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Post by stevej on Jun 9, 2024 15:49:48 GMT
Having anticipated straight concert footage, The Beach Boys Down Under turned out to be a lot more fun than I was expecting. There were heavy hints of The Monkees in some sequences and I wonder how the band felt about doing those kind of antics at that point in their career. It was a dynamic, colourful and beautifully shot period piece with some slick editing. It would look amazing if restored properly, but it seems that's not likely to happen anytime soon, if ever. Thank you to those good folks who made the Kal screening possible.
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Post by stevej on Jun 2, 2024 18:49:48 GMT
Great to see some performances from this series at the Kal pop event in Birmingham yesterday including Arrival's excellent single 'I Will Survive', America's 'Horse With No Name', Chris Andrews' 'Pretty Belinda' plus a few others all in nice quality.
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Post by stevej on May 27, 2024 7:38:45 GMT
That's excellent! Some good stuff there and at least we have an idea of what the studio set was like. Possibly there are other promo photos taken of guest groups etc for use in TV Times. EDIT: Just found this photo of Truly Smith and the set in the background is identical to that shown in the Billy J Kramer photo in the post above, so this could be her 3/1/69 appearance on the show.
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Post by stevej on May 26, 2024 20:12:16 GMT
Granada's archive is usually pretty good, so it's a shame that not even a fragment of 'Discotheque' remains. I suppose there's a very slim chance some home-recorded audio survives, although probably unlikely given the tea-time slot. I wonder if there are on-set photos of hosts/singers/groups set on Getty Images or similar?
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Post by stevej on May 17, 2024 13:08:44 GMT
That's a fascinating snippet to hear, Geoff. The later theme is surely one of the most extraordinary pieces to grace a children's show. I'd love to know who created it. Mike Vickers, according to a credit I just saw in a TV Times listing: mikevickers.net/ . It would be great if the original tapes still existed, it's a fantastic theme, indeed. He seems to be contactable via his website , so worth further investigation. edit: I've just sent him a message about it. Well that's a genuine surprise, I would never have guessed it was Mike Vickers (ex-Manfred Mann of course). I'm a great admirer of his work and he name crops up a lot on the 60s tracks I play on my radio show on Serenade.
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Post by stevej on May 15, 2024 18:01:33 GMT
That's a fascinating snippet to hear, Geoff. The later theme is surely one of the most extraordinary pieces to grace a children's show. I'd love to know who created it.
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Post by stevej on May 3, 2024 20:40:40 GMT
Yes that popped up on my youtube suggestions the other day. I'm looking forward to watching it. It's definitely videotape and not a telerecording.
The same channel also has an ATV Cliff special from 1964:
There's also 'After Ten, Fellas', a very late Rediffusion production from Jun 1968:
And if that's not enough, how about an audio recording of Hank Marvin's appearance on an early (and presumably missing) Thames Sooty Show from August 1969:
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Post by stevej on Apr 28, 2024 18:49:54 GMT
Reelin' In The Years youtube channel has recently added some pop performances from a videotaped colour outside broadcast called 'Operation Entertainment' staged for US military troops. Sound and picture quality are excellent!
Wikipedia states that there were 31 x 52 minute episodes. What's the betting they all survive?
Dusty Springfield performs a great live version of 'Soulville'
Lulu: 'At The Crossroads' / 'Boy'
The 5th Dimension - Carpet Man/Stoned Soul Picnic/Up Up & Away Kenny Rogers & The First Edition- Just Dropped In
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Post by stevej on Apr 4, 2024 7:15:11 GMT
Fascinating to see a glimpse of 'Outta Space' in that BBC1 trailer from early 1973. I've not heard of it before, but it appears very much in the style of 'Zokko' (and occupies the same Saturday lunchtime slot) with various segments, music and cartoons linked by a voice-synthesized computer on a space ship. The trail is in amazing quality too. Good find!
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Post by stevej on Mar 19, 2024 15:56:05 GMT
Very sorry to hear this Peter after all the time, effort and research you put into the project. It must be hugely frustrating.
DC really doesn't do himself any favours does he? He'll end up being a forgotten man of pop if he controls and suppresses everything concerning the group to such an extent that they become virtually invisible, with no back catalogue reissues or books being made available. The band were popular more than half a century ago now, so one would have thought anything that put the DC5 name back in the public consciousness would be welcomed.
I suppose we shall just have to wait for the *official* book of the band's story, written & researched by Dave Clark, edited by Dave Clark, with pictures supplied by Dave Clark, published by Dave Clark Publishing for Dave Clark Enterprises... with foreword by Dave Clark.
As a side-note, I'm surprised there are any clips or performances of the band on youtube, as I would have thought DC would have had them all taken down as soon as they appear. Maybe that's beyond even his powers.
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Post by stevej on Mar 11, 2024 14:06:50 GMT
'Before The Ball' looked astonishingly good for a telerecording (35mm perhaps?) and I'm guessing it has a magnetic soundtrack as that was exceptionally clear too. I'm surprised these b&w episodes have (so far) never made it to dvd.
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Post by stevej on Jan 29, 2024 21:58:09 GMT
This has just popped up on Lulu's channel and wow it looks and sound amazing! I don't think this edition of 'Lulu's Back In Town' has been repeated (unless BBC4 have shown it) so it's nice to see an extract.
also this
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Post by stevej on Nov 6, 2023 21:05:12 GMT
Yes that was a fascinating watch wasn't it? Good (and very surprising) to know that the series survives- it looks like a good mix of music and sketches. I loved the part showing the 'girls' driving on to the set in their sports cars. Just so sixties! It would be great to see how that sequence looked in the broadcast version.
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Post by stevej on Nov 6, 2023 20:30:49 GMT
Yes I'll second that- a Julie Felix evening would be terrific! These early colour music shows have a very special charm of their own. A few more relevant clips:
I think several of these performances survive thanks to the legendary Bob Pratt.
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Post by stevej on Oct 28, 2023 10:35:03 GMT
I don't know if BBC4 have run these before, but on Friday Nov 3rd they are showing five surviving editions of 'Bobbie Gentry' screened by BBC2 in 1968:
I've only ever seen clips so it will be fantastic to see the programmes complete. I did wonder whether they originally ran longer than 30 minutes, but a quick look at BBC Genome confirms that they were indeed half hour shows. Guests include Donovan and The Hollies. Can't wait!
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