SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER 33 - extra features

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The most perfectly formed single side of a vinyl LP?
This page is an addendum to my book about Saturday Night Fever in the fabulous 33 1/3 series, where you can find some more of the news that wouldn't fit within the series' strict guidelines, including images and discographical &etc appendices:...
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Maurice Gibb with a young fan. One of the keys to the enormous success of Fever was that it did what I call the reverse crossover into the black market
​APPENDIX 1: ROBERT STIGWOOD'S STAGE & SCREEN-OGRAPHY
      The Johnny Leyton Touch (1962 British cinema short, RSA)
      Every Day’s a Holiday (aka Seaside Swingers) (1964 British feature film, Maycroft)
Hair (1968 West End rock musical; 1997 performances)
      Farewell Concert (1969 British TV concert film, BBC)
      Rope Ladder to the Moon (1969 British TV documentary, BBC)
Sing a Rude Song (1970 West End musical comedy; 71 perfs) 
      Cucumber Castle (1970 British TV film, RSO)
      Steptoe and Son (1970-’74 British TV series, BBC)
Oh! Calcutta! (1970 West End revue; 3918 perfs) 
Dirtiest Show in Town (1971 West End revue; c.800 perfs)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1971 globally-touring concert stageshow)
      Up Pompeii (1971 British feature film, MGM-EMI)
      Up the Chastity Belt (1972 British feature film, Anglo-EMI)
      Till Death Do Us Part (1972-’75 British TV series, BBC) 
Liberty Ranch (1972 West End musical comedy; 26 perfs) 
      Up the Front (1972 British feature film, Anglo-EMI)
      Steptoe and Son (1972 British feature film, Anglo-EMI)
      The Alf Garnett Saga (1972 British feature film, Columbia-Warner)
      Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973 British feature film, Anglo-EMI)
      Ginger Baker in Africa (1973 British TV documentary, BBC)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (1973 West End rock opera, 243 perfs)
Two Gentlemen of Verona (1973 West End rock musical, 237 perfs)
Pippin (1973 West End musical, 85 perfs)
      House in Nightmare Park (1973 British feature film, Anglo-EMI)
      Jesus Christ Superstar (1973 American feature film, Universal)
      And No-One Could Save Her (1973 American telemovie, ABC)
      Killer Bees (1974 American telemovie, ABC)
      Virginia Hill (1974 American telemovie, ABC)
      Cat & Mouse (1974 American telemovie, ABC)
John, Paul, George, Ringo… and Bert (1974 West End musical, 418 perfs)
Manhattan Follies (1974 off-Broadway drag revue)
Golden Path Annual (1974 West End play)
      Altogether Now (1975 American telemovie, ABC)
      Death Scream (1975 American telemovie, ABC)
      Tommy (1975 British feature film, Columbia)
      Beacon Hill (1975 American TV series, 1 season, CBS)
Happy End (1975 West End musical, 62 perfs)
By Jeeves (1975 West End musical, 38 perfs)
Aspects of Max Wall (1975 West End one-man show)
Sgt. Peppers on the Road (1975 US touring concert spectacular, 66 perfs)
      Almost Anything Goes (1975-’76 American TV game show, 2 seasons, ABC)
      Bugsy Malone (1976 American feature film, Paramount)
      Sparkle (1976 American feature film, Warners)
      The Entertainer (1976 American telemovie, NBC)
      Survive! (1976 Mexican-American feature film, Paramount) 
      SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977 American feature film, Paramount)
Nightclub Cantata (1977 revue, New York)
Evita (1978 West End pop opera, 3176 perfs; thenceforth globally touring)
One for the Road (1978 British touring play)
      Grease (1978 American feature film, Paramount)
      Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978 American feature film, Universal)
      Moment by Moment (1978 American feature film, Universal)
      Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978 American TV series, 1 season, PBS)
      Makin’ It (1979 American TV series, 1 season, ABC)
      A Gift of Song: Concert for UNICEF (1979 American TV concert special, NBC)
      Charleston (1979 American telemovie, NBC)
      Spirits Having Flown (1979 American TV special, NBC)
Sweeney Todd (1980 West End musical, 157 perfs) 
      Times Square (1980 American feature film, AFD)
Sacred Cow (1980 West End one-man show)
      The Fan (1981 American feature film, Paramount)
      Gallipoli (1981 Australian feature film, Paramount)
      Parole (1982 American telemovie, CBS)
      Grease 2 (1982 American feature film, Paramount)
      Stayin’ Alive (1983 American feature film, Paramount)
Grease (1993 globally-touring musical)
      Evita (1996 American feature film, Buena Vista/Cinergi)
      Other Voices, Other Rooms (1997 American feature film, Vision)
Saturday Night Fever (1998 globally touring musical) 
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Where it all really began...
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... Nik Cohn
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Screenwriter Norman Wexler
APPENDIX 2: ROBERT STIGWOOD'S TOP 45/s
JOHN LEYTON Johnny Remember Me, Top Rank A-Side 7/61 UK NUMBER ONE
MIKE SARNE Come Outside, Parlophone A-Side 6/62 UK NUMBER ONE
GENE VINCENT Held for Questioning, Capitol A-Side 2/63
MERSEYS Sorrow, Fontana A-Side 4/66 UK#4
WHO Substitute, Reaction A-Side 3/67 UK#5
- I’m a Boy, Reaction A-Side 8/66 UK#2
FOUNDATIONS Baby, Now That I’ve Found You Pye A-Side 11/67 NUMBER ONE
CREAM Strange Brew, Reaction A-Side 6/67 UK#17
- Tales of Brave Ulysses, Reaction/ATCO A-Side US#4
- Sunshine of Your Love, ATCO A-Side 1/68 US#5
BEE GEES New York Mining Disaster, Polydor/Atco A-Side 4/67 UK#12
- Massachusetts, Polydor/Atco A-Side 9/67 UK NUMBER ONE
- I Started a Joke, Atco A-Side 12/68 US#6
CREAM White Room, Polydor/Atco A-Side 9/68 US#6/UK#26
NINA SIMONE To Love Somebody, RCA A-Side 1/69 UK#5
BOBBY BLOOM Montego Bay, MGM A-Side 9/70 UK#3
DRAMATICS Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get, Volt A-Side 4/71 US#9
TIN TIN Toast and Marmalade for Tea, Atco A-Side 5/71 US#20
ERIC CLAPTON After Midnight, Atco A-Side 9/70 US#13  
BEE GEES Lonely Days, Atco A-Side 11/70 US#3
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Atco A-Side 5/71 US NUMBER ONE
STAPLE SINGERS Respect Yourself, Stax A-Side 9/71 US#12
- I’ll Take You There, Stax A-Side 3/72 US NUMBER ONE
DEREK AND THE DOMINOES Layla, Polydor A-Side 7/72 UK#7
HELEN REDDY I Don’t Know How to Love Him, Capitol A-Side 1/71 US#13
ERIC CLAPTON I Shot the Sherriff, RSO A-Side 7/74 US NUMBER ONE
BEE GEES Jive Talkin’, RSO A-Side 5/75 US NUMBER ONE
- You Should Be Dancing, RSO A-Side 6/76 US NUMBER ONE
JULIE COVINGTON Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, MCA A-Side 11/76 UK NUMBER ONE
RICK DEES Disco Duck, RSO A-Side 10/76 US NUMBER ONE
PLAYER Baby Come Back, RSO A-Side 10/77 US NUMBER ONE
ANDY GIBB I Just Want to Be Your Everything, RSO A-Side 4/77 US NUMBER ONE
- Shadow Dancing, RSO A-Side 4/78 US NUMBER ONE
BEE GEES Stayin’ Alive, RSO A-Side 11/77 US NUMBER ONE
- How Deep is Your Love, RSO A-Side 9/77 US NUMBER ONE
- Night Fever, RSO A-Side 2/78 US NUMBER ONE
SAMANTHA SANG Emotion, Private Stock A-Side 12/77 UK#3
YVONNE ELLIMAN If I Can’t Have You, RSO A-Side 12/77 US NUMBER ONE
FRANKIE VALLI Grease, RSO A-Side 5/78 US NUMBER ONE
OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN TRAVOLTA Summer Nights, RSO A-Side 8/78 UK NUMBER ONE 
- You’re the One that I Want, RSO A-Side 5/78 US NUMBER ONE
SUZI QUATRO & CHRIS NORMAN Stumblin’ In, RSO A-Side 1/79 US#4
BEE GEES Too Much Heaven, RSO A-Side 11/78 US NUMBER ONE
- Tragedy, RSO A-Side 2/79 US NUMBER ONE
IRENE CARA Fame, RSO A-Side 6/82 UK NUMBER ONE 
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Producer Kevin McCormick
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Music Director Bill Oakes
APPENDIX 3: SELECTED (PRE/POST FEVER/GREASE/PEPPERS) CAST & SOUNDTRACK RECORDINGS
 GEORGIE FAME Words, 1968 Lyn A-Side, from The Mini Mob
PAUL NICHOLAS & OLIVER TOBIAS Hair (Ragni/Rado/MacDermot) on 1968 Atco LP Hair: Original London Cast Recording +
- J. VINCENT EDWARDS Aquarius 
- PAUL NICHOLAS/ANABEL LEVENTON/MARSHA HUNT Let the Sunshine In 
GEORGIE FAME Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Fame/Ryan) CBS B-Side 5/70
MAURICE GIBB Linger with the Ladies (Brahms/Sherrin) on 1970 Polydor LP Sing a Rude Song: Original London Cast
ENGLISH ROSE Love’s a Word Away (Edwards) on 1970 Polydor OST LP Groupie Girl
KALEIDOSCOPE Brother Mary (Lindley) on 1970 MGM OST LP Zabriskie Point
‘CARRIE NATIONS’ Find It (Carey/Phillips) on 1970 20th Century Fox OST LP Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
ANGELINE BUTLER Sound of Love, on 1970 MGM OST LP Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
FRESH Take What You Want (Sarstedt) on 1970 RCA LP Fresh Out of Borstal
FRANKIE HOWERD Up Pompeii (Howerd/Blaikley) Columbia A-Side 1971
BEE GEES Melody Fair (BRM Gibb) on 1971 Polydor/Atco OST LP Melody +
- RICHARD HEWSON ORCHESTRA Spicks and Specks (B.Gibb)
YVONNE ELLIMAN I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Rice/Webber) Decca B-Side 12/70 US#28
BLOOMFIELDS The Loner (Lawrie/M.Gibb) on 1972 Capitol OST LP The Hero
TED NEELY & YVONNE ELLIMAN What’s the Buzz (Rice/Webber) on 1973 MCA OST LP Jesus Christ Superstar: The Original Soundtrack +
- TED NEELY, YVONNE ELLIMAN & CARL ANDERSON Everything’s Alright 
- YVONNE ELLIMAN I Don’t Know How to Love Him 
- CARL ANDERSON Superstar 
PERRY COMO Christmas Dream (Rice/Webber) RCA A-Side 11/74
MEATLOAF More than You Deserve (Steinman) RSO A-Side 1/74
BARBARA DICKSON Here Comes the Sun (Lennon/McCartney) on 1974 RSO LP John, Paul, George, Ringo… & Bert: Original Cast Recording +
- The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney)
ERIC CLAPTON Eyesight to the Blind (Townshend) on 1975 Polydor OST LP Tommy US#3 +
- TINA TUNER Acid Queen (Townshend)
- ELTON JOHN Pinball Wizard (Townshend) + DJM A-Side 3/76 UK#7
- ROGER DALTRY I’m Free (Townshend)
PAUL WILLIAMS Bugsy Malone (Williams) on 1976 RSO OST LP Bugsy Malone
ARETHA FRANKLIN Sparkle (Curtis Mayfield) on 1976 Atlantic OST LP Sparkle: Music from the Motion Picture +
- Something He Can Feel (Curtis Mayfield) + Atlantic A-Side US#6
PASADENA EXPRESS Won Won Ton Rag (Hefti) RSO A-Side 7/76
JULIE COVINGTON Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina (Rice/Webber) MCA A-Side 11/76 UK NUMBER ONE
BARBARA DICKSON Another Suitcase in the Hall (Rice/Webber) MCA A-Side 2/77 UK#18
ELAINE PAGE Don’t Cry for Me, on 1978 MCA LP Evita: Original London Cast Recording
YVONNE ELLIMAN Moment to Moment (Holdridge/Leiken) on 1978 RSO OST LP Moment to Moment
PAUL NICHOLAS Yesterday’s Hero (Bugatti/Musker) on 1979 Warwick OST LP Yesterday’s Hero
PAUL NICHOLAS Makin’ It (Bugatti/Musker) on 1979 Ronco OST LP World is Full of Married Men
DAVID NAUGHTON Makin’ It (Perren/Fekaris) RSO A-Side 7/79 US#5
DAVID ESSEX Oh, What a Circus, (Rice/Webber) RSO promo A-Side, 10/79
THOM PACE Maybe (Pace) from 1979 RSO OST LP Grizzly Adams
MARY MacGREGOR Good Friend (Befrom) from 1979 RSO OST LP Meatballs
FESTIVAL Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina, on 1979 RSO LP Evita
MECO Plays Music from The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 RSO EP 
X.T.C. Take this Town (Partridge) on 1980 RSO OST LP Times Square +
- ROBIN JOHNSON & DAVID JOHANSEN Flowers in the City (Johansen/Guy)
- ROBIN GIBB & MARCY LEVY Help Me! (RG/Weaver)
- RAMONES I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
- ROBIN JOHNSON Damn Dog (Mernit/Brackman)
MAURICE JARRE Mariko’s Theme (Jarre) on 1980 RSO OST LP Shogun
JOHN WILLIAMS & LSO Star Wars Main Theme (Williams) on 1980 RSO LP Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back +
- Imperial March (Williams)
RON CARTER Imperial March, on 1980 RSO LP Empire Jazz
BEE GEES The Woman in You (BRM) A-Side 5/83 US#24, on 1983 RSO OST LP Staying Alive + 
- MICHELLE PFIEFFER Cool Rider (Linde)
IRENE CARA Fame (Gore) RSO A-Side 6/80 US#4
MADONNA Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina, Warner A-Side 3/97 UK#3, on 1997 Warner OST CD Evita UK NUMBER ONE
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The author with bronzed Aussie Gibbs at the Bee Gees Way monument in Brisbane
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First appointed director John Avildsen, who when fired was replaced by...
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... Randall Kleiser, who lasted five minutes before moving on to Grease and being replaced by...
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... John Badham
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Travolta trains with choreographer Denny Terrio....
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... and wrangles fans on the shoot
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Chateau Herouville studio in France where the Bee Gees laid down basic tracks for the film/album in a mere week
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Barry Gibb with engineers Karl Richardson and Albhy Galuten at Criteria in Miami, where they completed the soundtrack recording
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RSO PR man Al Coury with Freddie Perren, who produced some tracks
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David Shire, who composed incidental music for the film
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Walter Murphy, creator of "A Fifth of Beethoven"
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APPENDIX 4: EASY FEVER - MoR COVERS OF FEVERISH SONGS
SALSOUL ORCHESTRA You Should Be Dancing, on 1978 Salsoul LP Salsoul Saturday Night Disco Party, +
- Night Fever 
- Stayin’ Alive 
BOOTS RANDOLPH Jive Talkin’ Monument A-Side 7/77
LIONEL HAMPTON More than a Woman, on 1978 Laurie LP Saturday Night Jazz Fever, +
- How Deep is Your Love 
- You Should be Dancing 
- Stayin’ Alive
SYDNEY STRINGS I Just Want to be Your Everything, on 1978 s/t Starborne LP 
ALLAN ‘FLUFF’ FREEMAN You Should Be Dancing, on 1978 Polycell LP Disco Party, +
- Staying Alive 
ALAN TEW ORCHESTRA More than a Woman, on 1979 CBS LP Dance Talkin’, +
- Night Fever
- Jive Talkin’
- Grease
- Staying Alive
JOE LOSS How Deep is Your Love, on 1978 Columbia LP Championship Dances for World Ballroom
LES REED You Should Be Dancing, on 1978 Warwick LP You Should Be Dancing
DISCOS Night Fever, 1978 Stereo Gold Award LP Music from Saturday Night Fever, +
- You Should be Dancing
- How Deep is Your Love 
- Stayin’ Alive
- If I Can’t Have You
- Jive Talkin’
ANDRE KOSTELANETZ How Deep is Your Love, on 1978 Columbia LP You Light Up My Life
SYDNEY STRINGS Love is Thicker than Water, on 1978 Starborne EP Sydney Strings Vol.#1
STUDIO 78 Shadow Dancing, on 1978 Springboard LP Disco Dancin’, +
- Stayin’ Alive
- Night Fever
- More than a Woman
RAY CONNIFF Night Fever/Stayin’ Alive, on 1978 Columbia LP Ray Conniff Plays the Bee Gees & Other Great Hits
FERRANTE & TEICHER Stayin’ Alive, on 1978 UA LP You Light Up My Life, +
- Hopelessly Devoted to You
RIC BOGART & ORCHESTRA Stayin’ Alive, on 1978 K-Tel LP Disco Rock
ARTURO CASTRO Staying Alive, on 1978 Peerless (Mex.) LP Saturday Fever in Mexico
GEOFF LOVE’S BIG DISCO SOUND Staying Alive, from 1978 MFP LP Big Disco Movie Hits
J.J. PERKINS Stayin Alive/Night Fever, 1978 Seven Seas (Jap.) double A-Side 45
CINEMA STUDIO SOUND Staying Alive, from 1978 Guitarra (Mex.) LP Music from Saturday Night Fever
ARTHUR FIEDLER & BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA Stayin’ Alive, on 1979 Midsong International LP Saturday Night Fiedler, + 
- Night Fever
JUAN TORRES Grease, on 1979 Musart LP Superdiscotheque 3
JAMES LAST Woman in Love, on 1981 Polydor LP Hansimania
CORNELL DUPREE How Deep is Your Love, on 1977 Versatile LP Cornell Dupree’s Saturday Night Fever, +
- Stayin’ Alive
JOE FARRELL How Deep is Your Love, on 1978 Warners LP Night Dancing
DYNAMIC SOUND How Deep is Your Love/Stayin’ Alive, on 1978 TEJ LP Saturday Night Disco
CORNELL DUPREE Shadow Dancing, on 1978 Versatile LP Shadow Dancing
L.A. SOUNDS Emotion/Night Fever, on 1979 Chevron LP Pop Goes to the Movies
PAUL MARIAT Woman in Love, on 1981 Philips (Fr.) LP Reality (Woman in Love)
EDDY STARR STONGERS Woman in Love, on 1983 Madacy LP Golden Love Songs
RICHARD CLAYDERMAN How Deep is Your Love, on 1984 Decca LP The Music of Love
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At the film's premiere party, Stigwood on left, Nik Cohn in the middle, Travolta at right with his mum