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Post by sandy on Jan 2, 2021 17:03:43 GMT
 Does this look like music video, or live possibly? I can't remember for the life of me ,where I found it!!? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 17:19:18 GMT
Apparently Allan never, ever, performed a live show of his own without The Hollies, despite some being announced. So I guess it must be from a TV show or promo (though I don't recognise it).
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Post by sandy on Jan 2, 2021 17:37:41 GMT
Apparently Allan never, ever, performed a live show of his own without The Hollies, despite some being announced. So I guess it must be from a TV show or promo (though I don't recognise it). Yes,I don't recognise it from any video I've seen....?? |
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Post by sandy on Jan 2, 2021 18:27:49 GMT
Found larger pic, someone put on Facebook a long time ago?  |
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jan 2, 2021 18:29:33 GMT
Are you sure it's even Allan and not just a lookalikey.. ? |
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Post by sandy on Jan 2, 2021 18:44:19 GMT
Are you sure it's even Allan and not just a lookalikey.. ? Mmmmm? I think it's him? Oh well, I've put it out there, and see if anyone knows😂 |
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Post by JamesT on Jan 2, 2021 19:06:08 GMT
Almost looks like Bill Bruford on drums!
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Post by sandy on Jan 2, 2021 19:34:03 GMT
Almost looks like Bill Bruford on drums! Actually,you may be on to something? Those names together rings a bell.... |
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Post by baz on Jan 2, 2021 20:39:00 GMT
Definitely looks like Allan and whilst there is a resemblance to Bill Bruford's mane of hair, it definitely isn't him - I think it's Tony Newman. I checked pics of Newman on Google and there are a few from the 70's with him sporting curly hair like that. Interesting as I always picture him short haired drumming with Sounds Incorporated and Newman did play drums on "Headroom"...
I'm guessing it's a TV appearance from 1972 or 1973. If only someone could find the footage...
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Post by anthony on Jan 2, 2021 22:25:30 GMT
Its Allan Clarke performing Ruby . Have an article saying something about a TV appearance at the same time in Holland so I'm assuming its a TV show from there. Have the article but too hard to post any photos here. If somebody was interested and messaged me their email address I could pass on the article and they could post it. Hope I have been of help,
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Post by Stranger on Jan 2, 2021 22:58:23 GMT
Don't want to drag things off topic but wasn't Ruby a strange single choice? To my mind it is the least hooky song on the album.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2021 23:02:46 GMT
Its Allan Clarke performing Ruby . Have an article saying something about a TV appearance at the same time in Holland so I'm assuming its a TV show from there. Have the article but too hard to post any photos here. If somebody was interested and messaged me their email address I could pass on the article and they could post it. Hope I have been of help, There was certainly some sort of performance of the song (I listed it in 'Channelling The Beat!' as a Promo Video) but I haven't actually seen it. |
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Post by anthony on Jan 2, 2021 23:04:17 GMT
Don't want to drag things off topic but wasn't Ruby a strange single choice? To my mind it is the least hooky song on the album. Maybe Allan wanted something more up beat as a singe. Less Hollies sounding too. |
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Post by sandy on Jan 3, 2021 10:15:03 GMT
I have same article, but yours is clearer, Anthony ☺️  |
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 3, 2021 17:31:30 GMT
Are you sure it's even Allan and not just a lookalikey.. ? Nobody looks like Allan Clarke!!  |
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Post by thejanitor on Jan 3, 2021 17:53:50 GMT
I would have guessed maybe a promo for Hey Willy, given the mismatch of outfits, much like the infamous TOTP performance. The drummer kind of looks a little like Bobby in a perm wig (sorry for that imagery 😅). That background guitarist is definitely not a Hollie.
But hey, you already found out what it really is, so ignore this! 😊
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Post by baz on Jan 3, 2021 17:59:43 GMT
I would have guessed maybe a promo for Hey Willy, given the mismatch of outfits, much like the infamous TOTP performance. The drummer kind of looks a little like Bobby in a perm wig (sorry for that imagery 😅). That background guitarist is definitely not a Hollie. But hey, you already found out what it really is, so ignore this! 😊 lol... as bad as Bobby's wigs were, credit to him for never going for ones with a perm! The cutting is interesting as it appears Allan had a beard... he flirted with moustaches a few times but hadn't seen him before with a beard from before his awful ponytail and goatee era in the early 90's. |
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Post by thejanitor on Jan 3, 2021 21:00:12 GMT
Also, I'm not familiar with an Allan album called Scaler. Was that Headroom's original title, or another project completely?
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Post by Mevrouw Bee on Jan 4, 2021 0:29:44 GMT
Also, I'm not familiar with an Allan album called Scaler. Was that Headroom's original title, or another project completely? Pretty sure that ended up being Headroom. |
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Post by sandy on Jan 4, 2021 12:49:36 GMT
Also, I'm not familiar with an Allan album called Scaler. Was that Headroom's original title, or another project completely? Yep, it came out as Headroom. |
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Post by Stranger on Jan 4, 2021 14:39:50 GMT
Don't want to drag things off topic but wasn't Ruby a strange single choice? To my mind it is the least hooky song on the album. Maybe Allan wanted something more up beat as a singe. Less Hollies sounding too. That's a logical explanation! |
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Post by cameron on Jan 5, 2021 15:51:08 GMT
'Scaler' was indeed to become 'Headroom'. There's so precious little information about Allan's solo career, with so many unanswered questions. Someone really ought to be able to speak to him about it; he's not getting any younger!
From what I've found out, 'Headroom' was released in late June 1973 (and believe me, that information took some digging out!), and Allan Clarke was back in the studio with the Hollies on the 7th August. Sessions for 'Out On The Road' wrapped up in mid-March 1973, presumably around the same time that 'Headroom' was recorded. So at some point, possibly before Allan's album was even released, the Hollies got in touch to ask him to come back. I expect that any of the aforementioned promo for the album and lead singles was promptly cancelled when Allan got the call to return to the Hollies.
Back in 1972, 'My Real Name Is 'Arold' was released in October, but 'Long Cool Woman' peaks at No.2 on the US Billboard chart on September 2nd, having spent a few weeks climbing the charts and it stuck around for a good few months after. We can assume again that any promotion/solo tours planned to promote 'My Real Name Is 'Arold' would have been curtailed as Allan pleaded with the Hollies to let him come back and promote HIS song in the USA. Of course, we know that this never happened...
It would seem that when you actually look at the dates, both albums and possible tours/live TV appearances are marred by some kind of interventions from the Hollies. We know that Allan was desperate to re-join to promote 'Long Cool Woman' back in late 1972, so it can be assumed that any promotions of his solo career would have been cancelled immediately until a solution was found. I get the vibe that 'Headroom' was an attempt to expand on that infamous 'Long Cool Woman' sound, and I think of that album as a superb follow up to 'Distant Light', which is odd because Tony did the lion's share of writing for that album. But stylistically, it's very similar. But again, as great as that's going and as much as Allan tells the press that he's getting on his feet and ready to tour, the lure of re-joining the Hollies is impossible to ignore, and once again, plans are scrapped to promote his solo career. It's interesting to compare the dates of all these events and see how they perhaps had an adverse effect on Allan's solo career taking off as it should have done at the time.
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Post by sandy on Jan 5, 2021 15:58:00 GMT
'Scaler' was indeed to become 'Headroom'. There's so precious little information about Allan's solo career, with so many unanswered questions. Someone really ought to be able to speak to him about it; he's not getting any younger! From what I've found out, 'Headroom' was released in late June 1973 (and believe me, that information took some digging out!), and Allan Clarke was back in the studio with the Hollies on the 7th August. Sessions for 'Out On The Road' wrapped up in mid-March 1973, presumably around the same time that 'Headroom' was recorded. So at some point, possibly before Allan's album was even released, the Hollies got in touch to ask him to come back. I expect that any of the aforementioned promo for the album and lead singles was promptly cancelled when Allan got the call to return to the Hollies. Back in 1972, 'My Real Name Is 'Arold' was released in October, but 'Long Cool Woman' peaks at No.2 on the US Billboard chart on September 2nd, having spent a few weeks climbing the charts and it stuck around for a good few months after. We can assume again that any promotion/solo tours planned to promote 'My Real Name Is 'Arold' would have been curtailed as Allan pleaded with the Hollies to let him come back and promote HIS song in the USA. Of course, we know that this never happened... It would seem that when you actually look at the dates, both albums and possible tours/live TV appearances are marred by some kind of interventions from the Hollies. We know that Allan was desperate to re-join to promote 'Long Cool Woman' back in late 1972, so it can be assumed that any promotions of his solo career would have been cancelled immediately until a solution was found. I get the vibe that 'Headroom' was an attempt to expand on that infamous 'Long Cool Woman' sound, and I think of that album as a superb follow up to 'Distant Light', which is odd because Tony did the lion's share of writing for that album. But stylistically, it's very similar. But again, as great as that's going and as much as Allan tells the press that he's getting on his feet and ready to tour, the lure of re-joining the Hollies is impossible to ignore, and once again, plans are scrapped to promote his solo career. It's interesting to compare the dates of all these events and see how they perhaps had an adverse effect on Allan's solo career taking off as it should have done at the time. Think that happened quite a bit I had an interview where he was working on solo stuff, then He ain't heavy took off second time around, and took priority again. He mentioned trying to shoehorn his solo stuff in between, which I suppose was the agreement... |
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