Showing rare clips and complete episodes of BBC TV's Old Grey Whistle Test.
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Our Lord @WhisperingBob psyching himself up for Edition 5.15 and checking his hair.
From Edition 1.7 of @TheOGWT here is the session from #Family complete and unedited. TX 2nd Nov 1971. Presented by @rwilliams1947 youtu.be/UrZxF7GbULw #ogwt #whistletest @WhisperingBob
Edition 5.21 of @TheOGWT includes one of my all time favourite sessions, #GilScottHeron, as well as music from #Groundhogs and #CrosbyandNash. Presented by @WhisperingBob. TX 17 Feb 1976. youtu.be/RrHktCnlmZg #ogwt #whistletest @thedavidcrosby
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50 YEARS AGO 2 NIGHTS AGO, Chicken Shack were on Colour Me Pop! Among the tunes played by the blues act that evening was this groovy Christine Perfect original: youtube.com/watch?v=rjYFJFGX… #colourmepop #christineperfect #chickenshack
Edition 5.20 of @TheOGWT features sessions from #Streetwalkers and @EmmylouSongbird. Also features music from #GallagherandLyle. Presented by @WhisperingBob. TX 10 Feb 1976. youtu.be/ho9poV6z_ac #ogwt #whistletest #emmylouharris
From Edition 2.12, @rwilliams1947 chats to music producer #PhilSpector in what proves to be a memorable interview. Transmitted 28 Nov 1972. youtu.be/hqCVKmHRqo8 #ogwt #whistletest @WhisperingBob
Edition 5.19 of @TheOGWT features sessions from Charlie and Dame @ElkieOfficial. Presented by @WhisperingBob. TX 3 Feb 1976. youtu.be/qwmH3ObO7VI #elkiebrooks #ogwt #whistletest
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It's 60 years ago today that a plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, the Big Bopper and their pilot, Roger Peterson, crashed in a field outside Mason City, Iowa.
Edition 5.17 featuring #CountryJoeMcDonald in session and film of #BarclayJamesHarvest. Presented by @WhisperingBob. Transmitted 20 January 1976 youtu.be/fFx7TUxnREU #ogwt #whistletest
Edition 5.16 of @TheOGWT includes sessions from #BeBopDeluxe and #AJWebber, and film of #EmmylouHarris and the #ClimaxBluesBand. TX 13 Jan 1976. Presented by @WhisperingBob youtu.be/I1KtjwVuNEA #ogwt #whistletest
Our Lord @WhisperingBob psyching himself up for Edition 5.15 and checking his hair.
HAPPY 1976 EVERYBODY! Edition 5.15 features #AndyFairweatherLow and a session from #JimCroce recorded shortly before his death. TX 6 Jan 1976. Presented by @WhisperingBob #ogwt #whistletest youtu.be/7jgzfv4mGCk
Edition 5.14 of @TheOGWT is a 1975 Pick Of The Year special. Transmitted across 31 Dec 1975 and 1 Jan 1976, it features music from #JohnLennon, #VanMorrison, #JoniMitchell, #Stackridge, #Yes, #BadCompany and #LedZeppelin, Introduced by @WhisperingBob youtu.be/zYQTQ4Y5GWo #ogwt
As a further tribute here is a compilation of complete #JohnMartyn sessions for @TheOGWT from 1973 to 1982. Enjoy. youtu.be/IRGmJIgxR9A #ogwt #whistletest
Night all. In case you missed it under all the waffle, here is tonight's John Martyn tribute. John live at Collegiate Theatre, London, 10th Jan 1978. This upload combines Edition 7.18 of @TheOGWT with unused timecoded footage. Introduced by @WhisperingBob youtu.be/4p5eGTPa8fk
Edition 5.12 of @TheOGWT features sessions from old favourites #Ace and #TheStrawbs. Also includes film of #HallandOates, as well as a discussion between @WhisperingBob and Andrew Bailey on what music books to buy for Christmas! youtu.be/_fqmgHtH5gM TX 16 Dec 1975 #ogwt
John Martyn first appeared on the OGWT in Series 1 in Edition 1.18 {transmitted 18 Jan 1972}. No visual record of this show exists. However, the performance of Bless The Weather from this show survives in audio form, and was included on the compilation Head and Heart in 2017.
John returned to @TheOGWT in 1973 (twice), 1975, 1977, 1981 and 1982. As a further tribute to John, all of these subsequent sessions are presented in this upload: youtu.be/IRGmJIgxR9A
APPENDIX: Here is the performance of Bless The Weather (sadly, audio-only) from Edition 1.18 of @TheOGWT, transmitted 18 January 1972. youtu.be/spHs6ttnwqg
