 or from that end of year compilation.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Mar 2, 2024 19:08:40 GMT
I'm starting a blog using my 1974 diary as the basis for it, including a regular look back at the music and TV I enjoyed 50 years ago, and in the 'notes from 1973' section I had written about that year's OGWT 'best of' compilation which was broadcast in the afternoon of Monday 31 December 1973. It included film of Jimi Hendrix, music from Pink Floyd and Mike Oldfield, and studio performances from Edgar Winter Group ("Frankenstein") and more. Apparently this particular edition of OGWT had been scheduled for 1 Jan 1974 broadcast in its usual late evening slot, but had been shown a day early due to the incoming Energy Crisis restrictions which led to TV shutting down earlier than usual. Does anyone know if this edition still exists? I'm pretty sure that it also included Rick Wakeman performing "Catherine Howard" from his 'Six Wives Of Henry VIII' album, and Jim Croce.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Feb 4, 2024 14:45:38 GMT
I think this is from the show broadcast on 27th November 1968; the band did appear on MKOF on that date and it was hosted by Archie Fisher, so it seems very likely.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Dec 7, 2023 16:46:22 GMT
I also find it odd that Denny's original version of "Say You Don't Mind" missed out on the charts when it was released in 1967 (and re-issued in 1969), yet the version most people will be familiar with is Colin Blunstone's cover of it - pretty much a carbon copy arrangement - which made the UK top 20 in 1972. I still prefer Denny's rendition:
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Post by Kev Hunter on Dec 7, 2023 11:01:56 GMT
I don't think Denny's vocal range was ever fully appreciated; this B-side from January 1968 showcases his voice extremely well and it's an excellent song (stronger than the A-side, IMO):
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Post by Kev Hunter on Nov 9, 2023 19:36:38 GMT
Nice to see footage of the Incredible String Band is there any more footage of them out there There's the live footage from Woodstock of course, plus some studio footage from Beat Club which wasn't broadcast at the time.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Oct 28, 2023 17:06:45 GMT
So that's three episodes from 1968 and two from 1971.. I'm looking forward to these.
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Post by Kev Hunter on Oct 19, 2023 13:47:35 GMT
That really is an appalling ad ! As far as the salespersons go, I think Chewing The Fat presented a more familiar representation some years ago:
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Post by Kev Hunter on Oct 17, 2023 11:15:58 GMT
I agree that the process and mail-out has been pretty woeful, without much in the way of updates.
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