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Topic: Top of the Pops on BBC Four - Thread Two.

Started by Dr Rock, August 26, 2018, 02:21:41 PM

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daf

Quote from: Satchmo Distel on December 23, 2019, 07:33:31 PM
Are there any performances that might attract censorship or was the Timelords/Glitter one the last of this kind?

Depending on how deep Morrissey decides to dig his hole, we're OK for 1989.

If we get there, we'll miss three shows in the mid-90's (one a year in December '94, '95 & '96 when Gary Glitter sings and presents) . . . plus the final show in 2006, which is so packed with wrong-uns I wouldn't be surprised it that tape has already been buried under 6 foot of concrete!

Pauline Walnuts

Wonder if we'll get the Reggie 'Jews' Yates episodes?


Mind you, we'll probably all be dead by the time they come round again. Fortunately.

madhair60

Quote from: daf on December 19, 2019, 12:36:51 PM
Here you go - fill your boots!

https://mega.nz/#F!h0snQACa!uiNNqosfbdrfzODHsE1clw

(at a quick glance, I think it contains pretty much every existing show since 1967!!)

Only just seen this you mad bast. Thank you.

non capisco

^ That link is insane. I'm working my way through from the start because that's the kind of sad act who hasn't got much going on in their life pop culture historical obsessive that I am. The few remaining 1970 episodes seem disquietingly lascivious, especially so since the ones hosted by Savile are always pretty much literally watching a crime scene. A lot of lingering cameras on very young women dressed in surprising for the times amounts of virtually fuck all. One episode ends with Savile dressed as a cowboy pressing a toy gun into the back of the "lucky" dancer of the week's head and mumbling "Keep going. More. More. More." It is completely fucking horrible.

The first few 1971 ones are studio rushes often from just one camera complete with multiple false starts. I'm currently watching The Showstoppers attempting to perform a BBC Orchestra accpmpanied live version of their   Northern Soul classic "It Ain't Nothing But A Houseparty", but the BBC Orchestra have clearly just got back from the pub and keep fucking it up. The patience of the lead singer is visibly wearing away. One of the other ones has just loudly opined "This is weird." This kind of shit is manna from heaven for all us pop crazed youngsters. I'm obviously looking forward to when it gets on to a run of proper back to back episodes that I haven't seen but the hair raising oddities in the front folders of that link are fascinating.

Is this worth a new thread, do you reckon?

28/12/72 is absolutely gorgeous: Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, Slade, Chickory Tip, Nilsson, Crazy Horses; Edmonds and Blackburn dressed as elves (?). Great sound quality. And this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSCEgCUW2M0

Sebastian Cobb

#1865
If there's any interest, I can do a 9DVD multi-compilation of Soul Train (Complete with Afro-Sheen adverts), but I feel that might be breaching more copyright laws than TOTP.

Really had to question whether I had space to download and extract that totp thing.

daf

#1866
31 December 1988: Presenters: Radio 1 DJs (25th Anniversary Special)
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mkv file : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/7cd5156814d3274adc89935a20620a3620191229143817/85fc67
mpg file : https://wetransfer.com/downloads/53cef2458f92a5006e1774d0df56ea1320191229151016/bd0e7c
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THE SWINGING BLUE JEANS – Hippy Hippy Shake
Not 'Arf!
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MANFRED MANN – Mighty Quinn (15 Feb 1968)
PROCOL HARUM – A Whiter Shade Of Pale (26 Dec 1967)
THE DAVE CLARK FIVE – Bits & Pieces (19 Feb 1964)
THE KINKS – Lola (18 June 1970)
THE ANIMALS – House Of The Rising Sun
THE HOLLIES – I Can't Let Go
THE BEACH BOYS – Good Vibrations
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THE TREMELOES – Silence Is Golden
Pipe down Mike Love!
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SLADE – Merry Xmas Everybody (25 Dec 1974)
GARY GLITTER – I Love You Love Me Love (15 Dec 1973)
THE JAM – Going Underground (27 Mar 1980)
THE POLICE – Don't Stand So Close To Me '86
ADAM & THE ANTS – Stand & Deliver
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD – Two Tribes
DURAN DURAN – Is There Something I Should Know? (23 Mar 1983)
VILLAGE PEOPLE – YMCA
SHOWADDYWADDY – Under The Moon Of Love
FREE – All Right Now (4 Jun 1970)
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN – Fire (18 Jul 1968)
BENNY HILL – Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
RAY STEVENS – The Streak (27 Dec 1974)
SYLVIA – Y Viva Espana (15 Aug 1974)
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MUD – Tiger Feet
Landfill Glam
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SANDIE SHAW – Long Live Love
CILLA BLACK – Anyone Who Had A Heart
MADONNA – Like A Virgin (13 Dec 1984)
OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN – A Little More Love (7 Dec 1978)
KATE BUSH – Wuthering Heights
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD – Son Of A Preacher Man
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LULU – Shout
Ladies Corner
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HOT CHOCOLATE – So You Win Again
T.REX – Hot Love (25 Mar 1971)
ROXY MUSIC – Virginia Plain (24 Aug 1972)
THE JACKSONS – Blame It On The Boogie
ABBA – Waterloo (25 Dec 1974)
SEX PISTOLS – Pretty Vacant
ELO – Mr Blue Sky
JOHN DENVER – Annie's Song
ST WINIFRED'S SCHOOL CHOIR – There's No One Quite Like Grandma (4 Dec 1980)
TERRY JACKS – Seasons In The Sun
GLENN MEDEIROS – Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You (7 Jul 1988)
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ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK – Release Me
May Contain Sexual Swearwords
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THE ROLLING STONES – Jumping Jack Flash
THE ROLLING STONES – The Last Time (4 Mar 1965)
THE ROLLING STONES – Brown Sugar (15 Apr 1971)
THE ROLLING STONES – Let's Spend The Night Together (26 Dec 1967)
BAY CITY ROLLERS – Bye Bye Baby
DONNY OSMOND – Puppy Love
KAJAGOOGOO – Too Shy
A-HA – The Sun Always Shines On TV
BROS – When Will I Be Famous?
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DAVID ESSEX – Gonna Make You A Star
Not quite as big as the Bay City Rollers . . . Obviously!
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THE BEE GEES – Massachusetts (26 Dec 1967)
FLEETWOOD MAC – Albert Ross
MADNESS – Our House
THE MONKEES – I'm A Believer
THE SHADOWS – Don't Make My Baby Blue (12 Aug 1965)
THE THREE DEGREES – When Will I See You Again? (15 Aug 1974)
BLONDIE – Denis
THE WHO – My Generation
DIRE STRAITS – Sultans Of Swing
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS – Midnight Train To Georgia (29 Apr 1976)
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THE FOUR TOPS – Reach Out I'll Be There
The best record ever made?
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QUEEN – Bohemian Rhapsody
JOHN LENNON – Imagine
SONNY & CHER – I Got You Babe (2 Aug 1965)
U2 – Pride (In The Name Of Love
ULTRAVOX – Vienna (25 Dec 1981)
THE BOOMTOWN RATS – I Don't Like Mondays
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CLIFF RICHARD – We Don't Talk Anymore
And he ain't counting Sheep (shee-eee-eee-eeep!)
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ROD STEWART – Maggie May
ELTON JOHN – Daniel (25 Jan 1973)
DAVE BOWIE & The DAVE BOWIE BAND  (feat. DAVE BOWIE) – Starman (6 Jul 1972)
PHIL COLLINS – You Can't Hurry Love
STEVIE WONDER – I Just Called To Say I Love You
MARVIN GAYE – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
LIONEL RICHIE – Hello
MICHAEL JACKSON – Billie Jean
BRYCE TINGTONG – Born In The USA
ROY ORBISON – Oh Pretty Woman
TOM JONES – Delilah (7 Mar 1968)
PAUL MCCARTNEY & STEVIE WONDER – Ebony & Ivory
ELVIS PRESLEY – The Wonder Of You
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SHAKIN' STEVENS – This Ole House
Heterosexual Rock 'n' Roll
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DON MCLEAN – American Pie
THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS – You've Lost That Loving Feeling (28 Jan 1965)
10CC – I'm Not In Love
THE SUPREMES – Baby Love (7 Oct 1964)
WHITNEY HOUSTON – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (21 May 1987)
GEORGE MICHAEL – Careless Whisper
BAND AID – Do They Know It's Christmas? (25 Dec 1984)
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – Come On Eileen (25 Dec 1982)
EURYTHMICS – You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (23 Jun 1988)
WHAM! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
CULTURE CLUB – Do You Really Want To Hurt Me? (25 Dec 1982)
GENESIS – Turn It On Again (13 Mar 1980)
SOFT CELL – Say Hello Wave Goodbye
SPANDAU BALLET – True
THE HUMAN LEAGUE – Don't You Want Me
DEPECHE MODE – Just Can't Get Enough (24 Sep 1981)
THE BEATLES – Daytripper  /  Hello Goodbye  /  We Can Work It Out  /  Hey Jude
STATUS QUO – Pictures Of Matchstick Men (15 Feb 1968)
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STATUS QUO – Rockin' All Over The World (+ credits)
Communal Wank

DrGreggles

Quote from: daf on December 29, 2019, 03:59:57 PM
CLIFF RICHARD – We Don't Talk Anymore
And he ain't counting Sheep (shee-eee-eee-eeep!)

My mate insists that the preceding line is "My anus is deep".

#1868
The order of clips seems very random. No split by decade or genre.

QuoteTHE FOUR TOPS – Reach Out I'll Be There
The best record ever made?

It's in the shortlist, as is Bernadette. Keep it in mono though!

holdover

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xHbHJ_BT1wI

How did no-one notice Sice out of The Boo Radleys screaming the f-bomb twice on this performance?

PinkNoise

Can't wait for the full 1989 episode that includes R.E.M. doing "Orange Crush" for Anthea Turner's intro: "Just the thing for a hot summer's day!"


daf

5 January 1989: Presenters: Andy Crane & Mark Goodier (New Titles Special!!)

(2) ERASURE – Stop
Start
(9)  KIM WILDE – Four Letter Word
So Dreamy
(15) A-HA – You Are The One (video)
Sailors Delight
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(25) DURAN DURAN – All She Wants Is
(31) BOY MEETS GIRL – Waiting For A Star To Fall
(28) GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
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(37) CLIMIE FISHER – Love Like A River
Bottom Sludge
(4) INNER CITY – Good Life
Peapod Burgundy
(6) NENEH CHERRY – Buffalo Stance
What is She Like?


https://www.flickr.com/photos/51106326@N00/sets/72157678721326156

(1) KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN – Especially For You
Right pair of Danglers
(7) THE FOUR TOPS – Loco In Acapulco (video / credits)
Philly Buster

Norton Canes

For a so-called relaunch, that was an utter damp squib of an episode. I'm not sure the right time to relaunch the show was the first week of the new year where all the non-Christmas singles from a fortnight were going back up the chart.

Hopefully Andy Crane was told to go away and brush up on the difference between A-Ha and Duran Duran.


daf

12 January 1989: Presenters: Simon Mayo & Sybil 'Emperor' Ruscoe

(33) THE DARLING BUDS – Hit The Ground
Perfick!
(10) WILL TO POWER – Baby I Love Your Way-Freebird (video)
On Yer Bike, Nietzsche!
(32) MILLI VANILLI – Baby Don't Forget My Number
Don't forget my Undies
(9) DURAN DURAN – All She Wants Is (video)
I, Poker
(12) BOY MEETS GIRL – Waiting For A Star To Fall
Waiting for a Key to Change
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(19) MARC ALMOND & GENE PITNEY – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
(30) ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK – Get On The Dance Floor
(17) MIKE & THE MECHANICS – The Living Years
(31) ROACHFORD – Cuddly Toy
(8) FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – She Drives Me Crazy
(24) ROY ORBISON – You Got It
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(14) FREIHEIT – Keeping The Dream Alive
ELO - ELO - ELO!
(29) COOKIE CREW – Born This Way (Let's Dance)
Biscuit Bunch
(1) KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN – Especially For You (video)
NEXT!



(16) GLORIA ESTEFAN & MIAMI SOUND MACHINE – Rhythm Is Gonna Get You (video / credits)
The Rod McKenzie Sketch

PinkNoise

For some reason, we recorded the 12th January edition - my sister and her friend almost wore out the tape watching and re-watching that Milli Vanilli performance.

daf


Quote from: Norton Canes on January 12, 2020, 11:32:26 AM
For a so-called relaunch, that was an utter damp squib of an episode. I'm not sure the right time to relaunch the show was the first week of the new year where all the non-Christmas singles from a fortnight were going back up the chart.

Hopefully Andy Crane was told to go away and brush up on the difference between A-Ha and Duran Duran.

Didn't even stick with the STOP motif on that Erasure song.

Milli Vanilla
"The time is ten to two"

Two solid episodes for me, Geoff, enough songs I'd never really placed or heard before to make it worthwhile - even if most of the songs themselves weren't great.

Norton Canes

Quote from: A Hat Like That on January 13, 2020, 02:54:40 PM
Two solid episodes for me, Geoff, enough songs I'd never really placed or heard before to make it worthwhile

All bar Climie Fisher in the first of those episodes had been on the show in the previous couple of weeks.

Quote from: Norton Canes on January 13, 2020, 03:11:23 PM
All bar Climie Fisher in the first of those episodes had been on the show in the previous couple of weeks.

Oh. OK. I must have missed some in December ...

QUICK CHECK LATER

yeah, the one before Christmas.

gilbertharding

Quote from: PinkNoise on January 12, 2020, 11:49:53 AM
For some reason, we recorded the 12th January edition - my sister and her friend almost wore out the tape watching and re-watching that Milli Vanilli performance.

I heard that those were someone else's meat and two veg.

Seriously, I'd never really taken any notice of Milli Vanilli - I liked indie and rock in 1989 - so had no idea what they sounded like when the whole 'that's not them' scandal broke.

I presumed that they would be like a cross between Pavarotti and Aretha Franklin - you know, really SINGING.

So seeing them (hearing them) on this has been a real revelation - not just in the trouser department: why would you bother to fake that?


Climie Fisher never had a number 1 did he? Shame - I'd like to see the Climie Fisher Story given the daf Toppermost of the Poppermost treatment in the next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr8D1XScCgM

The Culture Bunker

Quote from: gilbertharding on January 13, 2020, 03:21:03 PMClimie Fisher never had a number 1 did he? Shame - I'd like to see the Climie Fisher Story given the daf Toppermost of the Poppermost treatment in the next year.
Half of them - Climie - did co-write a #1, though: "I Knew You Were Waiting" (insert John Peel jibe), so he has the chance if he wants to!

daf

Yeah, I'll give it a go - 1987, isn't it? - be a few years before we get to that one.

Milli Vanilli should have covered Rise To The Occasion in reference to those todgers.

Crabwalk

Quote from: daf on December 19, 2019, 12:36:51 PM
Here you go - fill your boots!

https://mega.nz/#F!h0snQACa!uiNNqosfbdrfzODHsE1clw

(at a quick glance, I think it contains pretty much every existing show since 1967!!)

Just also want to give you a massive thank you, daf. You are a true hero.

gilbertharding

Quote from: daf on January 12, 2020, 11:45:44 AM

(33) THE DARLING BUDS – Hit The Ground
Perfick!


Surprisingly this rang absolutely no bells with me at all. It would have been right up my street in 1989 too. But I'm 90% certain I never heard this at the time.

Are the lyrics supposed to evoke Falling and Laughing by Orange Juice (I had it on tape...)? I expect they are.

I thought that the title 'Hit the Ground' was reminiscent of another song title by a cooler band too - figured it was 'Taste the Floor' off Psychocandy I was thinking of.

daf

19 January 1989: Presenters: Bruno Brookes & Richard Skinner

(11) ROACHFORD – Cuddly Toy
Didn't he do well!
(7) ROY ORBISON – You Got It
The Travelling Wasburied
(22) ROBERT HOWARD & KYM MAZELLE – Wait
All right Mrs Mills, put a sock in it!
(10) MARC ALMOND & GENE PITNEY – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
Non-Stop Erratic Cardiac
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(33) TEN CITY – That's The Way Love Is 
(28) MICA PARIS & WILL DOWNING – Where Is The Love? 
(31) NEW MODEL ARMY – Stupid Questions 
(29) BROTHER BEYOND – Be My Twin 
(30) NATALIE COLE – I Live For Your Love 
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(4) MIKE & THE MECHANICS – The Living Years (video)
Philling In
(21) HOLLY JOHNSON – Love Train
Frankly, those two - Holly would!
(5) FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS – She Drives Me Crazy
Ol' Bendy Legs



(1) KYLIE MINOGUE & JASON DONOVAN – Especially For You
They're Gonna Leave this Party Now
(17) ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK – Get On The Dance Floor (video / credits)
Bass Your Body Down

daf

#1888
26 January 1989: Presenters: Gary Davies & Anthea Turner

(21) THEN JERICO – Big Area
Careful - you'll have someone's eye out with that!
(20) ADEVA – Respect
A Diva
(14) ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK – Get On The Dance Floor
And Burn This Disco Out
(19) MICA PARIS & WILL DOWNING – Where Is The Love?
Behind your Bum-cape
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(27) BOBBY BROWN – My Prerogative
(28) LEVEL 42 – Tracie
(34) SHEENA EASTON – he Lover In Me
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(17) TEN CITY – That's The Way Love Is
Some Serious Dancing
(15) BROTHER BEYOND – Be My Twin
Alright Tubby Hayes, put a sax in it!
(1) MARC ALMOND & GENE PITNEY – Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart
I BET IT HAS, YOU OLD DIRTY BOLLOCKS, I BET IT HAS!!!



(16) MILLI VANILLI – Baby Don't Forget My Number (video / credits)
And a Debut for Milli Vanilli?

Quote from: daf
(14) ROB BASE & DJ E-Z ROCK – Get On The Dance Floor

Crazy that this very forgettable hip houser peaked at 14, whereas the hip hop classic It Takes Two only got to 24.