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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Nov 7, 2024 16:02:08 GMT
Her's me cutting and pasting, and I haven't actually said "Wonderful stuff, Ray!". Wonderful stuff, Ray! It's getting around the world, this one!!!! I've also seen some Italian and Portuguese language posts as well.  |
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Post by petercheck on Nov 7, 2024 17:05:36 GMT
Thank you, Ray and Robert! How cool that two people on here are involved in such a historic find.  |
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Post by petercheck on Nov 11, 2024 3:45:11 GMT
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Post by John Green on Nov 11, 2024 19:04:17 GMT
this post had its' title edited 06/11/2024 AND 07/11/2024 reflecting new information.Salute to Sir Lew Grade, was an ATV production and a tribute to the aforementioned impresario. It was filmed in the US, but was very definitely a British production, as it was financed by ATV and involved many UK-based staffers in the production and a goodly chunk of the artists appearing were from these islands - Julie Andrews, Peter Sellers, Tom Jones and- perhaps most notably, John Lennon. It was broadcast on 20/06/1975 and is notable for containing Lennon's last live TV performance. The show exists at ITV, so why is your coffee-quaffing chainsmoker posting about it, you may ask? Well, if you've read this far, you should carry on.... The programme took up a one hour slot, both in the US and UK. Lennon performed two songs; the third (Stand By Me) was not broadcast and has been thought to be erased although an audience member smuggled in a portable cassette recorder and the audio of the third one exists - in fact I already posted about that. On a hunch, I visited the BFI website again and was staggered to find they have a master tape of the show lasting 136 minutes. Surely this would include unbroadcast material and, ergo, the lost Lennon performance?collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20154600580 I see it reads "This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank." Was that the case before? |
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