The Old Grey Whistle Test thread

hywelg

Jalapeno said:

No idea old timer ! :P

Then you are not old enough to be an old fart. Maybe just a fart!

not_the_dj

I cheated as I'm not an old fart...but I have read The Whispering Years book so I reckon it was Colour Me Pop, which is a rubbish name for a show.

Old Grey Whistle Test on the other hand is a brilliant name for a show (if you know the meaning behind it).

 

hywelg

not_the_dj said:

so I reckon it was Colour Me Pop, 

Eeargh Uuuurghhh (you know the noise that buzzer makes in the crappy Les Dennis show)

hywelg

Lexie1 said:

Monday: Bob Harris

Tuesday; 

Wednesday;

Thursday; Gambuccini

Friday; J. Peel

Dont think it Gambaccini was at the beginning, reckon he was later, but not sure. There was a Mike Harding, not the folk singer and I think, Pete Drummond.  Now I really need to know.....

I think 625 Special was forunner to Top of the Pops, it wasn't the precursor for TOGWT.

not_the_dj

hywelg said:

not_the_dj said:

so I reckon it was Colour Me Pop, 

Eeargh Uuuurghhh (you know the noise that buzzer makes in the crappy Les Dennis show)

Bummer. After further review of chapter 3 in Bob's book I reckon it's.... Disco 2

Lexie1

Anne Nightingale and Tommy Vance

Wasn't it "The Friday Night Rock Show" with Mr Vance?

Annie Nightingale may have been on Tuesdays...... or Wednesdays

Gawd I do feel old.

not_the_dj

Tommy Vance was fantastic on a Friday night on Radio 1. That formed such a huge part of my musical education. I won a competition on that to go to the playback of Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark album. Met Tommy and some of the band (I was a spotty teenager so my parents drove me all the way to Norwich for that).

hywelg

not_the_dj said:

Bummer. After further review of chapter 3 in Bob's book I reckon it's.... Disco 2

Correct. Give yourself a big fat prize.....!

hywelg

not_the_dj said:

Tommy Vance was fantastic on a Friday night on Radio 1. That formed such a huge part of my musical education. I won a competition on that to go to the playback of Iron Maiden's Fear of the Dark album. Met Tommy and some of the band (I was a spotty teenager so my parents drove me all the way to Norwich for that).

It was Tommy Vance that introduced me to SRV, he played loads of great stuff on a Friday night. It was the 80's though, we were mostly in on a Friday night with two young kids. I believe I still have a cassette of his top 20 albums of the year programme that he did around Christmas/New Year one year.

It was John Peel for most of the 70's IIRC on a Friday Night, and he also had a programme on a Sunday I think it was. Then he went and did two nights a week from 10-12 for a spell.

Deadman

My fave:

close2u

I saw this on a new year highlights show .... not a live in the studio clip but hey ho ...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUA76M67Gd8

 

And I remember this bit of quirkiness on the same year (I had the show recorded on video tape so watched it a few times!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXA_pkfLso

 

close2u

Youtube embed instructions please? Thanks

Deadman

close2u said:

Youtube embed instructions please? Thanks

Just copy and paste the link. No need to embed.

close2u

Deadman said:

Just copy and paste the link. No need to embed.

 

 

I did (above) but the video embed looks so much better.

dogload

close2u said:

I saw this on a new year highlights show .... not a live in the studio clip but hey ho ...

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUA76M67Gd8

 

And I remember this bit of quirkiness on the same year (I had the show recorded on video tape so watched it a few times!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXA_pkfLso

 

I remember seeing The Church on there in the early 80s and as a result of getting into them  I began an almost 30-year lust for a Ric 12-string!

And not forgetting a love affair with paisley!

And 'Fish Heads'? Brilliant! Where would we be without Whistle Test, eh?

AlexHunter

This guitarist chap Barry was rather slick:

mart

RocknRollDave said:

I cannot stand Bob Harris.

Sorry, I'm sure he is a good man with a good heart but listening to him makes me want to stab my radio.

Completely with you on that - I find him incredibly annoying. But I still wish they'd put out a few more OGWT DVDs, since there is so much good stuff in the archives that hasn't been released yet.

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not_the_dj;26859" said:

Of course there was the definitive performance of May You Never by John Martyn

Lovely. His D28 looks virtually new on that clip. A genius acoustic player with a beautiful voice....

equalsql

AlexHunter said:

This guitarist chap Barry was rather slick:

  Thanks for the clip the Atlanta Rhythm Section.. never seen that one before. I love that band 'Champaign Jam' is a classic too!