BBC Radio session questions

[ash]

Thanks for the reply Rob. This is what i found out during some trainspotting sessions.
The BBC produced 4 shows at the Royal Albert Hall which were either recorded in part or fully recorded for later transmission or tx live. Each show was based on or had a section based on one of the popular radio shows at the time and was titled appropriately after a few weeks of decision making

jan 30 Unk Title. at least part of the show if not the whole thing was titled Saturday Club - Adam Faith, miki and griff, craig douglas, bert weedon, the dallas boys, al saxon, lana sisters, sylvia sands, clinton ford, betty smith, cuddly dudley, terry lightfoot jazzband, John Barry Seven and pianist Ken Jones (who replaced the humphrey littleton band), acker bilk band. This show was to be tx on the light programme.

march 1 Parade Of The Pops - bob miller and millermen, the raindrops, johnny dankworth and orchestra, don lang and his frantic five, red price, craig douglas, barry sisters, mr acker bilk and his paramount jazz band. no tx details

march 22 Band Parade - ted heath and his music, edmundo ros orchestra, chris barber band, sheila buxton, cliff - i'm not certain if the Shads were involved - the whole show was to be recorded by BBC for overseas sales which might explain why it didn't feature on the PaSB info.

april 12 Big Beat - craig douglas (heart of a teenage girl,pretty blue eyes,baby face), bert weedon group (when the saints go marching in and backed dickie pride on No,john), john barry seven (red river rock,hit and miss,back duffy on money honey), The Rabin rock unit, johnny wiltshire, the trebletones, duffy power, dickie pride, lana sisters, adam faith (sang at least Poor Boy, Someone Else's Baby), lorie mann. no tx details

other notes of interest
The John Barry Seven functioned as Adam Faith's backing group during this period. The Lana Sisters included Mary O'Brien aka Dusty Springfield.
I'm afraid i do not know which songs Cliff (and possibly the Shads) played so this is probably a case of too much info and not enough info.

Needless to say if anyone has any further info on these shows please let me know

[ash]

thanks Heinz i missed your post coz i was typing.

[MikeAB]

MikeAB wrote:

People still seem scared to admit liking Cliff music - even Shadows fans.
He does make you cringe these days (eg the ghastly fringe) but his music output from say 1976 to 1985 stands up to anybody's doesn't it?


Ash wrote:

No


MikeAB thinks:

Quod erat demostrandum?

[ash]

Hilarious Mike. Actually i don't like the 70s or 80s much in general so it's nothing against Cliff. His best records from 1958 to 1961/2 ish (the good rock 'n'roll stuff) is excellent and i'm not ashamed to admit it. His debut album has some real highlights especially that live Move It and of course he is backed by The Shadows for almost everything but something happens after that. The edges get smoothed off and then Livin' Doll,The Young Ones,Bachelor Boy etc. not to my taste. Even the rock 'n' roll numbers on his second lp feel watered down somehow. Anyway back to the bbc....

[Tab]

Say what you like about Cliff - He pioneered British Rock in the 50's, produced some of the best stuff in the 60s and has been at the fore-front of British pop music for over 60 years.

That early stuff with The Shadows and particularly Jet Harris is beyond comparison,

[Didier]

Say what you like about Cliff - He pioneered British Rock in the 50's, produced some of the best stuff in the 60s and has been at the fore-front of British pop music for over 60 years.

That early stuff with The Shadows and particularly Jet Harris is beyond comparison,

At the 1962 Royal Variety Performance, Bruce Welch introduced Cliff Richard as their "vocalist". This is how I like Cliff Richard, when he is backed by the Shadows.
During the late sixties, I attended a concert by Cliff Richard at the Paris Olympia without the Shadows, and was much disappointed. Of course Cliff sung well, the hired orchestra with many musicians didn't play a wrong note, but it was far less exciting than with the Shadows...

Didier

[MikeAB]

Yes it about what you like but objectively I'm Nearly Famous,Story, Green Light, Juvenile, Hero, Wired, See Me, Silver must surely rate as absolutely top notch of their type. I thought Time started the end although Born to Rock n Roll was great - and as for Heathcliffe, well Misunderstood Man was great and Had To Be a good instrumental (!) - after that, 'no' indeed.

[Andy Stace]

With the change to the copyright law fast approaching, is there any news on the Rollercoaster Records Shads CD?

[Arpeggio]

Sadly, No. Rob

[GoldenStreet]

Is it known if Bruce would be in favour of such a release?

Bill