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Post by simontaylor on Jun 2, 2016 20:33:19 GMT
Wouldn't it be nice if they showed the few complete pre 76 episodes. That would be great. I remember when they showed the Kenny Everett 1973 edition with Quo, ELO and Elton (11/10/73? I think,) a few years back. Just some random episodes, no planned dates, just an episode once a week. This talk makes me nostalgic for the UK Gold years when it really was random
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Kev Hunter
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Post by Kev Hunter on Jun 2, 2016 20:59:54 GMT
Wouldn't it be nice if they showed the few complete pre 76 episodes. To paraphrase Judge Rinder : what are the chances of this on a scale of 1 - 10, where 1 is 'extremely unlikely' and 10 is 'never gonna happen' ?
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 3, 2016 12:40:56 GMT
I did wonder if they could do a Pick Of The Pops style repeat, with editions from that week in 2 different years.
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Post by nicadare on Jun 3, 2016 15:16:30 GMT
Wouldn't it be nice if they showed the few complete pre 76 episodes. BBC4 did surprise us a few years ago and show this 1973 episode... 11-10-73: Presenter: Kenny Everett (8) DAVID CASSIDY – The Puppy Song (and charts) (29) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Showdown (12) ELTON JOHN – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (video) (24) MICHAEL WARD – Let There Be Peace On Earth (Let It Begin With Me) (9) STATUS QUO – Caroline ® (20) THE DETROIT SPINNERS– Ghetto Child (danced to by Pan’s People) (NEW) ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Love Is All (2) SLADE – My Friend Stan WATCH (NEW) LIMMIE & THE FAMILY COOKIN’ – Dreamboat (1) SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level (Theme From The T.V. Series ‘Van Der Valk’) (4) IKE & TINA TURNER – Nutbush City Limits (crowd dancing) (and credits)
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Post by simontaylor on Jun 3, 2016 19:29:16 GMT
I did wonder if they could do a Pick Of The Pops style repeat, with editions from that week in 2 different years. A great idea.
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Post by simontaylor on Jun 3, 2016 19:31:10 GMT
Wouldn't it be nice if they showed the few complete pre 76 episodes. BBC4 did surprise us a few years ago and show this 1973 episode... 11-10-73: Presenter: Kenny Everett (8) DAVID CASSIDY – The Puppy Song (and charts) (29) ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA – Showdown (12) ELTON JOHN – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (video) (24) MICHAEL WARD – Let There Be Peace On Earth (Let It Begin With Me) (9) STATUS QUO – Caroline ® (20) THE DETROIT SPINNERS– Ghetto Child (danced to by Pan’s People) (NEW) ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Love Is All (2) SLADE – My Friend Stan WATCH (NEW) LIMMIE & THE FAMILY COOKIN’ – Dreamboat (1) SIMON PARK ORCHESTRA – Eye Level (Theme From The T.V. Series ‘Van Der Valk’) (4) IKE & TINA TURNER – Nutbush City Limits (crowd dancing) (and credits) Thanks for confirming, thats the episode i mentioned at the top of the page, thought it was 11/10/73.
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Post by paul carney on Jun 4, 2016 10:27:08 GMT
Watched the episode broadcast last night and was interested to see a very young Boy George dancing prominently to the first tune.I think by now the Beeb had started placing prominent "faces" on the New Romantic scene in the audience to make the programme trendy again.
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 4, 2016 17:52:06 GMT
Watched the episode broadcast last night and was interested to see a very young Boy George dancing prominently to the first tune.I think by now the Beeb had started placing prominent "faces" on the New Romantic scene in the audience to make the programme trendy again. TV Cream mentioned you could see someone soon to be famous in the crowd. IIRC The BBC started to hand out tickets in clubs around this time to get the regulars in the background on TOTP.
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 4, 2016 17:59:38 GMT
I did wonder if they could do a Pick Of The Pops style repeat, with editions from that week in 2 different years. A great idea. Thanks!
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Post by nicadare on Jun 5, 2016 10:27:46 GMT
Incidentally ITV1 are repeating the POP GOLD series starting from episode 2 on Thursday night, probably trying to compete with TOTP on BBC4? Pop Gold Pop Gold, Episode 2: Best of the 80s: Vol 1 Thursday 9th June on ITV from 11:25pm to 12:25am Another trawl through ITV's musical archives featuring performances many of which have only been screened once before. In this edition, some classic pop and rock performances from the 1980s, an era of stonewash jeans and big hair. Including performances from Bon Jovi, Spandau Ballet, Adam Ant, A-Ha and many more. SUB Stereo REP
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Jun 9, 2016 7:34:40 GMT
Watching the episodes from 1981 over a short period of time, I forgot how many 'Stars on 45' type singles were put together that year. It felt like there was a new one every week on the re-runs. I also noticed the number of medleys in the charts, along with TV Cream, who pointed out how little stage presence many of them had. This also struck me, although some of them (thankfully) only got lower placings in the top 40. Something else that strikes me about these (sub-standard) records is that, although they hit the spot as far as the holiday/party audience was concerned, I think they may have killed the disco genre in the UK. The 'disco sucks' campaign from the later part of 1979 is credited with this, but whereas it may have applied in the USA I don't think it did on this side of the Atlantic. From 1979-81 the UK continued to enjoy disco music - e.g. Fern Kinney, Kelly Marie, Teena Marie, Liquid Gold, Odyssey, Stephanie Mills. A bit cheesy maybe, but mostly solid pop songs nonetheless. And big mainstream acts like Abba, ELO, Blondie and Diana Ross, also took a big leaf from the disco book. It is notable that the last four acts more or less disappeared from the UK charts after 1981, and these medley records represented the dying embers of 'disco' as it is remembered. I suspect that in the clubs Duran Duran, ABC and Wham etc began to fill the void.
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 9, 2016 12:33:19 GMT
About the last disco song I can think of being a big hit was Zoom by Fat Larry's Band in late 1982.
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Jun 15, 2016 7:41:04 GMT
Odyssey had some hits late in the period but yes, it fizzled out around that time.
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Post by Richard Marple on Jun 15, 2016 12:25:36 GMT
1 or 2 other acts like Shalamar managed to drag disco in 1982.
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