Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD

Subject: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 03:17 PM

Hi all, this just appeared via my Facebook feed:
Network/The ABC Collection: Hullabaloo: The Complete Series - DVD, Region 2, 296 mins - available 30 November 2020

From the blurb (https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/3244-hullabaloo-the-complete-series):

"Massively influential but now almost completely forgotten, this early '60s music show featured the cream of British Folk and Blues – as well as some highly important foreign artistes. Hosted by musician, poet, sculptor and all-round polymath Rory McEwen, Hullabaloo was a key part of the early '60s Folk boom, with guests recorded live in front of an invited audience as ABC's Teddington Lock studios.

Featuring home-grown talent in the shape of Martin Carthy, The Clancy Brothers, Isla Cameron, Tommy Makem, The Spinners, Long John Baldry, Davey Graham, The Ian Campbell Folk Group, Bob Davenport and Rory's brother Alex, the series also showcased early British appearances from Carolyn Hester, Bill Clifton, Peter, Paul & Mary, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Sonny Boy Williamson and Esther & Abi Ofarim.

Unseen for over fifty years, all thirteen shows have been transferred from film materials especially for this release."

Looks amazing, pity shipping to Australia is heavily disrupted at present... Our UK friends must buy copies immediately!

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 03:19 PM

Here is a potential tracklist, previously posted at https://missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/10641/british-hullabaloo-1963:

19/10/63 Peter Paul & Mary; Carolyn Hester; Jack Elliott; Sydney Carter; Alex McEwen; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
26/10/63 The Ian Campbell Folk Group; Shirley Bland; Davey Graham; Lisa Turner; Martin Carthy; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
2/11/63 Dominic Behan; Jill Freedman; Shirley Bland; Davey Graham; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
9/11/63 Peter Paul & Mary; Carolyn Hester; Jack Elliott; Sydney Carter; Alex McEwen; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
16/11/63 Linda Drew; Maureen Scott; Judith Silver; Martin Carthy; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
23/11/63 The Malcolm Price Trio; Jill Freedman; Martin Carthy; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
30/11/63 The Ian Campbell Folk Group; The Malcolm Price Trio; Nadia Cattouse; Martin Carthy; Lisa Turner; Sydney Carter
7/12/63 The Cumberland Three; Bob Davenport; Martin Carthy; The Haverism; Isla Cameron
14/12/63 The Spinners; Bill Clifton; Jean Hart; Fitzroy Coleman; Lisa Turner; Martin Carthy; Cyril Davies & his Rhythm & Blues All Stars with the Velvettes & Long John Baldry
21/12/63 The Ian Campbell Folk Group; Sonny Boy Williamson; Alex McEwen; Sydney Carter; Duo of Ofarim
4/1/64 Sonny Boy Williamson; The Ian Campbell Folk Group; Duo Ofarim; Lisa Turner; Martin Carthy; Cyril Tawney

(The following week (11/1/64) the show was replaced by “Gazette with the Scaffold”)

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 03:22 PM

I found a clip featuring Cyril Davies and the all-stars on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QynodK3u0O8 . Others have been posted in the past but seem to have been taken down.

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 03:33 PM

I think this 1963 clip of Davey Graham playing "She Moves Through The Fair" (as instrumental - very raga influenced!) originates there as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYABfZ7HMhM

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 06:01 PM

And Davy Graham and Long John Baldry - Careless Love - never seen this before! (somebody has access to the pre-release cleaned up version perhaps?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyjxRL9cG1U

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: rich-joy
Date: 25 Sep 20 - 08:45 PM

WoW! Thanks for the heads-up, Tony.

R-J :)

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 02:27 AM

Found a few more youtube clips in varying quality:

Esther & Abi Ofarim: 4 songs via this page -
http://www.esther-ofarim.de/hullabaloo1963.htm

Carolyn Hester & Davy Graham - Babe It Ain't No Lie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye45qFZeORw


And a still photo of our heroes recording the show:
https://dianajhale.wordpress.com/2013/09/11/hullabaloo-to-beuys-via-botany/#jp-carousel-3174

(maybe more lurking out there as well?)

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 02:35 AM

There is more! A long set by Peter Paul & Mary, some more Carolyn Hester, and more Long John Baldry with Cyril Davies all stars (23 mins - an entire show maybe, or collated from 2 shows):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seCcxaa4UVY

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 03:03 AM

Plus 4 tracks from Cyril Davies All Stars with Long John Baldry and The Velvettes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90_X8UhBNTw (slightly colorised!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvlgON5ir0I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRnw57l3kwY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-of_SnyeM

All of interest!

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 04:41 AM

Takes me back to see Lisa Turner's name among the others. Lisa was one of the regulars at the Half Moon in Putney when I first frequented it. There was a classy set of residents singers there, which included, Cliff Aungier, Gerry Lockran' Royd Rivers, and Lisa herself.

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 03:05 PM

This is good news and will take me back to my days booking artistes into the show several of whom were handled by our agency.

Any idea from whom they can be ordered?

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 03:45 PM

The link is given in the first post - via the site networkonair.com .

Cheers - Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: GerryM
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 09:27 PM

What does ABC stand for in this context?

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 26 Sep 20 - 10:59 PM

Maybe this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Weekend_TV

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 01:14 AM

Found a few of the "deleted" files via the internet archive...

Davy Graham and Sonny Boy Williamson, "Your Daddy's Coming Home"
https://web.archive.org/web/20140112122628/www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6GFIafGWo8

Davy Graham and Carolyn Hester, "Dink Song"
https://web.archive.org/web/20131205215916/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaBwY074AGU&gl=US&hl=en

Others that were uploaded once, cannot locate at this time were Davy Graham and Nadia Cattouse, "Long Time Boy"; Davy Graham, "Guitar Blues"; Davy Graham and Shirley Bland, "Jerusalem"; Davy Graham and Shirley Bland, "A Bold Young Farmer Courted Me", and Davy Graham, Martin Carthy, Lisa Turner, Rory McEwen, Pete McGurk, "My Girl", possibly plus more - doubtless all will be on the DVD in due course...

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 01:46 AM

RE the question above about what was (the former) ABC Television, relevant info is here: https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5864/network-on-air-for-itv-archive/

Quote:
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ABC Television, a major former ITV franchise holder (1956 - 1968), whose programming is now owned by STUDIOCANAL. ... Formed by film makers and distributors Associated British Picture Corporation, which also owned the ABC cinema chain, ABC Television was awarded the Midlands' franchise to broadcast the then-regional ITV at weekends from February 1956, some five months after the network's launch. It expanded across the North from May the same year, also at weekends, but found itself forced out of the network by structural and licensing changes from 1968. ... Due to its huge success, regulators the Independent Television Authority forced a merger between the company and London weekday franchisee Rediffusion: the two would relaunch as the now iconic Thames Television. ... David Hamilton says: "In October 1960, I made my television debut as an announcer for ABC TV at the Didsbury studios in Manchester. In those days there were only two TV channels - BBC and ITV. ABC, the weekend contractor in the North and Midlands, had a blockbuster schedule and people went to work on Monday mornings talking about the programmes they had all seen the night before, something that couldn't happen today - truly a golden era of television".
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It seems that content is available for streaming via https://watch.networkonair.com/ - however probably for UK only (blocked for me here in Australia...)

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: r.padgett
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 01:50 AM

O that is good news for early 1960s fans ~ now what happened from mid 1960s onwards?

Look like lost opportunities and tv coverage non existent?

Ray

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 03:22 AM

Davy Graham, Martin Carthy, Lisa Turner, Rory McEwen, Pete McGurk, "My Girl" - a snippet (or 2) included in a brief Rory McEwen doco here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMdCCkNFSY - from around 04:38 onwards (preceded by RM doing intro to the show around 04:15)...

All kudos to Rory McEwen - host of the series, under-appreciated UK folksong pioneer and also, amazing graphic artist, see the whole doco for more information.

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 03:40 AM

A more complete doco on Rory McEwen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCxPIc7MQw - includes some "Hullabaloo" footage, around 07:15 onwards - but the whole thing is worth a watch ("Secret Knowledge - In Search of Rory McEwen (2015)") - intro by Jools Holland (Rory's son-in-law...)

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 27 Sep 20 - 03:52 AM

Also - pretty sure this is a Hullabaloo track as well, despite the claim that it is from an "Australian folk music show" (maybe the show was syndicated there): Carolyn Hester "Once I Had a Sweetheart" (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsl6Su5eSz8

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 09 Jan 21 - 01:18 PM

My long time colleague and co-conspirator David Thomas of London has spent time compiling this amazing tracklist of the original shows as per the DVDs, and has provided the following for me to upload here. Any comments/corrections or additional song or tune IDs are welcome.

It seems that the shows were not necessarily taped in the sequence or format of the broadcasts, but that the latter "shows" were composites from (sometimes/often) original recording sessions. He also suggests - though is not sure - that the 16 November broadcast was the pilot, but it's only a guess.

Thanks David!

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Original "Hullabaloo" episodes, broadcast Sep 1963-Jan 1964.

Broadcast: 28/9/1963
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: I'm Movin' On
.. Martin Carthy with Rory & Alex McEwan: The Sweet Nightingale
.. Carolyn Hester with Davey Graham: Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
.. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: I'll Tell My Ma
.. Rory & Alex McEwan: The Bonny Ship The Diamond
.. Carolyn Hester: Once I Had a Sweetheart
.. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: The 23rd of June
.. The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem: Brennan on the Moor
Outro:: Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Mockingbird

Broadcast: 5/10/1963
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: My Babe
.. Rory & Alex McEwan: Pay Me My Money Down
.. Davey Graham: [John Mayall composition]
.. Carolyn Hester with Davey Graham: Dink's Song (Fare Thee Well)
.. The Manhattan Brothers: Qongqothwane (The Click Song)
.. Rory & Alex McEwan: Johnny Lad
.. Sydney Carter: Say Who You Are Love
.. Carolyn Hester: The Water is Wide
.. The Manhattan Brothers: [Xhosa initiation song]
Outro:: Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Got My Mojo Working

Broadcast: 19/10/63
.. Rory & Alex McEwan: Rothesay-O
.. Carolyn Hester: Summertime
.. Peter, Paul & Mary: Blowin' in the Wind
.. Peter, Paul & Mary: Very Last Day
.. Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Talking Fishing Blues
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: NIght Time Is The Right Time
.. Sydney Carter: Down Below
.. Peter, Paul & Mary: Stewball
Outro:: Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars: [harmonica breakdown]

Broadcast: 26/10/63
.. Martin Carthy, Lisa Turner and Rory McEwan: Duncan and Brady
.. Shirley Bland with Davey Graham: I Wish, I WIsh
.. Ian Campbell And His Folk Group: The Keeper
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Leave My Woman Alone
.. Dave Swarbrick, John Dunkerley, Brian Clark (from ICFG): Rocky Road to Dublin/Shandon Bells/High Road to Linton
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: Twa Recruiting Sergeants
.. Martin Carthy: Lowlands
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Good Understanding
Outro:: Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Country Line Special

Broadcast: 2/11/63
.. Jill Freedman and Shirley Bland: When I Was Single
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Got My Mojo Working
.. Davey Graham: She Moved Through The Fair
.. Rory McEwan: Ox Driving Song
.. Long John Baldry and Davey Graham: Careless Love
.. Jill Freedman and Shirley Bland with Davey Graham: Run Come See Jerusalem
.. Dominic Behan with Rory McEwan: Master McGrath
.. Dominic Behan with Rory McEwan: The Banks of the Roses

Broadcast: 9/11/63
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Preaching the Blues
.. Peter Paul and Mary: Don't Think Twice It's All RIght
.. Sydney Carter: Mixed Up Old Man
.. Carolyn Hester: East Virginia
.. Rory and Alex McEwan: Sir Patrick Spens
.. Carolyn Hester: Every Time
.. Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Muleskinner
.. Peter Paul and Mary: Tell It On The Mountain
Outro:: Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars: jam to riff of I'm Ready

Broadcast: 16/11/63
.. Martin Carthy with Judith Silver and Linda Drew: Jug of Punch
.. Linda Drew: Danger Waters
.. Rory McEwan with Cyril Davies: On A Monday
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Hallelujah All My Blues Have Gone
.. Rory McEwan: Marilyn Monroe
.. Martin Carthy: Ballad of Alfie Hinds
.. Judith Silver: [modern Israeli song]
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry with Rory McEwan: How Long How Long
.. Maureen Scott: If I Had a Hammer
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: Roll 'Em Pete

Broadcast: 23/11/63
.. Martin Carthy: Row Bullies Row
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: A Lifetime with Me
.. Jill Freedman: Old Maid
.. Rory McEwan: We're In The Same Boat, Brother
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry and the Velvettes: See See Rider
.. Martin Carthy: The Queen of Hearts
.. The Malcolm Price Trio: Kissing Cousins
.. The Malcolm Price Trio: All The Good Times
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars: [harmonica breakdown]

Broadcast: 30/11/63
.. Martin Carthy, Lisa Turner, Rory McEwan with Pete McGurk: Poor Howard
.. Nadia Cattouse with Davey Graham: Long Time Boy
.. The Malcolm Price Trio: Gospel Ship
.. The Malcolm Price Trio: Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: Tail Toddle
.. Sydney Carter: Man With The Microphone
.. Martin Carthy: The Dreadnought
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: Kelly The Boy From Killanne

Broadcast: 7/12/63
.. The Cumberland Three: Shady Grove/Goin' Away For To Leave You
.. Isla Cameron: Johnny I hardly knew ya
.. The Haverim (Martin Shaben & Harry Valens): [Russian Yiddish song]
.. The Haverim (Martin Shaben & Harry Valens): Nine Inch Nails
.. The Malcolm Price Trio: Riding in My Car (Car Song)
.. Bob Davenport: The Shoals of Herring
.. The Cumberland Three: New Land
.. Martin Carthy, Paul McNeil, Bob Davenport & Rory McEwan: The Leaving of Liverpool

Broadcast: 14/12/63
.. The Spinners: The Liverpool Barrow Boy
.. Bill Clifton: Beatle Crazy
.. Rory McEwan Martin Carthy Lisa Turner Davey Graham Pete McGurk: My GIrl
.. Fitzroy Coleman: Underground Train
.. Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars feat. Long John Baldry: Times Are Getting Tougher Than Tough (Money's Getting Cheaper)
.. Jean Hart with Fitzroy Coleman Davey Graham Pete McGurk + bongoes: Humba Lilli
.. Fitzroy Coleman: [chord style jazz guitar instrumental]
.. The Spinners: Dirty Old Town

Broadcast: 21/12/63
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: The Wee Cooper of Fyfe
.. Esther and Abraham Ofarim: Every Night
.. Dave Swarbrick, John Dunkerley, Brian Clark (from ICFG): Balquhidder Lasses/Bonny Breastknot [Devon]/The Devil Among The Tailors
.. Rory & Alex McEwen: Bahamanian Lullaby
.. Sydney Carter: Elections Ahead
.. Esther and Abraham Ofarim: Layla Layla
.. Sonny Boy Williamson Davey Graham Pete McGurk, Chris Karan drums, piano: Coming Home To You Baby
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group with Rory & Alex McEwen Pete McGurk: Johnny Lad

Broadcast: 4/1/64
.. Rory McEwen, Lisa Turner, Martin Carthy + Pete McGurk, bass Chris Karan drums: Ella Speed
.. Sonny Boy Williamson Davey Graham Pete McGurk, Chris Karan, drums; piano: Don't Start Me Talking
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: The Devil and the Farmer's Wife
.. Esther and Abraham Ofarim: O Waly Waly
.. Rory McEwen: Jean Harlow
.. Cyril Tawney: The Oggie Man
.. Ian Campbell Folk Group: Viva la Quince Brigada
.. Esther and Abraham Ofarim: Viva La Feria
Outro:: Rory McEwan and Ian Campbell Group: Hullabaloo

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 09 Jan 21 - 02:16 PM

RE the list of performers and songs given above - of course, for McEwan, read McEwen (but you knew that...) - David has just pointed out that change needed.

- Tony

Subject: RE: Hullabaloo (UK TV 63-64) on DVD
From: Tony Rees
Date: 10 Jan 21 - 08:16 PM

A fascinating cross-section of folk (and some blues/R&B) artists from the early 60s - many no longer with us of course... Davey Graham (prior to Jansch & Renbourn's rise to prominence, as his one time disciples and rivals to a degree), UK R&B exponents the Cyril Davies Rhythm & Blues All Stars, Long John Baldry, etc. (prior to the rise of the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, etc.), Isla Cameron plus others representing the female side of the revival - before Sandy Denny, Jacquie McShee, etc., early Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick (in separate or solo affiliations), and so on; also reaffirming the place in history of performers like Rory & Alex McEwen, little known today but pioneers of folk music in the UK from the early 1950s, and with 10 years or so performing experience by 1963 (who were popularising not only folk/scottish music but also American blues with their performances). Plus visiting U.S. performers as well - Carolyn Hester, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peter Paul & Mary... quite a cast list!