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April 18, 2019 One More Time - documentary about 60s and 70s session players One More Time is a work in progress documentary which tells the story of the musicians who worked on studio sessions during the sixties and seventies. Several former members of The JB7 have taken part. Project director Alan Boyd would very much appreciate it if you would check out the website at https://www.onemoretimedocumentary.com/ and also visit, like, and share the facebook page at |
April 4 , 2019 We have started a new website https://jukeboxjury.uk/ Juke Box Jury was one of the BBC’s flagship programmes, which introduced viewers to Saturday evening viewing during the sixties. The hope was that having started watching JBJ, viewers would enjoy it and continue to watch the BBC programmes that followed, such as Dixon of Dock Green, The Billy Cotton Band Show, Perry Mason, etc., for the rest of the evening. Since the BBC carelessly wiped all but two episodes, our long-term aim is for this developing website to be able to include the relevant details of all 400-plus programmes. This will feature not only the panellists and the records on which they voted, but also the identity of every mystery guest. A slightly less easy goal is to indicate a hit or a miss decision for each record played and discussed. Clearly, especially to begin with, certain detail will be missing so we welcome contributions from everybody who might be able to help, from those who took part in the shows, or were in the audience, but also from those who watched, avidly.
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October 17 , 2018 Our book "Hit and Miss: The Story of The John Barry Seven" is now available! £22.50 For postage and packing please add: You can order now! http://paypal.me/Geoffers007 The book's cover price is £30 We'll also need your mailing address, of course! Further discount if you want two or more copies - ask for details We have a limited number of signed copies - let us know if you want one of these Alternatively, send us an email message Thoroughly and painstakingly researched over a number of years, it will feature contributions from several ex-members of the band and from friends and relatives of John Barry. Comprising of around 350 pages, it will also be packed with an array of rare photos of the band, and the singers they often supported, as well as some unique images of memorabilia and documentation from that era; some never previously published, many more seldom seen. Even if you are not necessarily a devotee of The John Barry Seven per se, the book offers a fascinating historical insight into the British music scene of the period and, more importantly, provides an essential read for anybody remotely interested in discovering more about John Barry's formative career. It will be of great assistance to the authors if you would indicate an interest in purchasing a copy of the book *now*, without obligation. We will then be able to notify you as soon as the book is available with details of cost and how to order and pay. Just send us an email message and we will be in touch in due course. Obviously your personal details will be kept secure and not shared with anybody else. |
November 25 , 2015 Talking Pictures - Sky 343 or Freeview 81 - will screen Beat Girl on Wednesday 2nd December 2015, between 23:05 & 00:55. |
April 19, 2015 Hear it here: https://audioboom.com/boos/3094168-david-and-caroline-stafford-on-adam-faith-big-time-the-life-of You may need to "Sign Up" to get "Unlimited listening with a free account." |
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March 13, 2012 For Always 3CD set, Golden Stars label |
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September 11, 2011 Dave Courtney releases audiobiography Dave Courtney has released his audiobiography, "The Truth Behind the Music", as a download from iTunes. It includes stories and music tracks associated with his personal and business relationship with Adam Faith. Only £5.49 for over two hours of stories and music! You can read more about it here |
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February 10, 2011 Complete Faith (His HMV, Top Rank & Parlophone Recordings 1958-1968) (6CD) The website Play.com has listed an Adam Faith box-set as being released on 4th April! Wonderful news that we’ve all been hoping for, for so many years. We don’t know everything yet because Play.com only list details for four of the six CDs, but we’ll update as soon as possible. The other CDs probably contain tracks from the albums, On The Move & Faith Alive!. The good news is that there are many tracks previously unreleased and many others are newly remastered. It’s also very cheap at £13.99! Here are the details we have to date: Disc 1
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February 5, 2011 Geoff Barker's Rock n roll Party BBC Bristol programmes Geoff Barker's Rock n roll Party Available since today, February 5, with 7 days left. It will be his Pop stuff, though. Includes a never before broadcast interview with Adam Faith in which he talks about John Barry, who died suddenly on January 30. For those who missed this due to short-notice (though I'm sure it can be heard on listen-again) Geoff said the entire Adam Faith interview (one hour!) will be broadcast next month - possibly 5th or 12th. |
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December 25, 2010 What do you Want? On January 4th 2011 a new Adam Faith CD is being released. Ultra cheap at £3.99 from amazon.co.uk, "What do you Want?" comprises of 28 tracks all from 1958-1960. We don't know the label, Xtra, but since all the tracks will be in public domain by January 2011, it's possible this is nothing to do with EMI. The track-listing appears to consist of the LP, Adam, plus the various singles up to and including Lonely Pup. All tracks have previously appeared on CD so this is probably just for the completist. Still, at only £3.99 .....! |
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November 21, 2010 What a Whopper on DVD The Adam Faith film, What a Whopper, is being released by Renown Pictures on 31st January 2011. In the film Adam sings What a Whopper & The Time Has Come - to date the former song has never been commercially released. |
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October 30, 2010 Adam Faith live with "What Do You Want" on Dale Winton's Number One Party show, early 2003 "Adam's last live performance of this classic hit, recorded for Dale Wintons 'Number One Party' show, weeks before his passing" can be found on Youtube. Includes interview. (Aspect ratio stretched.) |
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October 15, 2010 Sunday Night at the London Palladium now on DVD In celebration of the London Palladium’s centenary, Network are about to release a 3-DVD set containing some of the best of what remains in the archives for the original run from the 1950s and ‘60s, with hosts including Tommy Trinder, Bruce Forsyth and Jimmy Tarbuck. It also includes the special two-hander show from February 1961 that featured only Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth. These editions include Beryl Reid, Adam Faith playing with the John Barry Seven, Bobby Darin, Pinky & Perky, Sarah Vaughan, Freddie and the Dreamers, Mario Lanza, Larry Grayson, Jim Dale, Paul Anka, Rod Hull and Emu, Ted Rogers, Sacha Distel, Cliff Richard, Bob Monkhouse, Clodagh Rodgers and many more. We do not know if the complete performance of Adam & the JB7 will be included, but at only £14.99 for over 8 hours of vintage TV it's probably worth taking a chance! Available from 8th November from Amazon.co.uk and other outlets. |
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February 18, 2010 Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers! Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers is a group for those that believe it would be tragic to allow Abbey Road Studios to be bought by property developers. On their Facebook site they say: "Join us in finding a way to save the historic Abbey Road Studios from being sold to property developers.We want to keep the studios operating as a recording facility for future generations. PLEASE INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS!" |
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December 30, 2009 I Survive I
Survive will be released in January on the Angel Air label. This
is an updated version of the original CD release and contains bonus tracks.
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December 27, 2009 Down An Alley Filled With Cats We have added scans of the programme of the stage play Down An Alley Filled With Cats. |
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December 25, 2009 John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch" is still available. The book is available from high street bookshops and the usual online (film-music) stores. Or order now: please visit this page. Adam Faith's work with John Barry is covered too. |
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March 23, 2009 Update BBC iPlayer. Listen again. Good stuff from Vic, as you would expect. It's not all about John Barry (though mostly) but definitely worth a listen. Fast forward about one hour 25 minutes to get to Vic's interview. A number of Adam Faith tracks are included. Vic Flick guests on Spencer Leigh's show on BBC Radio Merseyside OK, this is advance notice and might amount to nothing much, but worth checking out. Saturday 21 March 2009 (from 5.30pm) - Vic Flick, guitarist with the John Barry Seven and featured on the James Bond Theme. Since Spencer is very much a fan of Adam and will be talking to Vic about his recently-published biography in which Adam features quite a lot, I would have thought it quite likely he will be discussed. |
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March 11, 2009 Sunday evening, March 8, Keith Skues had a 75 minute tribute to Adam, playing most of Adam's hits and some B-sides and album tracks. You can still listen to the programme on BBC Norfolk here until March 15. You'll have to scroll through about 2 hours to reach the Adam section. |
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December 21, 2008 David Courtney the man behind the music of such artists as Leo Sayer & Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith with classic songs like “One man band”, “Giving it all away” “ I Survive” and songs that launched Dollar’s career “Shooting Star” & “Who were you with in the moonlight”, will be releasing a new & exciting concept album project in March 2009 entitled: “THE SHOW MUST GO ON”. The album captures the ambience of a travelling music circus, featuring new recordings of his many hit compositions and other works performed by David himself, along with guest musicians and new young artists bringing a fresh contemporary dimension to the music. “YOUR FACE MY ALBUM” A limited edition of the album will be available prior to general release offering a unique and exclusive opportunity to have your face featured on the album sleeve with your photographic image superimposed onto a character of your choice, or have your name on a beach hut.You can also subscribe to have your name included in album credits. Visit the official web site for details:
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November 19, 2008 John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch" is now available. The book is available from high street bookshops and the usual online (film-music) stores. Or order now: please visit this page. Adam Faith's work with John Barry is covered too. |
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June 29, 2008 New article "Home In Adam's Castle" here. |
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April 23, 2008 Nevada Resident Recovers Lost Rock ‘n Roll Photo Archive Las Vegas resident Ian Wright, a career photojournalist, recently recovered his photo archive that had been lost for 45 years and has published “On The Brink of Fame, Pop Stars In The Swinging ‘60s. This historic, mostly unpublished photographic archive of the Northeast of England reveals the nightclub origins of such icons as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Ike and Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and Johnny Cash. The archive reveals intimate back-stage portraits of eager, young performers unsure of whether they would flop or ascend to fame and fortune. The book also contains amazing images of Adam Faith (an especially good atmospheric headshot and Ian Wright's favorite image in the whole book), a photo of Adam with Sandi Shaw (March 1965) and a photo of Adam with The Roulettes - also March 1965. There are several references to him in the editorial text as well. |
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March 10, 2008 I Survived covered in aid of The British Heart Foundation Liverpool singer/songwriter called Dean Johnson has recorded a cover version of Adam Faith’s song I Survived. The new single is to be released in aid of The British Heart Foundation. Right click song title above and choose "Save Target As" to download short sample of song. |
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January 11, 2008 BBC 4 showing BEAT GIRL MOVIE TONIGHT (11th Jan) AT 7.40 PM |
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December 30, 2007 Five-time Oscar-winner John Barry is the UK's premier composer of film music, having written for more than one hundred films. 2007 marks his 50th year in the music business, in a career which has progressed from leading a pop group to becoming a multiple award-winning composer. This should be recognised with the top honour by the country of his birth. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/JohnBarry/ This facility is only open to British citizens or residents or ex-pats. But we thought everybody might like to see it and sign if you are eligible and think it's a good idea. "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to award John Barry a Knighthood." Submitted by Geoff Leonard - Deadline to sign up by: 08 March 2008 - It's very easy and won't involve getting any "spam" from the Prime Minister! ;-) Here's our own website (managed and created by Ruud and Geoff Leonard - imdb): http://www.johnbarry.org.uk Thanks. -- Ruud & Geoff |
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November, 2007 Adam Faith - The Lost Tracks The following songs were sung by Adam 'live' on BBC's Drumbeat series in 1959. Only one of the shows was pre-recorded (and there is not much chance of that having survived) so unless anybody recorded the shows onto a tape-recorder, it's unlikely they will ever be heard again. |
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November, 2007 Blackhorse Entertainment will releasing Adam's movie BEAT GIRL on DVD
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November 6, 2006 Budgie The Complete Series on DVD Release Date: 6th November 2006 Network to release
Perennial loser Budgie Bird (Adam Faith – Stardust, Love Hurts) stars in Budgie – The Complete Series, released by Network on 6th November as an eight-disc set containing all twenty-six episodes of this hit series. It’s the perfect Christmas gift. More information and competition can be found on this page.
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July 17, 2006 Budgie: DVD Series 2 (4 Discs) is due for release on September 11, 2006. |
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May 27, 2006 Ronnie Pollock writes: "Almost co-inciding with the DVD release of Budgie is the news that Dave Courtney`s WALK OF FAME cafe will be displaying the actual BUDGIE JACKET AND CLOGS as worn by ADAM in THE BUDGIE shows. The cafe is being refitted and redesigned, and hopes to open in July. |
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May 22, 2006 We have hadded a new link : Adam Faith - on the BBC EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE BBC Programme Catalogue |
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Budgie the Complete First Series on DVD Release Date: 22nd May 2006 NETWORK TO RELEASE
Network is proud to present the release of British pop legend and icon Adam Faith’s Budgie – the Complete First Series (12) on 22nd May 2006 as a 4-disc set containing all thirteen episodes from the first series of this classic British drama. More information and competition winners can be found on this page.
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May 1, 2006 John Leyton's website features two pics of John and Adam that you may not have seen before, taken in 2000. Taken during the annual Chelsea Flower Show. |
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April 10, 2006 "The day I met Adam Faith ... " Well, I never did. The closest I came was when he was appearing at Bath Theatre Royal and I was going to try and get him to sign the double CD booklet for which I had co-written the notes. Alas, the management were not very co-operative and the moment was lost. But I know many of you out there did meet Adam and we'd like to share your story with our visitors. It doesn't have to be a literary prize-winner, just write your story in your own words and we'll be delighted to publish it. Simply send us your story:
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March 27, 2006 IF you visit www.midifilesnow.com you will find nine Adam Faith midi file songs, all without vocal lines. These files are licensed and of commercial professional quality. Thanks to Ronnie Pollock, singer and guitar player, who had asked for some of Adam's songs to be made available on midifilesnow and alerted us to them. You can listen to a short demo of This Is It here . The list of midi files available is as follows: What Do You Want, Poor me, Someone Else`s Baby, How About That, This is It, The Time has Come, Message to Martha, Poor Me and Lonely Pup. |
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March 25, 2006 Budgie, series 1 is to be released on dvd (4 Discs), region 2, May 22. 2006. Episode Listing: 1. Out
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March 21, 2006 We are making a concerted effort to improve the Google search ranking for this site. It is already number 1 on msn.com but very low indeed on Google and not a great deal better on Yahoo. We think we have done all the right things to boost its ratings, via links from other sites etc., but have made little impact to date. Searching under "Adam Faith website" makes a big difference - we are actually no. 5 on Google - but we need it to work with just an "Adam Faith" search. Feel free to suggest anything to Webmaster Ruud!! |
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January 12, 2006 Paul Garwoord sent us some intereting notes on Adam Faith's music: The single version of.. "I Survived" is Not the same as the LP version, it does Not have the long instrumental intro that we all enjoyed so much on the LP version, also on the LP "Adam" PCS 3010 the Stereo version only.. The song "So Many Ways" is a different Take to the version released on there Mono LP..the vocal interpretation is different....and on the LP "From Adam With Love" the track "Goin' Home" PCS 3038 the Stereo version only.. Has a slightly different arrangement to the one released on the Mono LP....maybe not many people would have noticed this..but as I am a retired Orchestral musician you tend to notice these details. Another interesting thing on the LP "From Adam With Love" if you listen carefully to the backing group on the track "Swimming In Tears" you will hear..who I think is Sandie Shaw...this is more noticeable as the track fades out, has anybody else notice this? Also a piece of info I know of is..and it's true because Adam told me,, in the middle of the song "Someone Has Taken Maria Away" Bob Henrit the Drummer drops his High-Hat Cymbal on the floor, but this was very well edited by the technicians of the time and they left some of it in the final release, if you listen carefully you can hear this. The recently released CD of "The Very Best of Adam Faith" on EMI Gold.. The track "My Last Wish" is an out take..and is very poor...why they didn't use the released version is beyond belief. |
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January 11, 2006 We have decided to link to the Adam Faith Yahoo discussion group and not create a forum of our own. |
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December 31, 2005 Many thanks to David Courtney who has provided us with our first very welcome news item right at the end of 2005! Adam's sought-after album, "I Survive" has been remastered for CD release. It is now available at CD BABY . Just put Adam Faith in the search box. CD Baby distribute as digital downloads to numerous major sites; i.e. iPod, etc. The album will be made available through Amazon as well. |
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December 30, 2005 We are still adding to the site. In fact, we have only just started. But all the research in old magazines, scanning, Photoshopping, adding and updating discography costs time. So, please return regularly. |
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The scans of pictures, photos, articles, programmes etc. are provided purely for the entertainment and education of those visiting the site. Obviously we do not own the copyright of anything, nor do we have permission of those who do own the copyright. In the majority of cases the magazines and newspapers concerned are no longer in existence, but if anybody still connected to them objects to any photos or articles currently on display, we will of course remove them. We would like to thank the following people for contributing to this website. |
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