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Post by markdixon on Jan 23, 2016 10:13:48 GMT
The clips of the Rockin' Berries and the Uglys are from "Midlands News". Both clips are also on the MACE (Media Archive for Central England) website.
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Post by markdixon on Dec 2, 2015 21:56:28 GMT
These Granada programmes from the late 80s and early 90s still exist as far as I can tell. I just looked on ITN Source and there are 63 episodes of "The Other Side of Midnight" and 21 episodes of "Juice" listed on there. Most of the episode descriptions are very detailed.
Guests on "The Other Side of Midnight" included Sonic Youth and the Stone Roses.
Guests on "Juice" included Neneh Cherry, M People, K-Klass and Sub Sub.
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Post by markdixon on Nov 14, 2015 9:19:27 GMT
I found the following in the 2014-15 Annual Report of the National Film and Sound Archives of Australia
In a rare find, a standard 8mm home movie from a larger collection was recently digitised and was found to include a segment featuring the Beatles during make-up preparation at Granada TV studios, Manchester, United Kingdom. The footage was shot on 14 October 1964 before the filming of a music TV series, Scene at 6.30 (a series presented by Michael Parkinson during the 1960s). Footage also includes the UK band, the Pretty Things, from 1965. The home movie was shot by Dawn Swane, an Australian make-up artist and dancer who worked in the UK during the 1960s.
This isn't the first time that behind-the-scenes footage has turned up of the Beatles' visit to Granada TV on 14 October 1964. Many of you will be familiar with the control room footage of the Beatles performing 'I Should Have Known Better'. The broadcast version of the performance is still missing.
I don't know if the Pretty Things footage relates to a 'Scene at 6.30' performance. I think it's highly likely that they appeared on the programme at some point.
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Post by markdixon on Oct 26, 2015 19:34:18 GMT
Tony Wilson a recorded a lot of his "So It Goes" programmes on a domestic recorder because some of it was broadcast as part of retrospective series for Granada. Did he offer to return material to Granada? Channel 4's 'The Way We Were' (1986) included clips of Elvis Costello, Wreckless Eric and Blondie which were broadcast originally during the 'What's On' segment of 'Granada Reports' in 1977. I think it's likely that these clips were home video recordings donated by Wilson. It's possible that he taped other performances from 'Granada Reports' during the late 70s, but maybe these were too obscure to feature in 'The Way We Were'. I don't think Wilson taped the TV debuts of the Buzzcocks and Public Image Limited or the British TV debut of Iggy Pop. These clips would have surfaced in documentaries by now if he had. It's likely that Wilson taped extracts from 'So It Goes' (1976-1977) and the late-night 30-minute editions of 'What's On' (1978-1979). However that wouldn't have mattered to Granada because all these episodes still exist in broadcast quality in the archives.
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Post by markdixon on Oct 25, 2015 12:38:18 GMT
Here's an update to my above list. I've gathered this info from various books and websites.
Missing music clips
c.1973 - Performance by the Electric Light Orchestra (it's possible that this was shown on 'Newsday', the predecessor to 'Granada Reports', which ran from 1970-1973)
30 Oct 1975 - Tony Wilson introduced a promo film of 'Moongirl' by Barclay James Harvest
19 Feb 1976 - Emmylou Harris was interviewed by Wilson and she performed 'Together Again'
c. Jun 1978 (?) - Magazine appeared on 'Granada Reports' on three consecutive nights, probably playing tracks from their debut album 'Real Life'
29 Jun 1978 - 'Granada Reports - GRD!' ('Granada Reports Disco!'). This was a 45-minute special featuring a disco-dancing contest hosted by Pattie Coldwell. Ian Levine was one of the judges and the venue was Angels nightclub, Burnley. I think Kaleidoscope have a domestic video recording of this.
1980 -Performance by Run 229 (a Welsh Mod Revival band)
Possible missing clips
I haven't been able to find enough evidence to prove or disprove whether the following were broadcast on 'Granada Reports' or not:
c.1977 - Performance by Ian Dury and the Blockheads?
Late 1970s -Performance by Devo?
1979 or 1980 - Performance by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark?
More surviving music-related film footage listed on ITN Source
29 Nov 1973 - Rick Wakeman rehearses at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester
14 Oct 1974 - Trevor Hyett visits Stag Music, a Liverpool recording studio and independent label (includes footage of cabaret band the Silver Set and singer-songwriter John Cornelius)
24 Jun 1977 - Mike McGear of the Scaffold is interviewed by Trevor Hyett at the Hope Street Festival, Liverpool
01 Dec 1978 - Feature about Piccadilly Radio, Manchester
A correction
In my previous post I mentioned an experimental track by Vini Reilly from the Durutti Column. I've found out that this wasn't shown on 'Granada Reports'. The Durutti Column appeared on Granada's regional arts show 'Celebration' on 24 January 1980. They performed an improvised piece called 'In D'. The entire programme still exists.
Any additions or corrections to the above list are welcome.
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Post by markdixon on Oct 3, 2015 13:49:09 GMT
I was browsing on BBC Genome and found out that the following item was broadcast on 'Woman's Hour' (BBC Light Programme) on 28 March 1967
'Permanent Group Mum': Honor Wyatt has a pop group living in her house
The 'Radio Times' didn't mention the Soft Machine by name, but it seems clear that the item was about them. Honor Wyatt was Robert Wyatt's mother and the band lived and rehearsed in her house in Dulwich, South London, during the late 1960s.
The item was repeated on 'Home for the Day' (BBC Home Service) on 29 April 1967. Does anyone know if it still exists?
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Post by markdixon on Aug 3, 2015 11:16:36 GMT
I think it's likely that Granada only ever broadcast one edition of 'Indo Jazz Fusions'. I checked the relevant TV listings in 'The Manchester Evening News' and they show the same information as 'The Guardian': the programme was broadcast on 21 October 1968 only.
I still haven't been able to find a programme description so I don't know anything about this show other than its title and broadcast date. Was it a concert recording, a studio session or a documentary?
While I was searching for any mention of the 'Indo Jazz Fusions' programme online I found details of all the known appearances of Joe Harriott on British television. I've listed all this information below. Several websites state that there is only one surviving piece of footage of Harriott in performance, but I've found out that some of his other TV appearances still exist too.
Joe Harriott on British television
'The Music Shop' (ATV) 25 Feb 1956. The Joe Harriott Quartet were guests on this edition of the afternoon music show presented by Gerry Wilmot. Status: Missing
'Jazz Session' (BBC TV) 15 Jul 1958. The Joe Harriott Quintet appeared in the same episode as Terry Lightfoot and His Jazz Men. Status: Missing
'Strictly for the Birds (Southern Television) 17 Aug 1961. The Joe Harriott Quintet were guests on this edition of the jazz series which was broadcast by Southern and Granada. The Dudley Moore Trio were the resident band. Status: Missing
'All That Jazz' (ATV) 25 May 1962. The Joe Harriott Quintet appeared in the same edition as Humphrey Lyttlelton and his Band, Sheila Buxton and The Maori High 5. Status: Exists
'Dark Pilgrimage' (BBC TV) 5 Jul 1962. This was an opera composed by Phyllis Tate which contained scenes featuring the Joe Harriott Quintet as the resident band in a nightclub. Status: Exists
'Jazz 625' (BBC2) 13 Oct 1966. The Joe Harriott/John Mayer Double Quintet played fusions of jazz and Indian music. Status: Missing
'Fusions' (HTV) 17 Apr-3 Jul 1969. John Mayer's Indo-Jazz Fusions (featuring Joe Harriott) appeared in all 6 episodes. Guests in this series included Elaine Delmar, Mark Murphy and Pink Floyd. Status: The entire series is missing.
'Love You Madly' (BBC2) 29 Apr 1969. Stan Tracey's Big Band (featuring Joe Harriott) performed 'In a Sentimental Mood' in this programme that celebrated Duke Ellington's 70th birthday. Status: Exists
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Post by markdixon on Jul 9, 2015 15:15:07 GMT
Thanks for looking, William. Another question about this programme is does it still exist? Granada did a good job of preserving their music specials from the 1960s (many of which featured jazz) so there is a chance that they kept ‘Indo Jazz Fusions’ too. However the programme isn’t listed on ITN Source. Maybe it exists, but it hasn’t been catalogued for some reason.
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Post by markdixon on Jul 9, 2015 11:40:41 GMT
The Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott was one of the most important figures in British jazz during the 1960s. Some of his most popular recordings featured collaborations with the Indian composer and violinist John Mayer. Harriott and Mayer appeared together in an episode of BBC2’s ‘Jazz 625’ in 1966 and they had their own six-part HTV series called ‘Fusions’ in 1969. All these TV performances are missing. I think I’ve found a listing for a TV appearance by the Joe Harriott/John Mayer Double Quintet that isn’t mentioned on the ‘Lost Shows’ website or in Alan Robertson’s book ‘Joe Harriott: Fire In His Soul’. The TV page of ‘The Guardian’ for 21 Oct 1968 shows that Granada broadcast a 15-minute programme called ‘Indo Jazz Fusions’ at 11.45 that night.
I haven’t been able to find much reliable information about this programme. I checked The Times Digital Archive and ‘Indo Jazz Fusions’ is listed in the 11.45-midnight slot for 14 Oct and 21 Oct 1968. Was this a two-part series or did someone at ‘The Times’ make a mistake?
I also looked in Granada region editions of ‘TV Times’ and there was no trace of ‘Indo Jazz Fusions’. The scheduled programme for 11.45 p.m. on 14 Oct 1968 was ‘Measured for Transport’ (a British Transport Films production from 1962). Coverage of the Olympics was scheduled to start at 11.45 p.m. on 21 Oct 1968.
I’d welcome any further information about the ‘Indo Jazz Fusions’ programme. Did any music papers published in late 1968 mention that Harriott and Mayer were about to appear on a Granada programme?
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Post by markdixon on Jul 3, 2015 12:38:09 GMT
ITN Source have got that clip of Paul McCartney. It’s from the ‘Scene’ special that featured Pink Floyd – ‘It’s So Far Out It’s Straight Down’.
I think 18/01/67 must have been the recording date for the interview. The programme was broadcast on 07/03/67.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 26, 2015 13:45:38 GMT
Thanks Ray. There was one snippet of info I forgot to mention: The Kinks performed ‘Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy’ on the programme on 5 April 1965.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 26, 2015 13:06:00 GMT
Here’s a bit more info about ‘Scene at 6.30’ that I’ve found online: More missing music performances
c. Sep 1963: The Four Pennies ‘Juliet’ (this appearance took place a few months before the song was released as a single) 24 Nov 1964: Marianne Faithfull (I think 24 Nov was the recording date; the broadcast date was probably 26 Nov 1964) 4 Jan 1965: The Noblemen (beat group from Sussex) 22 Jun 1966: The Kinks ‘Sunny Afternoon’. Oct 1966: Carolyn Hester? (A ‘Melody Maker’ article from 15 Oct 1966 stated that she was about to appear in a Granada programme. This was probably ‘Scene’)
Outdoor performances
In an earlier post I mentioned that the performance by the Righteous Brothers on ‘Scene at 6.30’ was filmed at Belle Vue in Manchester. Here are some more examples of missing performances that didn’t take place in a studio:
5 Feb 1963: Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. The performance took place on a boat sailing along the Manchester Ship Canal 8 Feb 1963: Little Eva - ‘The Locomotion’. The performance took place at a railway depot in Longsight, Manchester 1963: Kenny Lynch - ‘Up on the Roof’. The performance took place on the roof of the Granada studios c. Nov 1963: The Country Gentlemen - ‘Greensleeves’. The performance took place somewhere on the banks of the River Mersey.
Surviving material
I looked at ITN Source again and found details of some more music-related ‘Scene’ material:
11 Mar 1965: Mick Jagger was interviewed by Michael Parkinson. This was broadcast on ‘Granada in the North’ which was a late-night programme produced by the ‘Scene at 6.30’ team. A clip is on YouTube under the title ‘MICK JAGGER Early Interview 1965’
1966: Wee Willie Harris. I think this was a ‘Scene’ special, but I don’t know how much of the episode still exists. According to Lost Shows ‘one or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost’.
ITN Source also lists a regular edition of ‘Scene’, supposedly from 01 Jan 1968. A running time isn’t given so I suspect that the episode is incomplete. I don’t know if the surviving footage includes a musical performance or not.
8mm footage?
News of the recent discovery of 8mm film of the Beatles on ‘TOTP’ made me wonder if similar footage might exist of musical guests on ‘Scene at 6.30’. The programme featured music 5 days a week for over 3½ years so there’s a strong chance that someone filmed the TV screen to capture an appearance by their favourite singer or band. The potential audience for ‘Scene at 6.30’ was huge because in those days the Granada region covered the North West, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and the signal could be picked up in parts of North Wales. Maybe some 8mm footage will turn up at a car boot sale held in one of these areas.
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Post by markdixon on May 29, 2015 19:19:05 GMT
I found quite a few articles about international television festivals in the online archives of ‘The Times’ and ‘The Guardian’. Most of the British programmes that were mentioned still exist. However I wasn’t sure if the following have survived or not: Anglia’s “Survival: The New Ark” which won at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 1963 (this probably still exists as it was narrated by Prince Philip)
Associated-Rediffusion’s “Children of Revolution” (documentary about young people in Czechoslovakia) which received the Silver Dove award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in 1966
Associated-Rediffusion’s “Stage One Contest – Caroline” (a short play written by schoolchildren) which received an award of honour at the Munich Prix Jeunesse in 1966
BBC2’s “Double Concerto” (featuring pianists Daniel Barenboim and Vladimir Ashkenazy) which won at the International Television Festival in Prague in 1966 and at the Monte Carlo Television Festival in 1967
An episode of BBC’s "Tomorrow’s World" (I don’t know which one) which won at the West Berlin International Television Festival in 1967
BBC documentary "Indian Eyes on the Future" which won at the West Berlin International Festival in 1967
It’s worth mentioning here that two British programmes were filmed at the Rose D’Or International Television Festival in Montreux in 1964. These were “Ready, Steady, Go to Montreux!” (featuring The Rolling Stones) and a “Scene at 6.30” special (featuring Cilla Black). Perhaps Swiss TV companies helped with the production of these programmes. Maybe some sequences still exist in the TV archive of a company such as Radio Télévision Suisse.
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Post by markdixon on May 14, 2015 10:09:17 GMT
I spotted a music-related clip from ‘Scene at 6.30’ on YouTube that I’ve never seen before. The title is ‘Pete Best & Mona Best interview’. Johnnie Hamp talked to them about life since Pete Best’s dismissal from the Beatles. I think the clip must be from either 1963 or 1964. I couldn’t find a mention of the clip on ITN Source, but in Keith Badman’s ‘The Beatles Diary: Volume 2’ it says that the version held in the archives is about 10 minutes long.
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Post by markdixon on May 13, 2015 15:01:33 GMT
The programme featuring Pink Floyd is listed on ITN Source as ‘Scene (Underground)’, but the full title is ‘Scene Special: It’s So Far Out, It’s Straight Down’. I think clips from this have been used in a few other Granada documentaries including the programme about Sgt. Pepper from 1987 -‘It Was Twenty Years Ago Today’.
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