1967 Bluesbreakers live recording will be available soon

[becca]

Very cool to get some McVie-Green-Fleetwood Bluesbreakers live! I'll be looking forward to the CD but suppose the hardcore fans would like to have the entire shows. I was just going through some old Beat Club/Beat Beat Beat tv shows and while the early ones of 1965-66 have some fantastic live (mono) segments (and a special 1967 show at the Marquee) the later ones seem to be all miming and lip-synching, even by groups who earlier showed they could do solid live performances (Small Faces, The Who) what a waste. No FM or Green related stuff on what I have though (I wish).

Also, Blind Willie Johnson's John the Revelator recording is a foundation classic every blues fan should have around.

Thanks for all the info and links. Sorry for being mostly off topic.

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by becca

I was just going through some old Beat Club/Beat Beat Beat tv shows and while the early ones of 1965-66 have some fantastic live (mono) segments (and a special 1967 show at the Marquee) the later ones seem to be all miming and lip-synching, even by groups who earlier showed they could do solid live performances (Small Faces, The Who) what a waste. No FM or Green related stuff on what I have though (I wish).
. . .
Sorry for being mostly off topic.

PLEASE, excuse me for going into the off topic stuff here for a second, folks!

but, becca, if you follow the "beat-club" series chronologically, you'll discover that from august '69 on the programme started returning increasingly to the live formula until in january 1970 (the official start of the colour broadcasts) the performances were COMPLETELY live again. and the dvd box-sets indeed DO feature a small live portion of the mac - bc no. 68 from 25-6-71 shows them playing "dragonfly" (although all the optical gimmicks displayed don't make it very easy to really watch the band). and there's outtakes of their performance in existence featuring 2 more songs, "danny in e minor" (?) and "lay it all down" - at least the latter and "dragonfly" can be seen on youtube.

a heartily thanks to all and everyone for bearing with me going astray from the straight line on this occasion (a new thread on this would've been superfluous, as there's nothing more to it, really.)!
martin

[becca]

Originally Posted by lazy poker

but, becca, if you follow the "beat-club" series chronologically, you'll discover that from august '69 on the programme started returning increasingly to the live formula until in january 1970 (the official start of the colour broadcasts) the performances were COMPLETELY live again

martin

Thank you martin! I haven't gone past 1967 on them yet. I only meant that the chances of live Bluesbreakers in 1967 on the Beat-Club show was looking unlikely to me. I have seen the later Fleetwood Mac appearances (and some nice early Yes with Peter Banks).

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by becca

. . . I only meant that the chances of live Bluesbreakers in 1967 on the Beat-Club show was looking unlikely to me.

i'm definitely with you on this, becca! you have to remember that the so-called blues boom hadn't really arrived in germany yet - as a boom as such. the first blues artist to appear on "beat-club" was b.b. king in '68, with only canned heat following in the same year. and it gradually went on from there. so john mayall's first appearance on the programme had to wait until january 1970 (the start of the colour broadcasts) in an - admittedly - somewhat blues-drenched show featuring amongst others humble pie, free, juicy lucy,colosseum, and canned heat.

concerning the mac i was always very disappointed by the fact that they only appeared on 2 shows, with "man of the world" being the well-known playback affair only. and it's a pity that both (broadcasted) appearances have been spoiled by wide-angled camera perspectives or other optical gimmicks.

on the other hand: what about the uk and the u.s. - does anybody have a clue about a time and place of john mayall appearing on tv for the VERY FIRST TIME EVER? please, correct me if i'm wrong, but to the best of my knowledge the first moving pictures of any bluesbreakers line-up date from '68 with mick taylor. so i'd be more than surprised should there be anything floating around with our green god in the mix!

[LesPaul7]

Originally Posted by lazy poker

PLEASE, excuse me for going into the off topic stuff here for a second, folks!

but, becca, if you follow the "beat-club" series chronologically, you'll discover that from august '69 on the programme started returning increasingly to the live formula until in january 1970 (the official start of the colour broadcasts) the performances were COMPLETELY live again. and the dvd box-sets indeed DO feature a small live portion of the mac - bc no. 68 from 25-6-71 shows them playing "dragonfly" (although all the optical gimmicks displayed don't make it very easy to really watch the band). and there's outtakes of their performance in existence featuring 2 more songs, "danny in e minor" (?) and "lay it all down" - at least the latter and "dragonfly" can be seen on youtube.

a heartily thanks to all and everyone for bearing with me going astray from the straight line on this occasion (a new thread on this would've been superfluous, as there's nothing more to it, really.)!
martin

Hmm....Danny in E Minor is intriguing!

[lazy poker]

Originally Posted by LesPaul7

Hmm....Danny in E Minor is intriguing!

. . . well, i'm not sure at all if this is really the title of the song in question.

the source of information on this is a book that mentions not only every artist and every song that appeared on "beat-club", but also artists and songs that have been recorded but NOT broadcast. sadly it offers a bunch of incorrect names and titles all over the place. for example: "lay it all down" is listed as "moses", the james taylor song "lo and behold" is called "i don't know there's a wheel on the hill", the band warhorse metamorphoses into warhouse . . . it goes on and on.

as i haven't seen or heard this outtake from the mac's performance yet, i have no idea what it's really about. but maybe there's someone in the know out there . . . ?

[FuzzyPlum]

South China Morning Post
Guitarist Peter Green's legacy there for all to hear at last.
Live recordings of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring guitarist who replaced Eric Clapton in the band, have been released in album form.

http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-e...-all-hear-last