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Bootlegs and Rarities:

(known or believed to exist)

audio - video - rarities

Note: I have almost NONE of these.

AUDIO:
date title tracks time quality
??/??/68 Dave Symonds Show (BBC) 3 tracks 12 min. VG/EX
??/??/68 One O' Clock Show (BBC) 5 tracks 24 min. VG/EX
??/??/68 Bob Harris Show (BBC) 2 tracks 16 min. VG/EX
8/??/68 Top Gear (BBC) "Processions"
"Me My Friend"
"Weaver's Answer" 		13 min. VG/EX
9/3/68 Top Gear (BBC) "See Through Windows"
"Weaver's Answer"
"The Breeze" 		12 min. VG/EX
11/??/68 Top Gear (BBC) "Dim"
"How Hi the Li"
"Observations from a Hill"
"Second Generation Woman" 		14 min. VG/EX
2/28/69 Top Gear (BBC) 2 tracks 13 min. VG/EX
6/30/69 Top Gear (BBC) "Song For Me"
"Sing 'em the Way I Feel"
"Love is a Sleeper" 		14 min. EX
7/??/69 Top Gear (BBC) "Drowned in Wine"
"The Cat and the Rat"
"Wheels"
"No Mule's Fool" 		20 min. VG/EX
8/??/69 Top Gear (BBC) 2 tracks 8 min. VG/EX
11/27/69? "Top of the Pops"
Studio 3, TV-Byen
Copenhagen, DK 		- 25 min. EX-
??/??/70 Beat Beat Beat 1 track 12 min. VG
1/4/70 BBC In Concert - 30 min. G/VG
6/??/70 Beat Club 1 track 6 min. VG
6/27/70 Kralingen Festival, Rotterdam - 8 min. G
Coca Cola Bull Shit LP - Family 2 tracks Westcoast Records (Euro)/WCR002M -
Stamping Ground Festival double CD Aulica (Euro)/A 2102 (1990) -
Kralingen Pop Festival Semaphore (Ital.)/157962 (1992) -
8/28/70 Isle of Wight Festival - 20 min. -
??/??/70 Top of the Pops, Denmark TV - 25 min .-
??/??/70 Germany? - 20 min. VG
??/??/70 Leeds Univ. - 60 min. G
??/??/70 Top Gear (BBC) 3 track 24 min. EX
11/7/70 Circus Krone, Munich - 65 min. G
12/5/70 Top Gear (BBC) 3 track 18 min. EX
3/20/71 Stockport Tech. College - 65 min. G
4/17/71 Teatro Brancaccio, Rome - 80 min. G/VG
9/4/71 Vienna Stadthalle - 50 min. G/VG
9/5/71 Speyer, W. Germany 1 track 11 min. G
9/18/71 Hamburg Ernst Martkhalle - 35 min. VG/G
10/23/71 Breda, Holland - 85 min. VG/G
11/6/71 Top Gear (BBC) 4 track 15 min. VG/EX
12/16/71 (Music in a) Play House
BBC In Concert 		Gold Standard CD GS-96002 (Ital. 1996) 60 min.
2/26/72? Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, CAN
w/ the Groundhogs? 		- 60 min. -
5/??/72 Buxton Festival - 55 min. VG/EX
9/28/72 Boston Music Hall - 45 min. VG
10/5/72 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens - 45 min. VG
12/6/72 Birmingham Town Hall - 75 min. VG
12/16/72 Edinburgh Empire - 75 min. VG
12/??/72 BBC In Concert - 65 min. VG/EX
1/??/73 Rockin' Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flue
Paris Theatre, London. This became the Windsong BBC Radio One Live in Concert 		Oh Boy CD, 1 9019 (1990) -
1/23/73 Bray Auditorium - 110 min. G+
9/25/73 Edinburgh Empire - 100 min. VG/G
10/9/73 Top Gear (BBC) 2 tracks 12 min. EX
??/??/?? "Sounds of a City" w/ Rob Townsend interview - 10 min. EX
8/10/76 "History of Family" - John Peel Special - 60 min. VG/EX
4/9/89 "Family Archives Special" - Alan Freeman
Top Gear/Sounds of the 70's - also broadcast 4/4/92? 		9 tracks 32 min. EX
1970/71/72 Family - Live from BBC tapes Dark Star LP (Italy)/Dark 6 -
1967 Electric Sugarcube Flashbacks
v/a incl. "Scene Through the Eye of a Lens" 		A.I.P./AIPCD 154 (1993) -
1967-1972 Strange Band Gold Standard CD (Ital.)/Colosseum 96-C-001 -


BBC TRANSCRIPTION DISCS
#334 - 3/31/71 session Top of the Pops - "Strange Band", "Hometown", intro by Brian Matthew 8 min. EX
#337 session (mid-1971?) Pick of the Pops - "Processions", "No Mule's Fool", "Part of the Load", "Lives and Ladies" 24 min. EX
#376 and #377 - 12/16/71 Pick of the Pops - Parts 1 and 2, hosted by John Peel 28 min. each EX
#37(i) and #37(ii) - 1/73 Stereo Pop Special - Parts 1 and 2, intro by Pete Drummond 30 min. each EX

VIDEO:
  • Beat Club 1969
    with "Dim"
  • Dutch Top of the Pops 1970
    with "Weaver's Answer"
  • Stamping Ground (1970 Kralingen Festival, Rotterdam)
    with "Drowned in Wine"
    Also included in video called Psychomania
  • Ben et Babette Show (Belgian TV - 1970)
    with "Dim" (trailers), "Part of the Load", "Good News Bad News", "Processions", "No Mule's Fool", "Weaver's Answer"
    This is sold in Japan under a few names: Reflections With No Fear and Live in Brussels 1973
  • Isle of Wight Festival 1970
    with "Weaver's Answer" and "Good News Bad News" (soundtrack only)
  • Beat Club 1971
    with "Weaver's Answer" and "Holding the Compass"
  • Old Grey Whistle Test 1971
    with "Spanish Tide" and "Between Blue and Me"
  • Glastonbury Fayre 1971
    with "Drowned in Wine"

    • Rarities:

  • Vandike Rare Records and Memorabilia in Plymouth, UK (price in British pounds):
    FAMILY MARQUEE LONDON  1969 PROGRAMME HANDBILL    30
FAMILY TODAY TOURBOOK      45
FAMILY LATE 60'S UK PROMO HANDBILL DOUBLE SIDED RARE    25
FAMILY+ FAIRPORT RAINBOW THEATRE BOOK 1971      30
FAMILY 1968 CONCERT RECEIPT FOR PLYMOUTH VANDIKE CLUB SIGNED BY MANAGER  40
STREETWALKERS + ROY HARPER TOURBOOK    35                                      
STREETWALKERS CONCERT CONTRACT FOR PLYMOUTH 1974  25
FAMILY + LINDISFARNE SMALL POSTER FOR SHEFFIELD UNIVERSITY  35
FAMILY "IN MY OWN TIME" SHEET MUSIC    15


  • Rock of Ages in Doncaster, UK (price in British pounds):
    DISC MAG - JAN. 24. 1970 - FAMILY COLOUR CENTRE SPREAD - 12
TODAY - 1970 UK TOUR PROGRAMME + 2 TICKETS - 25
MUSIC NOW MAG - MAY 2, 1970 - FAMILY COLOUR COVER - 15
SOUNDS MAG - FEB. 27, 1971 - CHAPMAN B+W COVER - 15
RECORD MIRROR MAG - AUG 21, 1971 - FAMILY B+W COVER - 12
"BANDSTAND" - SOUVENIR PROGRAMME - UNOFFICIAL - 20
MELODY MAKER MAG - FEB. 3, 1973 - 2 PAGE ARTICLE - 8


  • The Vinyl Tap in the UK lists the following in stock for 15 British pounds: "JOHN AND TONY SMITH PRESENT FAMILY" - handbill promoting the UK "Fearless" tour.

  • Promotional vinyl: Radio spots for Family Entertainment
    (Reprise Pro-319) - 1969 stereo 45 with commercials for LP


  • Promotional vinyl: Radio spots for A Song For Me
    (Reprise Pro-394) - 1970 stereo 45 with commercials for LP


  • Promotional item: 1972 Tour Itinerary Notepad

  • "Pop Spectacular"/"Pick of the Pops" - BBC Transcription LP No. 129678
    (same recording as Play House)

  • Past items listed with Bonhams Auctioneers:

  • Poster: "Are You In A Family Way?" - mentioned in the Rock Musik Lexikon (Germany)

  • Polish postcard discs
    A Song for Me 56-7076 From Past Archives 55-1761
    Love is a Sleeper 63-684/1 Face in the Cloud 55-2840
    Hey - Let It Rock 56-7066 Emotions 55-411
    No Mule's Fool 56-7071 Never Like This 55-207
    Song for Sinking Lovers 63-672/1 Voyage 55-642
    Summer `67 56-7068


    • thanks to Dave Eames for his extensive list!

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