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February 18, 2010 Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers! Save Abbey Road Studios from property developers is a group for those that believe it would be tragic to allow Abbey Road Studios to be bought by property developers. On their Facebook site they say: "Join us in finding a way to save the historic Abbey Road Studios from being sold to property developers.We want to keep the studios operating as a recording facility for future generations. PLEASE INVITE ALL YOUR FRIENDS!" |
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December 30, 2009 I Survive I
Survive will be released in January on the Angel Air label. This
is an updated version of the original CD release and contains bonus tracks.
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December 27, 2009 Down An Alley Filled With Cats We have added scans of the programme of the stage play Down An Alley Filled With Cats. |
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December 25, 2009 John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch" is still available. The book is available from high street bookshops and the usual online (film-music) stores. Or order now: please visit this page. Adam Faith's work with John Barry is covered too. |
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March 23, 2009 Update BBC iPlayer. Listen again. Good stuff from Vic, as you would expect. It's not all about John Barry (though mostly) but definitely worth a listen. Fast forward about one hour 25 minutes to get to Vic's interview. A number of Adam Faith tracks are included. Vic Flick guests on Spencer Leigh's show on BBC Radio Merseyside OK, this is advance notice and might amount to nothing much, but worth checking out. Saturday 21 March 2009 (from 5.30pm) - Vic Flick, guitarist with the John Barry Seven and featured on the James Bond Theme. Since Spencer is very much a fan of Adam and will be talking to Vic about his recently-published biography in which Adam features quite a lot, I would have thought it quite likely he will be discussed. |
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March 11, 2009 Sunday evening, March 8, Keith Skues had a 75 minute tribute to Adam, playing most of Adam's hits and some B-sides and album tracks. You can still listen to the programme on BBC Norfolk here until March 15. You'll have to scroll through about 2 hours to reach the Adam section. |
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December 21, 2008 David Courtney the man behind the music of such artists as Leo Sayer & Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith with classic songs like “One man band”, “Giving it all away” “ I Survive” and songs that launched Dollar’s career “Shooting Star” & “Who were you with in the moonlight”, will be releasing a new & exciting concept album project in March 2009 entitled: “THE SHOW MUST GO ON”. The album captures the ambience of a travelling music circus, featuring new recordings of his many hit compositions and other works performed by David himself, along with guest musicians and new young artists bringing a fresh contemporary dimension to the music. “YOUR FACE MY ALBUM” A limited edition of the album will be available prior to general release offering a unique and exclusive opportunity to have your face featured on the album sleeve with your photographic image superimposed onto a character of your choice, or have your name on a beach hut.You can also subscribe to have your name included in album credits. Visit the official web site for details:
www.theshowmust.com |
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November 19, 2008 John Barry - The Man With the Midas Touch" is now available. The book is available from high street bookshops and the usual online (film-music) stores. Or order now: please visit this page. Adam Faith's work with John Barry is covered too. |
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June 29, 2008 New article "Home In Adam's Castle" here. |
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April 23, 2008 Nevada Resident Recovers Lost Rock ‘n Roll Photo Archive Las Vegas resident Ian Wright, a career photojournalist, recently recovered his photo archive that had been lost for 45 years and has published “On The Brink of Fame, Pop Stars In The Swinging ‘60s. This historic, mostly unpublished photographic archive of the Northeast of England reveals the nightclub origins of such icons as The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Ike and Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Engelbert Humperdink, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John and Johnny Cash. The archive reveals intimate back-stage portraits of eager, young performers unsure of whether they would flop or ascend to fame and fortune. The book also contains amazing images of Adam Faith (an especially good atmospheric headshot and Ian Wright's favorite image in the whole book), a photo of Adam with Sandi Shaw (March 1965) and a photo of Adam with The Roulettes - also March 1965. There are several references to him in the editorial text as well. |
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March 10, 2008 I Survived covered in aid of The British Heart Foundation Liverpool singer/songwriter called Dean Johnson has recorded a cover version of Adam Faith’s song I Survived. The new single is to be released in aid of The British Heart Foundation. Right click song title above and choose "Save Target As" to download short sample of song. |
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January 11, 2008 BBC 4 showing BEAT GIRL MOVIE TONIGHT (11th Jan) AT 7.40 PM |
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December 30, 2007 Five-time Oscar-winner John Barry is the UK's premier composer of film music, having written for more than one hundred films. 2007 marks his 50th year in the music business, in a career which has progressed from leading a pop group to becoming a multiple award-winning composer. This should be recognised with the top honour by the country of his birth. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/JohnBarry/ This facility is only open to British citizens or residents or ex-pats. But we thought everybody might like to see it and sign if you are eligible and think it's a good idea. "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to award John Barry a Knighthood." Submitted by Geoff Leonard - Deadline to sign up by: 08 March 2008 - It's very easy and won't involve getting any "spam" from the Prime Minister! ;-) Here's our own website (managed and created by Ruud and Geoff Leonard - imdb): http://www.johnbarry.org.uk Thanks. -- Ruud & Geoff |
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November, 2007 Adam Faith - The Lost Tracks The following songs were sung by Adam 'live' on BBC's Drumbeat series in 1959. Only one of the shows was pre-recorded (and there is not much chance of that having survived) so unless anybody recorded the shows onto a tape-recorder, it's unlikely they will ever be heard again. |
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November, 2007 Blackhorse Entertainment will releasing Adam's movie BEAT GIRL on DVD
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November 6, 2006 Budgie The Complete Series on DVD Release Date: 6th November 2006 Network to release
Perennial loser Budgie Bird (Adam Faith – Stardust, Love Hurts) stars in Budgie – The Complete Series, released by Network on 6th November as an eight-disc set containing all twenty-six episodes of this hit series. It’s the perfect Christmas gift. More information and competition can be found on this page.
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July 17, 2006 Budgie: DVD Series 2 (4 Discs) is due for release on September 11, 2006. |
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May 27, 2006 Ronnie Pollock writes: "Almost co-inciding with the DVD release of Budgie is the news that Dave Courtney`s WALK OF FAME cafe will be displaying the actual BUDGIE JACKET AND CLOGS as worn by ADAM in THE BUDGIE shows. The cafe is being refitted and redesigned, and hopes to open in July. |
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May 22, 2006 We have hadded a new link : Adam Faith - on the BBC EXPERIMENTAL PROTOTYPE BBC Programme Catalogue |
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Budgie the Complete First Series on DVD Release Date: 22nd May 2006 NETWORK TO RELEASE
Network is proud to present the release of British pop legend and icon Adam Faith’s Budgie – the Complete First Series (12) on 22nd May 2006 as a 4-disc set containing all thirteen episodes from the first series of this classic British drama. More information and competition winners can be found on this page.
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May 1, 2006 John Leyton's website features two pics of John and Adam that you may not have seen before, taken in 2000. Taken during the annual Chelsea Flower Show. |
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April 10, 2006 "The day I met Adam Faith ... " Well, I never did. The closest I came was when he was appearing at Bath Theatre Royal and I was going to try and get him to sign the double CD booklet for which I had co-written the notes. Alas, the management were not very co-operative and the moment was lost. But I know many of you out there did meet Adam and we'd like to share your story with our visitors. It doesn't have to be a literary prize-winner, just write your story in your own words and we'll be delighted to publish it. Simply send us your story:
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March 27, 2006 IF you visit www.midifilesnow.com you will find nine Adam Faith midi file songs, all without vocal lines. These files are licensed and of commercial professional quality. Thanks to Ronnie Pollock, singer and guitar player, who had asked for some of Adam's songs to be made available on midifilesnow and alerted us to them. You can listen to a short demo of This Is It here . The list of midi files available is as follows: What Do You Want, Poor me, Someone Else`s Baby, How About That, This is It, The Time has Come, Message to Martha, Poor Me and Lonely Pup. |
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March 25, 2006 Budgie, series 1 is to be released on dvd (4 Discs), region 2, May 22. 2006. Episode Listing: 1. Out
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March 21, 2006 We are making a concerted effort to improve the Google search ranking for this site. It is already number 1 on msn.com but very low indeed on Google and not a great deal better on Yahoo. We think we have done all the right things to boost its ratings, via links from other sites etc., but have made little impact to date. Searching under "Adam Faith website" makes a big difference - we are actually no. 5 on Google - but we need it to work with just an "Adam Faith" search. Feel free to suggest anything to Webmaster Ruud!! |
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January 12, 2006 Paul Garwoord sent us some intereting notes on Adam Faith's music: The single version of.. "I Survived" is Not the same as the LP version, it does Not have the long instrumental intro that we all enjoyed so much on the LP version, also on the LP "Adam" PCS 3010 the Stereo version only.. The song "So Many Ways" is a different Take to the version released on there Mono LP..the vocal interpretation is different....and on the LP "From Adam With Love" the track "Goin' Home" PCS 3038 the Stereo version only.. Has a slightly different arrangement to the one released on the Mono LP....maybe not many people would have noticed this..but as I am a retired Orchestral musician you tend to notice these details. Another interesting thing on the LP "From Adam With Love" if you listen carefully to the backing group on the track "Swimming In Tears" you will hear..who I think is Sandie Shaw...this is more noticeable as the track fades out, has anybody else notice this? Also a piece of info I know of is..and it's true because Adam told me,, in the middle of the song "Someone Has Taken Maria Away" Bob Henrit the Drummer drops his High-Hat Cymbal on the floor, but this was very well edited by the technicians of the time and they left some of it in the final release, if you listen carefully you can hear this. The recently released CD of "The Very Best of Adam Faith" on EMI Gold.. The track "My Last Wish" is an out take..and is very poor...why they didn't use the released version is beyond belief. |
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January 11, 2006 We have decided to link to the Adam Faith Yahoo discussion group and not create a forum of our own. |
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December 31, 2005 Many thanks to David Courtney who has provided us with our first very welcome news item right at the end of 2005! Adam's sought-after album, "I Survive" has been remastered for CD release. It is now available at CD BABY . Just put Adam Faith in the search box. CD Baby distribute as digital downloads to numerous major sites; i.e. iPod, etc. The album will be made available through Amazon as well. |
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December 30, 2005 We are still adding to the site. In fact, we have only just started. But all the research in old magazines, scanning, Photoshopping, adding and updating discography costs time. So, please return regularly. |
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The scans of pictures, photos, articles, programmes etc. are provided purely for the entertainment and education of those visiting the site. Obviously we do not own the copyright of anything, nor do we have permission of those who do own the copyright. In the majority of cases the magazines and newspapers concerned are no longer in existence, but if anybody still connected to them objects to any photos or articles currently on display, we will of course remove them. We would like to thank the following people for contributing to this website. |
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