callancool's channel

sounds a bit like fortune teller.

That is Biddu. The record was originally to be the B side of 'I wanna give you my everything. (Northern Soul classic) but the sides were flipped at the last minute due to the Kung fu craze. Great Live Vocal (note windshield on mic).

Ah, they were using the then new sure SM57 Microphones, first sold in 1965.

Actually, I'd put money this isn't TOTP. If you look at the microphone, it's different from the ones used on TOTP at the time. Usually they were the pencil Mics (often with a windshield if singing live) of slightly fatter with an insert the same shape as the plastic thing inside a kinder egg. I t...

The music is indeed Mike Oldfield, but it's "Il Dulci Jubilo'

there's a slower version of this by Al on Mastercuts northern soul 3cd set. much better than this version. And did you know Chuck woods was Al wilson? There were two different Al Wilsons so I'm not sure if he's this one (Huh, First time I saw you girl - sounds like it is) or the one who sang Help...

This was a totally live performance, faded out by the shows engineers. It was shown on BBC4 (possibly a reused performance from another week's show)

The reason it's from a telerecording is that it was done for overseas sales, many of whom were still B/W. Colour VT was expensive, and B/W copies were cheaper to produce. Telerecording or kinescopy works only on Pal tapes, but if you have an NTSC colour copy (usually unsharp) and a sharp clear te...

Doesn't Bobby Gubb look like Les Denniss these days?

Bobby Gubb.s wife now owns the rights to the name. And the guys swingin their arms, coupled with the brightly coloured jumpers, reminds me of Rainbows Rod & Freddy Lol but true!

Suzie,whyhave you said this was lip synched? Guitars are plugged in, mics are live as JL speaks into it at the end 2 say thanks and God Bless, even Gringo Starr's drums have a mic by them to pic up the sound. Add to this the fact it's not listed in any of the many sesion logs from emi or the othe...

love it. How'd ya know I'm born Again? And Who/where is newsongs?

Downloadable from amazon.co.uk, as is the original (yes this is a cover) by the Bobby Fuller 4

There's a great version of this by Tom Jones. This is from her 1966 platter 'Cilla Sings A Rainbow' which also features great versions of ' Everything I touch Turns to Tears' and 'The Real Thing', all 3 being northern Soul classics in their original versions.