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Harvey Goldsmith

Matt Everitt talks to impresario Harvey Goldsmith, one of the biggest promoters around, who recalls his career from the beginning with Marc Bolan through to Live Aid and Pavarotti.

Matt takes Harvey Goldsmith back to his early exposure to music with his parents right through to the present day. There is no band this man hasn't worked with from Marc Bolan to the artist that graced the stages of at Live Aid and Live 8.
In this weeks The first Time, Harvey revels in the hey day of music when he had the pick of the best acts around. He describes how he just saw music as "entertainment" and the need to give the audience a show and variety. So a Harvey Goldsmith production is never going to be low key and in doing so he established Wembley Stadium as a top music venue. He talks about his relationship with The Who, the aura of Led Zeppelin and of course becoming Jeff Beck's manager.
Harvey has become synonymous with Live Aid and Live8, but he's also been behind many other major rock fundraising galas.
Harvey reveals has also promoted other acts than rock, including Pavarotti and Cirque de Soleil.

has produced and promoted shows with most of the world's major Artists including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Sheryl Crow, Shania Twain, Bee Gees, Jools Holland and Sting to name but a few.

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Thu 9 Apr 2020 01:00
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Music Played

  • Bruce Springsteen

    Oh Mary Don't You Weep - St Lukes London 2006

  • Danny & the Juniors

    At The Hop

    • That's Rock'n'Roll (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • Charlie Parker's Reboppers

    So What

    • All That Jazz.
    • Penny.
    • 16.

  • Ray Charles

    What'd I Say

    • Atlantic.

  • The Who

    Won't Get Fooled Again

    • The Who - Who's Better, Who's Best.
    • Polydor.

  • T. Rex

    Ride a White Swan (Radio 1 John Peel Session, 26 Oct 1970)

  • Band Aid

    Do They Know It's Christmas?

    • That's Christmas (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • The Boomtown Rats

    I Don't Like Mondays (Radio 1 In Concert, 19 Jun 1982)

  • Band Aid

    Feed The World

    • (12" Single).
    • EMI.

  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

    Helpless

    • Atlantic.

  • Led Zeppelin

    Kashmir

    • Atlantic.

  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello.

  • The Yardbirds

    Happenings Ten Years Time Ago

    • Raven.

  • Jeff Beck

    Walking In The Sand

  • The Who

    Who Are You

    • CSI: O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • Hip-O-Records.
    • 9.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Apr 2011 12:00
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  • Mon 16 Sep 2019 04:00
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  • Thu 9 Apr 2020 01:00
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