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Thank you for an explanation as to what I was on about!!!

Great to see the other night on the BBC feature Childrens TV and pop music a slot on BLUE PETER which featured THE SEARCHERS. They are in the studio with CHRISTOPHER TRACE and VALERIE SINGLETON singing NEEDLES AND PINS. The programme then features an interview with FRANK and JOHN talking about child...

Very interesting to see last night on Frank Allens half hour interview on Vintage TV it featured several past clips of The Searchers performing in amazing quality. I would love to see these clips in full, but obviously not on an offical dvd!!!!

A while back I started a thread about a Searchers dvd being overdue It just did not make sense to me, nor does it now after having read all the above posts. II thought that all publicity was good news for groups and therefore a whole dvd to themselves would have been tremendous publicity. All I can ...

Yes I have just read the thread. It just does not make sense to me. I thought that all publicity was good news for groups and therefore a whole dvd to themselves would have been tremendous publicity. All I can come up with is that it must be linked with Mike Pender in some way or they are coming up ...

Many thanks Roy. It was a fascinating interview. He still sounds bitter, although he is delighted to be advertised as the original singer on the
Silver 60's tour!!!

Hi Roy,

Listened to part 1 fine but cant download part 2 at all. What did Mike say?

I have recentlyl purchased THE HOLLIES GRAHAM NASH YEARS dvd and the box set of THE BRITISH INVASION, featuring Dusty, Herman, Gerry and Small Faces. All 5 dvds have on them amazing clips in very high quality that I have never seen before, but also interviews with surviving band members. I am so dis...

In his book Frank says that they wondered if their name and image were working against them so they decided to release a record under a different name called PASHA, named after the producers dog. Looking back now he says that his vocal was so bad he cant believe how awful it was and that the dog cou...

I have to say so far it is a brilliant read. I have the book about a week now and cant put it down. When I was skimming through it when it first arrived, I read the bit about Billy Adamson leaving the group. I had not realised how bitter he was with his role within the group. Have you had your copy ...

I have recently been listening to the following tracks and cant work out why they were not huge hits. MORNING DEW by EPISODE 6 SMOKING A LONG CIGARETTE by ROULETTES MY FRIEND JACK by THE SMOKE PAINTER MAN by CREATION My theory is that they never got any publicity or airplay at the time. I have been ...

Has the book actually come out yet? I am still waiting for my copy. I thought it was due out at the beginning of the month. I was surprised on British TV this week that Frank did not mention his book at all.

Just been on "YOU TUBE". Lots of fascinating clips of The Searchers on there,including the interview this week on Tv with Frank and John Walker. However, what really caught my eye was the clip of them performing SANDMAN. It was really good and long and I was really impressed with Johns lea...

So is it a good read then Roy?

Surprise, surprise!!!!! WHSmiths are no longer selling the book...was withdrawn this week, so looks like I will have to pay the full postage.