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Post by markdixon on Jul 12, 2018 17:41:19 GMT
The Kinks appeared on “Five O’Clock Club” on 10 December 1965. They probably performed “Till The End Of The Day”. Ray Davies was interviewed, and he spoke very openly about his misgivings about the music business. A portion of this interview was quoted on page 252 of Johnny Rogan’s book “Ray Davies: A Complicated Life”. Does this mean that an audio recording exists? Has it ever appeared on Kinks bootlegs? I don't think so. Far more likely is a report in something like the N.M.E. which reacted to the show a week later. I had another look at Johnny Rogan’s biography of Ray Davies. According to the Notes section at the back of the book, the “Five O’Clock Club” interview was quoted in an article by Keith Altham in the NME, 24 December 1965. I found Altham’s article on the Rock’s Backpages website. It’s called “New Sounding Kinks”. However, it doesn’t contain any quotes from the television interview. I don't know if Rogan made an error with his notes. It's possible that the website contains a shortened version of the NME article.
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Post by markdixon on Jul 11, 2018 16:51:03 GMT
The Kinks appeared on “Five O’Clock Club” on 10 December 1965. They probably performed “Till The End Of The Day”. Ray Davies was interviewed, and he spoke very openly about his misgivings about the music business.
A portion of this interview was quoted on page 252 of Johnny Rogan’s book “Ray Davies: A Complicated Life”. Does this mean that an audio recording exists? Has it ever appeared on Kinks bootlegs?
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Post by markdixon on Jul 8, 2018 8:30:19 GMT
Here’s a review by Marjorie Norris of the edition of “Five O’Clock Club” broadcast on 20 March 1964. It was published in “The Stage” (26 March 1964).
Five O’Clock Club
A-R, March 20. In its present form, Five O’Clock Club, reminds me a little of old-style children’s comics. There’s a corner for the tinies, with glove puppets Ollie Beak and Fred Barker, Uncle Jimmy Hanley describes some ghastly object you can make out of eggboxes, Auntie Muriel has a little chat, and there’s a fairly simple competition. Just where the musical items fall into place in this context I’m not quite sure, except that you can’t keep pop singers out of anything these days.
Its impact on its intended audience can perhaps be judged by watching the expressions of the children in the live audience. They had a ball when ever there was something they could join in, like the dancing and community singing, and everybody loved Ollie and Fred and that delicious pantomime cow Daisy. So did I.
The cameras didn’t show us the audience during the musical numbers, but when we came back to them I thought they looked a little restless. Did they resent not being able to get close to the artists like their elders in Ready Steady Go? Muriel Young and Howard Williams make ideal hosts. They don’t talk down, and they have a cheerful brisk manner. Joy Marshall, a singer with a voice as nicely rounded as her figure, looked just a little inhibited by having to sing a sexy song to such a young audience. Gene Vincent had trouble with his miming in a song that was not up to Gene Vincent standard. The Federals are a lively group who deserve to be successful.
Of course, it was the audience who stole the show for any adult looking in. There were no coy side-glances at the camera from this gang! The frank grins and grimaces of these kids as they looked straight into the lens (Did you see me, Mum?) were as good as a tonic. That boy who stuck his tongue out really won my heart. Up the rebels!
Joy Marshall, the jazz and soul singer, must have been a last-minute guest, because her name doesn’t appear in any of the listings I’ve seen for this episode. Apparently, the song that Gene Vincent mimed (badly) to was “Humpty Dumpty”.
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Post by markdixon on Jul 5, 2018 19:31:34 GMT
It's Howard Williams, who was one of the co-presenters of "Tuesday Rendezvous".
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Post by markdixon on Jul 2, 2018 20:37:03 GMT
TV Pop Diaries has 06 May 1965 as the date. However, other sources claim the Bluesbreakers appeared on the edition broadcast on 04 May 1965. I checked my TV Times DVD and the Bluesbreakers weren’t billed for either show. They must have been booked very close to the day of transmission.
“The Five O’Clock Club” was broadcast live, so Bob Dylan would have been watching it as it went out live. Dylan was at the Savoy Hotel on 04 May 1965. He recorded several songs in his hotel room that night which were eventually released on the Collector’s Edition of the “Cutting Edge” box-set. Dylan was in Newcastle on 06 May 1965. He performed at Newcastle City Hall that night.
Therefore, I think the correct date is 04 May 1965.
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Post by markdixon on Jul 1, 2018 13:20:47 GMT
I watched the Eric Clapton documentary “Life in 12 Bars” last night. It included an interesting outtake from D.A. Pennebaker’s “Don’t Look Back”.
Bob Dylan and his friend Bob Neuwirth were shown watching TV in the Savoy Hotel, London, on 04 May 1965. There were several close-ups of the TV screen. The programme they were watching was “Ollie and Fred’s Five O’Clock Club”.
Here’s a summary of what could be glimpsed on their TV screen. Muriel Young and Fred Barker appeared briefly at the beginning of the sequence. Then the camera cut to a close-up of guest presenter Craig Douglas. He introduced John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers who performed “Crocodile Walk”. The band were surrounded by a few dancers and an audience of seated children. Some of the children at the back of the studio were wearing party hats.
The picture and sound quality of these brief fragments was surprisingly good. This is the only surviving footage from the “Five O’Clock Club.”
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Post by markdixon on Jun 30, 2018 15:35:53 GMT
I had a look on YouTube for clips of Western pop acts performing on Japanese television. There were quite a lot of clips from the late Seventies onwards (ABBA, Kate Bush etc.) but there was very little from before then. I found a performance by The Shadows from 1967 and two performances by Scott Walker from 1970, but these were audio only. I’d be tempted to think that a lot of Sixties pop footage is missing from Japanese archives, but I don’t know enough about the history of Japanese television to know for sure.
On a related note, I wonder if Japanese pop programmes in the Sixties ever included clips from British music shows? British beat groups were very popular in Japan during the mid-Sixties and that style of music inspired a Japanese genre known as Group Sounds. A Japanese beat group called The Spiders toured Europe in 1966 and they performed their song "Sad Sunset" on an edition of “Ready, Steady Go!” Did a telerecording of this appearance ever get shown in Japan?
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Post by markdixon on Jun 30, 2018 9:18:50 GMT
Here’s what I’ve found out about “Spin Along”.
It was a “record programme” presented by Alan Freeman, but it also featured a personal appearance from a musical guest each week. The programme also starred teenagers from youth clubs in the Westward region. Perhaps they gave their opinions on the discs that Freeman played. The producer was Pat Lumsden.
The first series ran from 12 September 1961 to 30 November 1961. Series 2 ran from 11 June 1962 to 26 November 1962.
Then there was the “Spin Along Santa” special which William has mentioned. This featured “carols old and new” from the guests. As far as I know, Leslie Hoare did not host any of the regular editions of “Spin Along”.
“Spin Along” returned on 07 January 1963. The final edition was broadcast on 28 January 1963.
Here’s a list of musical guests from first few editions of the show:
12/09/1961: Eden Kane 19/09/1961: Paul Raven 26/09/1961: The Viscounts 03/10/1961: Jimmy Justice 10/10/1961: John Leyton 17/10/1961: Paul Hanford 24/10/1961: The Kestrels 09/11/1961: Jess Conrad 16/11/1961: The Brook Brothers 23/11/1961: Craig Douglas
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Post by markdixon on Jun 21, 2018 19:44:53 GMT
As far as I know, “Making Whoopee” is completely missing. However, there are a couple of clips of Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band from the early Seventies on YouTube, which are probably very similar in style to the series. One of these clips is from a short film directed by Bob Godfrey.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 21, 2018 18:02:43 GMT
Here’s some information about “Making Whoopee”, a series produced in 1970 by LWT. It featured songs (and possibly sketches) performed by Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band.
Apparently, a pilot was filmed at the Half Moon Pub in Putney, South London, but it was never transmitted. The pilot also featured Bob Godfrey (possibly as the host).
The 6-part series was introduced by Kenny Everett. The producer was Bryan Izzard. Most sources state that the series was also filmed at the Half Moon Pub. However, I’ve looked at listings in relevant issues of the TV Times, and I’m certain that it was recorded at the LWT studios. It’s likely that the ambience of the pub was recreated in the studio.
The series was shown on various dates in the LWT, Tyne Tees, Border, Anglia, Grampian, and Ulster regions. Therefore, it’s possible that a few copies were made of each episode. The final transmission of the series was by Ulster TV in March 1971.
Some of the songs from the series, such as “A Nightingale Sang in Leicester Square”, were featured on an album also called “Making Whoopee”, which was released in 1971.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 17, 2018 16:55:22 GMT
Here’s an article about “As You Like It” from “The Stage” (20 April 1967)
Pop Stars will turn interviewers for Southern
Pop stars will be sent out to interview viewers in Southern’s new pop music request series As You Like It, to be networked from Tuesday, May 9, at 7p.m. It replaces Double Your Money which ends on May 2. Don Moss is resident host, and each week a pop star will interview viewers who wish to make requests. Adam Faith is the interviewer in the first programme.
Producer Mike Mansfield says that each programme will have its own basic theme. In the first one, for instance, Adam Faith will fly to Amsterdam gathering requests from people connected with his journey. The cab-driver who takes him to the airport may wish to make a request or the pilot or maybe the hostess. Other requests may well come from people like customs officers and possibly even the man who lives near the airport and resents the noise of aeroplanes. The film we shoot will then be married to studio sequences in which top stars and groups will perform songs.
Appearing in the first programme will be Sandie Shaw, Manfred Mann, Dave Clark and Alan Smethurst, The Singing Postman. Pop star interviewers in later editions will include Lulu, Paul Jones and Julie Felix. Their visits will be to Petticoat Lane, Wimbledon, hospitals and forces bases overseas.
It's surprising that none of the film inserts for this series have survived. Several film inserts from other Southern TV pop programmes from the Sixties still exist.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 13, 2018 8:04:00 GMT
I looked on YouTube this morning and I saw an excerpt from the Thames TV Christmas tape that features footage of Grundy and the Sex Pistols. The clip is called “The Bronco Expletive Deleter”.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 13, 2018 7:51:22 GMT
Hi William,
It’s unfortunate that ITV don’t have any of those programmes. I think it’s possible that there might be telerecordings of some of these shows in private collections. Some episodes might also have survived in foreign archives. I doubt that “Hats Off!” was sold abroad, but I imagine that a series like “It Must Be Dusty” had a lot of overseas sales potential.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 11, 2018 20:36:28 GMT
Here’s some information about “The Rave Wave!” and “Rave!”. These two ABC shows from 1963 had similar titles, but I don’t think they were connected.
The Rave Wave!
“The Rave Wave!” was a one-off show broadcast on 4 May 1963. It appears to have been a straightforward magazine programme about youth culture. It may have included a feature about the Cavern Club.
Here’s the listing from the Northern edition of the “TV Times”:
David Mahlowe looks at the world of ‘with it’ people. Rave Fashions! Rave Dances! Rave Language! The ‘in’ side turned out. Designed by Patrick Downing. Edited by Roy Bottomley and Tom Brennard. Directed by Geoff Ramsey
Rave!
“Rave!” was a five-part series which ran from 29 June 1963 to 27 July 1963. It was presented by the actor Tony Tanner. The series was a “zany” and “way out” comedy revue in which Tanner appeared in satirical sketches with Sheila Falconer. The series focused on “fads, fancies and fashions” (including music). Each episode also included a serious item.
The Springfields appeared on the show on 13 July 1963, but I don’t have any details of other musical guests.
The series was directed by Helen Standage. Scripts were by Mike Hodges and Ken Hoare. Mike Hodges later became an acclaimed film director.
Here’s an extract from a review of the first edition of “Rave!” published in “The Stage” (04 July 1963)
This first show of ’63 trends moved from the inevitable dance spot, Twist to Bossa Nova, with Sheila partnered by Johnny Greenland, to instruction on the care of aspidistras, a Jessie Matthews number Tony’s In Town, a snatch of film of Divorce Italian Style, to Tom Swifties, and a visit to a Hot Gospel Club. Sandwiched somewhere in between was one incongruously serious item on acupuncture.
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Post by markdixon on Jun 9, 2018 9:19:27 GMT
Last week, I watched the Sky Arts programme “Anarchy on Thames” about the Grundy/Pistols incident. The programme featured a very short clip from “Today” (01.12.76.) that I hadn’t seen before. Bill Grundy was shown saying the following words:
“Now words actually fail me about our next guests on tonight’s show. If you thought you’d seen it all in the world of pop music, you clearly haven’t”.
Presumably, this occurred right before the infamous interview. The picture quality was quite poor. Was it sourced from a domestic video recording? Could more of the episode still be in existence?
The documentary also included a brief shot of a typed page showing the planned schedule for that edition of “Today”. I copied it from the screen (without correcting the original spelling mistakes). Obviously, Queen didn’t appear, but I imagine the rest of the show went as planned.
“Today” Wednesday 1st December 1976 RT: 20.30 IN: 18.00.30 Director: Tony Bulley Studio Producer: Mike Housego STUDIO SIX 1. Ident + Coming up 2. Titles 3. GRUNDY LINK ONE 4. T/C: Bowel disease 5. GRUNDY LINK TWO + stills 6. AH + Merryn Johns + Diana Churchill 7. GRUNDY LINK THREE 8. T/C: Good neighbours 9. GRUNDY LINK FOUR + stills 10. VTR: Dr John Gribbin 11. GRUNDY LINK FIVE 12. T/C: Wobbly World Vox Pop 13. GRUNDY LINK SIX 14. T/C: Lambeth Kids 15. GRUNDY LINK SEVEN 16. VTR: Queen perfomrning 17. GRUNDY + Queen 18. GRUNDY LINK EIGHT
Stanndby: VTR
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