Post by Syd Van Vliet on Jun 12, 2004 12:49:49 GMT
Extract from an article by Keith Badman, July 2001 Beat Publications.
.............live transmission to start at 7:30pm exactly. The programme followed a 70-second trailer showing Petula Clark in rehearsal for a future BBCl show, 43 seconds of which featured Petula performing the song 'You're The One'. “And now on BBCl... Top Of The Pops...“. Resident host on the show was Pete Murray assisted by 'disc girl' Samantha Juste (who married Monkee Micky Dolenz). The producer was Johnnie Stewart.
THE LIVE TRANSMISSION WENT AS FOLLOWS:
First came the usual 20-second opening titles sequence, featuring the Top Of The Pops signature tune by Harry Rabinowitz. This was followed by the week's chart rundown, which lasted for 105 seconds, while viewers heard Frank Sinatra's recording of 'Strangers In The Night', which was currently No.1 in the charts. Photos of the artists, taken by the regular TOTP in-house photographer Harry Goodwin, appeared on the screen when their entry was mentioned.
Pete Murray then introduced Herman's Hermits who mimed their new release, 'This Door Swings Both Ways'. Cilla Black was next, performing her No.25 chart song, 'Don't Answer Me' which had been recorded live during the Top Of The Pops broadcast on June 2. The Kinks followed Cilla with 'Sunny Afternoon', which was currently at No.31 in the singles chart. The Hollies then introduced their new single 'Bus Stop', followed by the Yardbirds, who performed 'Over Under Sideways Down', which was currently at No. 15. A BBC film of the Beach Boys performing 'Sloop John B' appeared next, followed by a studio performance of Gene Pitney singing his current chart hit (No.37), 'Nobody Knows Your Love'.
The Beatles took their cue to start performing from Pete Murray's introduction: "Finally, our fourth chart-buster, at No.2, and a welcome to the Top Of The Pops studios, with first, the B-side, 'Rain', yes, in person, it's... the fabulous Beatles!"
The camera cut to a close-up image of Ringo while the drumbeats at the start of the track were heard, before quickly panning out to an image of all four members of the group who were seen standing in Area A of the studio in front of a background with moving patterns. John's first four lines of 'Rain' featured him miming in a medium close-up shot.
The BBC came up with some nice camera tricks for the performance including fitting camera three with a diamond-shaped lens. At the end of the song (and contrary to previous reports), the Beatles did not go straight into 'Paperback Writer'. Instead, the scene shifted back to Pete Murray who was seen standing next to 'disc girl' Samantha Juste. He said: "Well, how about that? It's marvellous to see the boys again just before they leave on a trip to the Far East, and particularly in answer to all those people who've been hoping to see them on the show with their new single. Well, here they are... and here they are now, with the A-side of the disc, yet another song John and Paul have written... 'Paperback Writer'“.
With applause ringing round the studio, the camera cut to all four Beatles with John standing next to George. The guitar notes at the start of the song were accompanied by a close-up of George's guitar. Paul's opening lines (mimed) started with a marvellous tight shot of his bass, before the camera panned up to his face. Nice camera shots followed with Paul's face appearing at one point through Ringo's drums. The 15-camera shot performance concluded with quick glimpses of the audience dancing, intercut with images of the Beatles performing.
The camera then cut back to Murray on his podium, delivering his final lines: "That's it! Beatles and 'Paperback Writer' Goodnight till the same time next week from Top Of The Pops."
The BBC was so pleased to finally have the Beatles on the show that they actually allowed it to run 24 seconds over time, forcing all the normal end-of-show caption slides, listing the artists that appeared in the show, to be scrapped. (The programme ran for 30 minutes 9 seconds instead of the scheduled 29 minutes 45 seconds.)
A short extract of the Beatles seen performing 'Paperback Writer' on Top Of The Pops was shown the following night during the BBC2 programme Line-Up Review. Further Top Of The Pops showings of 'Paperback Writer' occurred two weeks later on Thursday June 30 and in Top Of The Pops '66 -Part One, aired on Monday December 26. The clip of 'Rain' was never seen again after its first transmission. For their appearance and the repeat screening the Beatles were paid the grand sum of £100!
WHERE IS IT NOW?
Not in the BBC archives, that's for sure. But in 1994, I came into contact with a reliable specialist archive film collector, who told me that a 'friend' of his had purchased a huge collection of film memorabilia from the son of a chap who had worked for the BBC in the Sixties and Seventies.
I immediately contacted his 'friend' who confirmed that, for a reasonable sum of money, he had obtained projectors, cameras, screens and hundreds of films of BBC TV programmes which had all been kept in this own private library at home.
He also confirmed that, amongst the films he had obtained were two complete Top Of The Pops shows, one of which was the programme transmitted on June 16 1966. Not realising the value of what he had, he put the programmes up for sale in his shop in Cornwall for just £150! Needless to say, they were sold immediately. Interestingly, shortly after details of the sale were published in Record Collector magazine, the BBC put out a worldwide appeal for the show. But apparently their endeavours proved unsuccessful.
Keith Badman
Keith Badman is the author of the recently published Omnibus books, The Beatles Off The Record and The Beatles After The Break Up 1970- 2001
.............live transmission to start at 7:30pm exactly. The programme followed a 70-second trailer showing Petula Clark in rehearsal for a future BBCl show, 43 seconds of which featured Petula performing the song 'You're The One'. “And now on BBCl... Top Of The Pops...“. Resident host on the show was Pete Murray assisted by 'disc girl' Samantha Juste (who married Monkee Micky Dolenz). The producer was Johnnie Stewart.
THE LIVE TRANSMISSION WENT AS FOLLOWS:
First came the usual 20-second opening titles sequence, featuring the Top Of The Pops signature tune by Harry Rabinowitz. This was followed by the week's chart rundown, which lasted for 105 seconds, while viewers heard Frank Sinatra's recording of 'Strangers In The Night', which was currently No.1 in the charts. Photos of the artists, taken by the regular TOTP in-house photographer Harry Goodwin, appeared on the screen when their entry was mentioned.
Pete Murray then introduced Herman's Hermits who mimed their new release, 'This Door Swings Both Ways'. Cilla Black was next, performing her No.25 chart song, 'Don't Answer Me' which had been recorded live during the Top Of The Pops broadcast on June 2. The Kinks followed Cilla with 'Sunny Afternoon', which was currently at No.31 in the singles chart. The Hollies then introduced their new single 'Bus Stop', followed by the Yardbirds, who performed 'Over Under Sideways Down', which was currently at No. 15. A BBC film of the Beach Boys performing 'Sloop John B' appeared next, followed by a studio performance of Gene Pitney singing his current chart hit (No.37), 'Nobody Knows Your Love'.
The Beatles took their cue to start performing from Pete Murray's introduction: "Finally, our fourth chart-buster, at No.2, and a welcome to the Top Of The Pops studios, with first, the B-side, 'Rain', yes, in person, it's... the fabulous Beatles!"
The camera cut to a close-up image of Ringo while the drumbeats at the start of the track were heard, before quickly panning out to an image of all four members of the group who were seen standing in Area A of the studio in front of a background with moving patterns. John's first four lines of 'Rain' featured him miming in a medium close-up shot.
The BBC came up with some nice camera tricks for the performance including fitting camera three with a diamond-shaped lens. At the end of the song (and contrary to previous reports), the Beatles did not go straight into 'Paperback Writer'. Instead, the scene shifted back to Pete Murray who was seen standing next to 'disc girl' Samantha Juste. He said: "Well, how about that? It's marvellous to see the boys again just before they leave on a trip to the Far East, and particularly in answer to all those people who've been hoping to see them on the show with their new single. Well, here they are... and here they are now, with the A-side of the disc, yet another song John and Paul have written... 'Paperback Writer'“.
With applause ringing round the studio, the camera cut to all four Beatles with John standing next to George. The guitar notes at the start of the song were accompanied by a close-up of George's guitar. Paul's opening lines (mimed) started with a marvellous tight shot of his bass, before the camera panned up to his face. Nice camera shots followed with Paul's face appearing at one point through Ringo's drums. The 15-camera shot performance concluded with quick glimpses of the audience dancing, intercut with images of the Beatles performing.
The camera then cut back to Murray on his podium, delivering his final lines: "That's it! Beatles and 'Paperback Writer' Goodnight till the same time next week from Top Of The Pops."
The BBC was so pleased to finally have the Beatles on the show that they actually allowed it to run 24 seconds over time, forcing all the normal end-of-show caption slides, listing the artists that appeared in the show, to be scrapped. (The programme ran for 30 minutes 9 seconds instead of the scheduled 29 minutes 45 seconds.)
A short extract of the Beatles seen performing 'Paperback Writer' on Top Of The Pops was shown the following night during the BBC2 programme Line-Up Review. Further Top Of The Pops showings of 'Paperback Writer' occurred two weeks later on Thursday June 30 and in Top Of The Pops '66 -Part One, aired on Monday December 26. The clip of 'Rain' was never seen again after its first transmission. For their appearance and the repeat screening the Beatles were paid the grand sum of £100!
WHERE IS IT NOW?
Not in the BBC archives, that's for sure. But in 1994, I came into contact with a reliable specialist archive film collector, who told me that a 'friend' of his had purchased a huge collection of film memorabilia from the son of a chap who had worked for the BBC in the Sixties and Seventies.
I immediately contacted his 'friend' who confirmed that, for a reasonable sum of money, he had obtained projectors, cameras, screens and hundreds of films of BBC TV programmes which had all been kept in this own private library at home.
He also confirmed that, amongst the films he had obtained were two complete Top Of The Pops shows, one of which was the programme transmitted on June 16 1966. Not realising the value of what he had, he put the programmes up for sale in his shop in Cornwall for just £150! Needless to say, they were sold immediately. Interestingly, shortly after details of the sale were published in Record Collector magazine, the BBC put out a worldwide appeal for the show. But apparently their endeavours proved unsuccessful.
Keith Badman
Keith Badman is the author of the recently published Omnibus books, The Beatles Off The Record and The Beatles After The Break Up 1970- 2001