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Ten-part series featuring vintage rock, pop and soul performances from the BBC archives. DVDs are NTSC

format, region-free and playale !orld!ide". Video and audio is #$%#$. Comes complete !ith cover and

disc art!ork.

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This edition looks at the fashions of the early 2$s - silver stacks, se3uins, hot pants and 4ump suits - and the

tearful reactions provoked y appearances from the likes of Donny +smond and the Bay City ollers. 5lus

music from T e6, the S!eet, David Cassidy, 1ud and lvin Stardust.

# T e6 - )ot *ove 7totp 82#9

/ S!eet - Blockuster 7totp 82:9

: Slade - 1ama eer ll Cra;ee No! 7totp <2/9

= 1ott The )oople - oll !ay The Stone 7totp 82:9> 1ud - Tiger ?eet 7totp <2=9

@ lvin Stardust - Aust 1y Aealous 1ind 7totp 82=9

2 Su;i uattro - Devil ate Drive 7totp 82=9

0 David Cassidy - Some ind +f Summer 7totp <2:9

E Donny +smond - 5uppy *ove 7The +smonds 82=9#$ The Bay City ollers - Bye Bye Bay 7Cracker4ack 82>9

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Despite the split of The Beatles at the end of the @$s, British music still ruled the air!aves into the ne!

decade. The kings of British rock !ere 4oined y the young pretenders and the pioneers of glam rock,ueen, !ho suse3uently ecame the chameleon superstars of the ne6t t!o decades. ?eaturing music from

The 1oody Blues, The ho, The olling Stones, David Bo!ie, ueen and 'lton Aohn.

# 1oody Blues - uestion 7&t8s *ulu 82$9/ The ho - on8t et ?ooled gain 7totp 82#9

: The Stones - Bro!n Sugar 7totp 82#9= The ?aces - Stay ith 1e 7Sounds ?or Saturday 82/9

> David Bo!ie - ueen Bitch 7og!t 82/9@ ueen - iller ueen 7totp 82=9

2 'lton Aohn - The Bitch &s Back 7og!t <2=9

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The early 2$s, a golden age for the soul singer, catered for the adult audiences, !hilst teenagers !elcomed

the arrival of 1ichael Aackson. Then, in the middle of the decade, from soul music sprang the Disco'6plosion. &ncluding performances from retha ?ranklin, 1ichael Aackson, Bill ithers, ose oyce, and

The eal Thing.

# retha ?ranklin - Don8t 5lay That Song gain 7Cliff ichard Sho! 82$9 BI/ The Temptations - Can8t et Ne6t To Fou 7totp 82$9 BI

: Aackson ?ive + 1ichael Aackson - ockin8 oin 7totp 82/9

= ladys night - )elp 1e 1ake &t Through The Night 7?ull )ouse 82/9

> Bill ithers - in8t No Sunshine 7og!t 82/9@ *aelle - *ady 1armalade 7&n Concert 82>9

2 ose oyce - *ove Don8t *ive )ere ny 1ore 7totp 8209

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favourite teenage chat-up line in #E2/ !as <do you like heavy musicH<. The intellectually inclined called it<progressive<, and it even had its o!n TV programme - The +ld rey histle Test. +ut of <heavy< music

!as eventually to come heavy metal, ut first came the ack-to-asics no nonsense <pu rock< that !as to

foreshado! punk. &ncluding performances from ?ree, Deep 5urple, Aethro Tull, Fes and Dr ?eelgood.

# ?ree - ll ight No! 7totp 82$9

/ Deep 5urple - Black Night 7totp 82$9

: Aethro Tull - The itches8 5romise 7totp 82$9

= ?ocus - Sylvia 7og!t 82/9> Captain Beefheart - Gpon The 1y-+-1y 7og!t 82=9

@ The Sensational le6 )arvey Band - Delilah 7og!t 82>9

2 Dr ?eelgood - o6ette 7og!t 82>9

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Seventies mainstream music found a place for disco, theatre, hummaility and of course, glam. The clothes

too !ere ama;ing, as the decade sa! a startling array of sassy costumes, from satin trousers and olehats to acofoil ody-suits and oas. ?eaturing performances from a, Sparks, David 'sse6, ings, ate

Bush, Boney 1, #$CC, The Carpenters and Steve )arley and Cockney eel.

# The Carpenters - Close To Fou 7&n Concert 82#9

/ a - aterloo 7totp 82=9

: Sparks - This To!n in8t Big 'nough 7totp 82=9

= Steve )arley I Cockney eel - Come Gp nd See 1e 7totp 82>9> David 'sse6 - Star 7&n Concert 82>9

@ ings - 1ull +f intyre 71ike Far!ood Christmas Sho! 8229

2 ate Bush - uthering )eights 7totp 8209

0 Boney 1 - asputin 7totp 8209E +utro

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The Seventies provided a stage and a live audience for some of the est singer%song!riters in the usiness,

in the form of such programmes as The +ld rey histle Test and &n Concert. ?eaturing performancesfrom Carole ing, Aames Taylor, Neil Foung, andy Ne!man, Don 1c*ean, 5aul Simon and Aanis &an.

# Carole ing - Natural oman 7&n Concert 82#9

/ Aames Taylor - ?ire nd ain 7&n Concert 82$9: Neil Foung - )eart +f old 7&n Concert 82#9

= andy Ne!man - 5olitical Science 7og!t 82/9

> Don 1c*ean - Vincent 7Sounds ?or Saturday 82/9@ 5aul Simon - merican Tune 75arkinson 82>92 Aanis &an - t Seventeen 7og!t <2@9

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Superstars of mainstream rock, cult ands and million-selling transatlantic trouadours !ho could fill a

stadium all played sets for the BBC in the 2$s. ?eaturing performances from the 'agles, )all and +ates,*ittle ?eat, *ynyrd Skynyrd, 5eter ?rampton, 'ric Clapton and Dire Straits.

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# The 'agles - Take &t 'asy 7&n Concert 82:9

/ )all I +ates - She8s one 7og!t <2@9

: *ittle ?eat - ?at 1an &n The Bathtu 7og!t 82>9= *ynyrd Skynyrd - S!eet )ome laama 7og!t 82>9

> 5eter ?rampton - Sho! 1e The ay 7og!t 82@9

@ Dire Straits - Sultans +f S!ing 7og!t 8209

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5unk music came late to the BBC. &t !as reputed to have a pernicious influence. But come it eventuallydid, along !ith the Ne! ave that superceded it, !itness these vintage sessions y The Clash, The

Bu;;cocks, J-ay Spe6, The Damned, The Gndertones and Aoy Division.

# The Clash - Tommy un 7Something 'lse 8209/ The Bu;;cocks - Si6teen gain 7og!t 8209

: The Damned - +ffspring 7og!t 82E9

= The Stranglers - )angin8 round 7ock oes To College 8209

> The Aam - 'ton ifles 7Something 'lse 82E9

@ Siou6ie I The Banshees - *ove &n Void 7Something 'lse 82E92 The Gndertones - Aimmy Aimmy 7og!t 82E9

0 Aoy Division - Transmission 7Something 'lse 82E9

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merica, like the G, under!ent its o!n punk e6plosion in the 2$s, follo!ed y the mello!er strains of!hat ecame kno!n as the Ne! ave. rchive performers include lice Cooper, The Ne! Fork Dolls,

The amones, &ggy 5op, Talking )eads and Bruce Springsteen.

# lice Cooper - Gnder 1y heels 7og!t 82#9: Ne! Fork Dolls - Aet Boy 7og!t 82:9

/ 5atti Smith - )orses 7og!t 82@9: &ggy 5op - &8m Bored 7og!t 82E9

= The amones - Don8t Come Close 7og!t 8209> Blondie - Touched By Four 5resence Dear 7og!t 8209

@ Talking )eads - 5sycho iller 7og!t 8209

2 Bruce Springsteen - osalita 7og!t 82E9

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t the end of the 2$s, many sounds associated !ith the 0$s !ere already coming to the fore - including thesynthesiser and the ska revival - and !ere eginning to make their first appearances on the BBC. rchive

 performers include &an Dury and the Blockheads, The 5olice, 'lvis Costello, Simple 1inds, )uman

*eague, The Specials, 1adness and raft!erk.

# &an Dury - Se6 I Drugs I ock8n8oll 7Sight I Sound 8229

/ The 5olice - 1essage &n Bottle 7ock oes To College 8209

: The Boomto!n ats - at Trap 7totp 8209

= 'lvis Costello - +liver8s rmy 7totp 82E9> raft!erk - utoahn 7Tomorro!8s orld 82>9

@ )uman *eague - 5ath +f *east esistance 71ainstream 82E9

2 The Specials - Too 1uch Too Foung 7og!t 82E90 1adness - Night Boat To Cairo 7og!t 82E9

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