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Sounds for Saturday

Season 1 1972

  • 1972-03-24T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 45m
  • 18h 45m (25 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Special Interest
Series of in concert performances by musicians from various genres. Title music performed by the group Yes. GB

25 episodes

Series Premiere

1972-03-24T23:00:00Z

1x01 Buddy Rich and his Orchestra

Series Premiere

1x01 Buddy Rich and his Orchestra

  • 1972-03-24T23:00:00Z45m

Buddy Rich and his Orchestra in an in concert performance, including the the song `Time Being Sweet'.

1972-03-31T23:00:00Z

1x02 The Faces

1x02 The Faces

  • 1972-03-31T23:00:00Z45m

The Faces - Kenny Jones, Ronnie Lane, Ian Mclagan, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood - singing Paul McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed, Phil Everly's When Will I be Loved and Stewart and Wood's Miss Judy's Farm.

1x03 James Last and his Orchestra

  • 1972-04-07T23:00:00Z45m

1972-04-14T23:00:00Z

1x04 The Oscar Peterson Trio

1x04 The Oscar Peterson Trio

  • 1972-04-14T23:00:00Z45m

The Oscar Peterson Trio in concert (Oscar Peterson (piano), Louis Hayes (drums), Niels-Henning Pedersen (bass)).

In concert performance by folk singer Tom Paxton, with Mary Travers and John Denver. They play songs including: What a Friend You Are',Follow Me', Forest Lawn',It Will Come to you Again', Re-adjustment Blues',Jet Plane' and `Country Roads'.

1972-04-28T23:00:00Z

1x06 Elton John

1x06 Elton John

  • 1972-04-28T23:00:00Z45m

Elton John recorded in a concert performance based largely on his album `Madman Across the Water'. He is supported by Nigel Olsson (drums) and Dee Murray (guitar)

1972-05-05T23:00:00Z

1x07 The Harry James Orchestra

1x07 The Harry James Orchestra

  • 1972-05-05T23:00:00Z45m

A weekly series of concert performances, this week featuring the Harry James Orchestra.

1972-05-12T23:00:00Z

1x08 Richie Havens

1x08 Richie Havens

  • 1972-05-12T23:00:00Z45m

A weekly series of concert performances by some of the best entertainers in a wide spectrum of today's musical taste. This week: Richie Havens

1972-05-19T23:00:00Z

1x09 The John Warren Band

1x09 The John Warren Band

  • 1972-05-19T23:00:00Z45m

John Warren's own brilliant compositions and arrangements provide the framework in which the soloists in his band can improvise.
Trumpets: Alan Downey, Henry Lowther, Harry Beckett
Trombones: Malcolm Griffiths, Geoff Perkins, Danny Almark
Saxophones: Mike Osbourne, Olavo Vas, Alan Skidmore, John Warren
Piano: Gordon Beck
Bass: Harry Miller
Drums: Alan Jackson

1972-05-26T23:00:00Z

1x10 Osibisa

1x10 Osibisa

  • 1972-05-26T23:00:00Z45m

Osibisa who combine the rhythms of America and Africa in a sound of their own.

1972-06-02T23:00:00Z

1x11 The 5th Dimension

1x11 The 5th Dimension

  • 1972-06-02T23:00:00Z45m

The five-piece American vocal group with their own backing group and numbers like Aquarius, Wedding Bell Blues, Day by Day, Love Story and Stoned Soul Picnic.

1972-06-09T23:00:00Z

1x12 Joni Mitchell

1x12 Joni Mitchell

  • 1972-06-09T23:00:00Z45m

1972-06-16T23:00:00Z

1x13 Modern Jazz Quartet

1x13 Modern Jazz Quartet

  • 1972-06-16T23:00:00Z45m

John Lewis (piano), Milt Jackson (vibraharp), Percy Heath (bass), Connie Kay (drums)

1972-06-23T23:00:00Z

1x14 John Denver

1x14 John Denver

  • 1972-06-23T23:00:00Z45m

The American star will be singing many of his own compositions including his biggest hit 'Leaving on a Jet Plane.' Accompanied by Mike Taylor (guitar), Richard Kniss (bass)

1x15 Paco Peña and Flamenco Pura

  • 1972-06-30T23:00:00Z45m

Paco Pena and his Flamenco Puro featuring: The guitar playing of Paco Pena and Guillermo Basilisco; the singing of Barrilito and El Sodera; the dancing of Faiquillo de Cordoba and Margarita. Pure flamenco is performed only in Andalusia and particularly around Cordoba, home of Paco Pena. Now 30 and internationally famous, he has performed professionally since the age of 12.

1x16 Stan Kenton and his Orchestra

  • 1972-07-07T23:00:00Z45m

Stan Kenton, top jazz band leader, gives a reprise for the thousands of British fans who turned out for his tour.
Trumpets Mike Vax, Dennis Noday, Jay Saunders, Ray Brown, Joe Marcinkiewicz
Trombones Dick Shearer, Mike Jamieson, Fred Carter, Mike Wallace, Phil Herring
Saxophones Quin Davis, Richard Torres, Kim Frizell, Willie Maiden, Chuck Carter
Drums John von Ohlen
Bass John Worster
Latin Ramon Lopez

1x17 Imrat Khan with Faiyaz Khan

  • 1972-07-14T23:00:00Z45m

1972-07-21T23:00:00Z

1x18 Chuck Berry

1x18 Chuck Berry

  • 1972-07-21T23:00:00Z45m

A chance to see a great performance from Rock 'n' Roll icon Chuck Berry. The concert was shown as Sounds for Saturday in 1972, but this new extended cut includes more songs, more chat and more innuendo. For the first time there's also a chance to see an epic performance of My Ding-a-ling which was to become one of Berry's biggest hits.

Set List

Roll Over Beethoven
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Sweet Little Sixteen
Help Me Information
South of the Border
Beer Drinking Woman
Can't Stop the Train
The Blues
Oh Carol
Rock 'n' Roll Music
My Ding-a-ling
Johnny B Goode

Chuck is backed by Rocking Horse:
Dave Harrison - drums
Billy Kinsley - bass
Jimmy Campbell - guitar
Michael Snow - piano

1972-07-28T23:00:00Z

1x19 Don McLean

1x19 Don McLean

  • 1972-07-28T23:00:00Z45m

1972-08-04T23:00:00Z

1x20 C.C.S.

1x20 C.C.S.

  • 1972-08-04T23:00:00Z45m

featuring Alexis Korner and Peter Thorup (Vocals), John Cameron (conductor/piano), Alan Parker (guitar), Herbie Flowers (bass guitar), Spike Heatley (bass), Barry Morgan, Tony Carr (drums), Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Kenny Wheeler, Les Condon (trumpets), Don Lusher, Johnny Watson, Bill Geldard (trombones), Ray Warleigh (flute), Pete King, Bob Efford, Danny Moss, Ronnie Ross (saxophones), Bill Le Sage (tuned percussion), Tony Uter (LA percussion)

1972-08-11T23:00:00Z

1x21 Thelma Houston

1x21 Thelma Houston

  • 1972-08-11T23:00:00Z45m

Best-known in this country for her electrifying version of the Rolling Stones' 'Jumping Jack Flash,' Thelma can handle a tender ballad as easily as up-tempo Soul sounds.

1x22 Alan Price and Georgie Fame

  • 1972-08-18T23:00:00Z45m

Accompanied by Colin Green (guitar), Clive Thacker (drums) Dave Markee (bass)

1972-08-25T23:00:00Z

1x23 Roberta Flack

1x23 Roberta Flack

  • 1972-08-25T23:00:00Z45m

Accompanied by Edward Tenryk (electric piano), Jerry Jemmott (bass guitar), Terry Plumeri (double bass), Richard Thomas Marotta (drums), Eric Gale (guitar), Ralph MacDonald (percussion)

1972-09-01T23:00:00Z

1x24 Doris Troy

1x24 Doris Troy

  • 1972-09-01T23:00:00Z45m

Accompanied by The Gospel Truth, The GT Horns, The Voices of Joy

1972-09-08T23:00:00Z

1x25 The Mahavishnu Orchestra

1x25 The Mahavishnu Orchestra

  • 1972-09-08T23:00:00Z45m

John McLaughlin (guitar), Billy Cobham (drums), Rick Laird (bass), Jan Hammer (piano), Jerry Goodman (violin)

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