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Something Else, Syndicated variety TV series 1970-1971 (volume 2 of 3)
I downloaded these three volumes containing episodes of a TV series I had never heard of before via torrent. Because the information included with torrent seemed a little incomplete and inaccurate (the info with the torrent said the show aired in the late seventies yet the musical performers were clearly from the early seventies) I searched the internet and found little information about the series. So as I recently decided to pull these off my hard drive and burn them to disc I decided to do a new search and still found little information. Searches were further complicated by the fact that there was a BBC TV series for children in the late seventies with the same name. Here's what little info I have been able to dig up.
Something Else was a syndicated variety show officially hosted by comedian John Byner (with musician John Hartford as alternate host on apparently half the episodes). There was a group of dancers (the Action Faction Dancers) who are featured in practically every episode. Each episode was filmed in different locales (which would explain the need for two hosts since they were probably filming the next episode while finishing the current episode and one host couldn't be in two places). The musical artists varied from episode to episode and came from all musical genres.
I did manage to find an apparently complete list of episodes at this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/usa/something-else
According to that list there were only 34 episodes ever made for the series.
These DVDs were transfered from a high gen VHS and the quality is far from perfect. The master VHS was transfered from the masters sent out to TV stations as many of the episodes contain the cues for local commercials as well as timing codes for the start of the episode. Some of the episodes seem incomplete as evidenced by the variation in duration for each episode and as the list linked above suggest some songs that don't appear on these DVDs.
Even with these caveats, this is still a worthwhile collection. This was obviously a fascinating TV series and presents a time capsule to the early seventies music scene. It includes performances from artists whose careers were so brief there is probably no other video performances available (The Mephistopheles is a prime example). It also includes video from more established artists that collectors may not have previously been aware of. The menus on each DVD provide buttons to play the entire disc, play each episode in its entirety or jump to individual songs.
There are no standard DVD covers for these discs but I have included inserts for slimline CD cases with corrected info about each episode. (I use slimline CD cases for my collection merely as a space saver. I prefer this to paper sleeves since the insert makes searching for a particular DVD easier and allows for basic information like track selection to be readily available.)
Here is the original info file for Volume 2
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Something Else
Volume 2
Variety Show circa late 1970's
Air Date: UNKNOWN
Network: UNKNOWN
Source: High Gen VHS - 3 tapes SP Mode (2hours Each):
Appears the Master Source was 16mm Film. VHS is Unknown GEN
Transfer: JVC SVHS Professional VCR > Panasonic Standalone DVDR via Svideo/Composite Audio
Transfer/Encoding/Eiting/Menus etc by Patrick Metsker - [email protected]
Brought to you by Metsker
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Video Source: High Gen VHS
Taper: Unknown
Video Bitrate: 4386 kb/sec
DVD Author: Patrick Metsker
Audio Source: High Gen VHS
Lineage: Unknown
Taper: Unknown
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 256 kb/s
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Artists Included In Set:
John Hartford
Johnny Mathis
Iron Butterfly w/ Pinera & Rhino
Ami Rushes
Gary Pucket & the Union Gap
Pete Fountain
Evie Sands
Taj Mahal
Richie Havens
Denny Brooks
Kathy Smith
Jack Wild
Bobbi Martin
Ides of March
Crabby Appleton
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Title 1
Something Else - Show 19 - Catalina
Hosted by John Byner
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, Jack Wild, Bobbi Martin, Ides of March, Crabby Appleton, Alex Cord
Most songs have a brief intro with John Byner
** NOTE: **Alex Cord is listed as an artist appearing on this show, but the footage is not present**
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Byner
2. Crabby Appleton - Go Back
3. John Byner Sketch
4. Bobbi Martin - For the Love of Him
5. John Byner & Jack Wild Sketch
6. Jack Wild - Some Beautiful
7. John Byner Sketch 2
8. The Action Faction Dancers
9. Ides of March - Vehicle
10. Outro - John Byner
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Title 2
Something Else - Show 30 - Los Angeles
Guest Hosted by John Hartford
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, John Hartford, Richie Havens, Denny Brooks, ,Kathy Smith
Each Song features a brief intro by John Hartford
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Hartford
2. Denny Brooks - Touch The Rain ???
3. John Hartford - I Didn't Know the World Would Last This Long
4. Kathy Smith - The End of the World
5. Commercial Break
6. Richie Havens - Strawberry Fields Forever
7. Richie Havens - Open OUr Eyes
8. Outro - John Hartford
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Title 3
Something Else - New Orleans
Hosted by John Byner
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Pete Fountain, Evie Sands, Taj Mahal
Most songs have a brief intro with John Byner
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Byner
2. The Action Faction Dancers & John Byner
3. Gary Puckett - Who Can I Turn To?
4. The Action Faction Dancers & John Byner
5. Gary Puckett - Into The Night
6. Milk Commercial - John Byner
7. Evie Sands - Any Way That You Want Me
8. Taj Mahal - Corinna
9. Pete Fountain - Instrumental
10. Outro - John Byner
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Title 4
Something Else - Show 29 - Los Angeles
Guest Hosted by John Hartford
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, John Hartford, Johnny Mathis, Iron Butterfly w/ Pinera & Rhino, Ami Rushes
Each Song features a brief intro by John Hartford
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Hartford
2. Milk Commercial - John Hartford
3. Johnny Mathis - Wave
4. John Hartford - I Wont Know Why I Went Till After I Get Back
5. Iron Butterfly - Easy Rider
6. Milk Commercial - John Byner
7. The Action Faction Dancers
8. Ami Rushes - Look On Up at the Bottom
9. Johnny Mathis - The Long & Winding Road
10. Outro - John Hartford
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Here are the File Factory links:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/kDdMB2XnQn/
Enjoy
.
I downloaded these three volumes containing episodes of a TV series I had never heard of before via torrent. Because the information included with torrent seemed a little incomplete and inaccurate (the info with the torrent said the show aired in the late seventies yet the musical performers were clearly from the early seventies) I searched the internet and found little information about the series. So as I recently decided to pull these off my hard drive and burn them to disc I decided to do a new search and still found little information. Searches were further complicated by the fact that there was a BBC TV series for children in the late seventies with the same name. Here's what little info I have been able to dig up.
Something Else was a syndicated variety show officially hosted by comedian John Byner (with musician John Hartford as alternate host on apparently half the episodes). There was a group of dancers (the Action Faction Dancers) who are featured in practically every episode. Each episode was filmed in different locales (which would explain the need for two hosts since they were probably filming the next episode while finishing the current episode and one host couldn't be in two places). The musical artists varied from episode to episode and came from all musical genres.
I did manage to find an apparently complete list of episodes at this site:
https://sites.google.com/site/vintagerocktv/usa/something-else
According to that list there were only 34 episodes ever made for the series.
These DVDs were transfered from a high gen VHS and the quality is far from perfect. The master VHS was transfered from the masters sent out to TV stations as many of the episodes contain the cues for local commercials as well as timing codes for the start of the episode. Some of the episodes seem incomplete as evidenced by the variation in duration for each episode and as the list linked above suggest some songs that don't appear on these DVDs.
Even with these caveats, this is still a worthwhile collection. This was obviously a fascinating TV series and presents a time capsule to the early seventies music scene. It includes performances from artists whose careers were so brief there is probably no other video performances available (The Mephistopheles is a prime example). It also includes video from more established artists that collectors may not have previously been aware of. The menus on each DVD provide buttons to play the entire disc, play each episode in its entirety or jump to individual songs.
There are no standard DVD covers for these discs but I have included inserts for slimline CD cases with corrected info about each episode. (I use slimline CD cases for my collection merely as a space saver. I prefer this to paper sleeves since the insert makes searching for a particular DVD easier and allows for basic information like track selection to be readily available.)
Here is the original info file for Volume 2
----
Something Else
Volume 2
Variety Show circa late 1970's
Air Date: UNKNOWN
Network: UNKNOWN
Source: High Gen VHS - 3 tapes SP Mode (2hours Each):
Appears the Master Source was 16mm Film. VHS is Unknown GEN
Transfer: JVC SVHS Professional VCR > Panasonic Standalone DVDR via Svideo/Composite Audio
Transfer/Encoding/Eiting/Menus etc by Patrick Metsker - [email protected]
Brought to you by Metsker
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Video Source: High Gen VHS
Taper: Unknown
Video Bitrate: 4386 kb/sec
DVD Author: Patrick Metsker
Audio Source: High Gen VHS
Lineage: Unknown
Taper: Unknown
Audio Codec: AC3
Audio Bitrate: 256 kb/s
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Artists Included In Set:
John Hartford
Johnny Mathis
Iron Butterfly w/ Pinera & Rhino
Ami Rushes
Gary Pucket & the Union Gap
Pete Fountain
Evie Sands
Taj Mahal
Richie Havens
Denny Brooks
Kathy Smith
Jack Wild
Bobbi Martin
Ides of March
Crabby Appleton
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title 1
Something Else - Show 19 - Catalina
Hosted by John Byner
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, Jack Wild, Bobbi Martin, Ides of March, Crabby Appleton, Alex Cord
Most songs have a brief intro with John Byner
** NOTE: **Alex Cord is listed as an artist appearing on this show, but the footage is not present**
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Byner
2. Crabby Appleton - Go Back
3. John Byner Sketch
4. Bobbi Martin - For the Love of Him
5. John Byner & Jack Wild Sketch
6. Jack Wild - Some Beautiful
7. John Byner Sketch 2
8. The Action Faction Dancers
9. Ides of March - Vehicle
10. Outro - John Byner
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title 2
Something Else - Show 30 - Los Angeles
Guest Hosted by John Hartford
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, John Hartford, Richie Havens, Denny Brooks, ,Kathy Smith
Each Song features a brief intro by John Hartford
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Hartford
2. Denny Brooks - Touch The Rain ???
3. John Hartford - I Didn't Know the World Would Last This Long
4. Kathy Smith - The End of the World
5. Commercial Break
6. Richie Havens - Strawberry Fields Forever
7. Richie Havens - Open OUr Eyes
8. Outro - John Hartford
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title 3
Something Else - New Orleans
Hosted by John Byner
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, Pete Fountain, Evie Sands, Taj Mahal
Most songs have a brief intro with John Byner
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Byner
2. The Action Faction Dancers & John Byner
3. Gary Puckett - Who Can I Turn To?
4. The Action Faction Dancers & John Byner
5. Gary Puckett - Into The Night
6. Milk Commercial - John Byner
7. Evie Sands - Any Way That You Want Me
8. Taj Mahal - Corinna
9. Pete Fountain - Instrumental
10. Outro - John Byner
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Title 4
Something Else - Show 29 - Los Angeles
Guest Hosted by John Hartford
Starring:
Action Faction Dancers, John Hartford, Johnny Mathis, Iron Butterfly w/ Pinera & Rhino, Ami Rushes
Each Song features a brief intro by John Hartford
Chapters:
1. Intro - John Hartford
2. Milk Commercial - John Hartford
3. Johnny Mathis - Wave
4. John Hartford - I Wont Know Why I Went Till After I Get Back
5. Iron Butterfly - Easy Rider
6. Milk Commercial - John Byner
7. The Action Faction Dancers
8. Ami Rushes - Look On Up at the Bottom
9. Johnny Mathis - The Long & Winding Road
10. Outro - John Hartford
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the File Factory links:
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/kDdMB2XnQn/
Enjoy
.
