THE ZOMBIES - RARE FOOTAGE.....

[Thomas Walsh]

This is wonderful. It's so nice to drag this place back to a semblance of what it used to excell in.....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGVIP0y4mdA&list=UUtt80E89ir99U4KhW6-zZPg&index=1&feature=plcp

[Alan Turrell]

Yes nice find Thomas, i've never seen this clip before, as you said nice to get back to what we should be talking about.

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It's lovely to see more Zombies footage surface. I'm a great fan of this underrated band and have seen them a couple of times in the past year (including on one occasion, Chris White and Hugh Grundy joining Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent on stage). If anyone gets a chance to see them, don't pass up the opportunity as they are superb live!

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Indeed a great band. Superb live act to this day.

There is also another performance from this same French TV show - hosted by Emperor Rosko - which I prefer to this one, "Going To A Go Go" - great stuff.

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

That reminds me - if anyone reads this at a sane hour, can you remind me to ask Rod Argent if he has owt? Bear in mind it's 2.16am, and I won't remember tomorrow.

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Ray: a question for Rod Argent you wanted reminding to ask him: "have you got owt, Rod?"

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I think Chris White would be a better bet - he's the member who kept hold of their tapes and memorabilia. Having said that, would probably be a long shot since if he had any footage I would imagine we'd had seen something from it by now.

[Tom Alger]

Jun 25, 2012 16:57:52 GMT @phillipgruber said:

Indeed a great band. Superb live act to this day.

There is also another performance from this same French TV show - hosted by Emperor Rosko - which I prefer to this one, "Going To A Go Go" - great stuff.

These are from a French TV show titled "Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup," broadcast January 11, 1967, B&W

Here's the show playlist. The Zombies and Claude François perform live. All of the other performers are miming.

Performers:
--Serge Gainsbourg & France Gall – "Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup" (theme song performed during opening titles)
--The Zombies – "This Old Heart of Mine" (appears to be a live performance)
--Sylvie Vartan – "Par Amour, Par Pitié"
--Sylvie Vartan interview (in French)
--Claude François – "J'Attendrai" (live vocals) (French version of "Reach Out I'll Be There")
--Annick Beauchamps (host) interviews Françoise Hardy (in French)
--Tony Renis – "Ci Sono Cose Più Grandi"
--Eddy Mitchell – "L’épopée du rock"
--The Walker Brothers – "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore"
--The two hosts, Annick Beauchamps & Mike Rosko, talk to each other in French.
--Dominique Walter – "Page Douze, Septieme Colonne" (French version of The Byrds' "Set You Free This Time").
--Serge Gainsbourg & France Gall – "Les Sucettes"
--Mike Rosko interviews Serge Gainsbourg & France Gall (in French)
--Serge Gainsbourg – "Marilu"
--Françoise Hardy - "Si c'est ça"
--Annick Beauchamps interviews Claude François (in French)
--Jean-Jacques Debout – "Le village n’est pas la ville"
--Françoise Hardy - "Je Changerais d'Avis"
--Eddy Mitchell – "Seul"
--Annick Beauchamps (co-host) interviews Marianne Faithfull and Serge Gainsbourg (in French)
--Marianne Faithfull – "Hier ou Demain" (Note: Marianne forgets the lyrics at one point during this mimed performance.)
--Claude François – "Sur Le Banc 21" (live vocals)
--The Zombies – "Going to a Go Go" (live performance)
--Sylvie Vartan – "Garde Moi Dans Ta Poche" (French version of "I Can't Help Myself")
Closing titles, with "Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup" theme song.

[Deleted]

Yes, The Zombies are definitely playing live on that show. They never recorded those songs in the studio though did do "This Old Heart Of Mine" on a BBC session. The only other vintage live footage existing that we know of is "Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself" from the Hippodrome show filmed in colour for the US market... a b+w t/r is around but it also appears the original colour VT is still in an archive as well... this was discussed some time ago.

Thanks for sharing the tracklisting and unearthing the transmission date since I had no idea when it actually dated from in 1967.

[Tom Alger]

Jun 27, 2012 17:41:18 GMT @phillipgruber said:

Yes, The Zombies are definitely playing live on that show. They never recorded those songs in the studio though did do "This Old Heart Of Mine" on a BBC session. The only other vintage live footage existing that we know of is "Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself" from the Hippodrome show filmed in colour for the US market... a b+w t/r is around but it also appears the original colour VT is still in an archive as well... this was discussed some time ago.

Thanks for sharing the tracklisting and unearthing the transmission date since I had no idea when it actually dated from in 1967.

You're welcome. And I appreciate you confirming that they played live. While it looked live, I wasn't completely sure.

I got the date and song titles from a Marianne Faithfull fan who once had a website dedicated to the singer.

From his (now) defunct site:

Dents de Lait, Dents de Loup
P: Maurice Dumay & Pierre Koralnik D: Jean-Pierre Spiero

Filming location: French TV Studios

Air date: Première Chaîne, 11 January 1967

Host: Emperor Rosko (Mike Rosko)

Serge Gainbourg & Marianne Faithfull interview by Annick Beauchamps
Hier ou Demain

Trivia: The above aired two days before the TV movie "Anna" premiered. ("Anna" also featured Marianne Faithfull doing "Hier ou Demain.")

Anna
P: Michèle Arnaud. D: Pierre Koralnik.

Cinematographer: Willy Kurant

Lyrics & Music: Serge Gainbourg

Colour
Filming location: French TV Studios

Air date: Deuxième Chaîne 13 January 1967
Hier ou Demain

Update: I found the website on the WaybackMachine:
web.archive.org/web/20020520033904/http://pithuit.free.fr/FAITHFULL/video.html
(It may be necessary to copy and paste the entire URL to get the site to work.)

[petercheck]

[Kev Hunter]

Nice clip, Peter! I wonder what song Colin (or maybe Neil MacArthur as he would have been called in 1969) was actually lip-synching to in this video? Can anyone lip-read?

[petercheck]

Dec 12, 2020 9:54:59 GMT Kev Hunter said:

Nice clip, Peter! I wonder what song Colin (or maybe Neil MacArthur as he would have been called in 1969) was actually lip-synching to in this video? Can anyone lip-read?

Not sure!  I thought it might be from 'Engelbert with The Young Generation' (1972), but it clearly isn't:

[ajsmith]

Dec 12, 2020 8:14:10 GMT petercheck said:

Just a total hunch that may be wrong, but this footage looks kind of French to me. I think it’s the outre garb worn by the girls. With their look and Colins shorter and still modish hair it indeed looks like it’s late 60s not early 70s. Any chance it’s for the Neil McArthur ‘She’s Not There’?

[petercheck]

Could be... it's certainly a "Neil McArthur" performance, as his name comes up at around 0:27.