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Post by davetudor on Jan 11, 2024 9:14:35 GMT
I was looking through some random pages in a quiet period at work and I noticed this post. I'm sure there was no further development as the last post was so long ago but it ass fascinating to read that there was a possibility of 'Let's Go To San Francisco' (I'm assuming) existing out there in the wild clothed yonder. Fascinating because nothing at all from TOTP from that hallowed month of September 1967 has shown up. One other TOTP '67 question; 'Let's Spend The Night Together' is a clip from 27/01/67 re used for the Boxing Day 1967 show. Was the film of 'San Francisco' also a retrospective clip (I'd make an educated guess it would be from 10/08/67) or was it put together especially for that Boxing Day show. The footage comes from no later than that Summer. As a defining chart topper of the year I can understand the special effort to put it together for Christmas but it seems strange that Johnnie Stewart would've gone to that much trouble and not just repeated the clip that was shown when the single was at No.1. I'd love to know as any extra '67 survivor is precious. Ps. Pity that BBC4 only showed two editions that have already had a repeat to mark the 60th anniversary. My choices; 06/03/69 05/02/70 29/04/71 11/04/74 Thanks for bringing this thread up: I wasn't aware of this discovery and so I would be interested to see it. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) However, just to clarify, the San Franciscan-themed chart-topper from the summer of 1967 was 'San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)' by Scott McKenzie, a clip of which (a film insert, I think?) has, I believe, been around for a while. The discovery which is discussed here is 'Let's Go To San Francisco' by the British group The Flower Pot Men. I thought I had seen a clip of this song repeated on some nostalgia show or other when I was very young (i.e. early 80s) but I guess I must be wrong! The memory does indeed play tricks!
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Post by John Green on Jan 11, 2024 17:32:10 GMT
Out-doing Joe Meek, The Flowerpot Men produced their unique sound by sitting in a bath of hot water.
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Post by mjhopkins on Jan 11, 2024 20:24:37 GMT
Yes I realised straightaway that I was shoving together two different San Fran titled songs! 'Let's Go To San Francisco' would be a magnificent find if it was out there but there's been no more info since the thread was first put up. I love that single. Shameless cash in perhaps but I wasn't there and sometimes it's those songs that best evoke a time. Damn lovely tune as well. I guess the earlier surviving 'Zabadak!' is an indication of what Top of the Pops looked like in September 1967 being a clip from 5th October. A film for 'San Francisco' by Scott McKenzie according to Peter Checksfield's (hello Peter) book and TV Pop Diaries, was shown four times; 20th July '67 then 10th, 17th and 24th August. Could it have been the same one shown on the Boxing Day edition? I suspect the footage wouldn't have been ready in time for late July but it's possible. According to TV Pop Diaries, on 24th August edition Pete Murray tells the viewers it's a new film they're showing but it had already been on before. Peter do you have any info about what was new and what was re-used material for the 26th Dec '67 edition? Engelbert looks very different to all the other clips as well.
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Post by mjhopkins on Jan 11, 2024 21:56:37 GMT
The fact that there have been screen grabs of Let's Go To San Francisco on TOTP in existence in recent years is very exciting.
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