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Post by dave1turner on Sept 2, 2010 11:46:29 GMT
I gather this was the follow up to "Oh Boy", does anyone one know what survives?..
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Sept 2, 2010 12:47:51 GMT
""Drumbeat was a BBC television series that aired every Saturday from 4 April to 29 August 1959. It was the BBC's answer and rival to ITV's Oh Boy! series, though as the latter finished on 30 May, for most of its run Drumbeat had no comparable competition. The series was broadcast live with the exception of the episode of 18 July, which was telerecorded. None of the episodes are known to have survived."" (from Wikipedia, edited)
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Post by geoffleonard on Mar 7, 2017 1:44:36 GMT
""Drumbeat was a BBC television series that aired every Saturday from 4 April to 29 August 1959. It was the BBC's answer and rival to ITV's Oh Boy! series, though as the latter finished on 30 May, for most of its run Drumbeat had no comparable competition. The series was broadcast live with the exception of the episode of 18 July, which was telerecorded. None of the episodes are known to have survived."" (from Wikipedia, edited) Dougie Wright, the JB7's drummer at the time, remains convinced that the show was sold to Australian TV, though if that was the case, presumably the BBC would have had to film all the live broadcasts? I hope one day to verify this, possibly from a visit to BBC Written Archives. |
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Post by Richard Marple on Mar 7, 2017 13:25:42 GMT
I remember in the late 1990s Record Collector had a profile of Drum Beat in their Transmission Impossible column.
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Post by williammcgregor on Dec 4, 2019 12:48:07 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 4, 2019 15:24:11 GMT
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Post by ashleywood on Dec 7, 2019 11:31:53 GMT
I don't have my copy of the EP handy but the Lana Sisters track is their 45 with dubbed audience. I don't think the EP is genuine Drumbeat soundtrack but I'll try and check. The BBC gave permission for the name Drumbeat to be used, the pictures on the back of the EP suggest a studio session rather than a TV studio set up. At present there are two clips of Drumbeat audio (no video) that I'm aware of - an almost complete episode audio only in a private collection and Vince Eager included three songs on a cd - Brand New Cadillac / Shake It Lucy Baby / Good Rockin’ Tonight which I worked out the dates for from the BBC pasb's but don't have my notes handy. Sorry to be so unspecific on that but I'll try and find my notes and update here. |
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Post by garystevens on Dec 7, 2019 12:29:09 GMT
Drumbeat : The John Barry Seven Transmission Date: 24/03/1959 Annotation: Picture shows (l-r) Jimmy Stead, John Barry, Dennis King, Dougie Wright, Mike Peters, Vic Flick, and Keith Kelly - The John Barry Seven.
NB Keith Kelly was later replaced by Les Reed. Transcript from original photo - The John Barry Seven, a group formed tow years ago by twenty-four year old, six foot tall, York born John Barry, who have been lined up by Drumbeat, the new teenage 'beat' show on BBC Tv on Saturdays at 6.30pm. The Seven - all bachelors - have developed an individual and distinctive type of music whilch has put them at the top in television, records, films and on the stage.
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Post by petercheck on Dec 7, 2019 15:36:34 GMT
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Post by williammcgregor on Dec 7, 2019 20:24:34 GMT
Speaking of Vince Taylor here's Adam and the Ants singing about him on Jools Holland
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Post by ashleywood on Dec 7, 2019 22:15:53 GMT
The Fontana Drumbeat EP was recorded on April 29th 1959 by Fontana's Jack Baverstock according to the May 1st 1959 NME so doesn't come from an actual Drumbeat show broadcast. Paul Howes, who has written several excellent Dusty Springfield books notes that the Lana Sisters cut, Buzzin' is apparently the regular studio version with added audience.
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Post by Richard Marple on Dec 7, 2019 22:59:06 GMT
Drumbeat : The John Barry Seven Transmission Date: 24/03/1959 Annotation: Picture shows (l-r) Jimmy Stead, John Barry, Dennis King, Dougie Wright, Mike Peters, Vic Flick, and Keith Kelly - The John Barry Seven.
Was that the same Dennis King who wrote the themes to several television shows in the 1970s - 80s? |
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 7, 2019 23:20:58 GMT
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Post by johnpoole on Dec 7, 2019 23:31:17 GMT
Drumbeat : The John Barry Seven Transmission Date: 24/03/1959 Annotation: Picture shows (l-r) Jimmy Stead, John Barry, Dennis King, Dougie Wright, Mike Peters, Vic Flick, and Keith Kelly - The John Barry Seven.
Was that the same Dennis King who wrote the themes to several television shows in the 1970s - 80s? There was a Denis King who was the pianist with the King Brothers and later worked on some soundtracks and TV themes www.deniskingmusiclibrary.com/showcontent.aspx?ID=15en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_KingDennis King, tenor sax player with the John Barry Seven www.imdb.com/name/nm1300320/ |
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Post by ashleywood on Dec 8, 2019 9:31:19 GMT
Those Vince Eager tracks might well be from the Parlophone LP"Drumbeat" which as with the Fontana ep and Oh Boy LP are studio recreations rather than actual broadcasts. |
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