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Big Al
Ready Steady Go! and The Old Grey Whistle Test. Probably the two greatest music television programmes of all time.
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Big Al
Ready Steady Go! and The Old Grey Whistle Test. Probably the two greatest music television programmes of all time.
Definitely .
Are you saying that while she was producing RSG! that she was also, at the same time, managing Dusty?Quote
crawdaddy
Yes! Vicki Wickham is one of the very few of 60's production staff still around.
Of course she was also manager of Dusty Springfield since her very early days as a solo performer.
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Cristiano Radtke
I guess this eas already posted but it's very worth re-posting it here.
The Story of Ready Steady Go! - BBC documentary
Very enjoyable documentary with lots of great stories from that era. I love what Michael Lindsay-Hogg says about Paint it Black. More details: [www.bbc.co.uk]
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CaptainCorellaAre you saying that while she was producing RSG! that she was also, at the same time, managing Dusty?Quote
crawdaddy
Yes! Vicki Wickham is one of the very few of 60's production staff still around.
Of course she was also manager of Dusty Springfield since her very early days as a solo performer.
I hope not, 'cos that would be seriously inappropriate!
And I write that as a great fan of RSG! and of Dusty.
Dusty had a better repertoire, and lasted longer, but hearing a Helen Shapiro track played over the sound system inside Studio 2 at Abbey Road was a revelation on the quality of Helen's singing voice!
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crawdaddy
Shame no colour footage, (as far as I know), of the big name bands and artists who performed on RSG, but plenty of black and white stuff thankfully.
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crawdaddy
Info I found out was that The Birds with Ronnie Wood, played in a talent spin off called Ready Steady Win 29/06/1964 playing 'You're on my mind'.................... but didn't win.
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crawdaddy
Shame no colour footage, (as far as I know), of the big name bands and artists who performed on RSG, but plenty of black and white stuff thankfully.
In a way that's appropriate because in those days most families I knew, including mine, didn't own a color TV, so I only ever saw RSG in black and white and that's how I'll always remember it.
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crawdaddy
I remember watching Ready Steady Win now and then ,as it lasted for 12 weeks.
I remember The Bo Street Runners winning the Final and not a lot was heard from them after that.
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crawdaddy
I know a couple of RSG and 60's music fans who got this book in the last week.
I was only 11 years old when I first saw RSG ,but it's had an everlasting memory that was great to watch live TV and for all us youngsters mainly.
On early every Friday evening when The Stones,The Who,The Beatles,Tamla Motown acts ,James Brown Special, Otis Redding Special and so much more between August 1963 and December 1966.
Otis Redding starting off with................'Satisfaction'.
Both friends who have got the book are well pleased with it and was over £40 but you can get it on Amazon and others for just over £27 now.
A couple of reviews here.
Going to order mine this afternoon.
New Ready Steady Go Book.
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crawdaddy
I got this book for a friend who I knew would really love it.
I bought it myself back in September and feel I still have only scratched the surface of what it contains.
I reckon I saw 90% of all the RSG programs, missing only the ones where our family had our yearly fortnight holiday, usually on the Sussex coast.
I can still vividly remember the Specials they had on James Brown, Otis Redding, The Stones and the Tamla Motown Special.
Great Days when I was aged 11 to 14 years old.