offer to research old NME's Disc for tv show info

[Peter Stirling]

Great William, there is the ellusive Dave Clark........ maybe he has..............?

[williammcgregor]

Hi Peter,

As Phillipgruber has said in previous threads, Dave Clark seems to be a law unto himself.

Personally I would'nt be the least bit surprised if he has a copy of 'Two Rivers', especially as he himself was in episode 2


cheers William

[Alan Turrell]

Does anyone know where the clip of Dave Clark and Cathy Mcgowan going up the Thames in a speedboat comes from , i think it was a speedboat or a boat of some kind , it was used in the clip of "Catch us If You can" on RSG .

[williammcgregor]

Feb 27, 2013 11:04:29 GMT SydV said:

We've got all studio guests for the 1970 editions of BBC2's "Disco 2" listed except for Saturday 13th June 1970 (tx'd in the early hours of Sunday 14th). Are there any details for that edition?

Disco 2 UPDATE number 2

Hi Syd,

I've just received a copy of Disc and Music Echo dated 13th June 1970 and this is an extract from page 2

Bobby Darin and Free appear in Disco 2 introduced by Tommy Vance on Saturday BBC 2 12:30am

I've double checked the Rock On TV 1970 website homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob/RockOnTV70-75.html and I can't see these artists mentioned around that time, they just have question marks against an episode from the 14th June???

so it looks to me as though these were the featured artists on the 13th June or 14th June?

cheers
William

[SydV]

Thanks William. It has to be the 14th June 1970 edition.
This would be Free at their peak - June 1970 being the month their classic "Fire and Water" album was released, so another notable loss to the archives.

[jerryg]

Hi william ,ive got a couple of favours to ask of you ,could you possibly sometime check to see if you have got any info in your papers etc,about the edition of lift off from 31st december 1969 ,i think that both the californians and the bonzo dog doo da band appeared ,but i was just wondering if you could find out any info on what other guests appeared on that edition please,also do you have any info on discs a go go from around 1965 -66 period ,if so is there any mention of the dancers ,The Go Jos ,i believe they appeared at some point on the series as regular guest dancers ,but having a definite year of when ,would be very helpful ,many thanks once again william for all your help in the past

[williammcgregor]

Apr 17, 2013 18:10:44 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william ,ive got a couple of favours to ask of you ,could you possibly sometime check to see if you have got any info in your papers etc,about the edition of lift off from 31st december 1969 ,i think that both the californians and the bonzo dog doo da band appeared ,but i was just wondering if you could find out any info on what other guests appeared on that edition please,also do you have any info on discs a go go from around 1965 -66 period ,if so is there any mention of the dancers ,The Go Jos ,i believe they appeared at some point on the series as regular guest dancers ,but having a definite year of when ,would be very helpful ,many thanks once again william for all your help in the past

Lift-Off UPDATE number 5

Hi jerryg,

That was my 14th birthday, I must try and remember what I did that day? It would have comprised of some TV that's for sure!, anyway...

In the NME dated 20/12/69 page 7 it mentions the following:

Guest line-up for Granada's "Lift Off" on Wednesday December 31, comprises the Bonzo Dog Band, Karen Young
Billy M. Lawrie the Californians and Magna Carta

meantime I'll try and find out info re The Go Jos

Glad to be of help

Cheers William

[jerryg]

Great stuff william ,many thanks for finding this extra info on lift off that doesent seem to be documented anywhere ,i would think that keren youngs song was her follow up to the very successful nobodys child ,

[williammcgregor]

It's a pleasure jerryg,

I don't know which song Karen Young sung on the show

but what I do know is that she is listed as being at number 24 in the NME charts in the 20th December 1969 issue I quoted from earlier with "Nobody's Child"

(the song had been in the NME charts for 11 weeks at the time and it's highest position was number 8)

On the same page is a small ad for her LP (Allentown Jail) MM662 S/MMLP66 at 37/6 in old money!

cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Apr 17, 2013 18:10:44 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william ,ive got a couple of favours to ask of you ,could you possibly sometime check to see if you have got any info in your papers etc,about the edition of lift off from 31st december 1969 ,i think that both the californians and the bonzo dog doo da band appeared ,but i was just wondering if you could find out any info on what other guests appeared on that edition please,also do you have any info on discs a go go from around 1965 -66 period ,if so is there any mention of the dancers ,The Go Jos ,i believe they appeared at some point on the series as regular guest dancers ,but having a definite year of when ,would be very helpful ,many thanks once again william for all your help in the past

GoJos UPDATE number 2

Hi jerryg

So far I've checked every issue of the NME from 1965 about Discs a Go Go and the Go Jos and I can only see one mention of the Go Jos that was in the issue dated 18/1/65 on page 6 it mentions them being on the show along with Manfred Mann

Other isues of the NME just dealt with whom was on the show that week (here's what I found out, please see below)

25/1/65 Cilla and Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers

1/2/65 Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas, Millie, The Riot Squad

8/2/65 The Animals, Craig Douglas, The Rustiks

1/3/65 The Pretty Things, Long John Baldry, Just Four Men

8/3/65 The Dave Clark Five, Anita Harris

15/3/65 Tom Jones, The Ivy League

22/3/65 Gerry Marsden, Andrienne Posta, Mike Preston, The Messengers, The Mike Cotton Sound

29/3/65 The Four Pennies, The Yardbirds

3/5/65 Cilla, Tom Jones & the Squires, Manfred Mann, The Ivy League, Beau Brummell

26/5/65 Lulu & The Luvvers, Michael Haslam, Tony Blackburn, The Cannon Brothers

22/9/65 Pet Clark

8/12/65 Wayne Fontana

Discs a Go Go then changed it's name to 'NOW' on the 22/12/65 and Tom Jones was on the first edition

on the 2nd edition of 'NOW' on the 29/12/65 was P.J.Proby, The Toys, The Kinks, Brian Poole & the Tremeloes also The Walker Brothers

the new show was created by journalist Michael Wale and his writing partner Joe Steeples.

cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Apr 17, 2013 18:10:44 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william ,ive got a couple of favours to ask of you ,could you possibly sometime check to see if you have got any info in your papers etc,about the edition of lift off from 31st december 1969 ,i think that both the californians and the bonzo dog doo da band appeared ,but i was just wondering if you could find out any info on what other guests appeared on that edition please,also do you have any info on discs a go go from around 1965 -66 period ,if so is there any mention of the dancers ,The Go Jos ,i believe they appeared at some point on the series as regular guest dancers ,but having a definite year of when ,would be very helpful ,many thanks once again william for all your help in the past

Hi Jerryg,

GoJos UPDATE number 3

It's hard to find any references to the Go Jos I've checked every issue of the NME from 1965 and now also 1966 and found nothing.

I have however, come across a large 2 page (clothing fashion shoot) from Fabulous 208 magazine dated the 9th July 1966 which features The Beat Girls, Babs Lord, Di Di Wilde (sic) and Penny Ferguson

If you want me to attach the pictures please let me know

The fashion shoot is called (Cool Cats) and has the girls, modelling various fashion of the period (and holding cats in their arms etc)

not exactly what you were looking for, but maybe you're interested? no problem if you're not.

cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Hi,

Found this wee article within Fabulous 208 magazine dated 27th August 1966 concerning Lulus' escapades whilst filming 'A Tale of Two Rivers in Paris'

This article was in Fabulous 208 magazine a week before the big major article which you can see in an earlier reply by myself please see below:

[jerryg]

Thanks very very much william for your research on discs a go go ,and the go-jos ,its very interesting to see that just after two months of jo cook forming The Go-Jos for totp ,that they soon got a booking to guest on another tv pop show ,i think not long after this they also were booked to appear on thank your lucky stars pop show under the name and a slighly different line up as The Jo Cook dancers .if it is possible it would be great to see the article on the beat girls ,many thanks.

[williammcgregor]

Feb 26, 2013 21:09:28 GMT jerryg said:

Hi william ,thanks for the offer ,i dont know if you will find any details ,but if its possible could you have a look and see ,if there is any info on granada tv new pop show that started 1st november 1968 called discotheque ,only there is very little info anywhere about this pop show ,also do you know if the pop show lift off,which began november 69 is mentioned anywhere ,in the papers ,many thanks.

Discotheque UPDATE number 4

NME 14th September 1968
Mary Hopkin mentioned as being booked for the first show (The NME seemed be be a bit erratic in it's information, as Mary was'nt mentioned as being on the first show in another issue of the NME) ......(please see a previous update for other artists/groups on the first show)


NME 9th November 1968
Next Thursday (14) The Barron Knights, The Merseys and David Essex guest in Granada-TV's "Discotheque" hosted by Billy J. Kramer


NME 7th December 1968
Mentions Paul Jones being a guest on the show on the 20th December to promote his new single 'Aquarius'


NME 21st December 1968
Line-up for Granada-TV's "Discotheque" series includes The Idle Race, J.J. Jackson, The Perishers and Tammy Jones on (Friday 27th December)

Geno Washington's Ram Jam Band, Blossom Toes, Truly Smith and The Chants on (January 3rd)

Freddie and The Dreamers, Root and Jenny Jackson, John Walker and Lois Lane on (January 10th)

Graham Bonney, Julie Rogers, Roger James Cooke and Kenny Ball's Jazzmen on (January 17th)

To follow the "Discotheque" research postings from the beginning please see pages 1,3,6,8,9,10,12 and 15



cheers William

[williammcgregor]

Mar 1, 2013 0:16:20 GMT Thomas Walsh said:

Hello William. You may very well have started the best thread on here in ages!! Thanks. Could you possibly, at your leisure, post any TV appearance references to both 'The Honeybus' and 'The Idle Race'. Pretty sure the majority of what both bands did on the TV end of things are wiped but it would be great to have some kind of structured list to go on. Take your time on that one, no rush. We're talking mainly 1968/69 for both bands. Cheers William.

Idle Race UPDATE number 1

NME dated 21st December 1968
The Idle Race are mentioned as being on the TV show "Discotheque" on the 27th December

cheers William