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Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists such as The Equals, Grateful Dead, Zager and Evans, Cream, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors, Kraftwerk and Robin Gibb in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.
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Episode 1 - Animals / The Who / Lords / Rattles / Lee Curtis & the All-Stars
Release Date: 1967-01-21Guests: --The Who - ""I'm A Boy,"" ""Heatwave"" and ""Happy Jack"" --The Animals - ""C.C. Rider,"" ""A Love Like Yours"" and ""Shake, Rattle and Roll"" --The Lords - ""Have a Drink on Me"" and ""Late Last Sunday Evening"" --The Rattles - ""Hey Sally,"" ""It Is Love"" ""Love Of My Life"" ""Good Times"" and ""(Stopping In) Las Vegas"" --Lee Curtis & the All-Stars (Lee Curtis' All-Stars) - ""What Are You Gonna Do?"" 35 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:05pm
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Episode 2 - Percy Sledge / The Equals / Wilson Pickett / Sandy Posey / Remo Four
Release Date: 1967-02-25Guests: --Twice as Much - ""True Story"" --The Creation - ""Painter Man"" --Graham Bonney - ""Thank You Baby"" --Cream - ""I Feel Free"" --The Equals - ""Hold Me Closer"" --Percy Sledge - ""Warm and Tender Love"" --Sandy Posey - ""Single Girl"" --The Remo Four - ""Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud"" Additional song? --The Equals - ""I Won't Be There"" Additional guests? --Wilson Pickett --Markeys 30 minutes / Aired 4:05pm - 4:35pm
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Episode 3 - From London: Jimi Hendrix Experience / The Who / Cliff Bennett / Smoke
Release Date: 1967-03-11Taped at the Marquee-Club, London: --Cliff Bennett and The Rebel Rousers - ""I Take What I Want"" and ""I'll Take Good Care Of You"" --Smoke - ""My Friend Jack"" --The Jimi Hendrix Experience - ""Hey Joe"" & ""Purple Haze"" --The Who - ""Happy Jack,"" ""So Sad About Us"" and ""My Generation"" --Geno Washington and the Ram Jam Band - ""You Don't Know (Like I Know),"" ""Michael (The Lover)"" and ""Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be)"" 35 minutes / Aired 3:30pm - 4:05pm
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Episode 4 - The Who / Jimmy Cliff / Julie Felix / David Garrick
Release Date: 1967-05-01Guests: --Whistling Jack Smith - ""I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"" --The Who - ""Pictures of Lily"" --David Garrick - ""Please Mr. Movingman"" and ""Don't Go Out Into The Rain (You're Going To Melt)"" --Julie Felix - ""I Can't Touch The Sun"" and/or ""The Lost Children"" --Jimmy Cliff - ""Give a Little, Take a Little"" --The Snappers - ""Upside Down, Inside Out"" --Sandy Sarjeant - ""Can't Stop The Want"" --Dave Clark Five (on film) - ""You Got What It Takes"" --Eddie Floyd - unknown 45 minutes / Aired 1:15pm - 2:00pm English
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Episode 5 - Small Faces / Who / Kinks / Cream / Bee Gees / Equals
Release Date: 1967-05-20Guests: --Cream - ""Strange Brew"" --The Equals - ""Hold Me Closer"" --Small Faces - ""I Can't Make It"" --Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - ""Touch Me, Touch Me"" --Bee Gees - ""New York Mining Disaster 1941"" --The Who - ""Pictures of Lily"" --The Kinks - ""Mr. Pleasant"" --Julie Felix - ""I Can't Touch The Sun"" and/or ""The Lost Children"" --Whistling Jack Smith - ""I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:20pm - 4:50pm
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Episode 6 - The Kinks / Lulu / Cat Stevens / Small Faces / P.P. Arnold
Release Date: 1967-06-24Guests: --The Kinks - ""Waterloo Sunset"" --Twice As Much - ""Crystal Ball"" --Small Faces - ""Here Comes The Nice"" --P.P. Arnold - ""First Cut Is The Deepest"" --Exception - ""The Eagle Flies on Friday"" --Lulu - ""The Boat That I Row"" --The Marquis of Kensington - ""The Changing of the Guards"" --Cat Stevens - ""I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun"" --The Latch - ""All Night Girl"" --Twice as Much - ""True Story"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 7 - Troggs / Dave Clark Five / Jimmy Cliff / The Hollies / Herd
Release Date: 1967-07-22Guests: --Jimmy Cliff - ""Give A Little, Take A Little (Give And Take)"" --The Herd - ""I Can Fly"" (taped outdoors & inside studio) --Chris Farlowe - ""Moanin'"" --Dave Davies - ""Death of a Clown"" --The Hollies (on film) - ""Carrie Ann"" --Dave Clark 5 (on film) - ""Top Of The Twitch"" (song title?) --New Formula - ""Kiss Me"" (or ""Do It Again A Little Bit Slower"") --The Troggs - ""Night Of The Long Grass"" --Chris Farlowe - ""Yesterday's Papers"" --Chris Farlowe - ""Moanin'"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 1967-07-22 -
Episode 9 - Small Faces / Manfred Mann / Cat Stevens / Bee Gees
Release Date: 1967-09-23Guests (in Black & White, from Bremen): --Small Faces - ""Itchycoo Park"" and ""Green Circles"" --Manfred Mann - ""Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"" and ""So Long, Dad"" --Alan David - ""Completely Free"" --Twice as Much - ""Crystal Ball"" --Anita Harris - ""Just Loving You"" Guests (in color, from the Berlin 'Funkausstellung'): --Cat Stevens - ""Bad Nights"" and ""Come On and Dance."" --Bee Gees - ""To Love Somebody"" --P.P. Arnold - ""The Time Has Come"" --Keith West - ""Excerpt from a Teenage Opera"" --Eddie Floyd --Truly Smith - ""I Wanna Go Back There Again"" 45 minutes / Aired 4:30pm - 5:15pm Saturday
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Episode 10 - Vanilla Fudge / Fortunes / Equals / The Herd / Family Dogg
Release Date: 1967-10-14Guests: --Vanilla Fudge - ""You Keep Me Hanging On"" --The Fortunes - ""The Idol"" --The Equals - ""Police On My Back"" --The Herd - possibly ""From The Underworld"" --Family Dogg - possibly ""The Storm"" --Alan Price Set - ""The House That Jack Built"" and ""Simon Smith & The Amazing Dancing Bear"" --David Garick - ""(Please) Mr. Moving Man"" --Bella & Me - ""Whatever Happened To The 7-Day Week"" 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 11 - Sam & Dave / Scott McKenzie / Bee Gees / Sharon Tandy
Release Date: 1967-11-25Guests: --Sam & Dave - (probably) ""Soul Man"" --Scott McKenzie - ""Like An Old Time Movie"" --Bee Gees - ""Massachussettes"" --Felice Taylor - ""I Feel Love Coming On"" --Family Dogg - possibly ""Broken Heart"" --Barry Mason - ""Rowbottom Square""/""Robotting Square"" --Flower Pot Men - ""Let's Go to San Francisco"" --Sharon Tandy - ""Hold On"" --Johnny Young - ""Craise Finton Kirk"" --Beatles (on film) - possibly ""Hello Goodbye"" (charted 9Dec67 US) or ""Penny Lane"" & ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" (both 23Feb67 UK) 30 minutes / Aired 4:45pm - 5:15pm
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Episode 12 - Small Faces / Bee Gees / P.P. Arnold / Dave Dee & Co.
Release Date: 1967-12-30Guests: --Small Faces - ""Tin Soldier"" --Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - ""Equestrian Statue"" & ""Little Sir Echo"" --Bee Gees - ""Massachusetts"" (and possibly ""World"") --P.P. Arnold - ""Groovy"" --Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - ""Zabadak!"" --Flowerpot Men - ""A Walk In The Sky"" and ""Let's Go to San Francisco"" --Billy Nichols --Marion - ""I Go to Sleep"" 30 minutes / Aired 5:10pm - 5:40pm