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Post by Clive on Jul 17, 2003 8:55:19 GMT
I've been wondering about this for a while, can anyone tell me why the 16/11/72 studio performance of Clair by Gilbert O'Sullivan is in Black and White ? Looks like it's on video rather than a TR ? Any ideas ?
//Clive.
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Post by Clive on Jul 17, 2003 9:02:33 GMT
....and a further question, I have seen the TOTP performance from 27/12/73 of 'Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes' however on one of those extended TV Shop infomercials for 'Greatest Hits Of The 60's' they show another colour performance of Silence Is Golden, looks like a BBC performance and the band have different haircuts from their 1973 performance.... This performance doesn't seem to match up with anything in the TOTP database.
..as I think the TV Shop adverts are produced in Germany I guess they may have got the clip from the 'Disco' archives, but, would (did) the BBC ever film any specific performances just for 'Disco' ?
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Post by Laurence Piper on Jul 17, 2003 19:01:27 GMT
A version of Silence Is Golden also survives in Pop Goes The '60s (31/12/69), this is what you most likely saw.
The 16/11/72 TOTP survives as a b/w videotape copy; this was made for technical purposes I believe - hence no colour signal. A few other shows other than TOTP survive in this form too. There is an additional colour recording of Clair, surviving as just a clip.
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Post by A.S.M Smith on Jul 19, 2003 13:56:06 GMT
Dear Clive
I'm happy to tell you there IS a full colour copy of "Clair" This exists on ZDF archives; it is EXACTLY the same performance as the BBC held - Except! it IS in full colour. And PLEASE! before Mr Russell or Paul Vardezis wonder if I'm spreading falsies clive; I can always give you the date & Production number if you wish to buy a copy for your own personal viewing.
Cheers Clive and a happy hello to all my steadfast supporters on this forum. A.S.M (Chartman)
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Post by Mike Morton on Jul 20, 2003 14:34:44 GMT
I can also vouch for the colour performance of 'Clair'. It is exactly the same at the b&w one TOTP2 airs sometimes. I have it recorded from 'Disco'.
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Post by A.S.M Smith on Jul 21, 2003 14:07:42 GMT
Dear Mike
Thanks a million for confirming that the colour `Clair` exists, as the way things are I think everyone thinks I'm taking drugs on planet Zog. So it's nice to have support on at least one subject. Thanks again Mike! A.S.M
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Post by Pete on Jul 21, 2003 20:16:20 GMT
i never said you're on drugs
a tad essentric maybe
or probably bonkers
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Post by Clive on Jul 22, 2003 8:25:55 GMT
Thanks Guys for all the info, yet another 'I wonder why....' crossed off my list.
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Post by A.S.M Smith on Jul 22, 2003 9:49:56 GMT
Dear Pete
I don't mind what you say about me pete; it only increases my admiration, facination, wonderment and hero worship of you Pete. You've been my role model Pete; if not for you, this forum; the TOTP forum and myself wold'nt be what we are now. We owe it all to you PETE! A thousand thanks!!
A.S.M
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Post by Derek on Jul 27, 2003 15:47:59 GMT
hear! hear! hear! let me second that motion and drink to Pete's good health.
I was in the dark for a long time until Pete's pioneering work cut a path through the long grass.
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Post by Pete on Oct 30, 2004 11:40:44 GMT
just spotted this did i realay say that to y buddy ASM
Pete
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Re: Gilbert O'Sullivan - Clair - B&W ?
« Reply #6 on: Jul 21st, 2003, 4:16pm »
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i never said you're on drugs
a tad essentric maybe
or probably bonkers
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Post by pete on Oct 30, 2004 12:25:58 GMT
alan if youre still out there have you got the complete disco show set on tape  |
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Post by John Miller on Dec 8, 2004 19:16:58 GMT
Not Clair, but does anyone recall a film special on O'Sullivan, around spring 1972. BBC, film stock with him playing songs from the first L.P. like 'matrimony' in a John Lennon style big house with french windows. He was seen walking in the garden discussing how he wrote his songs (think matrimony was based on 'chopsticks' with fingers on the riff similarly overlapped and non standard).
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Post by its colour on Dec 12, 2004 18:13:20 GMT
its colour
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Post by Pete on Jan 3, 2005 23:34:49 GMT
are there any magic paintbox computer programmes that detect light and dark b/w and which determin what colours which
and duddenly it's colour ??
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