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Post by cameron on Jan 26, 2017 21:45:02 GMT
With the talk of rare Hollies videos recently, what's your "Holy Grail" of what's still potentially out there but yet to turn up?
I think top of my list would be the full "Don't Get Sunburnt" footage in colour from 1971 which we know exists. A whole live concert lasting about 40 minutes when the band were, in my opinion, at their peak live.
Secondly followed by their 1967 appearance on TOTP performing "King Midas In Reverse" which is without doubt probably not in existence any more.
Also, a few interesting TV specials that have been mentioned over the years but the details are a bit hazy: - a Special in Sweden in 1969 where they apparently filmed the entirety of "Hollies Sing Hollies" as sort of an artistic film featuring the band playing and some more general footage of the band to accompany the music. Tony discusses this in depth in a Swedish interview at the time but doesn't name the special. - They did a lot of TV appearances in Japan in 1968, none of these have turned up yet. Undoubtedly these are still out there but in private collections. - Apparently a whole 1967 concert was filmed in America for the "Rock Revolution" documentary but only "Bus Stop" and "The Times They Are A Changin'" were used in the film. - Any of the TV specials from Sweden from their full-blown psychedelia phase in late 1967 - I've got a photo of them in a TV studio (with Allan at the front with his perm and moustache!) surrounded by love heart shaped balloons in their psychedelic clothes. Probably miming "King Midas" or perhaps some LP tracks from "Butterfly", though it hadn't been released at the time of their trip I believe.
What are your most wanted TV clips?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2017 22:23:06 GMT
For a while my Hollies "holy grail" was this clip:
Can't think of anything else to add to your own list, though any TV performances of 'Stay' and 'We're Through' would be welcomed!
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Post by Stranger on Jan 26, 2017 23:00:47 GMT
The existing clips of Lizzy And The Rain man and Falling Calling would be interesting.
I wonder about their appearance on a show called Get It Together around 1970. Does anyone know anything about it?
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Post by Gralto on Jan 27, 2017 12:14:56 GMT
Ah - lost Hollies TV appearances. I could write pages on this, given it's one of my bigger areas of Hollies knowledge. But...I'm saving that for my book. For those vaguely interested, this section is 80% written, focusing on 27 Lost Hollies TV appearances where all that survives is a still image or two. There are many Hollies TV appearances for which there are (presently) no known surviving moving or still images - and I mention a few of the most cherished there.
However, I’ve selected 27 that do have some pictorial representation (final selection still being refined...and yes there is a reason why it's 27...), you'll see some photos that you've seen many times and previously thought "where does that image derive?" which I will accurately date, other shots very rarely seen and 1-2 previously unpublished.
There will be some other surprises in this TV section too but I'll save that for another time! I have to hold back a few things that the general Hollies world remains in the dark about!!
Now, to the questions above: Stuball - thanks SO much for the post in the other thread - I'll add my comments there. Stranger - Get It Together - The H performed He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother on this short lived US show, broadcast 12-12.30pm, 11 April 1970 on ABC. I've not seen any stills from this appearance and judging by the surviving ep on YT, it looks like 'Get It Together' was plastered all over the stage backdrop. Hosted by Sam Riddle, The H appeared as guests with Ray Stevens. This was another Dick Clark production and filmed in California. I wouldn't be surprised if The H did more than one song but all I have is 'Heavy' at present. All songs appeared to have been mimed. The show is pre-taped so when this happened is anyone's guess. It's possible a film clip was used for Heavy - maybe recorded in England and sent over??? The H visited the US for a tour on April 23 but didn't visit the West Coast. So the band's performance on Get It Together remains a bit of a mystery at present. No mention in the band's official newsletters from the time of them either of them popping over for a lightning quick LA trip to do the show in early April - much of March was spent recording the Confessions album. Then again, the 1970 Hollies newsletter was rather light on for info at times, it must be said.
Cameron - thanks for kicking this off. Just to update a few things here: **The Hicks interview done in Sweden in Nov 69 where he mentions a Hollies Sing Hollies TV special is actually the BBC2 special 'Pop Into Bed With The Hollies' (Rec 30 Oct 1969) which naturally doesn't survive at the BBC. (I mean why would it...? It's only British tax-payer funded important end-of-the-60s/youth culture production output...hardly worth saving...) **Japan TV April 1968 - one, maybe two TV shows done - nothing known to survive of these at present **Inside Pop: Rock Revolution CBS special aired 25 April 1967 featuring Tim Buckley, Herman's Hermits, Janis Ian, Brian Wilson and of course The H (cool line up!!) features those 2 songs you mention. Would love to know the full Hollies concert from Jan 1967 is out there...somewhere. I don't know for sure but I think it's likely these songs are from the last night of the tour in Chicago - 2 Jan 1967. And for those who don't know, The H supported Herman's Hermits on this tour. No jealousy here, they were just pleased to be invited, The Hermits having a miles bigger profile in the States than our lads. And they were old Manc mates anyway.
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Post by cameron on Jan 28, 2017 12:26:03 GMT
**The Hicks interview done in Sweden in Nov 69 where he mentions a Hollies Sing Hollies TV special is actually the BBC2 special 'Pop Into Bed With The Hollies' (Rec 30 Oct 1969) which naturally doesn't survive at the BBC. (I mean why would it...? It's only British tax-payer funded important end-of-the-60s/youth culture production output...hardly worth saving...) **Japan TV April 1968 - one, maybe two TV shows done - nothing known to survive of these at present **Inside Pop: Rock Revolution CBS special aired 25 April 1967 featuring Tim Buckley, Herman's Hermits, Janis Ian, Brian Wilson and of course The H (cool line up!!) features those 2 songs you mention. Would love to know the full Hollies concert from Jan 1967 is out there...somewhere. I don't know for sure but I think it's likely these songs are from the last night of the tour in Chicago - 2 Jan 1967. And for those who don't know, The H supported Herman's Hermits on this tour. No jealousy here, they were just pleased to be invited, The Hermits having a miles bigger profile in the States than our lads. And they were old Manc mates anyway. I've never heard anything about the BBC special! Am I right that it features the whole Hollies Sing Hollies LP? It seems strange to me that for a country like Japan that's so hot on technology, that these things wouldn't have been kept. Lots of mainstream artists toured there in the 1960's, and for pretty much all of them bootlegs or even official albums have been released of the concerts. Only six months or so ago that audience tape of the Hollies came to light, though I'm yet to get any more songs from it. I did ask him if they played Dear Eloise and he said yes, so you were right about that. I came across a guy once on an American forum once years ago who remembers being at a Hollies concert in 1968 at a college/sports hall of all places and he was very adamant that there was a film crew in there filming it. He wasn't sure of the date, but was very vivid in his description of it - perhaps he was mixing it up with the 1967 filming with Herman's Hermits? He said that there were ABC film crew vans outside. I would have thought if it was the 1967 concert, they would have been CBS - again, unless the guy is remembering it wrongly. I wonder if there's anything else out there of their filmed concerts. The general conscious with the 1968 Yugoslavia concert was that no one knew it existed. The show was well covered in the press at the time and nothing was mentioned of it being filmed. Then again, it's an amateurish film with a maximum of two cameras and seemingly one microphone picking up the Hollies' PA system. Perhaps it was filmed more for posterity and finally someone decided it was worth watching? But who's to say there aren't more that no one knows about?
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Post by stuball on Jan 28, 2017 16:27:40 GMT
Ah - lost Hollies TV appearances. Stranger - Get It Together - The H performed He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother on this short lived US show, broadcast 12-12.30pm, 11 April 1970 on ABC. I've not seen any stills from this appearance and judging by the surviving ep on YT, it looks like 'Get It Together' was plastered all over the stage backdrop. Hosted by Sam Riddle, The H appeared as guests with Ray Stevens. This was another Dick Clark production and filmed in California. I wouldn't be surprised if The H did more than one song but all I have is 'Heavy' at present. All songs appeared to have been mimed. The show is pre-taped so when this happened is anyone's guess. It's possible a film clip was used for Heavy - maybe recorded in England and sent over??? The H visited the US for a tour on April 23 but didn't visit the West Coast. So the band's performance on Get It Together remains a bit of a mystery at present. No mention in the band's official newsletters from the time of them either of them popping over for a lightning quick LA trip to do the show in early April - much of March was spent recording the Confessions album. Then again, the 1970 Hollies newsletter was rather light on for info at times, it must be said. The Hollies also appeared on Get It Together on the September 5th final show, singing 'I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top' and 'Lady Please'. I have no idea if these were film clips or if they actually appeared in person. Back in those days, standard procedure was to have a two week lag between taping and broadcast. So, if The Hollies were present, taping would have been about August 23/70, give a day or two. Anyone know the group's whereabouts on those dates?
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Post by moorlock2003 on Jan 31, 2017 11:08:08 GMT
Can't get excited by mimed TV appearances. Holy grail? Hardly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 11:51:42 GMT
Can't get excited by mimed TV appearances. Holy grail? Hardly. I can't get too excited by Rickfors era footage, so each to their own...
Anyway, your "holy grail" is?
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Post by cameron on Jan 31, 2017 15:19:02 GMT
I don't think it matters if it's mimed or not, it's nice to see the band performing a song. If it's live and produces some alternative audio, then that's a bonus. One of my favourite clips of them is from a German show in 1968 performing 'Dear Eloise'. It's mimed (like every clip of the song, I believe there's five in total) but they're all in their psychedelic clothes in full colour and they appear to be having fun so it's great to see.
Apparently they filmed another song as part of the show and were interviewed, though these clips have yet to appear. I'd love to see them.
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Post by dirtyfaz on Jan 31, 2017 21:06:00 GMT
I'm a bit like Moorlock2003. My preference is for live audio but like Cameron says it is nice to see the band performing. Didn't see any reference from Moorlock re Rickfors in his post.
Didn't the Hollies add vocals on Dear Eloise on the (I think) Smothers Brothers show in the US?
I'm not a big video collector so I guess I don't really have a holy grail when it comes to The Hollies.
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Post by anthony on Jan 31, 2017 21:26:48 GMT
A few years ago I heard the Hollies had a concert/special with LRB. But for me it would have to be Don't get Sunburnt. To be honest any old unseen footage is brilliant. stuff from Japan would be fantastic to see also.
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Post by dirtyfaz on Feb 1, 2017 2:17:24 GMT
I'm not aware of a Hollies/LRB special. Maybe Simon can shed some light on it but I would think I would have heard of it before. From the Audio this is about for DGS I would have to say that is up there. There have been several Hollies specials around the world. They just keep turning up.
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Post by cameron on Feb 1, 2017 10:40:38 GMT
I'd love Don't Get Sunburnt on film - a tiny clip of it is shown at the start of the LTAW DVD where they play 'He Ain't Heavy' and there's a black and white copy of 'Too Young To Be Married' on YouTube. Also the audio for 'Amazing Grace' plays over the credits for the LTAW DVD. There were a few tracks included on the Bootleg 'In A Spin', which I compiled together here: soundcloud.com/theholliesrareandunreleased/live-in-australia-1971But that's literally it, many of the key interesting performances missing. I approached Reelin In The Years, who own the footage, about releasing it as a stand alone DVD and got a very rude response with words to the effect of "It's not worth releasing financially" so that's that. They own it and won't let anyone see it. So I don't expect to see it in my lifetime, even though so many Hollies fans are crying out for it. Perhaps if we started a crowdfunding project? But RITY were so unapproachable and rude to deal with that I think it would be a waste of time.
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Post by anthony on Feb 1, 2017 21:50:39 GMT
I'd love Don't Get Sunburnt on film - a tiny clip of it is shown at the start of the LTAW DVD where they play 'He Ain't Heavy' and there's a black and white copy of 'Too Young To Be Married' on YouTube. Also the audio for 'Amazing Grace' plays over the credits for the LTAW DVD. There were a few tracks included on the Bootleg 'In A Spin', which I compiled together here: soundcloud.com/theholliesrareandunreleased/live-in-australia-1971But that's literally it, many of the key interesting performances missing. I approached Reelin In The Years, who own the footage, about releasing it as a stand alone DVD and got a very rude response with words to the effect of "It's not worth releasing financially" so that's that. They own it and won't let anyone see it. So I don't expect to see it in my lifetime, even though so many Hollies fans are crying out for it. Perhaps if we started a crowdfunding project? But RITY were so unapproachable and rude to deal with that I think it would be a waste of time. Great attitude Reelin in the years. Well one thing is for sure they might proudly own Don't get sunburnt but you know something it would be sitting on a shelf gathering dust. So they are making nothing from it. Not really a Rolling Stones fan but the thing that amazes me is the amount of DVD's they have out, so many concerts.
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Post by dirtyfaz on Feb 1, 2017 22:44:42 GMT
Reelin In The Years has never been known as a real friendly company. Way back when they release their Hollies DVD they were a difficult company. Re DGS, that was videod and shown on our ABC channel. That is/was the government station. I don't know what part of the world Reelin have the rights to or if they bought it outright from the ABC. There has always been issues re ownership of DGS. In defence of Reelin, they are a company just like any other and that is about making money. I don't really think that special would generate the income to make issuing it viable. Sure all us fans would want it but I am not too sure if the general public would be interested in a 50 min doco made 45 years ago. I bet they lost money on the DVD on the Hollies that they put out.
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Post by cameron on Feb 1, 2017 23:38:24 GMT
I got told that they "just about broke even" on LTAW. From what I understand, they don't actually have the Don't Get Sunburnt special, just the raw concert footage. 'Dear Oak Tree' and 'Blood Red Roses' aren't listed, which I believe were filmed outside not as part of the concert? The footage they have runs around the 40 minute mark, so it's not quite the hour long special that I believe DGS was. I think it's safe to assume that sadly the original documentary is gone, but at least the concert film survives in colour!
I see their point, but it makes me sad. There's fans of the Hollies who've followed them for 50 years who'd love to see that footage, and they just might never see it which I think is just devastating. "Here I have this that you really want but you can't see it even if you personally pay for it" is their attitude. It says all over their website that they don't deal with fans. The only slim (and I mean VERY slim) chance we have is if the footage is broadcast on TV. The only thing shown recently by the Hollies is the BBC's 'Hollies In Concert' from 1969, which the BBC own. I think that's the only Hollies footage to be shown on a major TV station in the last 20 years, Yugoslavia 1968 was on a strange Croatian channel I believe.
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Feb 2, 2017 7:23:12 GMT
Re above then how strange that LTAW is shown regularly on SKY Arts....
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Post by dirtyfaz on Feb 3, 2017 1:15:02 GMT
It shows up here in Australia occasionally as well. Wonder how they got the rights to play LTAW and what it would cost them.
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Post by Sharon 22 on Feb 4, 2017 21:20:39 GMT
Reelin In The Years has never been known as a real friendly company. Way back when they release their Hollies DVD they were a difficult company. Re DGS, that was videod and shown on our ABC channel. That is/was the government station. I don't know what part of the world Reelin have the rights to or if they bought it outright from the ABC. There has always been issues re ownership of DGS. In defence of Reelin, they are a company just like any other and that is about making money. I don't really think that special would generate the income to make issuing it viable. Sure all us fans would want it but I am not too sure if the general public would be interested in a 50 min doco made 45 years ago. I bet they lost money on the DVD on the Hollies that they put out. This was the rude and nasty response i received to my inquiry as to why rity hoard all this footage which should be allowed in the public domain for us fans to appreciate. And also in reply to my asking him why they left off the Hollies promotional film for "Charlie & Fred" on the LTAW dvd, as you catch a glimpse of Allan & Graham from that film during the main part of the documentary. It goes as follows: From RITY Producer Tom Gullota: I'm wondering if you complain to HBO that they don't give their programming away for free? And do you consider grocery stores to be "hoarding" their products on their shelves? This is a business. These programs are the property of the television stations who filmed them. Deal with it. That was the extent of my conversation with the jackass, who believes this goldmine of footage from all artists should be allowed to languish in the vaults for eternity. What a piece of work this guy is!
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Post by cameron on Feb 4, 2017 21:35:15 GMT
That's disgusting, but not surprising in the slightest. I asked very politely if they'd issue the 1971 Australian concert in full (as they'd just issued a Miles Davies concert on it's own, so I knew they did that kind of thing) and got a very rude reply from David Peck himself, who got very offended at me just asking the question. I can't remember word for word what he said, but it was along the lines of "we barely broke even on LTAW, there's no money in the Hollies". I responded saying how much I'd love to see this footage and so would other Hollies fans, perhaps we could start a crowdfunding project to get it issued, but he never even replied.
The problem is, Reelin In The Years now have the global monopoly on music footage. They can tell people what they like as there's no company to rival them. As I understand it, they look after the physical tapes on behalf of the TV stations.
They should take a leaf from British Pathe - they've issued all their films online with a watermark to be viewed for free, and you can pay around £20 per clip to get the uncompressed version without the watermark. The videos come with a private licensing agreement, so TV and Film need a separate licence to show the clips in their archive. Reelin In The Years would be hugely successful if they did this.
None of us are averse to paying to view/own these clips, that's what annoys me. We're not expecting something for nothing, but Reelin In The Years won't even so much as give us the opportunity.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2017 23:19:30 GMT
Maybe 192 TV are the people to ask? They seem to be able to get hold of lots of rare footage...
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Post by Stranger on Feb 4, 2017 23:57:18 GMT
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Post by gee on Feb 6, 2017 11:35:44 GMT
Sorry to hear about the rude and unpleasant responses you guys got from RITY
I seem to recall David Peck was on this forum a while back...and a certain individual started an argument with him over why no Rickfors Hollies songs were included in the LTAW DVD....which got to the point of an enraged Peck (a blunt volatile character it seems) storming off in a rage telling us he'd do NO MORE Hollies DVDs !!!
remember that.....?
so maybe certain fans have contributed to the 'Anti Hollies' attitude Peck now seems to have ? and can only blame themselves for us NOT getting anything more of The Hollies on DVD most notably re the 'post Nash' era ?
You need to always be respectful of these guys - even if you really think otherwise - in order to persuade them to 'consider' a future release...just TELLING THEM gets you nowhere - indeed it gets their backs up and probably ensures you WON'T get anything further from them...as they do remember confrontations with irate fans and these figures can be a bit spiteful !
As it stands we can only hope for another CD set and if Universal can be persuaded The Hollies are a worthwhile concern re their back catalogue that might lead to further DVD releases in due course, hopefully including the Rickfors Hollies and thereafter
- bear in mind these concerns are NOT fans they are businessmen out to make profits and see things solely in terms of money to be made not 'musical pedigree' or 'art' etc
I can tell you that the reruns of LTAW on SKY Arts channel has picked up new fans of The Hollies - a nephew of mine who is in his mid 20's and into Oasis, Coldplay, Stereophonics has become a firm Hollies fan after watching LTAW - he can't believe how long the band have been going
He heard them mention playing at the 'Oasis Club' in Manchester and that got his interest, then he watched the entire show and now has several Hollies CDs, (he said a young Eric Haydock resembled Noel Gallagher - which is true) so that's another fan of the band due to SKY Arts screening LTAW
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Post by Gralto on Feb 6, 2017 14:55:11 GMT
While I can appreciate the frustration of those who are desperate to see and have available every piece of footage that is known to survive and be ‘out there’, some of which remains tantalizingly just of reach, I feel it’s opportune to put this in perspective.
For those fans who have discovered The Hollies in the new Millennium, it’s been a veritable treasure trove of riches to collect and observe the moving image legacy of this band. There’s been the EMI Netherlands DVD/CD release, the ever changing ‘archive’ of what’s available on Youtube (and Vimeo et al), and then there’s the official DVD release of Reelin’ In The Years’ (RITY) documentary on the band, Look Through Any Window featuring complete, full length remastered clips. Across these platforms, you have a huge percentage of what is ‘out there’ in terms of Hollies footage. But then there are the other clips we know of that remain unseen to the general public, some of which are listed on the RITY site.
Now I’m not going to take any sides here, but it’s worth mentioning some facts. Firstly, I can empathise with RITY’s plight because they are sort of damned if they do, damned if they don’t with their website. I think it’s great that they list the clips to which they have access. Look up most TV stations and see if they list what they have; the vast majority don’t and never will. And should you contact a TV station asking them what they have, if you are simply an interested individual, you’ll often not get a response at all. Persistence will often get you nowhere - you'll be continually ignored.
A quick look through the RITY site and you’ll find the clear disclaimer that they don’t sell copies to private individuals. They are a licensor of predominantly music footage, primed for sale to the commercial sector. It sounds like some people who read this site have had a bad experience when contacting them. That’s not for me to comment because I’ve personally had no dealings with them to have any opinion either way.
But remember, they are not in business to service the doubtless many, many individuals who would be contacting them daily about every Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Dylan, Hollies etc clip they can see on their site. As much as we’d like to see this stuff, well, it’s not a perfect world so we just have to accept it. Mind you, as Will from The In-Betweeners liked to say "good manners costs nothing!" I have noted a rather aggressive tone from them at times though I've also seen them cop it coming the other way too, sometimes unfairly when a member of the public doesn't perhaps appreciate what they have to go through to get a product over the line.
The way RITY operate is to approach TV networks and production companies, offer their services as an independent music specialist stock footage provider to drive the toughest deals on their behalves, reach the far areas of the globe through their contacts and ultimately make the TV network more money than if it was left to them, with scant internal resources to do such a thing. My understanding is that once they are installed by the network to be their sales rep in certain territories, RITY ask the station “ok what do you have for these artists?” The station supplies them with their list, RITY add it to their online lists, and we get to see what’s there.
RITY’s lists for artists often change – mostly growing but occasionally shrinking too! For Hollies clips, you may have noticed some subtractions over the years. The Tom Jones Show/This Is Tom Jones clips that used to be on there – He Aint Heavy/Sorry Suzanne/Lawdy Miss Clawdy that were once part of their collection are absent after I think the TJ owners took back control over the assets. The music footage game is a tough business – smallish market, complicated rights issues, budgets for docos/exhibitions/etc are generally tiny – I think RITY have done well to stay in business for 25 years.
It’s also worth noting that RITY may not have a copy of everything of a TV Network that they represent. For example, if they ask ZDF in Germany ‘what have you got on The Hollies?’ and they supply a list, and then 2 years later ZDF find a stash of different clips on another tape, there’s no guarantee that RITY will be passed on that updated info unless they keep checking in with that network. Some of the networks RITY represent have other Hollies items though it will generally only be news bulletin fragments.
RITY also possess rights only to certain territories. For example , RITY do not represent the collections of the ABC or The Nine Network here in Australia for any commercial requests coming from Australia or New Zealand. And yes, to set the record straight, the Hollies clips on RITY’s site which have the duration of 51.57 listed is the completed ‘Don’t Get Sunburnt’ 1971 Australian tour film. It’s not rushes, or outtakes or the raw concert only film – it’s the full documentary seen by Australian audiences in 1971.
It’s great to see that RITY have acquired the Merv Griffin Show archives in recent times. The H appeared on the show in May 1975 (and possibly in 1967) where they did several numbers. Be keen to know if this survives or not, as a video of this has otherwise yet to surface with collectors.
Don’t expect any more Hollies official DVD product through RITY. As David Peck has mentioned on the Steve Hoffmann Forum, DVD sales are dying across the industry and even to break even on a new compilation release featuring clips sourced across a range of networks (ala Look Through Any Window) remains a major challenge. I think the Hollies one was a bit of a labour of love for them, which was probably the only reason it crept out in the end. Glad it did – it is quite an underrated doco and for many fans was a very satisfying product. I know some of us more hardened Holliholics were looking for a hard hitting tell-all release but as this was band approved, the chance for controversial issues being aired was never going to happen. IMHO, the made up promo for King Midas In Reverse using road manager Rod Shields’ home movies was worth the cost of purchase alone.
Er, I think I may have got off topic again!
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Post by gee on Feb 6, 2017 19:12:46 GMT
Spot on Simon !
you make many excellent and valid points
it's a minefield re legal position and ownership(s)...and an ever changing situation over time too...
we have to indeed 'keep it real' - MUCH as WE would love a follow up to LTAW with the seventies material, like the Santa Barbara show, the 'Midnight Special' songs, that TV special with Clarke, Sylvester etc from the mid seventies - and let's hope some more stuff DOES creep out (who expected to see that BBC 'TOTP' 'Bus Stop' with Eric Haydock and 'Have You Ever Loved Somebody' etc ?) - we have to accept in the grand scheme of things we've been alot more lucky than some fans
Both the, at one point intended, Manfred Mann and The Pretty Things RITY DVDs failed to materialise...sadly
- and there's NO Searchers set at all anything like LTAW nor any realistic likelihood of one either despite quite a bit of vintage songs footage out there - Mike Pender and John McNally still don't speak it seems ! - so Searchers fans must look at Hollies fans with great envy (many of us are both of course)
maybe Universal who have The Hollies back catalogue might have some interest in the future ?, we can only wait and see
in October 2007 Bobby told me he could NOT honestly see the 'Out on The Road' tracks getting a UK release as it was deemed SO LITTLE market existed...yet they DID later form part of 'Changing Times' set...so remember - Never say Never !
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