Post by nicadare on Feb 7, 2010 19:23:39 GMT
"The Story of Beat Club" DVD box sets are currently about £46.
I purchased on line from a German ...er musik laden (forgive the pun).
I'm not sure if I can give the link to the shop on the forum but after this post I will be ordering the 1965-1968 set.
I have the 1968-1970 set which I have to say are fantastic.
The picture quality is outstanding considering the age of the tapes.
Although I'm too young to remember the original broadcasts I know good music and have seen many of the Beat Club clips over the years in programmes such as 'The Rock 'N Roll Years (BBC) and have always enjoyed them.
It's in 1966 that the show really got into gear with artists such as the Walker Brothers, The Hollies and the Easybeats.
In fact the list seems endless!
Incidentally I bet Mike Leckerbusch regretted rolling the end credits over the Walker Brothers performing 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' but all credit to him and the people at Studio Hamburg for producing and archiving the footage so well.
The BBC should take note and hold their head in shame for what they did to the Top of the Pops archive from the 60s, they should take a lesson from their German counterparts.
Anyway back to the box sets some of the highlights from the 1968-1970 box set are The Casuals - Jesamine, this is very rare, apparently Paul Weller's ( the Jam/ Style Council) favourite song.
Robin Gibb's 'Saved By The Bell' is also excellent and check out the camera work on Zager & Evans 'In The Year 2525', magnificent!
By the end of 1969 the show started to feature more obscure acts and our own Dave Lee Travis decided to leave, perhaps a rat deserting a sinking ship, well maybe.
Nevertheless it was the beginning of the end.
Sadly in my opinion it seems that Mike Leckerbusch & Co. lost the plot in 1970, they abandoned the winning formula of featuring successful chart acts and just as the show turned to colour they started featuring boring and one must say quickly forgettable acts.
From 1970-1972 the worthy performances were few and far between, Cat Stevens, Free, Mungo Jerry and Humble Pie are the most memorable, and apart from seeing the gorgeous Uschi Nerke in colour those episodes are hardly worth the effort.
In fact if the 1970-1972 episodes were all lost it would be a case of 'so what'?
Fortunately new music shows were starting to pop up over Europe which captured many of the good artists from the early 70s which Beat Club didn't feature, Germany's 'Disco', Hollands 'Toppop' and Switzerland's 'Hits a Gogo' to name but a few.
But I digress, don't remember Beat Club for the 1965, and 1970-1972 episodes, remember Beat Club for the 1966-1969 footage for which Mike Leckerbusch and Studio Hamburg have done Germany proud, for that I thank them immensely!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IINMVtE_lpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cWHwjlW_4
I purchased on line from a German ...er musik laden (forgive the pun).
I'm not sure if I can give the link to the shop on the forum but after this post I will be ordering the 1965-1968 set.
I have the 1968-1970 set which I have to say are fantastic.
The picture quality is outstanding considering the age of the tapes.
Although I'm too young to remember the original broadcasts I know good music and have seen many of the Beat Club clips over the years in programmes such as 'The Rock 'N Roll Years (BBC) and have always enjoyed them.
It's in 1966 that the show really got into gear with artists such as the Walker Brothers, The Hollies and the Easybeats.
In fact the list seems endless!
Incidentally I bet Mike Leckerbusch regretted rolling the end credits over the Walker Brothers performing 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore' but all credit to him and the people at Studio Hamburg for producing and archiving the footage so well.
The BBC should take note and hold their head in shame for what they did to the Top of the Pops archive from the 60s, they should take a lesson from their German counterparts.
Anyway back to the box sets some of the highlights from the 1968-1970 box set are The Casuals - Jesamine, this is very rare, apparently Paul Weller's ( the Jam/ Style Council) favourite song.
Robin Gibb's 'Saved By The Bell' is also excellent and check out the camera work on Zager & Evans 'In The Year 2525', magnificent!
By the end of 1969 the show started to feature more obscure acts and our own Dave Lee Travis decided to leave, perhaps a rat deserting a sinking ship, well maybe.
Nevertheless it was the beginning of the end.
Sadly in my opinion it seems that Mike Leckerbusch & Co. lost the plot in 1970, they abandoned the winning formula of featuring successful chart acts and just as the show turned to colour they started featuring boring and one must say quickly forgettable acts.
From 1970-1972 the worthy performances were few and far between, Cat Stevens, Free, Mungo Jerry and Humble Pie are the most memorable, and apart from seeing the gorgeous Uschi Nerke in colour those episodes are hardly worth the effort.
In fact if the 1970-1972 episodes were all lost it would be a case of 'so what'?
Fortunately new music shows were starting to pop up over Europe which captured many of the good artists from the early 70s which Beat Club didn't feature, Germany's 'Disco', Hollands 'Toppop' and Switzerland's 'Hits a Gogo' to name but a few.
But I digress, don't remember Beat Club for the 1965, and 1970-1972 episodes, remember Beat Club for the 1966-1969 footage for which Mike Leckerbusch and Studio Hamburg have done Germany proud, for that I thank them immensely!"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IINMVtE_lpg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cWHwjlW_4