Wanted!!!

Dear friends of the blog: A special thank you to everybody who has been sending in videotapes. The respons has been just wonderful. We are sorting all the tapes out at the moment which is a lot of work as you can imagine. We found some new things but also a lot of clips we [...]

Astrid’s Simply Bassey #41

Today again for my friend Eddie Star from Brazil. He asked me to play something from the Live At Talk Of The Town album, which was recently re-issued on CD. I have chosen the song You Can Have Him, which is particularly good from this album. I hope you enjoy it Eddie. Capitol Theatre, Cardiff März [...]

Télémélody variétés

This clip is from a French TV-program called Télémélody and recorded to celebrate Eurovision Television. It was a special that was made to be shown in all the countries that belonged to the Eurovision network. Shirley Bassey was chosen by the BBC to represent British entertainment. Broadcasted 06/06/1964 Shirley sang two songs: ”I get a [...]

Party at the palace

Party at the Palace: The Party at the Palace was a pop concert held in London in 2002. The event was in commemoration of the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II held over the Golden Jubilee Weekend 1-4 June 2002. The concert itself was held at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002. It was the [...]

Something album

Here a clip from a special made for the release of the ‘Something’ album in 1970: ‘It’s impossible’ & ‘Yesterday I heard the rain’. The BBC show was screened on the Thursday evening before the album was released in the stores the next day. The BBC did a series of shows featuring a different artist [...]