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Post by jerryg on Mar 31, 2013 12:04:33 GMT
Hi mark ,do you know where alan said about the info regarding the dvd ,cheers.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Mar 31, 2013 12:14:28 GMT
If someone wants me to ask Alan next week, just message me and I will do it. All being well I'm trying to meet up with him briefly in the late summer for a quick chinwag while he's over here.
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Post by markjhaley on Apr 2, 2013 14:20:26 GMT
Hi mark ,do you know where alan said about the info regarding the dvd ,cheers. Facebook. He's easy to find. |
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 2, 2013 18:13:46 GMT
Mark is right and he's a brilliant chap.
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Post by jerryg on Apr 2, 2013 18:28:59 GMT
Thanks mark ,and thank you ray for the offer ,i hope things are working out for you ray ,im sure i read that you might be made redundant ,it has happened to me once before ,and it looks like its gonna happen a second time in 3 years for me again
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Post by SydV on Apr 13, 2013 19:27:58 GMT
Just had a message from a member of The Californians who confirms that both his group and The Bonzo Dog Band were the guest stars on the 31st December 1969 edition (and that it was broadcast in colour). The TVTimes didn't give any details for that particular edition other than the regulars.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2013 7:15:34 GMT
Very interesting! I wonder what they performed? Never heard about that performance before.
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Post by robchapman on Apr 14, 2013 9:37:02 GMT
The Bonzos split at the end of 1969 so I'm assuming that was their last tv appearance..........(did the reformed 'Lets make Up and be Friendly' version of the band do any TV?)
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Post by Stephen Doran on Apr 14, 2013 10:14:39 GMT
The Californians are very good ive only heard 2 of their records hope to see a CD of singles soon!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2013 14:16:53 GMT
Indeed The Bonzos announced their split in December 1969 but they had live dates booked into March 1970 which they honoured so March 1970 was when they truly ceased to exist. This TV appearance is a new one on me since like Laurence, I'd always been led to believe that the performance of "Noises For The Leg" on the BBC "Ten Years Of What?" show as their last TV appearance.
They had released a single in November 1969 and would release one in January 1970 so I'm guessing they would had performed one of those 4 songs so a toss up between I Want To Be With You, We Were Wrong, You Done My Brain In or Mr Slater's Parrot.
The Californians were an interesting little band. Their current single was their last so they would had been performing their version of the old Fortunes classic "You've Got Your Troubles." A couple of singles I always enjoy is the ethereal "Golden Apples" from 1967 and the insanely catchy "The Cooks Of Cakes And Kindness" from early 1969.
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Post by jerryg on Apr 14, 2013 14:58:24 GMT
Ive been researching lift off for some time now ,and the califorians were singing ,youve got your troubles,and i believe the bonzos also performed urban spaceman on the show ,but i havent got definite confirmation as yet of that song.
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Post by Stephen Doran on Apr 15, 2013 8:40:45 GMT
Silly me I forgot about Golden Apples, Follow Me was the other one heard on comp lps in the 80s.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 27, 2013 2:11:33 GMT
The Bonzos appearance on Ten Years of What I heard was their last TV appearance (of the 68-70 line up), so the appearance of the Golden Shot is an eyeopener.
Their last gig was March 1970, if I recall; Rob Dickins, later CEO of WEA was the Ents Officer at the Uni and booked them. He also later married Cherry Gillespie....
I would not have thought the Bonzos performed Urban Spaceman on a show over a year after it's release, but....I have been wrong before!
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Post by Peter Stirling on Apr 27, 2013 7:41:10 GMT
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Apr 27, 2013 8:18:28 GMT
I believe take two was transmitted (also online....), and this was not transmitted, as Vivian slightly garbles the intro (even though it's very funny!). You'll note both takes feature a live monologue and live theremin, making them both unique! |
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