Various Artist - The Story of The Beat Club I (1970)

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Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen, Germany on Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen, the national public TV channel of the ARD, and produced by one of its members, Radio Bremen, later co-produced by WDR following the 38th episode. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists like Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, The Doors and Kraftwerk in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.

Beat-Club was co-created by Gerhard Augustin and Mike Leckebusch. The show premiered on 25 September 1965 with Augustin and Uschi Nerke hosting. German TV personality Wilhelm Wieben opened the first show with a short speech. After eight episodes, Augustin stepped down from his hosting role and was replaced by DJ Dave Lee Travis.

The show's earlier episodes featured live performances, and was set in front of a plain brick wall. It underwent a revamp in 1967, when a more professional look was adapted with large cards in the background displaying the names of the performers. Around this time, a troupe of young women billed the "Go-Go-Girls," were introduced to dance to songs when their performers couldn't appear.

In early 1969, Travis was replaced by Dave Dee, of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. On 31 December 1969, "Beat-Club" switched to color and again featured live performances. Dee departed in 1970, leaving Nerke as the lone host.

The legendary West German rock series Beat-Club was broadcast from September 1965 through December 1972. It was broadcast from Bremen, Germany and produced by the regional TV network Radio Bremen, which at that time was part of the German Government radio chain ARD. Radio Bremen was the sole producer for episodes 1 – 34. Episodes 35 through 74 were produced jointly by Radio Bremen and the WDR network. Beat-Club was co-created by Gerhard Augustin and Mike Leckebusch. Gerhard ("Gerd") Augustin was a well-known disc jockey in Bremen and northern Germany. In 1963 he was the first DJ to spin records at local clubs. He was a moderator (co-host) of the first seven Beat-Club shows. 

Michael Leckebusch, a former trumpet player in a theatre band in Hamburg, came to work for Radio Bremen's TV station in 1965. He became the director of Beat-Club. Uschi Nerke joined Augustin as co-host of Beat-Club. She started with the first show and remained with the series through the end of its run. (She was not, however, involved in the concept or creation of the show.) Beat-Club premiered September 25, 1965. While this premiere episode may appear tame, the TV network at the time feared complaints by parents and other adults who didn't like rock music. This show, in fact, began with a plea by German TV personality William Wieben for tolerance. Rough translation: "Good day, dear Beat friends. The time has come. In few seconds we will begin the first show on German television made especially for you. As for you Ladies and Gentlemen who do not like Beat (rock) music, we ask for your understanding: this is a live show for young people. And now we're taking off..."

Beat-Club is believed to have been Germany's first rock music series. Beat-Club should not be confused with another German TV series, Beat! Beat! Beat!, which premiered in 1966. Beat! Beat! Beat! was produced in a different city (Frankfurt am Main), by the regional network Hessischer Rundfunk. The series went through many format changes in its 7 years on the air. At first the show took on a (sort of) Cavern Club look. The walls behind the stage were brick - no fancy sets. The bands performed live while audience members were shown dancing. Sometime after show #8, Dave Lee Travis became a co-host. Travis had been a D.J. with "Radio Caroline," a pirate radio station that broadcasted into Britain from an offshore ship. Eddie Vickers, a soldier with the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), appeared sporadically as host during 1966-67. 

Dave Lee Travis' last appearance as host was on episode #45. His replacement was Dave Dee, of "Dave Dee, Dosy, Beaky, Mick & Titch." Dave Dee appeared on episodes 46 through 53. 

Around 1967, the series switched from live performances to lip-synching. The look of the set also changed, from the brick walls to the more familiar set with large cards in the background displaying the names of the performers. Another change around this time was the introduction of the "Go-Go-Girls," a troupe of young women who danced to recordings of current hits. (Note: Some of the performers mentioned on this guide did not actually appear. Their recordings were used for "Go-Go-Girls" segments. I'll try to clarify the "Go-Go Girls" segments in future updates.) "Beat Club" switched from black & white to color on December 31, 1969 (episode #50). Also around this time, the music guests started performing live again. 

The final Beat-Club program aired in December 1972. The series was replaced by Musikladen, which lasted until 1984. Uschi Nerke was a co-host on Musikladen from 1972-1980.

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SET I
Beat-Club 57 - 15.08.1970
01 Atomic Rooster - Save Me
02 Steamhammer - I Wouldn't Have Thought
03 Edgar Broughton Band - Apache Drop Out
04 Dr. John, The Night Tripper - Mardi Gras Day
05 Jethro Tull - With You There To Help Me
06 Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy
07 Edgar Broughton Band - Silver Needle

Beat-Club 58 - 05.09.1970
08 Hard Meat - The Ballad Of Marmelade Emma And Terry Grimes
09 The Pretty Things - Cries From The Midnight Circus
10 Cat Stevens - Lady d'Arbanville
11 Free - Fire And Water
12 Humble Pie - For Your Love
13 Cat Stevens - Hard Headed Woman
14 Free - All Right Now

Beat-Club 59 - 26.09.1970
15 Status Quo - Spinning Wheel Blues
16 Status Quo - (April) Spring, Summer and Wednesdays
17 Third Ear Band - Hyde Park
18 Black Sabbath - Iron Man
19 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
20 Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine

SET II
Beat-Club 60 - 24.10.1970
01. Amon Duiil II - Between The Eyes
02. The Incredible String Band - Everything's Fine Right Now
03. Ginger Baker's Air Force - Early In The Morning
04. Ginger Baker's Air Force - Sunshine Of Your Love
05. Ginger Baker's Air Force - Toad

Beat-Club 61 - 28.11.1970
06. Stone The Crows - Danger Zone
07.. Colosseum - Take Me Back To Doomsday
08. Fotheringay - Too Much Of Nothing
09. Muddy Waters - Honey Bee
10. ColOSSeum - Tanglewood 63
11. StoneThe Crows - Love 74

Beat-Club 62 - 31.12.1970
12. UFO - Boogie
13. Warm Dust - Indian Rope Man
14. Warm Dust - Worm Dance

SET III
Beat-Club 54 - 18.04.1970
01. The Move - Brontosaurus
02. Taj Mahal - Tomorrow Will Not Be Another Day
03. Johnny Winter - Johnny B. Goode
04. It's A Beautiful Day - Soapstone Mountain
05. The Flock - Introduction
06. The Flock - Clown
07. Taj Mahal - Sweet Mama Janisse
08. The Who - The Seeker
09. Johnny Winter - Mean Town Business

Beat-Club 55 - 30.05.1970
10. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
11. Rare Bird - Sympathy
12. Rare Bird - Beautiful Scarlet
13. Black Sabbath - Blue Suede Shoes
14. Canned Heat - Future Blues

Beat-Club 56 - 27.06.1970
15. Van der Graaf Generator - What Ever Would Robert Have Said?
16. Brinsley Schwarz - Ebury Down
17. Santana - Jingo
18. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
19. Family - The Weaver's Answer
20. Santana - Incident At Neshabur
21. Mungo Jerry - Mighty Man

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Various Artist - Winterland February 23 1970

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The Winterland Ballroom, often referred to as Winterland Arena or simply Winterland, was an old ice skating rink and 5,400 seat music venue in San Francisco, California. Located at the corner of Post Street and Steiner Street, it was converted to exclusive use as a music venue in 1971 by rock promoter Bill Graham. The building has been torn down and apartments have been built on the site.

Winterland was built in 1928 for the then astronomical cost of $1 million. Opening on June 29, 1928, it was originally known as the "New Dreamland Auditorium." Sometime in the late 1930s, the name was changed to Winterland. In its early years it served as an ice skating rink that could be converted to an entertainment venue. Early acts/shows at Winterland included Shipstad and Johnson's Ice Follies. It also was host to opera, boxing, and tennis.

Starting with a 1966 double bill of Jefferson Airplane and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bill Graham began to occasionally rent the venue for larger concerts that his nearby Fillmore Auditorium could not properly accommodate. After closing his New York City venue known as the Fillmore East in 1971, he began to hold regular weekend shows at Winterland. Various popular rock acts played there, including such bands and musicians as Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Cream, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Styx, Allman Brothers Band, The Grateful Dead, The Band, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis, Jefferson Airplane, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad, Humble Pie, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Sha Na Na, Loggins and Messina, Lee Michaels, Heart, Deep Purple and Elvis Costello, the latter in support of his Armed Forces album. A great number of the best-known rock acts from the 1960s and 1970s played Winterland or played two blocks away across Geary Boulevard at the original Fillmore Auditorium. Peter Frampton recorded parts of the 4th best-selling live album ever, Frampton Comes Alive!, at Winterland. The Grateful Dead made Winterland their home base, and The Band played their famous last show there on Thanksgiving Day 1976. That concert, featuring numerous guest performers including Neil Young, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and many others, was filmed by Martin Scorsese and released in theaters and as a soundtrack under the name The Last Waltz. Winterland was also host to the Sex Pistols' final show on January 14, 1978.

During Winterland's final month of existence, shows were booked nearly every night. Acts included The Tubes, The Ramones, Smokey Robinson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and on December 15–16, 1978, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. Springsteen's December 15 show was simulcast on local radio station KSAN-FM and Springsteen historians consider that show one of his most legendary. Winterland closed on New Years 1978/79 with a concert by the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Blues Brothers. The show lasted for over eight hours, with the Grateful Dead's performance — documented on DVD and CD as The Closing of Winterland — lasting nearly six hours itself. The final show was simulcast on radio station KSAN-FM and also broadcast live on the local PBS TV station KQED. Winterland was eventually torn down in 1985, and was replaced by apartments.

GRATEFUL DEAD BUST BENEFIT
WINTERLAND,S.F.
FEB.23,1970

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QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE

01.TUNING/WARMUP JAM
02.BILL GRAHAM INTRO/FRESH AIR 
03.PRIDE OF MAN ( FADES IN )
04.MONA
05.GOLD AND SILVER 
06.MOJO 
07.SUBWAY 
08.EDWARD THE MAD SHIRT GRINDER 

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY

01.SOAPSTONE MOUNTAIN
02.GOOD LOVIN'
03.DON AND DEWEY
04.TALK
05.LET A WOMAN FLOW
06.HOEDOWN
07.IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO YOU
08.TUNING
09.WHITE BIRD
10.WASTED UNION BLUES
11.CROWD/TUNING
12.DO YOU REMEMBER THE SUN ?

SANTANA

01.WAITING 
02.BATUKA  
03.SAVOR 
04.JINGO

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE  

01.WE CAN BE TOGETHER 
02.VOLUNTEERS
03.TUNING
04.GOOD SHEPHERD
05.SOMEBODY TO LOVE
06.NOTHING
07.TUNING
08.GREASY HEART ( END CUTS )  **** MISSING ON VERSION 1 ****
09.EMERGENCY ( CUTS IN )
10.UNCLE SAM BLUES ( CUTS IN )
11.HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS
12.TUNING
13.MEXICO
14.OTHER SIDE OF THIS LIFE
15.3/5 OF A MILE IN 10 SECONDS

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Various Artist - Christmas at The Patti (Classic Album UK 1972)

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Christmas at the Patti is a live album, recorded at Man's Christmas party, held at the Patti Pavilion, Swansea, on 19 December 1972. 'The album features Man and Help Yourself with guests Deke Leonard, Dave Edmunds and B J Cole, together with appearances by Ducks Deluxe, The Jets, The Flying Aces and Plum Crazy.

The concert started at 6.00 PM and was closed by the police at midnight, so Man's set was truncated and, despite being the hosts, they have only 11'30" on the album, compared to Help Yourself's 24'. The six bands appearing on the album, were all linked in some way, and several performers appeared in more than one band, some of which were old bands, reformed just for the night. Those appearing on the album were all "conveniently" UA labelmates.

Originally released as a limited edition double 10" album, with a recommended retail price of £1.43, this topped the budget album chart. It was subsequently released on CD, and, unusually, re-released on 10" vinyl in Italy in 2001.

The Flying Aces
Martin and George Ace, a husband and wife duo, backed by members of Help Yourself. Martin Ace had previously played in Dream and Man with Deke Leonard, who had been playing with Help Yourself since he had been fired by Man earlier in the year. The song had been written earlier that day, and was only performed on this one night. Although opening the album, they were the penultimate act on the night.

Martin Ace – guitar and vocals
George Ace – bass and vocals
Dave Charles – drums
Deke Leonard – guitar
Malcolm Morley – guitar

Ducks Deluxe
The first recording of pub rock band Ducks Deluxe ever released. The band had been formed earlier in the year by former Help Yourself roadie Sean Tyla, and bassist Ken Whaley. Whaley had already left by the time of this recording but would rejoin Help Yourself about 6 weeks later.

Sean Tyla – guitar and vocals
Martin Belmont – guitar and vocals
Tim Roper – drums
Nick Garvey – bass

The Jets
There have been numerous bands called The Jets. This version had been a Swansea band 1964-65, and was later known as "The Smokeless Zone" who had played the Top Ten Club in Hamburg where Tony Sheridan played with them. Having had minimal rehearsal time, they chose two standards.

Tony "Plum" Hollis – vocals
Deke Leonard – guitar
Martin Ace – bass
Terry Williams – drums

Help Yourself with Deke Leonard and BJ Cole
Help Yourself had toured with Man on the Good Clean Fun tour. When Man fired Leonard, earlier in the year, he moved into Help Yourself's house, and they played on his first solo album Iceberg. Malcolm Morley then suffered depression, so Leonard temporarily joined, as a replacement, but stayed when Morley returned. On this evening, they were joined by legendary pedal steel guitar player B J Cole. The two tracks are "testament to the band's own magnificent powers of improvisation, too seldom heard on its regular albums".

Malcolm Morley – guitar and vocal
Richard Treece – guitar and vocal
Paul Burton – bass
Dave Charles – drums
Deke Leonard – guitar and vocal
B J Cole – pedal steel guitar

Man with Dave Edmunds and Stan Pfeiffer
Man's line up had recently undergone a major upheaval. After the successful Greasy Truckers Party (Recorded February 1972) and Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth (Recorded April 1972) Martin Ace had left and Deke Leonard had been fired (although both were invited to this party). Clive John had rejoined, bringing with him Phil Ryan and Will Youatt, who had been playing together as Iorwerth Pritchard and the Neutrons. This new line up had just released Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day, and were joined by Dave Edmunds and Stan Pfeiffer – a local "character".

Micky Jones – guitar and vocal
Will Youatt – bass and vocal
Clint Space (Clive John) – guitar
Phil Ryan – organ
Terry Williams – drums
Dave Edmunds – guitar
Stan Pfeiffer – Spontaneous vocal (called Stan Phifer on the original LP)

01.The Flying Aces - "Welcome to the Party" (Martin Ace / George Ace) 2.20
02.Ducks Deluxe - "Boogaloo Babe" (Sean Tyla) 2.45
03.The Jets - "My Way" (Capehart/Cochran) – 4:05
04.The Jets - "Jambalaya" (Williams) – 4.31
05.Plum Crazy with Dave Edmunds - "Jingle Bells" (James Lord Pierpont) – 0:31
06.Plum Crazy with Dave Edmunds - "Run, Run, Rudolph" (Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie) – 2:17
07.Help Yourself with Deke Leonard and BJ Cole - "Mona" (E McDaniel) – 11:40
08.Help Yourself with Deke Leonard and BJ Cole - "Eddie Waring" (Leonard) – 14:03
09.Man with Dave Edmunds and Stan Pfeiffer - "Life on the Road" (Jones/Williams/Youatt/Ryan/John) – 6.30
10.Man with Dave Edmunds and Stan Pfeiffer - "Shuffle (improvisation)" (Jones/Williams/Youatt/Ryan/John) – 5.00

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