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Post by Mike Goldwater on Aug 31, 2023 11:12:17 GMT
17-01-68 - ‘Tomorrow’s World’ (BBC1 - UK): Silence Is Golden (This is a rehearsal for the 25-12-67 ‘Top Of The Pops’ episode)
A b&w film insert from this edition survives in the archives, despite the complete edition being lost. The insert features The Tremeloes rehearsing for their appearance on TOTP a few weeks earlier.
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Post by petercheck on Aug 31, 2023 12:59:53 GMT
Thanks Mike! I forgot about that clip surviving, great to see.
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Post by petercheck on Aug 31, 2023 13:15:23 GMT
Thanks Peter, I'll get that done for you this afternoon. Thanks to Kev for sending this. They actually refer to their previous record buyers as " silly suckers" rather than "morons", but I suspect this IS the article which effectively finished their chart career in the UK! |
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Post by petercheck on Sept 4, 2023 7:07:03 GMT
A nice newly-surfaced performance from 'Stewpot', 27th February 1971:
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Post by paul carney on Sept 26, 2023 13:45:45 GMT
Did Brian Poole consider himself a Tremelo?🤔
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Post by petercheck on Sept 26, 2023 15:05:52 GMT
Did Brian Poole consider himself a Tremelo?🤔 No, he considered himself a Tremilo! The band wasn't called 'Brian Poole and The Tremeloes' until they signed to Decca in early 1962; prior to that, the band (Brian, Alan B., Alan H., Graham, Dave) were all billed as 'The Tremilos'. Rick replaced Graham by the time of their first single 'Twist Little Sister' in April 1962. |
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Post by petercheck on Oct 12, 2023 6:15:05 GMT
From the excellent TV POP DIARIES site:
PRESENTING THE TREMELOES April 1967. In a May 1967 interview with the Record Mirror the band explain their proposed TV series. "They talked it over and got the scripts written and everything. The offers we've had from America for the series have been ridiculous." The pilot for the series has the band walking the length of Britain to test the strength of boots for the army. The baddies who sold cheap boots to the army are called Sole and Heel. Their manager Peter Walsh told Disc in April 1969 "The Trems made a film about 18 months ago which never got shown. But the film company were so impressed that they decided to do more pilot films with The Trems and the American deal is the result of them." Shooting for the show was due to begin with a scene to be shot outside of Buckingham Palace, but the producers failed to get permission to do so and got moved away by police. Filming on the 1967 series actually got underway and a photo of the band wearing army boots made the back page on the NME in April 1967. Talking to Rave magazine in July 1967 singer Dave Munden claimed "Next on our list is to get this TV series together, it is definitely due to be shown in America, but the televising date has yet to be fixed. We’ve already shot one piece. The style has been compared to the Monkees' show. We did act before, if you can call it that, in ‘A Touch Of Blarney', which we made in Ireland. On the strength of that comedy film we were picked for this series. The man who's doing these films is an English fellow who was responsible for that great series, the Telegoons! Just look at our faces and you'll see why he picked us! Seriously though, the film is about a firm who will undertake to do anything. We have to test boots for the Army by marching from Land's End to John o’Groats! Only in the film that is. Ricky here, plays a young girl and an old woman, apart from himself! It was very difficult filming all day and playing in the evenings. That's why It took two weeks to get that one in the can. But it will be planned much better in future."
Now, has anyone got that photo of The Tremeloes from the NME in April 1967?
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Post by tonyrees on Oct 12, 2023 7:21:26 GMT
What? You mean this one?!!! From the New Musical Express back page 22 April 1967. Taken from the indispensable worldradiohistory.com site. If you need a larger copy Peter I can do that (probably!)  |
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Post by petercheck on Oct 12, 2023 7:29:53 GMT
What? You mean this one?!!! From the New Musical Express back page 22 April 1967. Taken from the indispensable worldradiohistory.com site. If you need a larger copy Peter I can do that (probably!) View AttachmentFantastic, Tony!  Yes, a larger one would be great, as I can put it in the book. |
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Post by tonyrees on Oct 12, 2023 9:17:13 GMT
 This about as large as I could get it I'm afraid without badly pixellating it. Good luck with the book! |
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Post by petercheck on Oct 12, 2023 9:54:43 GMT
View AttachmentThis about as large as I could get it I'm afraid without badly pixellating it. Good luck with the book! Thank you, Tony. Any chance of sending me it in higher resolution? Even if printed that size, it would look far clearer with more pixels. |
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Post by tonyrees on Oct 12, 2023 10:33:09 GMT
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Post by petercheck on Oct 12, 2023 12:39:43 GMT
Thanks again Tony, perfect (and interesting to see the police pic!). |
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Post by jimhope on Oct 12, 2023 15:10:41 GMT
When did Len (Chip) Hawkes join the Tremeloes
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Post by John Green on Oct 12, 2023 15:41:05 GMT
Did Brian Poole consider himself a Tremelo?🤔 No, he considered himself a Tremilo! The band wasn't called 'Brian Poole and The Tremeloes' until they signed to Decca in early 1962; prior to that, the band (Brian, Alan B., Alan H., Graham, Dave) were all billed as 'The Tremilos'. Rick replaced Graham by the time of their first single 'Twist Little Sister' in April 1962. I've recently seen an old, (foreign?) LP of The Tremelos (sic). |
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