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Reggae Concert from the Edinburgh Festival
Live performance specially recorded for Whistle Test from the Reggae Concert at the Edinburgh Festival in 1973, featuring The Cimarons, Winston Groovy, Dennis Alcapone, The Marvels, Nicky Thomas and The Pioneers.
Source: BBC 4
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Bob Harris introduces Ralph McTell in concert at the BBC Television Theatre in London's Shepherds Bush in 1976.
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Bob Harris introduces the Average White Band in concert, recorded on the last night of their 1975 US Tour in Miami.
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Mark Ellen introduces The Smiths in concert at The Assembly Rooms in Derby.
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Documentary-style film of the Police's tour of Japan, Hong Kong, India, Egypt and Greece in 1980. Anne Nightingale accompanies the band and interviews its members during the tou ...
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Linda Ronstadt
Bob Harris introduces Linda Ronstadt in concert at the New Victoria Theatre, London, in 1976.
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Blondie In Concert: 1979
Blondie perform live at the height of their powers in 1979 at the Apollo Theatre in Glasgow, with Debbie Harry wowing the audience with such hits as Dreaming, Union City Blue, A ...
18-11-2023
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Genesis
Anne Nightingale introduces a recording of a Genesis concert performed at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, on 7 May 1980. The band is fronted by a bearded Phil Collins.
29-09-2023
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Jackson Browne: 1976
Jackson Browne in a live concert from the BBC Television Theatre, London. Introduced by Bob Harris.
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Bob Harris introduces The Manhattan Transfer, in concert in 1977, from the BBC TV Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush.
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A celebration of the musically mixed-up decade that was the 1970s, from Elton John and David Bowie to the advent of punk and new wave, and which is reflected in the OGWT archive.
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The Kinks
From 1977, Bob Harris introduces The Kinks in concert at the BBC TV Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush, including a warm-up number not featured in the original broadcast.
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Bob Harris introduces Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in concert at the BBC Television Centre in London's Shepherd's Bush in 1978.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton in concert at the BBC Television Theatre in Shepherd's Bush from June 1977.
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