Gazza
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Wow. Cant wait to see that. Thanks.
Unfortunately, the infamous 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' footage (from 22.1.67) appears to be lost or wiped along with most of the UK TV appearances in the 60's (this show was ITV however, and not BBC) - only the audio has survived.
The Stones performed on three TV shows in 11 days in January 1967. Video of only one of the broadcasts remains
15/1/67 - Ed Sullivan Show (CBS-TV,New York) - Lets Spend 'Some Time' Together/Ruby Tuesday (taped 13/1/67. Video still available
22/1/67 - 'Sunday Night At The London Palladium' (ITV, London) - Lets Spend The Night Together/Ruby Tuesday/Connection/It's All over Now (the last song in a pretty unique arrangement). The Stones then provoked a bit of outrage by refusing to join the rest of the performers in the traditional finale where everyone would stand on a revolving stage and wave farewell. Only the audio of the Stones' performance remains.
26/1/67 - 'Top of The Pops' (BBC-TV, London) - Lets Spend The Night Together. Like all but five Stones' appearances on this show between 1964 and 1971, this edition of the show was wiped in the 70's when the BBC decided to erase thousands of hours of archives to free up some storage space. However, the Stones' performance DOES exist on video - because the performance was shown again a few times, one of which was the show's Christmas Day 1967 broadcast, which DOES remain in the archives.
The same fate befell the band's last two performances on TOTP in April 1971. Both the 15.4.71 edition (where they performed 'Brown Sugar') and the 22.4.71 edition (where they performed 'Bitch' and 'Wild Horses' in what was a short-lived 'album slot' feature of the show) have both been wiped. However, the 15.4.71 performance was shown again a few times, including the Christmas edition, and thats the one that's been shown widely ever since. Only the audio remains of the 22.4.71 performance. Strangely the entire 29.4.71 broadcast remains and has been shown on UK tv since then (UK Gold showed it in 1994 ) - and includes the Faces doing two songs in the 'album slot'.
Unfortunately many of the band's classic and iconic TOTP performances appear to be lost for good - such as the performance of 'Paint It Black' from 1966 (with Brian sitting cross legged playing sitar) and the performance of 'Honky Tonk Women' from July 1969 where the band played the song with a picture of Brian, who had died the previous day, over the back of the stage set. (The existing TOTP clip of the band playing 'Honky Tonk Women' comes from a performance dated 12.12.69, filmed for the Christmas show)
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