I wrote a fan letter to Alan Freeman in 1967. I never expected to get an answer but he replied - I still have the letter he bashed out on a typewriter. He agreed to my request to see the programme go out from Broadcasting House. A few weeks later I was in the control room of studio B14 on a Sunday afternoon. That was before DJs played the records themselves.
Helt enormt. Pick up the pops. Lyssnade på Radio Luxemburg på 60-talet. En enorm känsla. Det behövdes inte all hifi mm. Bara att lyssna från en gammal radio var fantastiskt. Musiken var ju fantastisk, oavsett.
Never to be missed, Sunday afternoon at 4.00p.m on the BBC Light Programme 1500 metres Longwave ( now Radio 2 ).This could be the end of 1963, if 1964 very early, January.Historic recording , make sure it never gets erased !'Fluff ' Freeman had been doing POTP for 2 years then, having taken over from David Jacobs who broadcast POTP at 11.40p.m Saturday Nights.Great Stuff !.
"Fluff" was a very good friend of mine, we first met when I started working at Radio 1 in the late 70's. I used to go to his luxury apartment in Maida Vale and watch TV together.
When Pop Music was still allowed to have a good deal of variety - Bobby Darin on LP, Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, Kathy Kirby, The Singing Nun, Big Dee Irwin (Little Eva), Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, among others.
Yes it had its start of course with David Jacobs, then they moved it to late Saturday night on Jazz club were they just played the top ten, then fluff appeared on the scene, and for some reason David Jacobs became ill, and he fell in temporarily and added the new format, Jacobs knew he couldn't compete and miraculously the BBC changed it format, it was perhaps the only show that the Offshore stations were apprehensive in challenging
Just come across this - great stuff! In the early 60's I was a music nut and POTP on a Sunday afternoon was a fixture in my young teenage week. Most weeks I would sit with an old typewriter and list everything played. I have kept digital copies (yep, a true nerd...) and referring to my file I can confirm it is Sunday 12th January. Interesting to hear at the end of the show he is not counting down the whole 20 using the "Cymbal" bed - that must have come later. Great post, Nico..apologies for being 6 years behind...!
Nico van der Leur We certainly were young. I remember regularly listening to these broadcasts with my sister every Sunday afternoon. I was 7 going on 8 and my sister was 13 going on 14. My family were living in North London at the time. So we were right in the midst of it all happening, especially with the Finsbury Park Astoria a few minutes walk away from us. My sister saw The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Cilla Black there, all in one evening for only 3/6. Happy Days :-)
Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Heinz, Mersey Beats, Mike Sarne, Billy Kramer, Jack Scott, Lance Fortune, Susan Maughan, Mark Wynter en vele anderen werden helaas zelden of nooit door ‘Hilversum’ gedraaid. Mainstream Popmusic was het enige dat in hun straatje paste.
He was simply the best and is sadly missed...
I wrote a fan letter to Alan Freeman in 1967. I never expected to get an answer but he replied - I still have the letter he bashed out on a typewriter. He agreed to my request to see the programme go out from Broadcasting House. A few weeks later I was in the control room of studio B14 on a Sunday afternoon. That was before DJs played the records themselves.
Helt enormt. Pick up the pops. Lyssnade på Radio Luxemburg på 60-talet. En enorm känsla. Det behövdes inte all hifi mm. Bara att lyssna från en gammal radio var fantastiskt. Musiken var ju fantastisk, oavsett.
Never to be missed, Sunday afternoon at 4.00p.m on the BBC Light Programme 1500 metres Longwave ( now Radio 2 ).This could be the end of 1963, if 1964 very early, January.Historic recording , make sure it never gets erased !'Fluff ' Freeman had been doing POTP for 2 years then, having taken over from David Jacobs who broadcast POTP at 11.40p.m Saturday Nights.Great Stuff !.
I know I'm pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good site to stream newly released movies online?
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"Fluff" was a very good friend of mine, we first met when I started working at Radio 1 in the late 70's. I used to go to his luxury apartment in Maida Vale and watch TV together.
Absolute Magic
When Pop Music was still allowed to have a good deal of variety - Bobby Darin on LP, Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Nino Tempo and April Stevens, Kathy Kirby, The Singing Nun, Big Dee Irwin (Little Eva), Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, among others.
GREAT MEMORIES FROM THE DAYS OF MUSIC WE WILL NEVER FORGET
Yes it had its start of course with David Jacobs, then they moved it to late Saturday night on Jazz club were they just played the top ten, then fluff appeared on the scene, and for some reason David Jacobs became ill, and he fell in temporarily and added the new format, Jacobs knew he couldn't compete and miraculously the BBC changed it format, it was perhaps the only show that the Offshore stations were apprehensive in challenging
Those were the good times they were a great time for cliff Richard Shadows. Sandie Shaw
this is going back on reel to reel now thanks to you tube
Nice recording both technically and historically. I hope to hear more if you have.
Listening to this, I'm automatically 4 years old again, laughing at my Da playing my toy piano and doing the 'Freddie'.
Just come across this - great stuff! In the early 60's I was a music nut and POTP on a Sunday afternoon was a fixture in my young teenage week. Most weeks I would sit with an old typewriter and list everything played. I have kept digital copies (yep, a true nerd...) and referring to my file I can confirm it is Sunday 12th January. Interesting to hear at the end of the show he is not counting down the whole 20 using the "Cymbal" bed - that must have come later. Great post, Nico..apologies for being 6 years behind...!
O,souvenirs.....
see you ‘round just like a record. wasn’t that Alan Freeman?
I'm probably the youngest person to listen to this in this day in age.
congratulations. you're the best. or, you were six years ago. i wonder if you've forgotten about this comment you made?
i'm 50 and this was 7 years before i existed
Alright? Not 'alf! Fantastic in fact!!
This was the chart from mid January 1964. The joint number one singles by The Beatles and The Dave Clark Five give it away :-)
Yep. UKRaver. We were young then and the whole world was ours...
Nico van der Leur We certainly were young. I remember regularly listening to these broadcasts with my sister every Sunday afternoon. I was 7 going on 8 and my sister was 13 going on 14. My family were living in North London at the time. So we were right in the midst of it all happening, especially with the Finsbury Park Astoria a few minutes walk away from us. My sister saw The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Cilla Black there, all in one evening for only 3/6. Happy Days :-)
Could we have some more episodes, please?
Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Heinz, Mersey Beats, Mike Sarne, Billy Kramer, Jack Scott, Lance Fortune, Susan Maughan, Mark Wynter en vele anderen werden helaas zelden of nooit door ‘Hilversum’ gedraaid. Mainstream Popmusic was het enige dat in hun straatje paste.
Nice to hear some more, :)
a great upload of yesteryear, but what are the silence gaps in the upload?
RUclips algorithm auto-mute for certain copyright-heavy tunes/artists (Beatles especially).
GO! UHER!
Not him Max, as far as i know.
True........but this recording is all messed up!!!!!!!!!!
The soundtrack to the Yewtree operation...