[ebooktalk] Re: BEATLES BOOK AGAIN
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 16:11:15 +0100
Steve, I wouldn't put any store by the BBC Gram library. In terms of vinyl,
much of what was there disappeared in swathes either from opportunistic removal
by people or because it was simply binned. This was at the time when a whole
new Information and archive department was created during the John Bert era.
On 5 Oct 2013, at 15:38, Steven Bingham wrote:
> HI Ian
>
> Yes, the Nick Jones programme was very good. The only problem with it was
> that it didn't let us hear any of what he performed on his comeback or any
> of his past performances. Every time a song got started somebody talked over
> it.
>
> Also you would have thought that he had only ever made the one album -
> Penguin Egss. In fact, I think that was his fourth or fifth album.
> Admittedly there is a problem over getting access to the original recordings
> of his older material but I am sure that the BBC has it all in their record
> library.
>
> With a little research and a little more patience in the production it could
> have been a whole lot better.
>
> We saw Nick perform at the Cullercoats folk club a couple of weeks before
> the accident. We also spoke to him last at a friend's wedding in Yorkshire
> about 20 years ago. At that time he was having considerable difficulty
> holding conversations.
>
> I keep hearing rumours that the old Leader material might be escaping but
> there seem to be a lot of legal problems as well as a reluctance on the part
> of the apparent current copyright holder to allow anyone else to process the
> material for re-issue.
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 05 October 2013 10:50
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] BEATLES BOOK AGAIN
>
> Mark Lewisohn the author of the projected three-part biography of The
> Beatles was the ten o'clock guest on Danny Baker's show on BBC 5Live this
> morning. While writing, and straying somewhat off topic, one of the most
> moving TV programmes I've seen in a while was on BBC4 recently. It
> concerned the return to performing by brilliant singer and guitarist Nic
> Jones. Both his children, a son and a daughter were involved as were many
> of the giants of British folk. It has probably dropped off the iPlayer by
> now, but they do repeat shows quite often on the channel so keep a look out.
>
>
>
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