Never-before-seen footage of Rolling Stones performance to premiere at arts centre
A specially-selected collection of pop music archive footage taken from the televisual vaults will be on display at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) with the return of the Kaleidoscope: Pop at the Mac.
The popular event returns to the Midlands Arts Centre on Saturday, 1 June and will run from 10am to 5pm.
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Audiences are invited to watch screenings of rare and never before broadcast TV footage featuring The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Kinks, plus the very final edition of the ITV music series Thank Your Lucky Stars introduced by Jim Dale, screened on the original 405-line video tape.
Highlights include never before broadcast performances of The Rolling Stones’ Cry to Me from 1965, The Who at The Marquee, a never before broadcast TV special of The Beach Boys Down Under, including footage from a concert in Queensland in 1970, all that is known to survive from Top of the Pops 1966, and an impressive musical line-up from Paul McCartney, Spandau Ballet and Hazel O'Connor that weren't used in other final TOTP's broadcasts.
There will be screenings of The Geordie Scene, pop from Tyne Tees in 1974 with performances from Cozy Powell and Beckett, and an unused insert from The Old Grey Whistle Test featuring The Kinks from 1972.
Kaleidoscope have uncovered lost TV footage of TVS’ DJ from 1983, with a performance by New Order singing a version of Thieves Like Us. Rarely seen performances from The Tremeloes rehearsing for TOTP’s Christmas Day special in 1967 and Paul McCartney’s ‘Press’, an alternative un-broadcast promo film, will also be screened.
Chris Perry, CEO of Kaleidoscope, said: "Finding lost television is like forensic archaeology.
“You find the clues and follow the trail. Rare and un-broadcast footage of The Beach Boys, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Paul McCartney promos are real coups. This footage is a truly remarkable treasure for fans everywhere."
