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Radio Bremen 1965 - 1972 8 seasons 84 eps Ended

Beat Club

1965 - 1972 8 seasons 84 eps

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42 min

S8 · E1 · Sep 30, 1972

Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Anita Carter, June Carter Episode 1

Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes Carl Perkins - Me And Jesus Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat Top Box Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone~Me And Bobby McGee Anita Carter - Lovin' Him Was Easier Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson Johnny Cash & June Carter - If I Were A Carpenter Johnny Cash & June Carter - If I Had A Hammer Johnny Cash - A Thing Called Love

44 min

S8 · E2 · Oct 28, 1972

Ike & Tina Turner, The Everly Brothers, The Grease Band, The Byrds, Three Dog Night, Mick Abrahams Band, James Taylor and Carole King, Stephen Stillis' Manassas, Heads, Hands & Feet Episode 2

Ike & Tina Turner cover The Beatles' "Get Back", in footage probably left over from their appearance on Episode 64, (February, 1971), but this is no out-take in terms of performance. The Everly Brothers, some years removed from their last chart hit, deliver "Stories We Could Tell". The Grease Band, who had famously backed Joe Cocker at Woodstock and on the 1970 "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour, tell us about the "Wild Side of Life. The Byrds perform the instrumental "Black Mountain Rag", plus "So You Want to be a Rock' n' Roll Star", and that's just the first half of this episode. We also get Three Dog Night's take on Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness", "Not to Rearrange", by Mick Abrahams Band, (Abrahams had been the original guitarist for Jethro Tull, before forming Blodwyn Pig), James Taylor performing "Come on Brother" - and yes, that is Carole King on backing vocals, plus two by Stephen Stillis' Manassas, "It Doesn't Matter" and "Hide it So Deep", and Heads, Hands & Feet.

44 min

S8 · E3 · Nov 25, 1972

Fanny, The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie, Alice Cooper, Stone the Crows, King Crimson, Mike Hugg Episode 3

Fanny, a rare all female rock band, perform "Borrowed Time" and "Summer Song". Ex-Turtles and Mothers of Invention vocalists The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie perform "Feel Older Now". There's three from Alice Cooper, performing "Public Animal No. 9" and "Eighteen", (there is also a non performance promo film for "Elected"). Stone the Crows, in their second incarnation following the May, 1972 onstage electrocution death of original guitarist Les Harvey, give us "Palace of the King" and "Good Time Girl". Harvey was replaced by ex-Thunderclap Newman, future Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, and lead vocals were provided by Maggie Bell. King Crimson give us a taste of "Larks Tongue in Aspic", and ex-Manfred Mann founding member Mike Hugg also performs.

44 min

S8 · E4 · Dec 9, 1972

The Osmonds Episode 4

For fans of 70's cheese, here's a treat, 45 minutes of The Osmonds in concert. It's hard to fathom how and why this band was so popular for a short time in the early 70's. They appear to be the only young people of their day who though the Vegas Elvis look was the epitome of cool in stage attire. I found it painful to hear them cover Sly & The Family Stone. There has never been a pop act as White as this. Performances include "One Bad Apple", "Yo Yo", "Hold Her Tight", "Too Young", "Sweet and Innocent", "Why", "We've Got to Live Together", "Crazy Horses", "Puppy Love", "Down by the Lazy River", "Tamborine", and an Elvis medley sung by Little Jimmy, then 8. This was the only time an entire episode of Beat-Club was dedicated to a single performing artist, and also the last episode of the series.

4 episodes in Season 8

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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, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors and Kraftwerk in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.

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Uschi Nerke

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Total runtime 65h 48m · Episode length 47 min · Country Germany

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Premiered

September 25, 1965

Final episode

December 9, 1972

Status

Ended

Network

Radio Bremen

Country

Germany

Episode length

47 min

Total runtime

65h 48m

Original language

English

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