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In the case of The Move, I believe that Rob Caiger and The Move themselves have been wanting to do such a project for many years. I certainly remember reading about it ten years or so ago in Record Collector and that it would feature never seen before footage apparently of their "first London gig" amongst other things. Compared to many bands, there is plenty of footage of The Move. At least one performance exists of every one of their singles except "Chinatown" and there are multiple choices with a handful of them.

Whatever happened to this project is anybody's guess. Maybe it's still "in the works" or simply abandoned. One can never tell.

[davemachin]

Apr 9, 2010 6:26:06 GMT Thomas Walsh said:

Dave, I've spoken to the main guy from 'Reeling in the years' who's responsible for the wonderful recent DVD releases (Small Faces, Dusty etc..) and he says that they'll never do a 'Kinks' one (Ray?) or a 'Move' one (ridiculous money being asked for footage clearance. Hugely sad that). He also says that he only knows of 30-40 minutes of really really good quality footage available from bands like 'The Zombies' who he says he's constantly asked to release a DVD of (as well as The Move) so there's a lot less footage out there of certain classic bands than people think.

:-(

T.

Thanks Thomas. Sad about the copyright situation and that there is sparce footage of some bands. Perhaps with this, a joint release with two groups sharing a dvd would be a solution? I have seen a fair bit of Zombies footage myself (and there is also that Hippodrome Show existing privately so maybe there is more as well?)

Regarding The Move, is there any footage of Do Ya (the last single)? I haven't seen any but it would be good if there was something. I expected there to be problems with bands like The Kinks but not with some of the others. I wonder if a Yardbirds or Manfred Mann release would be possible? Even The Hollies (I know they have some stuff out but there is much great footage that still sits on a shelf). Who else is there from the sixties? Spencer Davis Group? Traffic? Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac? The Animals?

Dave

[Thomas Walsh]

Nice to hear from you Dave.

I asked EXACTLY what you've posted to the 'Reeling..' guy (his name escapes me at the moment sorry) and the sharing DVD idea is not a go-er and the lack of (available) footage to them anyway is the biggest problem. He stressed that people would be genuinely shocked to find out how little there is available on some pretty big and iconic 60's bands.

As regards 'Do Ya'. That song was the last 'Move' song ever recorded and was only released (whilst The Move were still a band) in the U.K. and U.S as the b-side to 'California Man' (sharing the b-side with 'Ella James' in the U.K though it was the sole b-side in the States). It was flipped in the U.S by disc jockey's (as was their want in those days) and became The Move's only U.S 'hit'.

It entered the Billboard Hot 100 on October the 28th 1972 and spent a pretty cool (for The Move) 5 weeks on the chart reaching a high of #93!! It marked The Move's only entry into the USA Billboard charts and Jeff Lynne's first ever entry.

Because of it's success in the U.S (and the release in 1974 of the 'California Man' LP on Harvest) it was re-released (in an edited form) in England in September of that year as an A-side with 'No Time' (another Jeff Lynne track) taken from the Message From The Country' album as it's B-side.

So..... ;D to answer your question Dave there is no promo or TV appearance of a 'MOVE' version of 'Do Ya' simply because they were no more when it was posthumously released.

Hope that didn't bore you sensless.....??

Thomas.

[davemachin]

No that's fine, Thomas. Thanks for the info. Yes it does seem shocking so little is out there of famous sixties names. Things are turning up when least expected though and as with Popside and others there seem to be pop shows we know little about that may hold unseen key appearances.

Perhaps a sampler of some of those groups is the best way to approach it? I would certainly buy one as I would a dvd of anything by The Zombies, Animals, Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, Spencer Davies Group, Kinks, Hollies etc (no matter how short they are and I can remember those Beat Club e.p. dvds that might be the ideal solution to lack of clips). Glad someone is asking those questions to dvd companies though!

Dave

[nicadare]

The Hollies Dutch Collection is the most thorough Hollies DVD compilation available which is a ...Dutch Import (not surprisingly)!
It features TV performances and promos from just about all their main hits.
I suspect it's from the BR stable judging by the outstanding quality (and the usual audio overdubbing).

1. Just One Look
2. I'm Alive
3. Look Through Any Window
4. I Can't Let Go
5. Bus Stop
6. Stop Stop Stop
7. On a Carousel
8. Carrie Anne
9. Dear Eloise
10. Jennifer Eccles
11. Listen to Me
12. Sorry Suzanne
13. Blowin' in the Wind
14. He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother
15. Gasoline Alley Bred
16. Too Young to Be Married
17. Hey Willy
18. Baby
19. Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
20. Magic Woman Touch
21. Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee
22. Air That I Breathe
23. Son of a Rotten Gambler
24. I'm Down
25. Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)
26. Daddy Don't Mind
27. Interview Graham Nash
28. Star
29. Boulder to Birmingham
30. Interview Mid 70's
31. Heartbeat
32. Holliedaze

Unfortunately Bus Stop isn't the newly discovered June 1966 Top of the Pop performance. ;D

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I got that one myself. It's a good selection but for me leans a bit too heavily on b/w promo films for the '60s period when there are a lot of b/w and colour VT studio appearances that remain generally unseen from that time.