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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2010 15:31:59 GMT
This'll be his Beat Club appearance from christmas '66 as featured on the official DVD set. A very good appearance which includes a great live version of High Time as well.
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Post by Keith Read on Feb 16, 2010 18:06:39 GMT
I am sure it is not from the Christmas edition of Beat Club as this is from a performance on stage with a completely different band from the The Washington DC's IE - "The Richard Kent Style". On the 40 sec clip I have Paul Jones falls off the edge of the stage whilst singing the song.
As you can see Paul Jones did not perform "Pretty Flamingo" on Beat Club - I have all those shows.
Episode SummaryAdd/Edit Beat Club 31/12/1966 Guests:
--Neil Christian - "Two At A Time" --The Washington DC's - "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" --Helena Majdaniec and The Washington DC's - "Duzy Bad"--The Washington DC's - "Seek and Find" --Neil Christian - "Oops" --The Easybeats - "Friday on My Mind and Loving Machine" (with dancing by Sandy Sarjeant) --On film: The Beach Boys - "Good Vibrations" (footage of band in England) Beat-Club Hitparade countdown (Top 10 UK hits) --Helena Majdaniec and The Washington DCs - "I Don't Want Him" --Paul Jones - "My Way"-Paul Jones and The Washington DCs - "High Time" (with closing credits) 36 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:06pm Saturday
I would like to know which show my clip of Paul Jones singing "Pretty Flamingo" backed by The Richard Kent Style comes from as it sounds so close to the Manfreds version of the song. It would be great to have details so that perhaps we may see what else this mystery show contains.
Keith
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2010 18:09:07 GMT
You're right, Keith! I also have the Beat Club set but have only watched it once so far and am not completely familiar with the contents. So that's a puzzle then. I wonder where it's from? Is there a link to view the clip?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2010 18:21:06 GMT
The Richard Kent Style? Some info and pics can be seen here... www.manchesterbeat.com/groups/rks/rks.phpAppears they were a recording band in their own right. They have a myspace page which features 4 of their tracks. They seemed to be fellow EMI artistes in 1966 which probably explains how they were able to link up with Paul Jones. They also backed the likes of Dave Berry and Del Shannon in the late 60's. Seems this live clip talked about here is gonna be the closest we'll ever get to seeing a contemporary performance of "Pretty Flamingo" - any Manfreds TV appearances of the song seem to be lost.
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Post by Alan Turrell on Feb 16, 2010 19:19:27 GMT
Richard Kent Style released 5 records between 1966 and 1969 the titles of these songs were as follows. NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO YOU CAN'T PUT ME DOWN MARCHING OFF TO WAR LOVE WILL SHAKE THE WORLD AWAKE A LITTLE BIT O' SOUL
I Have a copy of their first record they started off as a beat type group and all 5 of these records are worth a few bob starting off at £200 down to £40 alas the copy i own is a reissue.
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Post by Keith Read on Feb 16, 2010 19:23:15 GMT
There is no youtube link to the clip, it comes from Dutch television and is an musical performance insert into a documentary on the history of offshore pirate radio broadcast about 20 years ago.
I would think the full clip is almost certain to survive as probably also the show from which is was taken. I will check the documentary in the hope I can find some more info in the closing credits.
These kind of searches and co operation between enthusiasts demonstrates the real value of this great site and forum.
Can anyone confirm that "WEM" was indeed a german tv channel in the 60's?
Keith
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Post by Thomas Walsh on Feb 17, 2010 3:49:53 GMT
Can anyone confirm that "WEM" was indeed a german tv channel in the 60's? Keith ;D Not meaning to be condescending here but I'm sure you're mixing up a famous maker of sixties amplifiers that featured heavilly on many a TV show from the time..... www.vintageguitars.org.uk/adDetails/304T.
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Post by Oliver Roemer on Feb 17, 2010 10:13:56 GMT
Hi, I think that Thomas is right. During the 60's only two official TV-broadcasters existed in Germany, namely ARD (which had serveral regional stations, these were also beginning the broadcast of serveral regional third TV programms, which were mostly for regional news and educational purposes, from the mid 60's on !) and the second german television, ZDF. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARD_%28broadcaster%29en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZDFBTW, did you know that Radio Bremen is the oldest/first of the ARD stations ?? It was founded with the help and under the supervision of the allied powers of the US-Army in 1945, shortly after WW II ended: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Bremenhave a listen to the beginning of the first radio signature tune, broadcast on December 23, 1945 here at 2:45 minutes: www.radiobremen.de/mediathek/audio21826-popup.htmlIndependent and commercial telly didn't start in Germany until the early 80's. Regards, Oliver.
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Post by Keith Read on Feb 17, 2010 10:57:33 GMT
Thanks Thomas, I can confirm the logo from the link is the same as the one which appears on top of the stage on the clip.
Does anyone know about this Paul Jones & Richard Kent Style filming session, ie where and when it was filmed and for which programme?
Keith
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Post by Alan Turrell on Feb 17, 2010 18:26:23 GMT
Keith, i don't know if this helps but apparently Paul jones performed at the 1967 Windsor Festival , National jazz and blues Festival .It states on this particular website This will be his first festival appearance as an artist in his own right ( Saturday evening ). He will be accompanied , incidentally, by the Manchester based Richard Kent Style , an excellent group which has impressed me a great deal in the past.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2010 18:33:56 GMT
Keith, i don't know if this helps but apparently Paul jones performed at the 1967 Windsor Festival , National jazz and blues Festival .It states on this particular website This will be his first festival appearance as an artist in his own right ( Saturday evening ). He will be accompanied , incidentally, by the Manchester based Richard Kent Style , an excellent group which has impressed me a great deal in the past. Paul did indeed perform at that event and ended up being booed. Pink Floyd were headlined to perform but Syd Barrett had just had a breakdown, all gigs for that month was cancelled and it appears Paul had the unfortunate task of informing the audience that the Floyd would not be playing which got a bad reception.
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Post by Keith Read on Feb 17, 2010 22:54:45 GMT
Many thanks Alan & Phil for you valuable contributions which have indeed solved this mystery. It appears the film was indeed taken from The Windsor Festival Saturday 12th August 1967. The stage set from the following link is the same as my clip as is the association with WEM (Watkins Electrical) the same company which made the famous copycat echo chamber used earlier in the 60s by The Shadows. web url www.ukrockfestivals.com/nat-jazz-67-pa.htmlThe film clip on the documentary I referred to earlier came from an item filmed on board Radio Caroline South on Friday August 11th 1967 so this timing also fits nicely. My best guess is that the performance clip is ITN stock footage from that weekend in August 1967 ahead of the socialist governents lamentable decision to ban commercial radio from Britain Monday 14th Aug 67. Thanks to all for your help identifying the clip Keith
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Post by Rick W on Feb 18, 2010 2:04:49 GMT
The clip you refer to of Paul Jones falling off stage during Pretty Flamingo is actually on YouTube in the Veronica Story: www.youtube.com/user/veronicastory#p/u/11/x13CSO2dmYEBy a complete coincidence I was watching these Veronica Story videos last week. The Dutch narrator is explaining that Ronan O'Rahilly started Radio Caroline in 1964 to get radio exposure (that the BBC wouldn't give) for an artist he managed, Georgie Fame. So I'm wondering if Georgie Fame's band is backing PJ here.
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Post by Keith Read on Feb 18, 2010 11:12:25 GMT
Many thanks to Rick for finding an alternative source for the same clip of Paul Jones singing "Pretty Flamingo" 12th August 1967 on Youtube. This is from a different and far more recent radio documentary than the one I was referring to with a shorter musical clip but none the less it is the same performance.
With regard to your question if The Richard Kent Style were also Georgie Fame's backing band I can answer they were not. Ronan managed Georgie or at least was a promoter of his at the time Georgie and his band "The Blue Flames" were the resident house band at a jazz club in London called "The Flamingo". Later with the help of airplay from Caroline his single "Yeh Yeh" went to No. 1 in the chart (Jan 65) credited to Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames. At the time of the Paul Jones clip in 1967 his new album release was called "The Two Faces of Fame" - his backing band then being The Harry South Big Band. This album was also promoted heavily on Radio Caroline in summer 1967.
The Paul Jones clip clearly does survive we know thanks to this youtube posting. It will be very interesting to find out how much film of this performance plus if any of the other bands were also filmed over this major weekend of great music in Windsor.
My link in the previous paragraph has a complete programme of the weekends performances. Except for Pink Floyd of course who cancelled.
Keith
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Feb 18, 2010 11:38:59 GMT
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