JimN wrote:https://shop.abc.net.au/products/bandstand-the-shadows-and-cilla-black-1968-dvd
Blurb:
Created by TCN-9 executive Bruce Gyngell and modelled on the successful American musical/variety show of the same name, Bandstand was hosted by the ever-charming Brian Henderson and set the TV standard for 14 entertaining years, showcasing the very best of Australian and international Pop and Rock'N'Roll music of the 60s and 70s.
In 1968 Bandstand celebrated two of Britain's biggest recording acts - broadcasting studio performances of legendary guitar rock outfit THE SHADOWS and chanteuse sensation CILLA BLACK.
Pioneers of the four-member instrumental format at the forefront of the UK's beat-group boom, The Shadows (Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, John Farrar and Brian Bennett) deliver a guitar driven set list including Bombay Duck, The Day I Met Marie, Last Train To Clarksville, Dear Old Mrs Bell and The Rise And Fall of Fingal Bunt. Including a humorous sit down interview with Bruce and Hank, the show also features performances from Jesse Davis, Marcie And The Cookies, Allan Dean and local legend Olivia Newton-John singing Love Never Dies and Today (alongside Bandstand regular Pat Carroll).
Superstar songstress Cilla Black delivers a string of her greatest hits including You're My World, Follow Me, What The World Needs Now, Step Inside Love, It's For You, Suddenly You Love Me and joins Brian for an illuminating interview. Also featured on the show are performances from local crooner Don Spencer, guitarist George Golla and British folk singer Roger Whittaker.
John Farrar appearing with The Shadows as early as 1968, eh?And this may explain the Marcie and the Cookies connection with the 1969 Cliff/Shadows UK tour.
And what about "British" Roger Whittaker?
Still at $15AU, it sounds a bargain.
Leo's Den?
Nice to see ON-J referred to as 'local legend' - she is around Cambridge, UK, too!!! - which, of course, she is. I notice that she is duetting with Pat Carroll, which leads me to suspect that John Farrar must have been in the studio at the time, in the audience if not performing with the band!
Is this the aforementioned Shadows Special, by the way, or just a compilation of various performances?
