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Post by Ant Harvison - WIPED NEWS on Jun 6, 2011 8:15:28 GMT
Yep, great event (well, the last two hours I managed to catch).
Does anyone know the songs Medicine Head played on See You Sunday?
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Post by Rich Cornock on Jun 6, 2011 8:21:19 GMT
quote 'herman's hermits footage, picture perfect totp from 1970 discovered only the previous day!'
can you tell us more about this discovery, ive heard nothing about this find
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Post by Chris Barratt on Jun 6, 2011 8:51:15 GMT
Herman's Hermits - found on some old documantary or other! Basically most of "Years May Come Years May Go" in glorious colour, cage set and groovy chicks dancing ahoy! (and if they can dance to that in all it's "oompah" glory then they could move to anything!) and the Hermits looking good in their final year - Keith Hopwood had embraced the "early 70s look" already and was sporting 'that' 70/71 hairstyle and a "Shoestring" 'tache. Karl Green was clean shaven though, unlike this clip from around 3 months later.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwftJ5kO0-QIt was apparantly from 5/3/70, though the database has that down as a repeat performance so it may or may not have originated from the same 12/2/70 show as the surviving Bobbie Gentry, Pan's People/J5 and "Instant Karma" performances.
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Post by Simon Winters on Jun 6, 2011 10:50:40 GMT
Superb event, with Pete Murray on top form and extremely friendly panel guests. Well done!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2011 10:55:38 GMT
On a related point, for people interested in '70s colour Hermits, they also feature in an existing Ed & Zed from later in 1970, singing a few things including Lady Barbara and Sunshine Girl. They're also in colour as featured in This Is Tom Jones (1969) singing My Sentimental Friend.
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Post by Gordon Roxburgh on Jun 6, 2011 13:51:30 GMT
It was my first Kal event, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. Like several others, I think name badges for the organisers would be a good idea, it is always nice to be able to put a face to a name.
The TOTP DJ's were all in fine form, and both entertaining and approachable.
It was good to see some of the 'bonus' footage, and I'm interested to know what edition the recovered performance of Brotherhood Of Man's 'Save Your Kisses For Me' came from? Any information would be much appreciated.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Jun 6, 2011 14:07:19 GMT
I don't know, but for it to be both MISSING and not a repeat performance, it would have to be either 4/3/76 or 18/3/76, I think.
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Post by Chris Barratt on Jun 6, 2011 17:19:40 GMT
BofM and Tina Charles were both from 4/3/76, the Paul Burnett intro to Tina Charles was intact!
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Post by Gary Critcher on Jun 6, 2011 20:23:58 GMT
Blimey! This sounds like a good event, pity I was working
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Post by Nigel Lees on Jun 7, 2011 21:04:11 GMT
I'm glad I went, fab to see Tomorrow, the Symbols, Paul and Barry Ryan with diff version of 'Pictures Of Today' (all on the Discs a go go show) and of course Floyd on TOTP. It was amazing for me to see the Procol Harum - especially as it was the live vocal one with Gary Brooker getting the lyrics wrong early on, as I've an off air audio of this very appearance. Never thought I'd see them actually doing it! Also nice that Pete Murray mentioned the Hendrix mix up on TOTP in '67, if anyone wants to hear it its on the most recent Hendrix BBC sessions CD revamp which came out late last year - I supplied it to the Hendrix estate from another tape I found. Great entertainment and Jimi singing live. The DJs were entertaining, a good feature of the day indeed.
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Post by Kev Mulrenan on Jun 11, 2011 20:43:41 GMT
Well it’s been a week since this marvellous event and here is a summary of what I thought. It was great to see a jam packed hall and great to meet up for the first time with a lot of people from the popscene group. The bar event was a strong enough lineup in itself but sadly i never got the time to see anything! I would quite happily sit down to that lot during a normal kal event. Music Peter was a great hors d’oeuvre with my favourite clip being the Merseybeats. I swear I saw them move. Just the once mind! I liked the feature on Leslie Judd as it made the rediscovered performance more meaningful to have a context. Junior Campbell was a delight. It was great to chat to him briefly in the bar. That Julie Felix clip was in remarkable quality. The Hermans Hermits clip was stupendous. I love that 1970 Totp set. The recovered 76 clips from the agents, while not essential, were welcome too. The guests were lively and it was great to see Pete Murray in such great form. What a shame the Central tv cameras were not there to capture it all. What happened to them? Ed Stewpot and Mike Reid supplied lively anecdotes. Sadly Stewpot was unable to solve the mystery of the eyepatch he was wearing in the 71 edition where he interviews Pan’s People. I asked him that question in the bar. The recovered 76 was great. The Walker Brothers was the highlight. Full clip too. Sadly Sing me a Fantasy was moved to the bar. Show this at Christmas please kal! The 67/68 totp was so intriguing. An announcement as to how it was discovered etc would have been welcome. I knew all about it but some may not have. I loved the direction of the clips which hints at what a lively show it was. (19) PINK FLOYD – See Emily Play * Introduced by dear olf Fluff. The camera swept down in a great shot of the band. Nick Mason in front. Roger on the right, Syd in the middle top and Rick Wright middle left. I thought how good this would have looked in full colour with all their Carnaby gear. During Rick’s piano playing there was a camera shot involving lights. (NEW) THE BEATLES – All You Need Is Love (film clip) The familiar Our World clip. Shame it wasn’t a different thing but that’s life.
I thin this si where we get a glimpse of Samanth Juste who spinned the disks. And was Mickie Dolenz’ first wife. (3) THE MONKEES – Alternate Title (video) * Fluff mentions the bbc cameras captured them. Looked like the pathe footage of the band arriving in the uk. The second half showed fans camped outside their hotel. The second half was speeded up footage. (1) PROCOL HARUM – A Whiter Shade Of Pale ® * Gary Brooker had clearly been taking something stronger than a cup of tea in the bbc canteen. Live vocals and he sang something like “I can’t remember the words!” Robin Trower had yet to join the band so there was, I think, original guitarist Ray Royer. (5) THE TURTLES – She’d Rather Be With Me ® * Lovely fun performance of the band in the studio. I loved the way they were clearly enjoying themselves. (9) DAVE DAVIES – Death Of A Clown * Fluff shouts and now Ray Davies. Dave shouts back It’s Dave Davies. Must have been scripted. There is a graphic of a tent with a smiling clown and Dave emerges from a window or door. He is resplendent in a ruffled shirt and jacket. Very theatrical. He is eated and strums an acoustic guitar. We see the crowd dancing. (NEW) ALAN PRICE SET – The House That Jack Built * Nice performance. I think this is where they used a diamond camera effect like the Kinks Autumn Almanac one. (19) TOM JONES – I’ll Never Fall In Love Again * Not a Jones fan. This suffered as it was slow and the tape was very bad here. It must have been great to be in the studio. They showed a fair bit of the crowd. With careful use they could use these clips in documentaries and get the talking heads to cover the gaps.
Discs a go go was wonderful. How typical a go go show it was is debatable. Tony B was a great host. Loved the Symbols Best part of breaking up. Paul and Barry Ryan were on top form. They were enjoying the show and again in the excitement forgot a few lyrics. What a treat to see Tomorrow and Keith West. Lots of other good stuff in there too. See You Sunday was nice. Hudson and Ford were the best in my opinion. The good news is kal have another compilation of that to show next year. Time For Blackburn surprised me as it had a good few performances. I thought it would be lots of features and a couple of songs. So the amount of pop in it exceeded my expectations. It featured Dave Dee and Co with the Wreck of the Antoinette, the DC5 with Red Balloon, and the Who doing Magic Bus. Tony jokes to Roger Daltry that he’s glad he’s keeping abreast of things! There was a good feature on Long John Baldry too. Thanks to the kal guys and gals. I never thought you could top last year’s event. But you did!
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Post by Chris Barratt on Jun 11, 2011 21:51:11 GMT
If they can do something with the sound, I think those 1967 performances could be made broadcastable by using stills of band/TOTP audience/period camera effects, and that this would be worth doing. If the BBC pulled it's socks up it could have another "Sounds Of The Sixties" tv series in the can.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2011 9:11:46 GMT
I never understood why there wasn't a series 2 of Sounds Of The Sixties originally! It was a winning format and left a lot of unused material in the archives. Since then, of course, other stuff has also turned up that could be utilised. Series like Once More With Felix / Julie Felix and others were hardly tapped at all.
As regards the 1967 TOTP footage, a huge improvement would of course be the re-dubbing of the soundtrack to these clips, the audio of which is a large part of what makes these clips so hard to watch, with the frequent slurring etc.. Some of these songs were the recorded versions, so it would be easy to dub. But Nigel in this very thread mentions the existence of an audio of the Procol Harum appearance (which had live vocal), which means it's possible to improve this landmark appearance as well. I hope all this remarkable footage can be utilised to it's maximum potential in due course.
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Post by johnstewart on Jun 21, 2011 17:39:15 GMT
Maybe next time we should all wear name badges!! Great day, great footage - a splendid time was guaranteed for all! Loved the 1967 TOTP (and I'm sure something could eventually be 'done' with it given time & patience) and even the 1976 TOTP was quite strong (give or take Guys'n'Dolls & those terrible Suprise Sisters!). Loved the suprise clips of Tina Charles from 5/3/76 and especially Herman's Hermits from 5/3/70 - I cannot get enough of 'groovy' TOTP 1970-stylee, and despite the corny "oompah" of Years May Come, it was good to see some 'late' Hermits in colour (and Keith Hopwood seeing in the new decade with the "Shoestring" look!). Discs-A-Go-Go was great, as was "Time For Blackburn" - great to see new performances of Magic Bus (Keith Moon on fine form!) and even The Red Balloon (Dave Clark sat on a stool crooning for the verses, I kid ye not!) - does anymore exist of this show as it seems to be genuine ITV "TOTP" for the time. The guests were all superb - Junior Campbell, Brian Locking, Mike Read, David Hamilton, Ed Stewart (I had to shuffle my car in the car park to give him a space) and an enthusiastic Pete Murray. The dj's in particular were very approachable and fielding autographs and questions for a long time after the "panel". Does anyone know if Pete Murray was filmed and when if so it will be broadcast? Sorry just saw the events fore note.
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Post by Simon Winters on Jun 24, 2011 12:15:22 GMT
In the end, Central News decided that it was all too-BBC to film it, so they cancelled.
The BBC (tv & radio) were never interested in it, despite them getting a detailed press release. Very short-sighted of the BBC not to take up the chance of an ultra-rare inverview with Pete Murray and the other TOTP guys, especially as they have spent the last two years trying to get Pete on camera for various programmes, without any success!
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