picture from england (!) 010800 mojo #81

this broadcast is a part of the series of repeats of the VAN OEKEL'S DISCOHOEK tv shows from 1974. the original instalments of this alternate pop music program still are vividly remembered over here as they were totally anarchistic and 'not done' (to normal people). in fact it were plays written by the locally (in)famous wim t. schippers as satires on some popular dutch top-40 programs.

unfortunately, time fails to tell more about the clumsy anchor man SJEF VAN OEKEL = dolf brouwers, the very dry accountant EVERT VAN DER PIK = jaap bar, and all the things that intentionally went wrong during the shows: telephones ringing, scenery tumbling down, hell's angels riding into the studio, turntables at wrong speed or with the wrong record, etc., etc....

to us, the most important artist who ever got lost in that chaos was captain beefheart! although he was in the middle of his unconditionally guaranteed crisis and only could produce terrible music, his performance in the program is an absolutely must see. for his singing during the song UPON THE MY-O-MY is so clearly played back - which was the usual trick by then - we'd better call it 'play beside'...

in this repeated showing we (well, mainly dútch beefheartians - i'm sorry) also can find out why and how don van vliet gets a trophy, and whistles 'the beatles' evergreen 'yesterday' ...

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before two official releases were brought out
there appeared to be quite a few
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UPON THE MY-O-MY playback performance unconditionally guaranteed 1974
sometimes credited as

the other acts
on psychomania!:
the rolling stones - david bowie - julie driscoll & the brian auger trinity - steve miller band [2x] - pink floyd [2x] - the crazy world of arthur brown - the byrds - jefferson airplane - soft machine [2x] - grateful dead [2x] - the mothers of invention - the jimi hendrix experience - barry mcguire - family - dr. john (the nighttripper) - it's a beautiful day
on kings of rock & pop - vol. 2 and psychomania:
cream [2x] - david bowie - pink floyd [2x] - the crazy world of arthur brown - the byrds - jefferson airplane - soft machine - grateful dead - dr. john (the nighttripper) - julie driscoll & the brian auger trinity - steve miller band - the jimi hendrix experience

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  VARIOUS ARTISTS * PSYCHOMANIA! 20 golden greats captain beefheart track credited correctly with editorial remark time 2:36
video australia 1991 pal music world video front: twin 110 cassette: gemv 474 front includes live uk 1972 colour picture of beefheart made by cable connections, london u.k. marketed by hughes leisure group



VARIOUS ARTISTS * PSYCHOMANIA the best of psychedelic rock captain beefheart track credited wrongly with editorial remark time 2:23 (?)
video england 1994 pal [label unknown] mmgv 067
video usa 1994 ntsc [label and cat. no. unknown]

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