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Post by Gralto on Jan 6, 2020 13:42:53 GMT
OK the Dinah! clip on the 'Merry Christmas' thread was nice but this is way, way better! With thanks to the same kindly benefactor who has again offered this site another exclusive clip, we re-premiere a further lost Hollies American 1970s television appearance not known to survive....until now. This time we get two songs, both fully live and featuring the always memorable guesting talents of keyboardist Pete Wingfield. And...maybe Allan Clarke's best ever television discussion from the golden years - was Clarke ever as relaxed on camera as here with Merv Griffin?
Audio of some of this 14 minute episode excerpt from 'The Merv Griffin Show' was recorded by a keen taper at the time of broadcast but the circulating tape was truncated and the quality poor. Here we get the whole shebang in glorious living colour!
Details: TX: 29 May 1975. 'The Merv Griffin Show'. Another Night; Interview; He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother. Fully live.
Please forgive the largish watermarks on this and the Dinah! clips but it was a set-in-stone condition of release by the donor. Happy to acquiesce on this given the rarity of each.
You'll note that while all other members wear different clobber for the two TV appearances broadcast only a week apart, Clarke sticks fat with his bare chested 70s cowboy get up for both.
I'd love to be able to share at least one new Hollies find like this each week but the reality is that these videotape recoveries are a real rarity. Like the Dinah! clip, this Merv Griffin footage is unlisted publicly on YT and only offered via this private link to EO readers first up.
cheers
Simon
PS - and in case you were wondering, EO nor myself personally makes not a cent from either of these two uploads - neither is being monetised regardless of how many views each might get.
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jan 6, 2020 15:17:42 GMT
These are great and I don't wish to be ungrateful but is the watermark absolutely necessary today.......?
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Post by stuball on Jan 6, 2020 16:28:04 GMT
I can remember watching this program late at night, almost 45 years ago! Lovely to see it again.
Merv Griffin is almost a forgotten man today, lost in the shadow of Johnny Carson's late-night talk show fame. But no one was as smooth and disarming as Merv, and as you can see, he has put even the normally uptight Allan, totally at ease. A joy to watch! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by allanangel on Jan 6, 2020 17:18:14 GMT
OMG, this is BRILLIANT!!! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome video.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2020 17:23:02 GMT
Great (and welcome) as the performance is, it's the relaxed Allan that is the real revelation! As we know, he always seemed so ill at ease when being the band spokesman in interviews, and, with the odd exception, it's only been his recent resurgence that has proven how at ease he can be when chatting.
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Post by cameron on Jan 6, 2020 20:04:05 GMT
What a fantastic find. There isn’t much around of the Hollies on prime time American TV. Amazing that it’s all live too. It’s a shame that Merv Griffin makes such cringy smalltalk and clearly only bothered to learn two of their names. I noticed that’s a running theme of pretty much all the surviving clips of the Hollies on American TV. The ‘68 Mike Douglas Show clip fumbles through the awards and forgets the songs in addition to his co-host embarrassingly flirting with Graham and then another clip that springs to mind is the reunion in 1983 on Bandstand where the interviewer decides to ask Bobby why he wears a hat! Is it any wonder Tony and Bobby weren’t bothered by the RRHOF induction?!
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Post by JamesT on Jan 6, 2020 21:26:26 GMT
Yet another superb clip, shame about that bloody ARP synth solo from Pete Wingfield on AN, of course! Fully agree with Peter on this - don't think I've seen Allan so relaxed in an interview back in the day.
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Post by baz on Jan 6, 2020 21:47:45 GMT
Excellent stuff. Really enjoyed "Another Night" - amusing interview though typically corny but Allan, Tony and Terry play along with good humour.
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Post by eric on Jan 6, 2020 22:25:45 GMT
Absolutely brilliant! Thanks Simon.
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Post by anthony on Jan 6, 2020 22:30:12 GMT
Brilliant stuff, love the interview as well as the songs.
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Post by Gralto on Jan 7, 2020 11:57:15 GMT
These are great and I don't wish to be ungrateful but is the watermark absolutely necessary today.......? Yeah sorry Tony - as I said in the first post, the watermark was a condition of the donor. Glad it's gone down well - I see it's been linked on various Facebook sites. And if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed an Allan TV interview from the 1970s existed of him exuding such relaxed confidence. In general though, I think the band always looked far more relaxed on TV abroad than at home. |
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jan 7, 2020 12:21:23 GMT
Respect Simon, but my points would be 1) It's 45 years ago and 2) If I were in possession of anything like that I would be more than happy to share with anybody and everybody...
Clip has already been uploaded to the facebook Allan Clarke appreciation page......
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Post by dirtyfaz on Jan 7, 2020 23:33:12 GMT
I'm with Simon here. If you are given something with conditions attached and you don't follow the request, you loose trust of the giver and more than likely they will never offer up anything else.
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Post by Tony Wilkinson on Jan 8, 2020 8:28:42 GMT
I'm with Simon here. If you are given something with conditions attached and you don't follow the request, you loose trust of the giver and more than likely they will never offer up anything else. I'm not saying you should not honour that trust but to question why after 45 years it cannot be shared, probably on my own here but would rather they didn't show up at all than have them spoiled... They are not war secrets or anything as important, just short clips from a 60's 'pop' group that just a few of us love....what's the big deal...? |
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Post by Gralto on Jan 8, 2020 12:46:47 GMT
All I can add is that sometimes things are far more complex and involved than they appear on the surface.
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Post by moorlock2003 on Jan 8, 2020 16:05:04 GMT
Nice to see this again after 44+ years. Clarke is still singing "gladness OF love" when it should be "and". He clearly has no real attachment to the song.
Unfortunately this was a case of too little too late. Had they come over here when the should have (in 1974) they could have promoted their last great album, "Hollies". Instead they came over to plug the uneven "Another Night". What a shame.
Their Midnight Special performance of "Magic Woman Touch" (with a live vocal over prerecorded backing) is still missing in action.
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Post by calvertbesseralseric on Jan 8, 2020 22:25:03 GMT
Nice to see this again after 44+ years. Clarke is still singing "gladness OF love" when it should be "and". He clearly has no real attachment to the song. Unfortunately this was a case of too little too late. Had they come over here when the should have (in 1974) they could have promoted their last great album, "Hollies". Instead they came over to plug the uneven "Another Night". What a shame. Their Midnight Special performance of "Magic Woman Touch" (with a live vocal over prerecorded backing) is still missing in action. I think Allan has the right to sing He Ain't Heavy however he wants - keep in mind he does sometimes want to change the recorded lyrics, as he quite humorously mentions sometimes with the line in Long Cool Woman supposed to be doors and windows rather than doors and tables. Regardless, I'm more confused by Terry's listless strumming - the performance is quite clearly live, and it quite clearly also doesn't have a lick of electric guitar in the mix...? |
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Post by anthony on Jan 9, 2020 5:02:48 GMT
I'm with Simon here. If you are given something with conditions attached and you don't follow the request, you loose trust of the giver and more than likely they will never offer up anything else. I'm not saying you should not honour that trust but to question why after 45 years it cannot be shared, probably on my own here but would rather they didn't show up at all than have them spoiled... They are not war secrets or anything as important, just short clips from a 60's 'pop' group that just a few of us love....what's the big deal...? Hi Tony and dirtyfaz, To be honest I lean towards Tony here, in real terms these clips are as Tony says 45odd years old and to the general public have no importance, what is wrong with them being shared around, I know the company that drought out the Hollies LTAW DVD buy up everything and don't want anyone to have it, like kids in the play ground stuff. Funny I see these clips and what I think is I just want them in my collection. A bit like that clip of Son of a rotten gambler, gee I would have loved that too. On the other hand the person who has these clips loans them for a better term to the group then we have to accept that. They sure are amazing. I remember I sent a person a disk of Hollies clips many years ago and most ended up on youtuble, it was a real let down as then my trading power went down the drain. Maybe the owner payed a lot of money for the clips, who knows the reason.
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Post by distantlight on Jan 9, 2020 9:17:30 GMT
What a nice find! Thank you for posting the clip - really enjoyed watching it! Always great to hear more energetic live versions of the songs. Especially Bobby always has some cool unexpected fills and ideas up his sleeve.
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Post by Gralto on Jan 9, 2020 12:36:10 GMT
Nice to see this again after 44+ years. Clarke is still singing "gladness OF love" when it should be "and". He clearly has no real attachment to the song. Harsh - very harsh. Do you genuinely believe this? AC considers the song his greatest Hollies vocal performance in the studio. Unfortunately this was a case of too little too late. Had they come over here when the should have (in 1974) they could have promoted their last great album, "Hollies". Instead they came over to plug the uneven "Another Night". What a shame. . True but I guess the UK was their priority in 1974, organising their first full national tour at home - it's hard to believe - for 6 long years. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2020 12:40:58 GMT
As a keen collector of Hollies footage, I tend to rate videos 1 to 5 in order of importance:
5 = 1963-1968 Nash era. Anything from these years is magical to me.
4 = 1969-1973. Yes, including Rickfors era (I'm not a huge fan, but I find videos fascinating, sometimes in a car crash sorta way!)
3 = 1974-1983. I guess some would stop at 1980 or 1981, but the immediate post-Sylvester/Calvert years are fascinating too, particularly the reunion(s).
4 = 1984-1999. Always good to see pro footage with Allan, even during the less interesting years.
5 = 2000 onwards. I don't go too out of my way to collect Howarth era footage, that said I wish they'd done some TV with Carl Wayne!
Of course, the above is just a generalisation (for example, a 1970 TV performance of 'I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top' would be far more exciting than yet another video of 'Jennifer Eccles').
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Post by anthony on Jan 9, 2020 22:35:35 GMT
As a keen collector of Hollies footage, I tend to rate videos 1 to 5 in order of importance: 5 = 1963-1968 Nash era. Anything from these years is magical to me. 4 = 1969-1973. Yes, including Rickfors era (I'm not a huge fan, but I find videos fascinating, sometimes in a car crash sorta way!) 3 = 1974-1983. I guess some would stop at 1980 or 1981, but the immediate post-Sylvester/Calvert years are fascinating too, particularly the reunion(s). 4 = 1984-1999. Always good to see pro footage with Allan, even during the less interesting years. 5 = 2000 onwards. I don't go too out of my way to collect Howarth era footage, that said I wish they'd done some TV with Carl Wayne! Of course, the above is just a generalisation (for example, a 1970 TV performance of 'I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top' would be far more exciting than yet another video of 'Jennifer Eccles'). as one who collects clips also I think you are spot on. |
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Post by anthony on Jan 9, 2020 22:39:59 GMT
Nice to see this again after 44+ years. Clarke is still singing "gladness OF love" when it should be "and". He clearly has no real attachment to the song. Harsh - very harsh. Do you genuinely believe this? AC considers the song his greatest Hollies vocal performance in the studio. Unfortunately this was a case of too little too late. Had they come over here when the should have (in 1974) they could have promoted their last great album, "Hollies". Instead they came over to plug the uneven "Another Night". What a shame. . True but I guess the UK was their priority in 1974, organising their first full national tour at home - it's hard to believe - for 6 long years. maybe Allan thought these words just sounded better than the original. I have seen a clip where David Jones (Monkees) spoke about changing the words of Daydream believer because they were silly |
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