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Post by ajsmith on Feb 27, 2013 12:17:11 GMT
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Post by markg on Feb 27, 2013 14:33:10 GMT
They are owning up:
First broadcast BBC Four, 7:00PM Sun, 7 Mar 2010
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 16:40:56 GMT
Come on, BBC - let's have a second series of Sounds Of The Sixties rather than these repeated "makeweights"! It isn't that hard to compile new selections of clips to fill ten weeks, is it!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 17:18:21 GMT
Come on, BBC - let's have a second series of Sounds Of The Sixties rather than these repeated "makeweights"! It isn't that hard to compile new selection of clips to fill ten weeks, is it!!! Agreed... and if they ever do bother, for God's sake don't give us the crappy captions that soiled Sounds of The Seventies 2, and DON'T think you can sneak in Sonny and Cher or The Supremes again either... repeating stuff from the first series is not funny. Maybe we should get listing all known existing non TOTP stuff they could show like all those Blue Peter performances from 1964 to 1966 - certainly enough for one or two episodes there. I'd like to see The Avons and The Brook Brothers who are listed on that "Pops and Lenny" title sequence since there's very little pre-Beatles stuff and it'd be curious to see them in action. It's high time something was also done with the ITV archives - must be loads of stuff that's not been seen since original transmission. |
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Post by simoncurtis on Feb 27, 2013 18:35:24 GMT
Unless those 60's clips are properly restored/vidfired etc, i don't think it's worth making a new series
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2013 19:46:35 GMT
It's still worth doing whatever. Obviously I'd much prefer them VidFired etc. but it isn't going to happen. Many of the clips are in good condition anyway, even though you get a few which are pretty ropey. If it's a case of see them that way or not at all though, I'd choose the former. Seems silly to cut your nose off to spite your face!
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Post by simoncurtis on Feb 28, 2013 17:16:53 GMT
It's still worth doing whatever. Obviously I'd much prefer them VidFired etc. but it isn't going to happen. Many of the clips are in good condition anyway, even though you get a few which are pretty ropey. If it's a case of see them that way or not at all though, I'd choose the former. Seems silly to cut your nose off to spite your face! That is true. It's a shame that it's not going to happen though, some Totp clips/episodes are crying out for some restoration work
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Post by nicadare on Mar 2, 2013 10:54:11 GMT
No BBC4 logo, that was a bonus.  |
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Post by Stephen Doran on Mar 2, 2013 15:00:01 GMT
Im sure The Who I Can See For Miles clip was from TOTP in 1967 i recall Rogers cross round his neck. ;D
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Post by Rich Cornock on Mar 2, 2013 16:51:14 GMT
ITV really should come in for the biggest criticism as while they have multiple channels they show no vintage pop material at all. To be fair to the BBC they do show a lot of vintage music material even if its not to everyone's taste.
Anybody got details of what lies unshown in the itv archive?
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Post by jerryg on Mar 2, 2013 19:42:45 GMT
I did e mail itv a few weeks ago ,asking why cant they find room on one of their channels to repeat some of their archive pop shows,i got the usual standard reply ,saying that ,thanks for your comments regarding old pop shows ,your comments have been passed on to the relevant people ,or words to that effect ,i know that a lot of the early shows from the 60s and early 70s have been wiped,but i know in the granada archives alone ,there are roughly 190 complete pop shows ,that muriel young produced ,granted they went out on air for the kids at the time ,but that doesent mean there wasnt some good bands and singers of the time ,on these shows ,i think one of the best pop shows that granada made probably was 45,which went out ,around 5.30 in the afternoon during 74-75,the show was purely bands and singers of the day ,no houseband or resident singer,it focused on current rock and pop bands etc.
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Post by Chris Barratt on Mar 2, 2013 20:00:51 GMT
"Pop Go The Sixties" - were they taking the piss with that dire theme music & credits? As in, 'seeing as we're having to sanitise everything let's really go for it'?
The original 1969 ZDF/BBC New Years Eve Special was called Pop GOES The Sixties, and is probably, in it's full format, probably the definitive show covering the hits of the 1960s. Being made in 1969 gave it a authenticity retrospective shows generally lack. Make something like this years after, chances are they'd start in 63/64. Pop Goes The Sixties is magical precisely because it contains 'pop music' that has been forgotten by the mainstream - Adam Faith, Kenny Ball, The Bachelors, Horst Jamkowski, Helen Shapiro etc. Of course they are no match for The Who, The Kinks, The Hollies etc but they were massive in the 60s, and this would not be reflected now. Same with the presentation, dancing etc.
It's just a shame that we will only get to see this masterpiece broadcast now as orphan clips.
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Post by Nathan Dickel on Mar 5, 2013 4:38:31 GMT
I'd like to see The Avons and The Brook Brothers who are listed on that "Pops and Lenny" title sequence since there's very little pre-Beatles stuff and it'd be curious to see them in action. I wouldn't mind actually seeing a full episode of Pops and Lenny. |
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Post by SydV on Mar 5, 2013 11:10:19 GMT
The original 1969 ZDF/BBC New Years Eve Special was called Pop GOES The Sixties It was Pop GO the Sixties. The caption below is from the original broadcast.....  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 15:32:12 GMT
"Pop Go The Sixties" - were they taking the piss with that dire theme music & credits? As in, 'seeing as we're having to sanitise everything let's really go for it'? The original 1969 ZDF/BBC New Years Eve Special was called Pop GOES The Sixties, and is probably, in it's full format, probably the definitive show covering the hits of the 1960s. Being made in 1969 gave it a authenticity retrospective shows generally lack. Make something like this years after, chances are they'd start in 63/64. Pop Goes The Sixties is magical precisely because it contains 'pop music' that has been forgotten by the mainstream - Adam Faith, Kenny Ball, The Bachelors, Horst Jamkowski, Helen Shapiro etc. Of course they are no match for The Who, The Kinks, The Hollies etc but they were massive in the 60s, and this would not be reflected now. Same with the presentation, dancing etc. It's just a shame that we will only get to see this masterpiece broadcast now as orphan clips. I must agree. The BBC and ZDF managed to get an excellent balance of acts with which to encapsulate the 60's, managing to touch upon all bases with a large number of acts crammed into the show. It must had been very interesting to have seen the original transmission being reminded of just how diverse the decade was. Does anyone know the actual recording date(s) for the show? Of course a handful of acts were inserts and repeats, but the mind boggles at the combination of talent that were present in person, let alone the BBC bar afterwards! Only references I've read relating to it are in Bill Wyman's first book where he mentioned taping an insert for the show and in Bruce Welch's book talking about being asked to reunite with The Shadows and mentioning Sandie Shaw being present. A crying shame the complete show has been rendered "untransmittable" - it's an important show for many reasons and interesting that the BBC retained it for posterity given they couldn't be bothered to retain most TOTP's from that year not to mention the moon landing stuff. |
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