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In England, in the sixties, backing tracks were illegal for a while.

I'd be interested in knowing "the story" behind that video. Certainly not their most professional performance.

Drummer Joe Butler must've been using a backline kit - He played a "black cortex" Ludwig Super Classic kit with a 2nd floor tom and Supraphonic snare from 1965-1967. By 1968, he had removed the toms and substituted timbales - two mounted on his bass drum (with a Johny Barbata-type X hat between them) and two more timbales on a floor stand.

See photo from March 1968.

Regards, MB

Interesting. That was probably to put a damper on the rise of the Dave Clark V. Seems very hard to find a true live performance online, yet they were said to have been quite good live.

You can imagine paying a serious ticket price to see a performance, say, on Ed Sullivan and getting nothing better than staying home listening to the 45.

Interesting that you mention that, Dan...I too have been stymied in trying to find a truely-live performance of the DC5. Despite the enormous talent of lead singer/keyboardist Mike Smith, I've always suspected that they used backing tracks. A couple friends who saw the DC5 live only said that "they were good and very, very loud." Nothing more.

Of course, they were very popular in North London before the Ed Sullivan Show, and Dave Clark was the most savvy band-leader/manager/businessman in the entire British Invasion, but something about that band has always seemed phony to me. Just a gut feeling.

I've read that session player Bobby Graham drummed on all their recordings, while Dave sat in the control room and directed/produced them. Bobby's instructions were to K.I.S.S., so that Dave could replicate the drumming while playing live. All quarter notes and triplets, as you well know Dan, as handsome Dave sat overly high (almost standing) on his drum throne behind his ultra-cool Rogers double-tom set. He certainly looked the part!

Hopefully, someone on this forum can set me/us straight on DC5 Live!

Regards, MB

Here's one that does not appear to have a backing track for 19 Days. But then they all become vocalists with an orchestra behind them.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imKauomnRag"]Dave Clark Five (1966 Royal Performance) 19 Days/ Georgia On My Mind - YouTube[/ame]