Esperanto At The Bataclan, Paris
2 songs from this concert were broadcasted on French TV ORTF during emission POP2 the 1st December 1973: ‘On Down the Road’ and ‘Busy Doing Nothing’.
Mississippi – Kings Of The World Channel 7
12th May 1973 – Melbourne Comedy Theatre, Channel 7
Mississippi – Your Mama Don’t Dance
12th February 1973 – ABC GTK
Mississippi – Kings Of The World Sunbury 73′
In late 1972, Mississippi were joined by Beeb Birtles (ex-Zoot, Frieze) on guitar and vocals, Colin DeLuca (ex-Fugitives) on bass guitar and Derek Pellicci (ex-Ash) on drums. This line-up released a single, “Mr Moondog”, in December and toured Australia. Here is their appearance with a 37 piece orchestra at the Sunbury Pop Festival in January 1973 ‘Kings Of The World’. Clip introduced by Ken Sparkes.
Mississippi – Kings Of The World
Early in 1972 Allison Gros were renamed as Mississippi with Goble, Johnson and Mower joined by session musicians: Geoff Cox on drums, Peter Jones on piano, Graeme Lyall on flute and Barry Sullivan on bass guitar. They released a self-titled debut LP in that year which reached No. 21 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. Mississippi reached No. 7 with “Kings of the World” (October 1972).
Allison Gros – Weaver Of Life
Dec. 1971
“All The Days” / “Weaver Of Life” (Fable FB 087)
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Graeham Goble – John Mower – John D’Arcy – Roger Linden
Performed for Adelaide Channel 9, Vince Lovegrove’s Move.
Frieze – Cinnamon Girl
Darryl Cotton and Beeb Birtles in duo ‘Frieze’, performing Neil Diamond’s Cinnamon Girl live on Happening 71′.
Frieze – Feelings
Frieze is half of Zoot, Darryl Cotton and Beeb Birtles. Frieze lasted almost exactly one year, from June 1971 to June 1972. Their first single, a cover of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil’s “Feelings” (Sep. 1971), came out on on Robie Porter’s Sparmac label and managed to scrape into the lower reaches of the Melbourne chart. They were then signed up by the newly established Australian division of Warner Brothers Records.
Beeb Birtles Accepts His King Of Pop Award
Elton John presents Zoot’s Beeb Birtles & Rick Springfield with their King of Pop Awards – 1971.
Axiom – A Little Ray On Sunshine (Move)
Axiom appeared on Vince Lovegrove’s Move TV show, shot live to air from studio 1 doorway in the courtyard next to the old Adelaide Studio 9 on Tynte Street.