The Hollies At The BBC and on TV

[cameron]

I thought I'd make a list of all the tracks that the Hollies recorded at the BBC for the radio and later the TV. I'd like to keep adding to the list so would appreciate everyone's input - whether the audio/footage is missing or not, it would nice to get a complete overview of what is potentially out there. Also details of shows, dates or even recording venues would be appreciated to add to the list. 

Note, only 'live' recordings are included, be it as simple as a new lead vocal or a completely live track.

Tracks in black are known to exist and still survive in various qualities.
Tracks in red are believed to be missing.


--/--/1963: Searchin’ (Saturday Club)

--/--/1964: Roll Over Beethoven (Saturday Club)

26/04/1964: Rockin' Robin (NME Poll Winners Concert) [TV]
                   Just One Look (NME Poll Winners Concert) [TV]
                   Graham Nash Interview (NME Poll Winners Concert) [TV]

28/09/1964: Here I Go Again (Saturday Club)

04/12/1964: Graham And Allan Interview (Saturday Club)
                   We’re Through (Saturday Club)
                   Something’s Got A Hold On Me (Saturday Club)
                   Set Me Free (Saturday Club)

26/01/1965: She Said Yeah (Delaney’s Delight)
                   Tony Interview (Delaney’s Delight)
                   Nobody (Delaney’s Delight)
                   We’re Through (Delaney’s Delight)
                   You Know He Did (Delaney’s Delight)

29/01/1965: Yes I Will (Ready Steady Go) [TV]
                   Nobody (Ready Steady Go) [TV]

19/02/1965: Graham, Allan, Tony Interview (Top Gear)
                   Yes I Will (Top Gear)
                   You Must Believe Me (Top Gear)
                   Mickey’s Monkey (Top Gear)

24/05/1965: Allan and Tony Interview (Saturday Club)
                   I’m Alive (Saturday Club)
                   Too Much Monkey Business (Saturday Club)

07/06/1965: Stay (The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride)
                   Nitty Gritty/Something’s Got A Hold On Me (The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride)
                   I’m Alive (The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride)
                   You Know He Did (The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride)

28/06/1965: Look Through Any Window (Saturday Swings)

06/09/1965: You Know He Did (Saturday Club)
                   Graham and Allan Interview (Saturday Club)
                   Put Yourself In My Place (Saturday Club)
                   Ride Your Pony (Saturday Club)

28/09/1965: Too Many People (This Must Be The Place)
                   So Lonely (This Must Be The Place)

03/10/1965: Look Through Any Window (Sunday Night at the London Palladium) [TV]

13/12/1965: I’ve Got A Way Of My Own (Saturday Club)
                   If I Needed Someone (Saturday Club)
                   Stay (Saturday Club)

24/12/1965: Winter Wonderland (Ready Steady Go) [TV] (Audio partially survives)

14/01/1966: To You My Love (This Must Be The Place)
                   Graham Interview (This Must be The Place)
                   I Can’t Let Go (This Must Be The Place)
                   Set Me Free (This Must Be The Place)

25/01/1966: Little Bitty Pretty One (Saturday Club)

23/03/1966: That’s How Strong My Love Is (Saturday Club)
                   Eric Interview
                   I Take What I Want (Saturday Club)
                   I’ve Been Wrong Before (Saturday Club)

28/06/1966: Don’t Even Think About Changing
                   Hard Hard Year
                   Allan Interview
                   Bus Stop
                   Shake

20/10/1966: Stop Stop Stop (Top Of The Pops) [TV]

27/05/1967: On A Carousel (Morecambe And Wise Show) [TV] (not aired until 12/11/1967)
                   Stop Stop Stop (Morecambe And Wise Show) [TV] (not aired until 12/11/1967)

12/10/1967: King Midas In Reverse (Top Of The Pops) [TV]

13/10/1967: Charlie And Fred (Top Gear)
                   Graham Nash Interview (Top Gear)
                   King Midas In Reverse (Top Gear)
                   The Games We Play (Top Gear)

08/12/1967: Step Inside (Top Gear)
                   Away Away Away (Top Gear)
                   Postcard (Top Gear)

25/03/1968: Jennifer Eccles (David Symonds)
                   Wings (David Symonds)
                   Step Inside (David Symonds)

24/05/1968: Bobby, Graham, Allan Interview (Top Of The Pops)
                   Jennifer Eccles (Top Of The Pops)
                   Pegasus (Top Of The Pops)
                   Wishyouawish (Top Of The Pops)

30/05/1968: Stewball (Bobbie Gentry Show) [TV]
                   Blowin' In The Wind (Bobbie Gentry Show) [TV]
                   Louisianna Man (with Bobbie Gentry) (Bobbie Gentry Show) [TV]

07/09/1968: Stop, Stop, Stop (Colour Me Pop) [TV]
                   Very Last Day (Colour Me Pop) [TV]
                   Carrie Anne (Colour Me Pop) [TV]
                   Listen To Me (Colour Me Pop) [TV]
                   A Taste Of Honey (Colour Me Pop) [TV]
                   Blowin’ In The Wind (Colour Me Pop) [TV] (All footage missing but audio survives)

16/11/1968: Just One Look (Top Of The Pops)
                   Bernie and Bobby Interview
                   Stay (Top Of The Pops)
                   Listen To Me (Top Of The Pops)

27/02/1969: Sorry Suzanne (Top Of The Pops) [TV]

01/04/1969: Sorry Suzanne (Top Of The Pops)

01/05/1969: Carrie Anne (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Just Like A Woman (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Medley: Just One Look/Bus Stop/On A Carousel/Sorry Suzanne (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Quit Your Low Down Ways (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Maybe I’ll Settle Down (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Stop Stop Stop (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   A Taste Of Honey (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Stewball (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Mighty Quinn (Hollies In Concert) [TV]
                   Blowin’ In The Wind (Hollies In Concert) [TV]

15/05/1969: Sorry Suzanne (This Is Tom Jones) [TV] (two different colour clips survive with different edits)

02/10/1969: He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother (Top Of The Pops)

28/12/1969: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (This Is Tom Jones) [TV]
                   Lawdy Miss Clawdy (with Tom Jones) (This Is Tom Jones) [TV]

31/12/1969: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (Pop Goes The 60's) [TV]

26/04/1970: Lady Please (Julie Felix Show) [TV]
                   Going To The Zoo (with Julie Felix) (Julie Felix Show) [TV]

01/10/1970: Gasoline Alley Bred (Top Of The Pops) [TV]

03/03/1971: Too Young To Be Married (Top Of The Pops)
                   Survival Of The Fittest (Top Of The Pops)

05/03/1971: Frightened Lady (Rolf Harris Show)

05/07/1971: Long Cool Woman [In A Black Dress] (Top Of The Pops)
                   Hold On (Top Of The Pops)
                   What A Life I've Lead (Top Of The Pops)

27/09/1973: The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee (Top Of The Pops) [TV]

02/03/1974: The Air That I Breathe (Russell Harty Show) [TV]

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You forgot 'Pop Goes The 60s' (31.12.69).

'Ready Steady Go', 'Two Of A Kind (Morcambe & Wise Show), 'This Is Tom Jones' and 'Russell Harty Plus' were all ITV shows, NOT BBC. Morcambe & Wise moved to the BBC in 1968.

The different edits for 'This Is Tom Jones' were for NTSC and PAL regions (apparently early videotape was difficult to broadcast in the "wrong" regions).

[Stranger]

They also mimed Gasoline Alley Bred on the Rolf Harris show?

[cameron]

Mar 27, 2016 7:49:59 GMT peterc said:

'Ready Steady Go', 'Two Of A Kind (Morcambe & Wise Show), 'This Is Tom Jones' and 'Russell Harty Plus' were all ITV shows, NOT BBC. Morcambe & Wise moved to the BBC in 1968.

I was hoping that no one would notice! Oh well, amended the thread name to include TV. I'm just interested in keeping a log of all the genuine live performances recorded of the Hollies over the years, be it surviving clips or not. It'll be interesting to see what the Hollies performed live. 

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Mar 27, 2016 14:08:05 GMT cameron said:

Mar 27, 2016 7:49:59 GMT peterc said:

'Ready Steady Go', 'Two Of A Kind (Morcambe & Wise Show), 'This Is Tom Jones' and 'Russell Harty Plus' were all ITV shows, NOT BBC. Morcambe & Wise moved to the BBC in 1968.

I was hoping that no one would notice! Oh well, amended the thread name to include TV. I'm just interested in keeping a log of all the genuine live performances recorded of the Hollies over the years, be it surviving clips or not. It'll be interesting to see what the Hollies performed live. 

You need to amend it to "British TV" then, otherwise you need to add Beat Club, Beat Beat Beat, Shindig, Hullabaloo, etc.

One noteworthy British appearance you've forgot is Look Through Any Window on 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium'. Also, where's 'The NME Poll Winners Concert' from 1964? The earliest known live concert recording as far as I'm aware.

[cameron]

Do you have the dates for the Palladium and NME shows?

[Deleted]

The NME Poll Winners Concert = 26th April 1964


'The New London Palladium Show' = 3rd October 1965

[cameron]

Thanks Peter, I've added those now

[moorlock2003]

The "Distant Light" tracks are of most interest to me. (What A) Life I've Led is on Youtube, what about the other two?

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May 22, 2017 22:31:34 GMT moorlock2003 said:

The "Distant Light" tracks are of most interest to me. (What A) Life I've Led is on Youtube, what about the other two?

Have you got a link? I can't find it.

[cameron]

I think the video on YouTube is called "Hollies - Life I've Lead LIVE!" If you search for that. The Distant Light tracks are virtually the same as the studio versions. Apparently the Hollies re-recorded bits over the finished take at the end of the session to make it sound live so that they didn't have to go to the BBC studio to do it. From memory, "Hold On" is the best one, the organ solo especially is different and a bit more wild. Think of them as just early mixes of the final take.

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May 24, 2017 8:08:36 GMT cameron said:

I think the video on YouTube is called "Hollies - Life I've Lead LIVE!" If you search for that. The Distant Light tracks are virtually the same as the studio versions. Apparently the Hollies re-recorded bits over the finished take at the end of the session to make it sound live so that they didn't have to go to the BBC studio to do it. From memory, "Hold On" is the best one, the organ solo especially is different and a bit more wild. Think of them as just early mixes of the final take.

Sorry, I misunderstood (I thought he was referring to a TV show or film of a live show!)...

Can anyone post the TV performance of 'Casualty'? Hardly a fave of mine, but I'm curious to see it.

[moorlock2003]

So "The Baby" wasn't a live vocal? There was an interview with Sylvester and Rickfors as well.

[syd69]

There's two early Top Of The Pops transcription discs featuring both We're Through and Something's Got A Hold On Me (#0,wk 49/1964 - Preview Disc for USA & #5,wk 53/1964). Yet these are different performances!

TOTP #0, week 49/1964
Set Me Free
Interview
We’re Through
Something’s Gotta Hold On Me

TOTP #5, week 53/1964
Something’s Gotta Hold On Me
Interview
Here I Go Again
We’re Through

The preview disc would be the Saturday Club recordings from 04/12/1964. But where do the recordings for show #5 come from?

[syd69]

Some additions/corrections:

26/01/1965
+ "Yes I Will" & "I'm Alive"
If "You Know He Did" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

24/05/1965
+ "Stay" & "You Know He Did"
If "Monkey Business" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

28/06/1965 (my file says 28/07/1965)
+ "I'm Alive" & "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"

06/09/1965
+ "Look Through Any Window"
If "You Know He Did" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

28/09/1965
+ "You Must Believe Me"

13/12/1965
+ "A Taste Of Honey"
If "Stay" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

25/01/1966
+ "Don't Even Think About Changing" & "I Can't Let Go"

13/10/1967
My understanding is that this Top Gear session also yielded the recordings of "Step Inside" & "Away Away Away" listed under 08/12/1967.
If "Postcard" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

24/05/1968
My understanding is that this is a Saturday Club session not TOTP. The mistake may have occured because all tracks are available on a TOTP transcription disc (#182)

16/11/1968
My understanding is that this is a Saturday Club session not TOTP. The mistake may have occured because all tracks are available on a TOTP transcription disc (#206)

[cameron]

Jul 10, 2017 12:46:06 GMT syd69 said:

Some additions/corrections:

26/01/1965
+ "Yes I Will" & "I'm Alive"
If "You Know He Did" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

24/05/1965
+ "Stay" & "You Know He Did"
If "Monkey Business" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

28/06/1965 (my file says 28/07/1965)
+ "I'm Alive" & "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"

06/09/1965
+ "Look Through Any Window"
If "You Know He Did" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

28/09/1965
+ "You Must Believe Me"

13/12/1965
+ "A Taste Of Honey"
If "Stay" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

25/01/1966
+ "Don't Even Think About Changing" & "I Can't Let Go"

13/10/1967
My understanding is that this Top Gear session also yielded the recordings of "Step Inside" & "Away Away Away" listed under 08/12/1967.
If "Postcard" was recorded on that session it is not available on a TOTP transcription disc

24/05/1968
My understanding is that this is a Saturday Club session not TOTP. The mistake may have occured because all tracks are available on a TOTP transcription disc (#182)

16/11/1968
My understanding is that this is a Saturday Club session not TOTP. The mistake may have occured because all tracks are available on a TOTP transcription disc (#206)

Thanks Syd, I'll get those amendments on the main list. 

I think the spare "You Know He Did" floating around between 26/01/1965 and 06/09/1965 could be from 'The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride', which was recorded in May/June 1965. Or it could actually be from Radio Luxembourg. I have three recordings of "You Know He Did" labelled from the BBC, but the third is of dubious AM quality. I wasn't aware until recently that the Hollies did some live sessions on Radio Luxembourg. 

For 13/12/1965, I think "Stay" may have been re-cycled from "The Beatles Invite You To A Ticket To Ride", as I can't see why the Hollies would be promoting this song in late 1965; Whereas the Beatles' show was encouraging a look back at the highlights of artists' careers. 

I think that 13/10/1967 session was an unusual five song strong session to herald the Hollies' return to the BBC radio after well over a year's absence! "Postcard" was not on the transcription disc but has turned up from an on-air amateur reel to reel recording. 

[voles]

Mar 26, 2016 21:30:30 GMT cameron said:

I thought I'd make a list of all the tracks that the Hollies recorded at the BBC for the radio and later the TV. I'd like to keep adding to the list so would appreciate everyone's input - whether the audio/footage is missing or not, it would nice to get a complete overview of what is potentially out there. Also details of shows, dates or even recording venues would be appreciated to add to the list. 

Note, only 'live' recordings are included, be it as simple as a new lead vocal or a completely live track.

Tracks in black are known to exist and still survive in various qualities.
Tracks in red are believed to be missing.


--/--/1963: Searchin’ (Saturday Club)

...

First of all, thank you for the list.


Is  '--/--/1963: Searchin’ (Saturday Club)' actually from 'Pop Go The Beatles' on 13th August 1963? If not, do you have a source for the Saturday Club track?


Also (bear with me, I am working through track by track)



4th December 1964 was a Friday & 29th September 1964 was a Tuesday.I note that syd69 has corrected  these to 'Top of The Pops'  on 4/12 and presumably 11/12  for 'Here I Go Again'.

Has anyone worked out the real dates for the Radio Fun tracks? Or is it just that the recording dates are given rather than end dates?