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Post by SteveP on Sept 8, 2003 11:27:53 GMT
I've posted three more of the "Disco" TOTP clips that are missing from the BBC here: www.steve-p.org/pop/missing.htm"Something Tells Me" - Cilla Black "The Wizard" - Uriah Heep "Solid Gold Easy Action" - T Rex and last week the following: "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" - Bobbie Gentry "Little Willy" - Sweet (crap quality, though) "Children Of The Revolution" - T Rex. Steve |
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Post by Tim D on Sept 17, 2003 11:22:37 GMT
Hi Steve,
A great selection of clips!
What time and channels are 'Disco' and 'Hits A Go Go' on? I've got a motorised satellite system so I can get them all.
Re: Kinks - Autumn Almanac.
Interesting that this clip made it's way onto a commercial video release. I wonder if Pye / Polygram / Universal or maybe Castle Communications inherited the clip from some kind of contractual obligation that might have been in place at the time of the performance. Something along the Dave Clark 5 lines (full copy of show must be provided etc)? I suppose the BBC would have documentation somewhere in their vast paperwork archives.
I know someone who used to work at Pye in the sixties. I'll see what I can find out.
I'm probably covering old ground here?
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Post by Tim D on Sept 17, 2003 12:08:00 GMT
Just done a search for anyone interested. Couldn't find 'Hits A Gogo' but the following are upcoming on 3Sat. Times are BST. Friday 19th September 13.00hrs - Hit Parade – 3sat Friday 26th September 13.15hrs - Disco – 3sat Source: www.3sat.de |
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Post by William Martin on Sept 17, 2003 15:15:41 GMT
Hi Steve, A great selection of clips! What time and channels are 'Disco' and 'Hits A Go Go' on? I've got a motorised satellite system so I can get them all. Re: Kinks - Autumn Almanac. Interesting that this clip made it's way onto a commercial video release. I wonder if Pye / Polygram / Universal or maybe Castle Communications inherited the clip from some kind of contractual obligation that might have been in place at the time of the performance. Something along the Dave Clark 5 lines (full copy of show must be provided etc)? I suppose the BBC would have documentation somewhere in their vast paperwork archives. I know someone who used to work at Pye in the sixties. I'll see what I can find out. I'm probably covering old ground here? checking the soundtrack against the comercial disc its sounds like the kinks clip is the 45 record not the totp sound track is this correct? as far as bbc paperwork goes that can't be relied on but it would be worth checking to see if there is some record of these sorts of "DC5"deals |
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Post by SteveP on Sept 18, 2003 15:42:50 GMT
Hi Steve, A great selection of clips! What time and channels are 'Disco' and 'Hits A Go Go' on? I've got a motorised satellite system so I can get them all. Re: Kinks - Autumn Almanac. Interesting that this clip made it's way onto a commercial video release. I wonder if Pye / Polygram / Universal or maybe Castle Communications inherited the clip from some kind of contractual obligation that might have been in place at the time of the performance. Something along the Dave Clark 5 lines (full copy of show must be provided etc)? I suppose the BBC would have documentation somewhere in their vast paperwork archives. I know someone who used to work at Pye in the sixties. I'll see what I can find out. I'm probably covering old ground here? |
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Post by SteveP on Sept 18, 2003 15:44:26 GMT
Hi Steve, A great selection of clips! What time and channels are 'Disco' and 'Hits A Go Go' on? I've got a motorised satellite system so I can get them all. Hi Steve, A great selection of clips! What time and channels are 'Disco' and 'Hits A Go Go' on? I've got a motorised satellite system so I can get them all. "Disco" is on 3sat, which is on the old analogue Astra (19.2E ISTR). The only stuff German TV ever seems to re-show from "HAGG" is 5 (or so) compilation editions called "Remember I", "Remember II" and so forth. These only use stuff from the colour shows, and are highly selective. (Maybe worth recording to see The Family Dogg - who were all clearly completely hatstand - doing "Sympathy") The Hollies and Who clips actually come from a N3 (satellite version of NDR and RB rolled into one) programme called "OPA Oldie Parade" which happened to re-use them. It cracks me up that the presenter rattles on about how HAGG was quite brave in its presentation for the time, but then goes on to show a clip that HAGG borrowed from TOTP rather than a proper HAGG extract. Steve |
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Post by Kevin Mulrennan on Sept 18, 2003 18:00:48 GMT
Thanks for posting these clips, Steve.
I've really enjoyed playing them, particularly the Who and Hendrix.
The Hendrix clip is fascinating. I wonder how it has survived? It tantalisingly raises the possibility that the entire episode it comes from may exist.
Bobbie Gentry looks like she raided the entire make-up department of the B.B.C. Scary!
Could you keep up the good work and keep adding new clips?
Cheers
Kev
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Post by SteveP on Sept 18, 2003 18:24:12 GMT
Thanks for posting these clips, Steve. I've really enjoyed playing them, particularly the Who and Hendrix. The Hendrix clip is fascinating. I wonder how it has survived? It tantalisingly raises the possibility that the entire episode it comes from may exist. I doubt it. Look at the end of the extract - it goes all dirty and crackly, indicating the end of a length of film. I reckon the Beeb just sold the Americans that clip - I doubt if lots of other 60's TOTP acts would have made much sense in the US. Well, by accident or design, a lot of those "Disco" clips just happen to be ones that are at the BBC anyway (e.g. Who, Stones, Chicory Tip, Rod Stewart, Sweet etc) but I'll add more. I don't have a full set though - for that it'll require other people here who have the recordings to chip in. I have the space to host the clips - it's just getting them! Matt North, who posts here, came up with The Who doing 5:15, and I'll put that up soon. I can't get my software to take it in at the moment - but WMP manages to play it OK! Steve |
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Post by Tim D on Sept 19, 2003 0:34:28 GMT
Just a thought on the source of that Hollies clip and a rather long shot at that. The typeface used at the start of the clip is the same as that used by Granada for 'Nearest & Dearest.' If my memory serves me correctly, Sorry Suzanne was a hit in 1969? Around the same time Granada were producing 'Nearest & Dearest'....just a thought. Of course the typeface might just have been in vogue at the time  |
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Post by Pete on Sept 19, 2003 7:09:27 GMT
TOTP never had onscreen titles until 1982
sometimes the bad name in the centre in groovy writing
sounds like Sorry Suzanne is sourced from Sounds of the 60's
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Post by Tim D on Sept 19, 2003 9:58:28 GMT
No, the writing was superimposed on the original vt that the telerecording was struck from. It's not from 'Sounds Of The Sixties' as I've not seen this clip before. I'm not au fait with Granada's pop programming output from 1969, but assuming it is Granada, maybe it's a teatime kids programme guest appearance? You never know what lies within that great warehouse of interesting tv (aka the Granada archive.)  |
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Post by pete on Sept 19, 2003 11:39:13 GMT
that should have read "Band and act name"
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Post by Matthew North on Sept 21, 2003 11:48:24 GMT
Matt North, who posts here, came up with The Who doing 5:15, and I'll put that up soon. I can't get my software to take it in at the moment - but WMP manages to play it OK! Steve Its Bog standard Mpeg 2 so any kind of dvd ripper programme or DVD2AVI or some such wull turn it into avi then you can convert it to whatever format you like Matt |
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Post by Pete on Sept 21, 2003 12:12:25 GMT
so could that be done with the "real audio" stuff thats on the TOTP website
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Post by Ian West on Sept 22, 2003 5:46:49 GMT
Its Bog standard Mpeg 2 so any kind of dvd ripper programme or DVD2AVI or some such wull turn it into avi then you can convert it to whatever format you like Matt Or just post it as MPEG2: I would have thought that would be fine for most people. |
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