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Easybeats appearance on Top of the Pops found!
The National Film and Sound Archive have announced that the first appearance of The Easybeats on the BBC program Top of the Pops has been discovered in Australia. It’s discovery is thanks to famed painter Lucy Culliton who found the 16mm hiding at the back of her father’s bookcase shelf. Her father Tony Culliton, was…
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Guns N’ Roses pay tribute to George with a performance of “Whole Lotta Rosie”
As the tributes to George flood in from around the world, Guns N’ Roses also honoured him with a song from his younger brother’s band at a recent show in Hartford, Connecticut. “We’re gonna do this for a friend of ours, and um, were gonna dedicate it, to his brother. Who just passed away. So,…
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I’m Back!
After a hiatus from the Easybeats blog, I’m now back. As most of you already know by now, there’s been a few things going this year Easybeats related. Such as the reissue of the 1980 compilation album Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1969 on CD and digital (I got my hands on a copy today). The much-publicised…
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Television Appearances (1968 -1969)
1968 Date: Thursday 18th January, 1968. Program: Crackerjack! Station: BBC 1, London, UK. Survival Status: Believed wiped. Date: Saturday 23rd March, 1968. Program: Dee Time. Station: BBC 1, London, UK. Survival Status: Believed wiped. Songs performed: “Hello, How Are You”. The Easybeats appeared live Saturday evening, 23 March 1968 to perform their recent single ‘Hello How Are…
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Television Appearances (1967)
1967 Date: 5th January 1967 Program: Top Of The Pops (Season 4: Episode 1) Station: BBCTV, London, UK. Survival Status: Unknown/Believed wiped. Repeat Performance. Presenter: Pete Murray Date: 10th February Program: Beat! Beat! Beat! Station: Hessischer Rundfunk Network (Channel Three), West Germany. Survival Status: Survived. Songs performed: “River Deep, Mountain High”, “Made My Bed, Gonna Lie In It”, “Lovin’ Machine/Batman/Lovin’ Machine…
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Television Appearances (1966)
1966 Date: 13rd FebruaryProgram: Ten At TenStation: TEN-10, Sydney, Australia.Survival Status: Unknown Date: March or AprilProgram: Club SeventeenStation: TVW-7, Perth, Australia.Survival Status: Unknown Date: 3rd MarchProgram: It’s All HappeningStation: ATN-7, Sydney, Australia.Survival Status: Unknown Date: 9th MarchProgram: Saturday DateStation: TCN-9, Sydney, Australia.Survival Status: Survived.Songs performed: “She’s So Fine” The footage of this mimed performance has been used by Albert…
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Television Appearances (Early 1960’s -1965)
Very few of The Easybeats television appearances have been released to the public (or survived). Most footage that is circulating comes from their European TV performances. Early 1960’s Program: Desmond and the Channel 9 Pins Station: TCN9, Sydney, Australia. Survival Status: Unknown (believed wiped) According to Stevie Wright’s official biography Hard Road: The Life and…
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Demo Recordings 1964 – 1966
“The Lonley Surfer” In the early days of The Easybeats – it was just Stevie Wright, Harry Vanda, Dick Diamonde and John Gamage. During this time, the band would mostly play songs from The Starfighters (Harry Vanda’s former group back home in Holland) play-list with some covers by The Shadows and The Hollies thrown in.…
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Easybeats Manager Mike Vaughan Passes Away at Age 78.
Some sad news. The Easybeats Manager Mike Vaughan, passed away yesterday (8th September 2015), in Yonkers, New York, from a massive stroke. Vaughan, a young real estate agent from Sydney, first spotted The Easybeats at the famous Beatle Village nightclub (one of Sydney’s first discotheques). Even during their early days, he saw the potential in the group and was…
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From Sydney to St Louis – The Easybeats ’69 TV Special (1969)
From Sydney to St Louis (1969) Broadcast Date: 2nd November 1969 at 6.30pm EST. Show Taping: 21st October, 1969 at ATN-7’s Epping Studios. Station: ATN-7, Sydney, Australia. Songs Performed: Set-list unknown however one article confirms that “Hound Dog” was performed by The Easybeats. It is also assumed that ‘St. Louis’ was performed due to the title of the…
The Music Goes 'Round My Head 