The Weekend Starts Here Boxset Boxset

This new limitededition vinyl boxset features ten 7rdquo singles from some of the most popular and influential artists to have appeared on the show. Each 45RPM disc features new inperiod artwork and the set includes a 24page booklet written by author Andy Neill. Andy outlines how the show was conceived and developed by ITVrsquos Elkan Allen and his young production team of Vicki Wickham and, later, Michael LindsayHogg. It also includes notes on each featured single.Ready Steady Go was an innovative British rockpop music television programme broadcast at 6pm every Friday evening from 9 August 1963 until 23 December 1966. Conceived by TV producer Elkan Allan as an antidote to the polished theatrestyle variety and entertainment shows of the time, it dispensed with the traditional separation of artist and audience. Its cameras moved seamlessly through the throng, creating an atmosphere of inclusivity hitherto unseen on music programming. The show was initially only broadcast in London but eventually found a home in households across the UK, revolutionising television for young people and setting the benchmark for every youth TV music programme that followed in its wake.