Just one more thought, would the studio discussions have been better with a co-presenter such as Anne Nightingale rather than leaving it all to Whispering Bob, as we seemed to end up in Nashville a lot of the time.
The highlight of the discussions for me, was about the animation for One of...
For all those complaining about the very short clips in the montage sequences, have a short break at midnight and come back at 00.40 for OGWT 70s Gold and 90 minutes for full clips.
I see some of you are finding the show dull. Is this down to the fact that most of the live music has been...
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...
Nick Lowe is still with us, and has just been announced as one of the support acts for Elvis Costello at Blenheim Palace in the summer.
Also Brinsley Schwarz (the bloke) has been touring with Graham Parker as a duo, and the others came together as the Rumour not too long ago, so it is a...
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