Old Grey Whistle Test

[JonMc]

Quality TV! went to see many a band at City Hall etc, that I hadnt heard of after seeing them on it.
Most of the bands from foreign shores appeared on it at the start of their tours--back then of course no social media so see new and upcoming stuff!

Absolutely. That's the way it used to be done.

I remember sneaking downstairs when my parents went to bed. Our TV was Rediffusion and had a headphone socket which allowed me to watch it undetected.

It was my first experience of many bands but this fella was maybe the most notable end enduring love affair that came from the show's simple format based on albums rather than pop hits..

 

[Bagatelle]

Kept up with the times as well.

 

[ned_werby]

Three great clips..i love that Motors performance of 'Dancing the Night Away'..tremendous.

Saw them at Sunderland Poly just after they released that. Got the 12" version downstairs somewhere

 

[Harry Gates]

Three great clips..i love that Motors performance of 'Dancing the Night Away'..tremendous.

Apparently they'd just finished a gig and threw their stuff in a van and raced to the show, superb performance.

 

[Boinger]

Another classic.

Every second of that is absolute, unforgettable quality.

 

[GMac]

One of the most memorable OGWT moments...

Is that the Lassie from North Shields that sang with Meatloaf??

Anybody else at the Concert at City Hall when Meatloaf collapsed..... Great Singer, sadly missed...

 

[hospitalball]

so many great bands on there,remember watching lynyrd skynyrd,talking heads,sahb,the motors,edgar winter,meatloaf,alice cooper,bowie and many more.it was worth stopping up late to watch,bob harris and i think annie nightingale.

 

[Snugster]

Classic music TV........

 

[ontap]

Must be 50 years since I heard hocus pocus , brilliant.

 

[Salem-Hillbilly]

Must be 50 years since I heard hocus pocus , brilliant.

Focus are oin tour at present, only Thijs left though.

 

[Treeboy]

Remember seeing this at the time. Became obsessed with their Systems of Romance album as a result.
Then Midge Ure came along…..

 

[mini-x2]

 

[Dustie]

 

[Black Dog]

 

[Gateshead8]

Remember seeing this at the time. Became obsessed with their Systems of Romance album as a result.
Then Midge Ure came along…..

And made them a sickly sweet pop band

 

[Ageing Grey Mackem]

Small Faces were decent on it too, even without Ronnie Lane-

I love the Small Faces and have never seen that before, when's it from? Post Humble Pie era maybe, for Marriott?

Mind that bass player and his irritating mugging to camera while flicking his shit f***ing perm around, detracts from the performance horribly!

 

[zwartekat]

Used to watch regularly since there wasn't a great deal of music on tv, but as has been mentioned, it could be a bit like TotP in that you'd sometimes get nowt interesting on for weeks. Someone bought me a DVD a while back which I was looking forward to watching but there was some real dross on it (especially pre-punk).

 

[Colbert]

 

[Ballyshannon Lad]

Must be 50 years since I heard hocus pocus , brilliant.

Get yourself to the Fire Station in a couple of weeks

 

[Big Duke Six]

Absolutely. That's the way it used to be done.

I remember sneaking downstairs when my parents went to bed. Our TV was Rediffusion and had a headphone socket which allowed me to watch it undetected.

It was my first experience of many bands but this fella was maybe the most notable end enduring love affair that came from the show's simple format based on albums rather than pop hits..

First trip over to The UK. Saw them at Knebworth that year. Brilliant.