Dusty Springfield And Jimi Hendrix: 'Mocking Bird'

In the making of this Lucky Motions Production our primary motive was to create a visual presentation from the only known existing film of the broadcast performance that compliments the complete audio soundtrack we were fortunate enough to obtain from a member of the Lets Talk Dusty, Dusty Springfield fan Forums. Presently the only known film footage, which is badly damaged and sadly incomplete, originates from a home movie. The original recording of this home movie was made by actually pointing the camera at the television screen and recording the live broadcast. Though much painstaking work has been done on this film close examination would appear to indicate that this is not the restoration of one complete performance, but the compilation of the rescued film of the three songs performed by Jimi Hendrix on the Dusty show, which included Jimi's duet with Dusty Springfield. With the aim of producing a visual presentation which would accompany the audio recording of the duet, 'Mockingbird', the existing compiled film has been edited and reconstructed to mimic the original duet sequence more in felt keeping with the audio recording rather than the present reconstructed and rescued film clip does at present. Therefore the shots of the band on set without Dusty being in them, the shots of Mitch Mitchell hammering the hell out of his drums, the shots of Noel Redding playing bass, and the shots of Jimi playing guitar with his teeth and some of the solos more in keeping with a performance of 'Voodoo Childe' which did not fit in with the tempo or feel of this audio recording have been edited out of this reconstruction. That however left very little actual footage from which to work from. Never the less, with some creative innovation a reconstructed sequence reflective of the feeling of the audio track was constructed. We hope you feel, as we do, that the film is more in keeping with the tempo and mood of the audio recording than the existing reconstruction of original surviving film. Though we have already stated how the audio recording from Show Six on the 13th June 1968 in what is known in Dusty circles as the 'ATV Recordings' was acquired, it should be noted that this recording would appear to have been made on a reel to reel tape recorder by placing a microphone next to a television set. As such the original audio recording was of exceedingly good quality although in mono and with the voices of those in the room able to be discerned excitedly exclaiming as Dusty announces which song she and Jimi are about to perform. This original audio recording has been worked on and enhanced during the production of this film. To date it is the only known complete audio recording of this unique performance. Though ViperTheUndead and Lucky Motions have had the audio recording since 2012 we did not have any of the existing known 8mm film, or access to it, although a copy of it was published on YouTube on 13/9/2012. That left us with the problem of obtaining it for the purpose of this reconstruction. Rather than 'ripping' it via methods which might not be entirely legal we decided to embrace the spirit of those who made the original audio and film recordings. Simply put, we aimed our camera at the computer screen and filmed the film in exactly the same manner the original film was recorded. It is from this film of the film, recorded by Lucky Motions, that the reconstructed footage has been constructed from at The Lair. This film and enhanced soundtrack were produced first and foremost for all the members of the Lets Talk Dusty forums, and is dedicated to all of them. We hope the wider viewing public enjoy this film just as much. Dusty Springfield ; ATV Recordings 1968 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQuAW_Ov_RlF9nm6XDv10i1Tt1Sa5E8XE

Added 2 Aug 2026