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Post by Andy Smith on Jan 8, 2009 3:56:56 GMT
I was going through some reel to reel tapes,that i bought from my local household tip,a couple of days ago and found 2 original BBC Light Programme Alan Freeman Pick of the Pops shows,one is from 1962,i haven't got around to dating the other one yet,but it is early 60's,i am still going through the other tapes.Does anyone on here think the BBC would be interested in copies of the shows !
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Post by Stephen Doran on Jan 8, 2009 9:30:32 GMT
Are they full shows Andy?
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Post by Andy Smith on Jan 8, 2009 11:11:34 GMT
Hi Stephen,
The 1962 show is complete,i haven't listened to the other one all the way through yet.The 1st show has a programme called "Movie Go Round" before it,i haven't a clue who the presenter is,any one have a clue to who it might be ! I will post more info as and when i get around to copying the shows,hopefully over the weekend.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Jan 8, 2009 13:12:09 GMT
I was going through some reel to reel tapes,that i bought from my local household tip,a couple of days ago and found 2 original BBC Light Programme Alan Freeman Pick of the Pops shows,one is from 1962,i haven't got around to dating the other one yet,but it is early 60's,i am still going through the other tapes.Does anyone on here think the BBC would be interested in copies of the shows ! Well done on a nice find. Sadly the Beeb won't be interested. Pop music is fluff to them and unless it's a lost play by the like of Pinter or stuff that could make some money from, they ain't interested! I often listen to mp3 of potp when doing the housework. I never get tired of them. Your best bet is to convert them and swap with fellow enthusiasts. |
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Post by Stephen Doran on Jan 8, 2009 17:54:41 GMT
Alas i have no swaps and most post offices near me have shut but im sure we can work something out Movie Go Round wasnt Peter Noble the compere?
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Post by Stephen Doran on Jan 8, 2009 18:57:10 GMT
Hi Stephen, The 1962 show is complete,i haven't listened to the other one all the way through yet.The 1st show has a programme called "Movie Go Round" before it,i haven't a clue who the presenter is,any one have a clue to who it might be ! I will post more info as and when i get around to copying the shows,hopefully over the weekend. Used to have Alans 1st Sunday show on reel to reel in Jan62 but was wiped and used again as tapes were expensive to buy in those days |
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Post by Paul Rumbol on Jan 11, 2009 10:13:27 GMT
Andy are the tracks live BBC versions, or just the original 45rpm discs?
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Post by Andy Smith on Jan 11, 2009 11:41:58 GMT
A quick update,i have recorded the second of the shows,the one i hadn't listened to all he way through,it is not a full show,there is most of Unit 2 and the whole of Units 3 & 4.I think the chart is from the week ending the 19th of May 1962,with "Good Luck Charm" at Number 1,up from No. 7, for the first week.I have a part recording of the chart for the week ending the 26th of May 1962 and Elvis is at No. 1 for the second week.If i have got this wrong please let me know !
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Post by Joe Haynes on Jan 14, 2009 17:27:55 GMT
If i was you i would get it transfered to WAV format at 48Hrtz. Dont transfer it to MP3 as this will create a bad sounding recording. Is there a Radio institution like the BFI who would take these things? What about Mssing Believed Wiped? They might find it nice to let people have a little listen at there next events
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Post by David Saunders on Jan 15, 2009 22:29:56 GMT
I was going through some reel to reel tapes,that i bought from my local household tip,a couple of days ago and found 2 original BBC Light Programme Alan Freeman Pick of the Pops shows,one is from 1962,i haven't got around to dating the other one yet,but it is early 60's,i am still going through the other tapes.Does anyone on here think the BBC would be interested in copies of the shows ! I don't know what the official BBC archive status is of the Light Programme and successor BBC Radio 1 editions of Pick of the Pops and its replacements The Top 20 then The Top 40 but I'd imagine that many of these will have been wiped and most likely the private recordings you have of Alan Freeman will be collectors' items.  Alan was a brilliant broadcaster and you've found some real gems there! |
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Jan 16, 2009 7:08:14 GMT
I was lucky enough to get several POTP (Fluff versions) from the late sixties in a batch of reel to reel tapes on eBay several years ago (plus some from a work colleague) all from 1967 - 1973. Does anyone know of a way of accurately dating the shows?. Obviously you can get a rough idea from the records played, just wondering if anyone knows of a site that goes into detail.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Jan 16, 2009 9:10:13 GMT
Up until 1969 BBC used their own charts but its pure guess work really finding the correct dates. I have a June 64 POTP Unit 4 only just really found out the correct date.
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Post by Mark Leech on Jan 16, 2009 17:12:53 GMT
If they are the same charts that TOTP used up to early 1969 I may be able to help with this.
Regards
Mark
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Post by davidmaguire on Sept 5, 2012 14:05:19 GMT
Hello,
I am a researcher working on a BBC Four television documentary '60 Years of the UK Singles Chart', which is due to be broadcast in November to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the chart. A major focus of our programme is on how the charts were disseminated, and radio programmes such as 'Pick of the Pops' played a very significant role in this. I am trying to locate a copy of the first ever 'Pick of the Pops' programme broadcast by Alan Freeman in September 1961. I am also trying to locate a copy of Alan Freeman's 'Pick of the Pops' broadcast in the first week of March 1967 when Englebert Humperdink's 'Release Me' beat The Beatles 'Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields' to the number 1 spot. Neither of these episodes remain in the BBC archive. Has anyone heard these recordings before, or do you know where I might be able to obtain a copy. I would be very interested to talk to anyone who could help with this, or anyone who could potentially supply other early recordings of Pick of the Pops from 1961 / 1962.
My email address is david.maguire@bbc.co.uk.
It would very good to hear from anyone who could advise with this search.
Many Thanks.
David
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Post by johnvincent on Sept 9, 2012 14:37:13 GMT
sadly none of the key episodes, mostly I have a near-complete Fluff show from summer 1972, and quite a few chart end of show rundowns dating from 1971 onwards by Fluff, and others, including one with hilarious links by the now-forgotten succesor to Fluff on the chart show after he'd had a bit too much xmas drink 1972, Tom Browne. He started going about Pans People lustily dancing to Jean Genie on TOTP, "oh I nearly had a seizure"
Funny:)
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