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[Music] The Old Grey Whistle Test to return - BBC4 tonight
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studio150
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Much dross?
Maybe its my memory or just my music tastes, but I don't recall much dross. I believe that the threshold of having released an album before being allowed on the show, stopped a lot of dross from getting on the show, and moving that to TOTP.
As for big bands, the The Who were in the OGWT studios, also a lot of the big bands at the time were covered when whispering Bob went to America, where interviews and concert material was shown. Also at the time you couldn't have got much bigger than John Lennon in his recording studio during the recording of the Rock'n' Roll album.
Icy Gull
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That Hall and Oates track was fecking amazing on OGWT at the time, had totally forgotten about it too. Still sounds good to me today.
jakarta
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You are one my favourite posters re music but got to disagree - perhaps my slightly left field taste comes into play as they were never likely to feature Neu! or Can...
Still going to watch it all while swearing the TV as I did back in day.
Two Professors
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OGWT was great,but Disco 2 was better with Tommy Vance.The only album I ever bought after a tv performance was on there,Thank Christ for the Bomb by the Groundhogs 
Lower West Stander
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Much as I loved OGWT, I draw the line at Steve Hillage[emoji1]
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GT49er
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It's all down to personal taste really, isn't it? Some people would consider the likes of Neu! and Can to be the dross the other poster was talking about!You are one my favourite posters re music but got to disagree - perhaps my slightly left field taste comes into play as they were never likely to feature Neu! or Can...
Still going to watch it all while swearing the TV as I did back in day.
studio150
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Lower West Stander
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Can anyone post Gil Scott Heron doing Johannesburg?
Remember that as being amazing
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studio150
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Loved it when they played a record along with ancient cartoons - Betty Boop and that. Zappa, Led Zep... Watched in early 70s. Harris let himself down, later, sneering at the New York Dolls - a cracking band. Stand out peformances for me were Little Feat, Tom Petty, Alex Harvey, Gil Scott Heron, Beefhart....mmmm.....nice.
Icy Gull
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Looking forward to this. Although in the seventies remembering sitting through loads of old dross and remembering only a few good bands. Can’t believe Bob Harris is only 71. He was in his late twenties when I watched it.
It covered so many tastes that it’s hard for most not to consider some of it as dross. As an example I know Gary Numan gets lots of love, to me he absolute shit and unwatchable. One man’s meat and all that.
'Can' did the OGWT. Hoger in white gloves. Dizzy Dizzy I think it wasYou are one my favourite posters re music but got to disagree - perhaps my slightly left field taste comes into play as they were never likely to feature Neu! or Can...
Still going to watch it all while swearing the TV as I did back in day.
Holger Czukay r.i.p.
vegster
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Always Q !
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jakarta
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Sublime but clearly an episode I missed, as I would have been 14 maybe I had an early night!
Probably won't be on tonights show...
jakarta
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Bill Cassidy's tie up
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ffs boring start
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