Pete Seaton Colm ORourke
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Post by Pete Seaton Colm ORourke on Aug 28, 2003 16:58:50 GMT
Anyone know the date of the following from 1973's TOTP ??
Albert Hammond - It never rains in Southern Calfornia (Studio)
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Post by Laurence Piper on Aug 28, 2003 17:17:43 GMT
Interesting one, this. There is no mention of it on the P as Bs at all. I have been wondering that a while. It may well be from one of the two or three missing editions from 1973. Anyone know when it came out? It wasn't a big hit.
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Post by Alan Smith on Aug 29, 2003 8:24:22 GMT
This is one of those "DISCO" TOTP clips, and a very nice performance too.
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Post by Pete Seaton on Aug 29, 2003 8:37:09 GMT
It's not logged within the TOTP Database
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Post by Albert on Aug 29, 2003 9:10:37 GMT
No and presumably must be from one of those editions missing from the paperwork. It's likely there will be alternative paperwork somewhere in the depths of BBC Caversham to identify where it came from. That's something for the future though - maybe my retirement preoject!
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Post by Laurence Piper on Aug 29, 2003 9:13:06 GMT
There will be documentation somewhere, yes. Does anyone have a release date for the record to try and pin it down a bit?
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Post by pete on Aug 29, 2003 12:23:33 GMT
think it's an album track as the LP was issued Dec 1972 ish so it could be Dec 72/Jan73 era maybe the Album Slot if it was still there  ?? |
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Post by Laurence Piper on Aug 29, 2003 12:49:52 GMT
Ah, an album track. I didn't know that. Unusual for that time as the LP slot had gone by then. It may still have been from one of those April / May '73 missing editions or otherwise it's an omission from another P as B. Can't see where it could be missing from though - most seem roughly the right length.
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Post by Neil Barker on Aug 29, 2003 21:20:21 GMT
The song was definitely released as a single in the UK but of course failed to chart. It entered the US chart in November '72 so maybe the UK release followed shortly after? By the way, his son's in The Strokes (but then you probably knew that).  |
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Post by Brian Denton on Aug 29, 2003 22:57:00 GMT
"My future it was laid down, talked about and planned. But I gave it up for music, and the Free Electric Band"
There you go, dredged from the memory of thirty years ago!
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Post by pete on Aug 29, 2003 23:01:18 GMT
thats not It never rains in Southern Calfornia
thats free electric band
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Post by Brian Denton on Aug 30, 2003 18:54:42 GMT
thats not It never rains in Southern Calfornia thats free electric band 'Like duh....'as my Buffy loving daughter would say. I never said it was from 'It Never Rains....' I was merely continuing the Albert Hammond theme. |
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Post by Neil Barker on Sept 28, 2003 18:59:18 GMT
I've just discovered that it was released as a single in the UK in January 1973. Hope that helps.
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Post by ASM on Sept 29, 2003 13:52:35 GMT
"I'm a train, I'm a Train, I'm a Chuffa - Train Yeah!! ;D ;D ;D
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