By Wonder B (80.13.241.238) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 02:18 pm:

I was able (during one of my stopovers in the US) to see a PBS special a couple of months ago. Hosted by Jerry Butler, it featured countless artists, among them Thelma Houston, Chic, The Trammps, Blue Magic etc etc... I was just wondering since I haven't read anything about it on the web (maybe I didn't look in the right places!), if (and when) this show will be issued on DVD...? I know the one from the previous year was (a great one too)
Anybody got the inside info?
That show was amazing and the full orchestra supporting the artists was excellent...

By medusa9e (66.73.5.82) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 02:31 pm:

ok, I think U can go 2 "Local Doo Wop Specials On PBS"...check it out, I hope I was some help 2 U.

By STUBASS (64.12.97.7) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 02:45 pm:

HEY WONDERB: THOSE PBS SPECIALS...PRODUCED BY PJ LUBINSKY...ARE VERY WELL PRODUCED SHOWS!!!...ORIGINATING FROM PITTSBURGH...THEY HAVE DONE DOO-WOP...AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF "SOUL SPECTACULARS!!!...THERE IS ACTUALLY A LATER VERSION...ABOUT A MONTH OR SO OLD...FEATURING THE SPINNERS...DENNIS EDWQRDS REVIEW...ARETHA...LOU RAWLS...FRIEDA PAYNE...AND MANY MORE!!!...USUALLY...THE PBS SPECIALS SELL THE CD'S AND DVD'S AS PART OF A PBS PLEDGE (I PAID $ 150.00 FOR THE CD SET TO THE LAST SPECIAL)...AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN STORES...BUT YOU CAN CONTACT A LOCAL PBS STATION FOR MORE INFO!!!...WAS THE ONE YOU SAW THE ONE WHERE EDDIE HOLMAN PUT ON SUCH A DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF "LONELY GIRL"???...STU

By Wonder B (80.14.145.107) on Sunday, May 04, 2003 - 07:14 pm:

Yes Stubass that was the one... I know I bought the doo-wop DVD in a store but the show was already a year old so maybe they'll release this show to the public too in a while... the thing is being in Europe it is sometimes hard to hear about such things... But I'll keep an eye open and maybe somebody here will let us all know...!
Thanks...

By Steve Litos (209.100.86.4) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 02:54 pm:

Wonder B - I think the show needs to make it's rounds on the PBS stations (plus options of PBS reruns) before they put the DVD into a retail outlet. It may take a year or so even though the DVD's have been manufactured.

By Fred (152.163.188.68) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 01:49 am:

The next T J Lubinsky produced special will tape in Pittsburgh next week. Twenty acts including Jerry Lee Lewis,Bo Diddley, Danny & The Juniors, Paul & Paula, Jack Scott, Brian Hyland and Johnny Tillotson. Scheduled to run in pledge week before the end of the year

Also keep an eye out for "At The Drive In," from the Austin City Limits producer, which will feature 50s and 60s artists in an Austin concert to be taped this summer and broadcast in December.