This Is Tom Jones

Hot off the press THIS IS TOM JONES is on it's way in full DVD glory!!Tom himself has just bought the rights to every episode(thats 67 in total) to his legendary TV show.According to his official website the DVD release should be around late 2005.No other details at the moment but hopefully they will release all 67 shows over a few box sets and not just a kind of "best of" DVD.As Tom has bought all the rights to every show I think that they probably ARE going to release them all.If you want to check this out go to his official website,register as a member and go to the forum.There is a thread for "TITJ series" and the post containing the announcement for the DVD is by the administrator...so it's official!! LET'S ROCK!!

Out of all the live-variety hour shows that were produced during the late 60's and early 70's,only one show that would enthralled audiences for the three years it ran on the air was none other than Britain's Mister Excitement himself........

THE ONE AND ONLY..........TOM JONES!!!!!!!

The series "THIS IS TOM JONES",ran from 1969 through 1972 on ABC-TV,and was produced by ITC Productions,but the show was broadcast in Hollywood.

It was amazing that ABC-TV had the rights to broadcast his variety series and not to mention a lot of his variety specials that were produced in the late 1960's and early 1970's,including his classic Christmas special,which hasn't been since in years..until now through the magic of DVD and video which is not available.

As for his series,it was something to see,especially with the man who had the golden voice and can put audiences in a spell(especially with the ladies)with his charm and special movement into every song that he did and the show was a winner on the ABC-TV network during its run. As for the guest stars there were many including appearances by Bob Hope, Little Richard,Dionne Warwick,Sammy Davis,Jr. and so many more.

This needs to be seen on DVD soon,for those who want to experience the awesome power and spellbinding voice that this man brought to millions and is still got it going strong today....yes,ladies and gentlemen..... THIS IS TOM JONES!!!!!!

This show is a tribute to Sir Lew Grade, impressario and boss of ATV. He took top British talent, built a show around them and through his contacts, marketed it in the USA, making the British star an international superstar. Though featuring Tom Jones, it was also variety show and included top international talent as guests. The result was dazzling entertainment equally popular on both sides of the Atlantic unlike anything either had seen before. So feverishly enthusiastic were some of Tom Jones female fans that a few would threw their underwear to him which he used to briefly mop his sweating brow then throw back to them. Ex-bricklayer Jones had a physical vigour which matched his voice, ATV Elstree had early on installed colour TV cameras using the US NTSC system in order to serve the preexisting US colour TV market. Unlike many others, the conversion to the 625 Pal system for European audiences were of the very highest quality. All in all it was win-win - Tom Jones became launched as a global star, and British audiences were able to see big budget shows featuring their very own star. What is more, it was a considerable export-earner for the UK. Neither before or since has British television Light Entertainment had such an expansive, confident and competent impressario. It was ndeed the Golden Age

For decades I have been a fan of Tom Jones, and I did enjoy seeing his variety show and TV specials. I also would like to have the complete series and specials on DVD, and I hope someone can direct me to finding the DVDs for sale.

For decades I have believed Tom Jones would be excellent as the blacksmith Joe Gargery in a production of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Even at his advanced age, I believe Mr. Jones, with the aid of hair coloring and make-up, could handle the role in this classic. In regard to this idea, I hope someone who does casting in Hollywood or the British film industry sees my post and offers Mr. Jones this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

From What I've seen on the You Tube channel for this product, it looks amazing! Just search for "Tom Jones DVD" on You Tube.

I had heard about this series, but never actually seen it until I searched on YouTube. From what I've seen, the music performances are spectacular (Janis Joplin, The Who, Moody Blues, Joe Cocker, even Aretha Franklin... and more I haven't seen.) Anyone who considers themselves a Tom Jones fan MUST own this, it's the first time out on any kind of home video whatsoever! Classic Rock fans will probably want to drop the $36 on this too, it's such a unique set of performances.

I'm very excited to see the rest of each episode when I get the DVD!