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Post by Brian Evans on Nov 11, 2005 12:16:46 GMT
Does anyone remember the series D.J Heaven which was shown in the early 90's on BBC 2? Each week it featured a different radio 1 DJ and it showed TOTP's clips with that DJ introducing the tracks. I managed to get hold of the whole series on e-bay, but couldn't understand why it only ran for 5 weeks with the last one on Simon Bates. Has anyone got any info on this great series that was cut off in it's prime?  |
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Post by Syd on Nov 11, 2005 12:37:19 GMT
The John Peel episode went out on 16th October 1993.
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Post by william mcgregor on Nov 11, 2005 15:51:20 GMT
they should repeat the john peel one if they're able.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 11, 2005 16:52:29 GMT
was alan freeman ever on it? ;D
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Post by Brian Evans on Nov 11, 2005 17:45:50 GMT
No, it was DLT, James Saville OBE, Tony Blackburn, John Peel and Simon Bates. They should do another series as they missed so many out. I suppose they didn't have enough material to make a show with some of them as most 60's and early 70's material is wiped! Fluff Freeman for example.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 11, 2005 18:31:04 GMT
o ok.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 11, 2005 19:05:19 GMT
It could have gone on to another series, yes. The same goes for Sounds Of The Sixties, as (despite some stuff being recovered just before it was made) there is most certainly enough material in the BBC archive that is to this day unseen of '60s pop acts since original transmission to make up another 10 editions. They could still do it, in fact.
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Post by Brian D not logged in on Nov 11, 2005 19:33:44 GMT
Laurence, give us a flavour of the archive stuff which is yet to be transmitted. Anything by The Love Affair or Marmalade?
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Post by Keith Brockway on Nov 11, 2005 19:47:43 GMT
Even the elusive Pickettywitch surviving performances from 1970 could get an airing at last!  |
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Post by Stephen Doran on Nov 11, 2005 19:48:53 GMT
ive seen that same old feeling from totp;you mean theres more?
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Post by Keith Brockway on Nov 11, 2005 20:00:07 GMT
Maybe i shouldn`t have added the 's' to performance. Sorry to say that as far as i know only "That Same Old Feeling" exists in B&W from February 1970. I`ve never seen that performance as about 2 years ago it was due to be shown on TOTP2 and got pulled at the last minute for some reason. A great shame as i was looking forward to seeing that. Other than that, the only known surviving performance featuring Polly Brown from the group is The Sweet Dreams performance of the ABBA song "Honey Honey" from the 8/8/74 edition of TOTP. Sorry to mislead you Stephen.
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 11, 2005 20:39:51 GMT
Other than that, the only known surviving performance featuring Polly Brown from the group is The Sweet Dreams performance of the ABBA song There's also a colour clip of Sad Old Kinda Movie from the 1970 TOTP compilation reel existing. As far as I know, it hasn't ben repeasted on TOTP2 or anything though. |
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Post by Laurence Piper on Nov 11, 2005 20:47:38 GMT
Laurence, give us a flavour of the archive stuff which is yet to be transmitted. Anything by The Love Affair or Marmalade? Can't recall anything by Love Affair (Andrew Martin will probably be able to tell you if anything by them exists at the BBC though - i'd be interested to know myself). There is a surviving Beat Club appearance for Everlasting Love though. There is a lot of '60s / early '70s pop footage from many light entertainment shows (e.g. Bobbie Gentry, Julie Felix, Lulu, Young Generation show etc etc) featuring guest groups in the BBC archive. Appearances by The Hollies, Marmalade, Blue Mink, Manfred Mann, Donovan and lots more (some in colour). No idea why it hasn't been utilised up till now. It's great stuff and deserves to be seen. It's no wonder not many people know about it though! |
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Post by Mark Leech on Nov 11, 2005 22:14:10 GMT
There were in fact 6 editions of DJ Heaven, the 5 you mentioned and a final one featuring Mike Read. I have the whole series on tape (soon to be transferred to DVD). Shame there wasn't another series.............
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Nov 12, 2005 5:45:43 GMT
Most of the clips in the Mike Read edition were from one show, if memory serves. I always thought it strange the series was never repeated, even as a schedule filler.
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