Uptight (TV series) explained

Genre:	Music
Presenter:	Ross D. Wyllie
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Num Seasons:	3
Location:	Melbourne, Victoria
Runtime:	4 hours
Network:	ATV-0

Uptight is an Australian music television series which aired on ATV-0 in Melbourne from 1967 until 1969 on Saturday mornings at 8am to 12pm, it was hosted by singer Ross D. Wyllie.^[1] ^[2]

A compilation album, Uptight – Party Time, by Ross D. Wyllie and the Uptight Party Team, was issued via Calendar/Festival Records in 1968.^[3] ^[4] The record was produced by Roger Savage.^[3] It features two medleys of then-current songs including, "Midnight Hour", "You Are My Sunshine" and "Day Tripper".

In August 2003 Wyllie compered a reunion stage show, Uptight, with the line-up of fellow 1960s artists and regular performers: Jim Keays (The Masters Apprentices), Marcie Jones, Ronnie Charles (The Groop, Bobby Bright (Bobbie and Laurie), and the Strangers at Melbourne's Palais Theatre.^[2]

References

General

Encyclopedia: McFarlane . Ian . Ian McFarlane . . Whammo Homepage . 8 November 2010 . 1999 . . . 1-86508-072-1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/http://www.whammo.com.au/index.asp . 5 April 2004 . dmy-all . Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.

Specific

McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for Web site: Whammo Homepage . 20 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040419034625/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=795 . 19 April 2004 . dead . dmy-all .
News: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030928140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/11299/20030929-0000/www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030729_uptight.html . Melbourne Gets Uptight . Cashmere . Paul . Paul Cashmere . Undercover News . Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman . 28 September 2003 . 29 July 2003 . 21 January 2018 .
Web site: Uptight . Australian Television Memorabilia Guide . Nodette Enterprises Pty Ltd . 2009 . 20 January 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070239/http://www.tvmem.com/OZST/tv/U/UPTIGHT/UPTIGHT.html . 20 January 2018 . dmy-all .
Web site: https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100314214800/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/35967/20100315-0848/www.milesago.com/Industry/calendar.html . Record Labels – Calendar Records . Kimball . Duncan . Milesago: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. Ice Productions . 2002 . 14 March 2010 . 11 November 2017 .