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Post by William Martin on Feb 16, 2004 18:45:43 GMT
on the bbc TOTP web site there is a clip of the Kinks ape man
have I missed it as I don't remember it being on recently?
Also where do the "I feel fine", "We can work it out", " Day Tripper" & "Ticket to ride" come from? and finaly where what program did the 68 colour "revolution" come from
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Post by Mark Kerridge on Feb 16, 2004 21:28:05 GMT
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Post by Syd Van Vliet on Feb 16, 2004 22:09:08 GMT
“Revolution”, as with “Hey Jude”, was really just a promo film, Frost dropped by to film an insert to give the impression that they were exclusively for his show, but they weren’t.
In late 1965 Brian Epstein got the Beatles to record video‘s (yes Queen fans they were recorded onto videotape not film) of the new double A side single "We can work it out"& " Day Tripper" plus oldies "I feel fine", “Help!” & "Ticket to ride" for global distribution (in some cases there were up to 3 different versions).
The Beatles had previously recorded exclusive inserts for TOTP of "I feel fine" & "Ticket to ride" at the time they were released but both were soon junked.
Other contemporary (Dec 1964) performances of “I feel fine” do survive (RSG & the one Brian Matthew introduces on Anthology)
I’ve always thought it a pity that the late 1965 five song video session included the 3 oldies rather than miming 3 new tracks from “Rubber Soul”.
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Post by William Martin on Feb 18, 2004 16:21:30 GMT
 thanks to you both, thats realy good info, as far as I can remember, from the clips I've seen, Frosty couldn't control the fab 4 at all and thats realy interesting about the privately made VT, makes you wonder if there are any complete programs, If they had VT machines they may have got 2" copies from BBC and ITV
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Feb 19, 2004 7:29:44 GMT
I’ve always thought it a pity that the late 1965 five song video session included the 3 oldies rather than miming 3 new tracks from “Rubber Soul”. _______________________ The 1965 videos for 'I Feel Fine', 'Ticket To Ride','Help!', 'We Can Work It Out' & 'Day Tripper' were made for the xmas 'TOTP', so there was no need to make videos for album tracks, as they so rarely issued album tracks as singles (in stark contrast to 'let's release eight singles from 'Thriller', which is of course the only reason it sold 30 million copies - cheaper to buy the album than three or four singles from it). |
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Post by Syd Van Vliet on Feb 19, 2004 10:01:09 GMT
Some were definitely made with TOTP in mind, but others were never seen on that show. In fact one of these promos has not been seen anywhere, not even bootlegged as far as I know (The “Fish & Chips” version of “I feel fine”).
A shame they didn’t promote album tracks in those days, but there were exceptions, some that spring to mind - they did “It won’t be long” on RSG, Ringo got to do all of his early tracks, and don’t forget “Yesterday”. But they never made any promo’s for LP tracks :-(
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Post by Dominic on Feb 19, 2004 10:20:15 GMT
The Fish and chips version of the I Feel Fine promo from late 1965 is fairly easily available on bootleg DVD. I just obtained a copy from the US, and the quality is pretty good.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Feb 19, 2004 10:42:58 GMT
There were a few exceptions to the rule when it came to promoting album tracks on TV. They also did Please Mr Postman and Act Naturally on Big Night Out (the latter again on Ed Sullivan). Also on Big Night Out they did Eight Days A Week (for the one and only time - a missing item with no visual representation at all now). There were others too such as Money, Twist & Shout, I Saw Her Standing There, Kansas City etc.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Feb 19, 2004 10:58:26 GMT
I meant to say the Eight Days A Week clip was from Thank Your Lucky Stars, not Big Night Out!
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