Playing all 31 tracks onThe Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 3will make some viewers believe ... more
the producers are now beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel; others will think that finally they're getting around to the good stuff. Given that the series ...
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Playing all 31 tracks onThe Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 3will make some viewers believe ... more
the producers are now beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel; others will think that finally they're getting around to the good stuff. Given that the series ...
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Full Tracklisting:Lindisfarne - 'Meet Me On The Corner'David Bowie - 'Oh You Pretty ... more
Things'Jackson Browne - 'Jamaica Say You Will'Steppenwolf - 'Born To Be Wild'Stealers Wheel - 'I Get By'Roger Daltrey - ' Giving It All Away'Humble Pie - 'Black Coffee'...
Celebrate the UK's seminal live music show with this fantastic 3 DVD Set. Includes Old ... more
Grey Whistle Test Volumes 1 2 & 3. Launched in September 1971 it hosted performances from the most legendary bands and performers. Disc 1: Over 40 rarely seen performances are brought together in a four-hour film complete with memories of the show's former presenters: Richard Williams Bob Harris Annie Nightingale David Hepworth Mark Allen and Andy Kershaw. Also included are six major interviews: Bob Harris with John Lennon Keith Richards Bruce Springsteen and Robert Plant; Richard Williams with Elton John Bernie Taupin and Mick Jagger. Disc 2: The second volume features more seminal performances spanning the entire series from 'Head Hands & Feet' in 1971 through to 'The Pogues' in 1986. The DVD takes us through the 70s with the likes of Roxy Music Kevin Ayers The Who Bruce Johnston Joan Armatrading The Adverts and into the 80s with performances from Aztec Camera Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Style Council Suzanne Vega Prefab Sprout and the Pet Shop Boys. The DVD includes original interviews with Kevin Ayers Roger Daltrey Nick Lowe Rick Wakeman Bill Nelson T.V. Smith Jools Holland and Roddy Frame. It also features newly filmed interviews with presenter Bob Harris. Disc 3: More great performances from the 70s and 80s including David Bowie The Jam Sade Andy Kershaw Simple Minds The Bangles Edwyn Collins Jools Holland.
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addition to the technical costs the artists themselves had to be paid. David Bowie, for instance, he played three songs and was paid just £50!
John Lennon was one who refused to accept his fee, insisting that he should be rewarded with chocolate Bath Oliver biscuits instead!
The opening title sequence featured an animated man kicking at a star. He was to become affectionately known as The Starkicker of course.
The makers of the programme continually broke new ground. Their 'simulcast' of radio and television was the first ever. The first live transatlantic broadcast of a rock concert as well as the television coverage of the Live Aid concert, were all achieved by the OldGreyWhistleTest team. Other first included the first British TV performance of a certain Mr Bob Marley and the Wailers.
The programme is alas no more, having ended ...
Advantages: Nostalgic, Great Music, Whispering Bob Disadvantages: Left out a lot of my fabourites
This DVD was a birthday present to remind me of when I was young and vibrant instead of older and less vibrant. It was the first DVD I posessed and I used to play it on my PC, which is not quite the same as watching it on a proper screen with a half decent sound system.
Following the acquisition of my 'free' DVD player which you may have read about in an earlier review and playing it through a good quality sound system, I can now confirm that the DVD of the OldGreyWhistletest is absolutely superb, an excellent summary of one what surely must be the best TV music show ever.
Cast your minds back to the seventies and early eighties, the OldGreyWhistleTest was screened late at night on BBC2. A programme to come home early from the pub for, a weekly music 'magazine' which featured live studio performances of album tracks by ...
Advantages: Great footage Disadvantages: DVD features could be better
If you are over 30 and serious about music then you will at some time in your youth come across The OldGreyWhistleTest. From its first transmission in 1971 to the last 16 years later in 1987 this programme showcased some of the biggest acts in 70?s and 80?s music.
To mark the 30th anniversary of the show the BBC released this 2 DVD set which includes a varied selection of the output over the years.
IN THE BEGINNING
I?m not old enough to remember the earliest editions of the show, I suppose I started watching it regularly in the late 70?s. Like all kids interested in music my main exposure came from watching ?Top of the Pops? with screaming studio audience, banal presenters and cheesy sets (and Pan?s People of course!). The OldGreyWhistleTest a complete opposite to this it was shown late at night, past my bedtime and I knew ...
Featuring over 30 tracks including: David Bowie - 'Oh You Pretty Thing', Roger Daltrey - 'Giving It All Away', Supertramp - 'Dreamer', Janis Ian - 'At Seventeen', Joe Jackson - 'Sunday Papers', Orange Juice - 'Rip It Up', B.B. King - 'When It All Comes Down/Hold On' and Chris Rea - 'Fires Of Spring'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO; SONY DADC
Release date
16/02/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
BBCDVD 1280
Barcode
5014503128029
Languages
Main Language
English
Hearing Impaired Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Unseen Rehearsal Footage Of The Kinks, Interview Material With Roger Daltrey And Rick Wakeman And Edwyn Collins And Bob Geldof, Presenter Commentary
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Dolby Digital Mono
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital Mono English
DVD Description
Clips from the BBC's long running OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST SHOW, a show which allowed popular acts of the day to play album tracks and cover versions that music fans would not normally hear. In this, last, volume the emphasis is on important artists TV debuts.
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