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Post by Chris Turner on Dec 18, 2009 8:41:00 GMT
Back in 67, The Move produced a pilot for a proposed TV series titled, 'The Rave'. My question is does this still exist in Granada's archives or was it wiped?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2009 12:11:52 GMT
Good question! I was trying to find out information on this one myself a while ago. Conflicting stories about it including some theories that it was a series of six with Pink Floyd as one of the weeks' guests! I'm guessing it was a regional programme and not networked, which would make it all the more obscure than it already is! I've so far found nothing to verify any of the facts though.
As far as existence goes, I doubt it considering it's date and the fact that would have been a taped series (especially as later Granada pop shows such as Lift Off and So It Goes have been badly affected by wiping; almost entirely in the case of Lift Off).
Anybody have some hard info on this one? Maybe a Granada region T.V. Times reference for bewteen about January and March 1967?
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Post by Tim Disney on Dec 18, 2009 12:38:55 GMT
Arghh, don't do this to me. I'm now salivating at the thought of The Move having had their own tv show. It's not a pretty sight.  I pray that this lies undiscovered in some quiet quarter of the archive. The Beat Club appearances and Colour Me Pop always give me great pleasure. |
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Post by davemachin on Dec 18, 2009 13:14:09 GMT
A lot of Move and Pink Floyd websites list a Floyd appearance as guests of The Move on this show for 6th March 1967. I wonder where they got the date from?
Dave
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Post by Paul Watkins on Dec 18, 2009 13:38:35 GMT
I've got that listing on my Move website and the source for it is the TV Times for that week in 1967
It lists 'RAVE' (The Move featuring guests Pink Floyd) on Monday 6th March.
It is no longer in the 'Listed' Granada Archive.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2009 13:49:02 GMT
Yes, i've just found a mention in the book "Echoes: The Complete History Of Pink Floyd" by Glenn Povey. It states:
"Monday 6 March: TV SHOW, Granada Studios, Manchester, England.
Pink Floyd were filmed on this date performing Arnold Layne live for the pilot episode of a new 30 minute Granada TV music programme called The Rave. A proposed replacement for Rediffusion's Ready Steady Go! and hosted by The Move, the series was not commissioned and this pilot show was never broadcast".
Sounds quite plausible (and also why no one can remember anything of it). Did the T.V. Times actually list it then, Paul? Maybe it was pulled at the last minute if so (just guessing here though). It'd be very lucky indeed if a pilot of this kind (untransmitted or otherwise) was found to still exist but you never know...
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Post by Paul Watkins on Dec 18, 2009 15:05:23 GMT
When i researched it in the library, i viewed the tv times and wrote down the details. (a good few years ago now).
It was listed to be shown as far as i can remember, but i can't confirm if it was though.
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Post by cperry on Dec 18, 2009 16:56:49 GMT
Sadly, wiped.
c
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Post by LanceM on Dec 18, 2009 17:35:29 GMT
Ahh,sad news indeed.As love the music by The Move,and now very sad that a meeting between the group and The Pink Flotd is sadly gone so it appears.Like many here I vaguely remember reading this as well.Though do find it interesting that it merited a listing in TV Times as sounds as was never broadcast in the first place?Interesting.On the recent EMI CD reissue of the classic album by Blodwyn Pig "Ahead Rings Out" Mick Abrahams recalls an ITV music special pilot tv show they recorded with Bill Oddie of The Goodies acting as co-host Mick recalls.Sadly,the same case applies here that sadly this appears to not be known to exist at present.Must admit writing about these forgotten music pilot shows,now absent from the archives makes for some solom reading indeed..
Cheers,Lance.
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Post by Paul Watkins on Dec 18, 2009 21:46:58 GMT
RE:TV Times I could be mistaken about the TV times. It might not have been in the actual tv listings it may have been an article about future programs  My notes were a little rushed when i copied them down. (Time is Money  ) I wasn't aware that it had not been broadcast at all though. |
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Post by Alan Turrell on Dec 18, 2009 21:57:16 GMT
This is what it says on one pink floyd website :
06.03.1967 The Rave (Granada TV) - The Move briefly had their own TV show and Pink Floyd were this week's guests .
Whether or not it was actually broadcasted or not i have no idea but i would have loved to have seen it.
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I pray that this lies undiscovered in some quiet quarter of the archive. The Beat Club appearances and Colour Me Pop always give me great pleasure.
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