2019.02.02

THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST

DVD released in 2005. I bought a region - free DVD player to watch this DVD.
Only images that are worth that much. I have never seen live performances.
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Disc 1:
01 Alice Cooper 'Under My Wheels' 1971
02 Elton John 'Tiny Dancer' 1971
03 Curtis Mayfield 'We Gotta Have Peace' 1972
04 Randy Newman 'Political Science' 1972
05 Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge'Help Me Make it Through The Night' 1972
06 Bill Withers 'Is not No Sunshine' 1972
07 Focus 'Sylvia / Hocus Pocus' 1972
08 Rory Gallagher 'Hands Off' 1973
09 John Martyn 'May You Never' 1973
10 Bob Marley & The Wailers'Stir It Up' 1973
11 Roxy Music 'Do The Strand' 1973
12 The Edgar Winter Group 'Frankenstein' 1973
13 New York Dolls 'Jet Boy' 1973
14 Tim Buckley 'Dolphins' 1974
15 Captain Beefheart 'Upon the My O My' 1974
16 Little Feat 'Rock' N 'Roll Doctor' 1975
17 Dr Feelgood 'Roxette' 1975
18 John Lennon 'Stand By Me' [promo film. Not live] 1975
19 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 'Give My Compliments to the Chef' 1975
20 Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Freebird' 1975
21 Emmylou Harris 'Amarillo' 1976
22 Bonnie Raitt 'Too Long at the Fair' 1976
23 Tom Waits 'Tom Traubert's Blues' 1977
24 Otway & Barrett'Really Free' 1977

Disc 2:
01 Talking Heads 'Psycho Killer' 1978
02 XTC 'Statue of Liberty' 1978
03 Blondie ('I' m Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear '1978
04 Val Doonican & Charlie McCoy'Stone Fox Chase' 1978
05 Meatloaf 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light' 1978
06 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers'Am eri can Girl' 1978
07 The Police 'Can not Stand Losing You' 1978
08 Bruce Springsteen 'Rosalita' 1979 [from a live concert. Not filmed at BBC]
09 Iggy Pop 'I' m Bored '1979
10 Tubeway Army 'Are' Friends 'Electric?' 1979
11 The Specials 'Message to You Rudi' 1979
12 The Damned 'Smash It Up / I Just Can not Be Happy Today' 1979
13 The Ramones 'Rock' n 'Roll High School' 1980
14 PIL 'Care eri ' 1980
15 The Teardrop Explodes 'Reward' 1980
16 U 2 'I Will Follow' 1981
17 Nine Below Zero 'Stone Fox Chase' 1981
18 Japan 'Ghosts' 1982
19 Robert Wyatt 'Shipbuilding' 1983
20 REM 'Moon River' / 'Pretty Persuasion' 1984
21 Simply Red 'Holding Back The Years' 1985

And, YOUTUBE.
Such a channel is made. Anyway it is amazing. It is terrible that I know little about it. Lol.
Is not it a fun way to enjoy musician who is slightly older than me?
WHISTLE TEST ARCHIVE
It is updated almost every day. If you go on like this, the PUNK era of 77 years and the NEW WAVE era after that are also there immediately.
Looking forward to it!
There is even a rare picture of MIKA BAND.

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