Foundations - Back On My Feet Again 1968

Top Of The Pops - February 1968

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[kav816]

This was a wonderful successer to Baby Now That I have Found You.

This Band was one of the first multi racial acts.

Others was The Equals, Hot Choclate.

The timing was right,

considering the fact such acts were quite rare,

right up to The two tone era, some 10 years later...

[GrahamLondonUK]

@kav816 It's surprising that the song reached only #18 in the singles chart. You're right that The Foundations were one of the first multiracial acts. Most acts of the period, from The Beatles to The Supremes, unintentionally grouped along racial lines.

[pilninggas]

thanks for posting, i saw clem curtis last year and he didnt sing this, which is a surprise as it is such an amazing song. then again it only reach no18, which is also pretty surprising too.

[GrahamLondonUK]

Some songs don't receive the recognition they deserve. Around the same time (Feb 68), a group called Nirvana released "Rainbow Chaser" which was an amazing piece of mind-bending psychedelia, yet it peaked at only no34 in the singles chart.

[lance007lance]

Looking sideways on, Clem looks more like Mike Tyson than he does in the Baby Now That I've Found You clip. I see what they mean about the similarity now. I wonder if Clem Curtis has any pics from his boxing days ?

BTW: The intro given by the announcer is the exactly the same as Baby Now That I'vr Found You clip.

[GrahamLondonUK]

Yes, you're right, the intro is identical, well spotted! I think that this 1968 intro has been edited onto the 1967 BNTIFY song because I can spot the same audience members throughout this 1968 edition of Top Of The Pops.

[UKSazzy67]

My video quality is going stoppy starty again.

[lyndloo]

Oh Graham!! this is GREAT!!! I feel like I am right bak in the 60s 'watching this on a Thursday eve at 7.00..pm  never missed a show ..its truly awesome! thank you for a great post..Lyndloo...

[GrahamLondonUK]

Thank you for your comment, but, unfortunately, I don't understand Spanish.

[docasistencial]

Que temazo viejo, que pedazo de banda que eran The Foundations en los '60, el verdadero soul!!!!. Esta banda se formó en enero del '67 en el sótano de una cafeteria llamada"the butterfly" en Londres al reunirse mediante avisos publicitarios publicados en Melody Maker. El lider de la banda era el que canta Clem Curtis, que había nacido en la isla de Trinidad y había sido boxeador antes de inclinarse al canto. Que recuerdo!!!!!!