UNRELEASED BBC "OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST" - MONSTER POST BY STRETTON BULL



The Old Grey Whistle Test first went on air in September 1971 and became one of the most influential music shows for a generation. When the Old Grey Whistle Test went on air in 1971 it was unique. In a world accustomed to Top of the Pops, here was a show on which the bands performed album tracks and were interviewed after they had played. This was before the days of miming. The music was live and, since the idea was to air new sounds, many of the bands were making their first television appearance. Presenter Bob Harris recalls how the show's name was inspired by the doormen (in grey suits) who worked at the music publishing houses in London's Denmark Street, known as 'tin pan alley':

"It was a 'tin pan alley' phrase from years ago. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys. The ones they could remember and could whistle having heard it just once or twice had passed the old grey whistle test".

The programme went out on BBC2, last thing on a Friday night, from a tiny studio on the fourth floor of Television centre. In the days before 24 hour television the station would close down at the end of the evening. This gave the last programme of the day some flexibility. If things were going well for the Old Grey Whistle Test they could stay on air. Some shows ended after 25 minutes while particularly good ones sometimes extended to an hour and a half.

They had a budget of £500 per show, which was very low even in those days. In addition to the technical costs the artists themselves had to be paid. David Bowie, for example, played three songs and was paid £50. John Lennon refused to accept his fee in cash, insisting that he should be rewarded instead with chocolate Bath Oliver biscuits!

The titles sequence featured an animation of a man kicking a star. He was to become affectionately known as The Starkicker. The show's title music, with it's distinctive harmonica, was a track called Stone Fox Chase by a Nashville band, Area code 615.

When bands were performing the sound was often so loud that the camera crew could not hear what the director was saying in their headphones.

The programme makers continually broke new ground. The first ever 'simulcast' of radio and television , the first live transatlantic broadcast of a rock concert and the television coverage of Live Aid were all achieved by the Whistle Test team.

Sadly, the programme is no more, having ended it's run in 1987, but it passed the musical baton to it's successors. A succession of programmes such as 'Later with Jools Holland', 'The Tube' and 'The White Room' have all drawn inspiration from Whispering Bob Harris's Old Grey Whistle Test.

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AS WELL AS THESE 9 VOLUMES, THERE WERE 3 OFFICIAL DVDs RELEASED WHICH I CANNOT POST ON HERE.

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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 1 - DVD PAL

01. Eagles - Take It Easy (In Concert, Recorded 20th March 1973)
02. Little Feat - Fat Man In The Bathtub (17th January 1975)
03. Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way (Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead - 26th October 1976)
04. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (Studio, 16th May 1978)
05. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (Televison Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London - 11th November 1975)
06. Bob Seger - Still The Same (In Concert 1978)
07. Tom Petty - Fooled Again (10th May 1977)
08. ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses (15th April 1980)
09. Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (In Concert 1976)
10. Rory Gallagher- Walk On Hot Coals (13th February 1973)
11. Steve Miller Band - The Gangster Is Back (Rainbow Theatre, London February 1972, OGWT 19th July 1975)
12. Joe Walsh - Turn To Stone (2nd May 1975)
13. Eagles - Hotel California (In Concert 1978)
14. Little Feat- Long Distance Love (Studio 1975)
15. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (Knebworth Festival, 21st August 1976)
16. Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan (November 1978)
17. Like A Hurricane - Neil Young (Hammersmith Odeon, March 1976)



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 2 - DVD PAL

01. Ramones - Don't Come Close - studio 1978
02. ZZ Top - I Thank You - studio 1980
03. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime - in concert 1979
04. Spirit - Turn To The Right - studio 1981
05. Bruce Springsteen - Quarter To Three - in concert 1979
06. Linda Ronstadt - Willin' - in concert 1976
07. John Martyn (with Phil Collins) - Sweet Little Mystery - studio 1980
08. Genesis - I Know What I Like - in concert 1973
09. Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (cut) - in concert 1972
10. George Benson - Nature Boy - studio 1977
11. Curtis Mayfield - Keep On Keeping On - studio 1972
12. Elton John - The Bitch Is Back - in concert 1974
13. Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - in concert 1976
14. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Rich Girl - studio 1977
15. Nils Lofgren - Back It Up - studio 1975
16. Dr Feelgood - She Does It Right - studio 1975

Bonus Tracks
17. Manfred Mann's Earthband - Blinded By The Light - (Midnight Special 1976)
18. Rolling Stones - Hip Shake ( Montreux 1972)
19. Rolling Stones - Bluesberry Jam/ John's Jam (Montreux 1972)

Total Time 1hr 20min



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 3 - DVD PAL

01. Tourists - Blind Among The Flowers - 1979
02. Japan - Swing - 1981
03. Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - 1981
04. Nina Hagen - Ziggy Stardust
05. Patti Smith - Horses - 1976
06. Jim Croce - Workin' At The Car Wash Blues - 1973
07. Paul Butterfield - Slow Down - 1977
08. Alvin Lee - Don't Be Cruel - 1975
09. Stackridge - Dancing On Air - 1975
10. Bonnie Raitt - Love Has No Pride - 1975
11. Joni Mitchell - Help Me - 1975
12. Van Morrison - Wild Nights - 1975
13. Southside Johnny & The Asbury Dukes - The Fever - 1977
14. Bad Company - Feel Like Makin' Love - 1975
15. Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man - 1973
16. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way - 1975

Bonus Clips : Faces - BBC Disco 2 1971

17. Tell Everyone
18. Sweet Lady Mary

Total Time ; 78:21



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 4 - DVD PAL

01. OGWT Intro
02. Bob Harris Intro
03. Spanish Tide - Family (November 1971)
04. Fog On The Tyne - Lindisfarne (October 1971)
05. Think About It, Darling - Jerry Lee Lewis (April 1972)
06. Rusty Red Armour - Vinegar Joe (April 1972)
07. What About Me? - Richie Havens (June 1972)
08. God's Song - Randy Newman (March 1972)
09. Looking For A Love - The J. Geils Band (January 1973)
10. Use Me - Bill Withers (November 1972)
11. On Broadway - The Drifters (July 1973)
12. Looking For A Kiss - The New York Dolls (November 1973)
13. Dance With Me - Janis Ian (October 1974)
14. This Is The Day - Captain Beefheart (June 1974)
15. If You Want To Get To Heaven - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (April 1976)
16. Be My Baby - Kate & Anna McGarrigle (February 1977)
17. Johannesburg - Gil Scott-Heron (February 1976)
18. White Punks On Dope - The Tubes (November 1977)
19. Radios In Motion - XTC (February 1978)
20. The Beginning Of The End - Eddie & The Hot Rods (February 1978)
21. Hey Lord, Don't Ask Me Questions - Graham Parker & The Rumour (March 1978)
22. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars (November 1978)
23. Free For All - Ted Nugent (May 1979)
24. Burma Shave - Tom Waits (April 1979)


Bonus Tracks:
25. Peter Gabriel Interview (OGWT, 1982-10-09)
26. Bob Dylan & Dave Stewart - Interview & Performance (OGWT, 1985-11-22)
27. Goin' To Brownsville - Ry Cooder (OGWT, 1973)
28. Smack Dab In The Middle - Ry Cooder (OGWT, January 1977)
29. He'll Have To Go - Ry Cooder (OGWT, January 1977)
30. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? - Ry Cooder (OGWT, 1982)



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 5 - DVD PAL

01. The Mumble Rumble & The Cocktail Rock - Kilburn & The High Roads (Ian Dury) - 1973-11-20
02. Doolin Dalton - J.D. Souther - 1973-04-24
03. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder - 1974-02-03
04. Costafine Town - Splinter - 1974-10-08
05. This Is The Day - Captain Beefheart - 1974-06-18
06. Another Sleep Song - Graham Nash - 1974-05-08
07. Coast To Coast - Ducks Deluxe - 1974-01-20
08. Space Circus - Chick Corea - 1974-03-12
09. Turn To Stone - Joe Walsh - 1975-05-02
10. Fat Man In The Bathtub - Little Feat - 1975-01-17
11. You Never Can Tell - Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance 1975-02-21
12. Piano Man - Billy Joel - 1975-05-16
13. Hey Joe - Patti Smith - 1976-05-11
14. Love Me Like A Man - Bonnie Raitt - 1976-03-23
15. For A Dancer - Jackson Browne - 1976-12-07
16. Mohammed's Radio - Warren Zevon & Jackson Browne - 1976-12-07
17. Without Love - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes - 1977-04-16
18. Fooled Again - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 1977-05-10
19. Close Your Eyes - James Taylor & Carly Simon - 1977-11-01
20. Sixteen Again - The Buzzcocks - 1978-11-14
21. Art-I-Ficial - X-Ray Spex - 1978-12-05
22. Definitive Gaze - Magazine - 1978-09-19
23. Don't You Write Her Off - McGuinn, Clark & Hillman - 1979-02-20
24. On The Nickel - Tom Waits - 1979-04-24
25. Cheap Sunglasses - ZZ Top - 1980-04-15
26. Interview / Doin' The Things That We Want To - Lou Reed - 1984-12-18
27. The Lay Of The Land - The Fall (with The Michael Clark Company) - 1984-11-20
28. Lights Of Downtown - The Long Ryders- 1985-10-01
29. The Last Time (I Get Burned Like This) - The Robert Cray Band - 1985-11-26
30. Uncomplicated - Elvis Costello & The Attractions - 1986-05-27
31. Farewell From Bob Harris - 1988-01-01 (The Last Whistle Test)
32. Sally MacLennane - The Pogues - 1985-06-04


+ Menu Page Video Clip Excerpts
Page 1 (1973-75) All The Nasties - Elton John - 1971-12-07
Page 2 (1976-79) Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading - 1976-10-05
Page 3 (1980-87) I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed - 1984-12-18



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 6 - DVD PAL

01. Queen Bitch (Take 2) - David Bowie 1972-02-08 *
02. We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's 1982-01-21
03. Indiscipline - King Crimson 1982-03-18
04. I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses 1982-04-29
05. Another One Bites The Dust - Clint Eastwood & General Saint 1982-04-22
06. A Dream Goes On Forever - Todd Rundgren 1982-06-03
07. Ziggy Stardust - Bauhaus 1982-10-04
08. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 1982-12-24
09. Scullery - Clifford T. Ward 1973-11-20
10. On The Line - Graham Nash 1974-05-08
11. Lovesick Blues - The Crickets 1972-12-12
12. Walk On Hot Coals - Rory Gallagher 1973-02-13
13. Thousand Stars - Big Country 1983-04-22
14. Gold - Spandau Ballet 1983-04-29
15. war Baby - Tom Robinson (recorded in Chippenham 1983-11-28)
16. Reel Around The Fountain - The Smiths (recorded at The Assembly Rooms, Derby 1983-12-06)
17. I Will Not Follow - The Waterboys 1983-05-27
18. our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three 1983-05-06
19. Tear-Stained Letter - Richard Thompson 1984-03-23
20. Frost & Fire - Everything But The Girl 1984-10-30
21. I Love You Suzanne - Lou Reed 1984-12-18
22. Gun Law - Kane Gang 1985-02-19
23. Uncomplicated - Elvis Costello & The Attractions 1986-05-27
24. Guitars, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakam 1986-07-15
25. Back To Centre - Paul Brady 1986-06-17
26. Shop Lifters - Ivor Cutler 1986-06-03
27. Severina - The Mission (with Julianne Regan) 1987-03-04
28. Just Like You Said It Would Be - Sinead O'Connor (recorded in Belfast 1987-03-11)
29. Ship Of Fools - World Party 1987-02-11
30. Exit - U2 (recorded in Belfast 1987-03-11)
31. Chantilly Lace > Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis 1972-04-25

+ California Comes To The Whistle Test extras

32. Goin' To Brownsville - Ry Cooder 1973-03-20
33. Short People - Randy Newman 1978-06-06
34. Little Sister - Ry Cooder 1982-05-20

+ Menu Page Videos (complete songs)

Page 1: Want To Be With You - Bridget St. John 1974-06-11
Page 2: Trumpton Riots - Half Man, Half Biscuit 1986-05-06

* Take 1 and Take 2 of Queen Bitch are incomplete and unreleased. The version on the "Best Of Bowie" dvd set is Take 3.



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 7 - DVD PAL

01. Workin’ For MCA – Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974-12-05 (Rockpalast)
02. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974-12-05 (Rockpalast)
03. Show Me The Way – Peter Frampton 1976-10-26
04. Sultans Of Swing – Dire Straits 1978-05-16
05. Foxhole – Television 1978-05-16
06. Don’t Come Close – The Ramones 1978-09-19
07. War Zone – The Vibrators 1978-04-04
08. Ha Ha, I’m Drowning – The Teardrop Explodes 1980-11-08
09. Too Much, Too Young – The Specials 1979-10-02
10. Cosmic Surfing – Yellow Magic Orchestra 1979-10-09
11. Down By The River – Neil Young & The International Harvesters 1985-10-15 (excerpt)
12. I’m Waiting For The Man – Lou Reed 1984-12-18 outtake
13. Dying On The Vine – John Cale 1985-12-03
14. Brenda’s Iron Sledge – Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians 1985-04-16
15. Milkman of Human Kindness – Billy Bragg 1984-02-10
16. Inbetween Days – The Cure 1985-11-19 (@ Camden Palace, London)
17. Home – Public Image Limited 1986-05-20
18. Neat, Neat, Neat – The Damned 1986-09-20
19. Oblivious – Aztec Camera 1983-12-16 (@ Aston University Birmingham)
20. Working For The Yankee Dollar – The Skids 1979-11-13
21. Don't Worry About The Government - Talking Heads 1978-01-31
22. Streams Of Whiskey – The Pogues 1986-06-17
23. Born In The U.S.A – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 1984-10-30
24. Listen Like Thieves – INXS 1986-07-08
25. Severina – The Mission (with Julianne Regan) 1987-03-04
26. The Killing Moon – Echo & The Bunnymen 1985-11-12
27. Medicine Show – Big Audio Dynamite 1986-05-13
28. E=MC2 – Big Audio Dynamite 1986-05-13 (excerpt)
29. Cheap Sunglasses – ZZ Top – 1980-04-15
30. I Found Love – Lone Justice 1987-02-25
31. Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974-12-05 (Rockpalast)
32. Women Of Ireland – The Chieftains 1976-04-06
33. OGWT Outro (inc “Billy Hunt” – The Jam 1978-05-23 and “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” – Arctic Monkeys, The Old Grey Whistle Test Story, 2007-01-03)

+ Menu Page Videos
1. Ways To Be Wicked – Lone Justice 1985-04-30
2. I Can’t Help Myself – Orange Juice 1982-10-08
3. In And Out Of Love – Bon Jovi 1985-05-28
4. Bigmouth Strikes Again – The Smiths 1986-05-20

Please note;

1) Despite Bob Harris claiming that Freebird is from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first visit to the UK, the Lynyrd Skynyrd tracks come from WDR’s Rockpalast, recorded at the Musikhalle, Hamburg. Tracks 1 and 2 come from a different source to Track 32 and are 224 kbps audio mp2. All other audio is 256 kbps.

2) The Teardrop Explodes track is in black and white.

3) The Damned and Big Audio Dynamite were filmed at The Town & Country Club, London (later re-named The Forum). The Big Audio Dynamite tracks are from 1986, not from the DVD filmed at the same venue in September 1992.

4) The OGWT Outro includes a 25.17 second clip of “Billy Hunt” by The Jam. This is officially available on The Complete Jam dvd. Superimposed on it here are commentaries by Jo Brand and Charles Shaar Murray and a 9.12 second silent image medley of Patti Smith (1978-04-04), Roxy Music (1972-06-20), Bob Marley (1973-05-01), PIL (1980-02-05), John Lennon (1975-04-18), B.B. King (1978-10-17), Alice Cooper (1971-11-09), David Bowie (1972-02-08), The Ramones (1978-09-19) and The Smiths (1983-12-06) appearing on the Old Grey Whistle Test. The Outro also includes commentaries by Paul Morley, Jarvis Cocker and Mark Radcliffe, a 3.96 second silent clip of Talking Heads on the show (1978-01-31), and a performance of “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” by Arctic Monkeys from the BBC documentary “The Old Grey Whistle Test Story”, first broadcast on 2007-01-03.

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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 8 - DVD PAL

01. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads - "RockPop" (@ Westfallenhalle, Dortmund 1980-12-20) OGWT 1981-01-31
02. Andy Kershaw Intro 1985-02-26
03. Chasing The Night - The Ramones 1985-02-26
04. Ships In The Night - Be Bop Deluxe 1976-01-13
05. She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult 1987-01-28
06. King Kong - Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - "Colour Me Pop" (BBC) 1968-10-23 (OGWT 1971-11-16)
07. Fly Away - James King & The Lone Wolves 1985-03-05
08. Horses > Hey Joe - Patti Smith 1976-05-11
09. Keith Don't Go - Nils Lofgren 1976-05-25
10. Sin City - Hank Wangford, Billy Bragg & Brendan Croker - "Rock Around The Clock" (BBC) 1986-09-20
11. When Will I Be Loved? - Linda Ronstadt (@ New Victoria Theatre, London) OGWT 1976-11-23
12. You Be Illin' - Run DMC 1987-02-04
13. This Charming Man - The Smiths (@ The Assembly Rooms, Derby 1983-12-06) "Whistle Test On The Road" 1983-12-09
14. Forgotten Sons - Marillion 1983-05-20
15. Run Run Run - Echo & The Bunnymen with Billy Bragg - "Rock Around The Clock" (BBC) 1986-09-20
16. Dreamboat Annie - Heart 1976-12-14
17. Walking By Myself - Johnny Winter (@ BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush 1979-04-30) OGWT 1979-05-01
18. Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks (@ The Rainbow Theatre, London 1977-12-24)
19. Terminal Love - The Boys 1980-01-08 (or 15th?)
20. Elephant Talk - King Crimson (@ The Venue, London 1981-10-05) OGWT 1981-11-26
21. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Iggy Pop 1979-04-24
22. Get Back To The Country - Neil Young & The International Harvesters 1985-10-15
23. Neil Young interview excerpt 1985-10-15
24. Feelin' Single, Seein' Double - Emmylou Harris & The Hot Band (@ BBC Television Theatre, Shepherd's Bush 1977-01) OGWT 1977-04-12
25. Smoke On The Water Intro - Ritchie Blackmore
26. Ritchie Blackmore talks to "Dawn Chorus" (Liz Kershaw)
27. The Unwritten Law (excerpt) - Deep Purple (Tracks 26-28 @ Palais des Omnisports, Bercy, Paris 1987-02-20) OGWT 1987-03-04
28. Ants Invasion - Adam & The Ants 1981-01-17
29. Poptones - Public Image Limited 1980-12-02
30. Hang On To Yourself - David Bowie (@ Dallas Convention Center 1978-04-10) OGWT 1979-02-27
31. Bob Harris Intro 1977-09-20
32. Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones (@ Les Abbatoirs, Paris 1976-06-05) OGWT 1977-09-20


+ Menu Page Videos (all from "The Old Grey Whistle Test Story", BBC 4, 2007-01-03)

Page 1;
Commentary - Mark Radcliffe, Jools Holland, Paul Morley, Anne Nightingale, Chris Cowey, Charles Shaar Murray & Eric Idle
Silent Image Medley: Roxy Music, Randy Newman, The New York Dolls, Marc Bolan, Captain Beefheart, Talking Heads, Camel, Focus, Rick Wakeman, Alice Cooper, Bob Marley, Patti Smith, Siouxsie and the Banshees & The Jam

Page 2;
Commentary - Anne Nightingale, Jo Brand, Paul Morley & Mark Radcliffe
Artists - Roberta Flack ("Sunday And Sister Jones" 1973-01-23, 7.64 seconds), Little Feat ("Fat Man In The Bath Tub" 1975-01-17, 6.48 seconds), John Martyn ("I'd Rather Be The Devil" 1973-03-13, 8.32 seconds), Tim Buckley, Captain Beefheart, Randy Newman, Focus, Alice Cooper & The New York Dolls ("Jet Boy" 1973-11-28, 6.56 seconds)

Page 3;
Commentary - Bob Harris & Paul Morley
Artists - Curtis Mayfield ("Keep On Keeping On" 1972-01-25, 14.6 seconds), Freddie King ("Boogie Funk" 1973-07-31, 7.4 seconds), Bob Marley & The Wailers ("Stir It Up" 1973-05-01, 15.92 seconds) & The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ("Next" 1973-12-20, 10.4 seconds)

Please note:

1) The version of "Psycho Killer" here is not the OGWT studio one from 1978-01-31 on the official OGWT Volume 1 dvd. This comes from the 3Sat "RockPop" show (Rockpalast) of 1980-12-20, a couple of tracks from which were included in the OGWT of 1981-01-31.

2) "King Kong" on "Colour Me Pop" was originally about 23 minutes long. An 11 minute version (starting at about the 1:40 mark) was shown on the OGWT 1971-11-16 Zappa special. This version is the first 9 minutes and comes from the BBC Late Show tribute to Zappa 1993-12-17 broadcast following his death. There's a little tape wear on the final minute.

3) "Sin City" and "Run Run Run" come from "Rock Around The Clock" - an all night music special presented by the Whistle Test team on 1986-09-20.

4) Tracks 19, 21 and 29 are sourced from mpeg1 clips. NB they have NOT been recoded to mpeg2 nor their resolutions altered.

5) The artists featured on the menu pages are silent images, except for those where the songs featured have been named, dated and timed. All official clips are less than 30 seconds in length.

6) Eric Idle's parody of Bob Harris, which concludes the first menu page video comes from a sketch called "The Old Gay Whistle Test" from Idle's 1975-76 BBC Series "Rutland Weekend Television". I don't think this series was ever officially issued on video, although an LP was released featuring a sketch of the same name. I have been unable to establish whether the sketch featured on the LP is the same performance included here. The clip included here is 22.72 seconds in length, so should be permissible under Dimeadozen criteria even if it had been released.

Lineage;

Tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 31 & 32 VHS > DVD > TMPGenc MPEG Editor > TMPGenc DVD Author 3

Tracks 2, 3, 7, 10, 13, 15, 20, 22, 23. 28 and 30 Trade DVD > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor > TMPGEnc DVD Author 3

Tracks 5 and 12 "SkyStar2/DVBViewer->VideoRedo->DVDLab" > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor > TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 - Thanks to Joefish

Track 17 "Unknown (Most Likely 2/3 Gen VHS To DVD" > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor > TMPGEnc DVD Author - Thanks to Paulcook

Track 18 "TV->S-VHS->LiteOn LVW-5045->DVD+RW->PC" > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor > TMPGEnc DVD Author - Thanks to shakey234 (and Jude for pointing it out to me!)

Tracks 19, 21, 25-27 & 29 - Downloaded mpegs from the internet > TMPGEnc DVD Author 3


Track 24 TV>DVD Recorder (DVD-R)>TMPG Mpeg Editor 2>TSUNAMI DVD Author Pro>Video TS > TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 - Thanks to Jacktomthumb


Menu Page Videos - Digital TV > DVD > TMPGEnc MPEG Editor > TMPGenc DVD Author 3

Video: 25 fps, Various Bitrates
Audio Godecs: AC3, except Tracks 5, 12, 17, 19, 21, 25-27 and 29 which are mp2
Audio Bitrates: 48000 hz, 256 kbps, except 19, 21, 25-27 and 29 which are 224 kbps and Tracks 10 and 15 which are 384 kbps



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BBC OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - UNRELEASED VOLUME 9 - DVD NTSC

01. OGWT Intro
02. Bob Harris Intro
03. Eleven O’clock Tick Tock - U2
04. Love On The Wrong Side Of Town - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
05. School Days - The Runaways
06. Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? - Chris Rea
07. I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
08. Sail Away - Randy Newman
09. Without A Word - Jack Bruce
10. Say When - Lene Lovich
11. Down In The Park - Tubeway Army
12. Night Boat To Cairo – Madness
13. She's Tuff - Fabulous Thunderbirds
14. Beasley Street - John Cooper Clarke
15. Messages - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
16. Inglan Is A Bitch - Linton Kwesi Johnson
17. To Hell With Poverty - Gang Of Four
18. All About You – Scars
19. Never Gonna Cry Again – Eurythmics (with Holgar Czukay)
20. Insects - Altered Images
21. Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Joe Ely
22. Sense Of Purpose - The Sound
23. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) - Ry Cooder
24. Alathea - Robin Trower
25. Hand Of Fate – Rolling Stones
26. Fool To Cry - Rolling Stones
27. Outta Space - Billy Preston with the Rolling Stones
28. Live Life - Terry Reid
29. Sweet Gene Vincent - Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Menu Page Clips

Small Change - Tom Waits
Breezin' - George Benson
Cheryl's Going Home - John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett

01,02, OGWT 1977-09-20
03 OGWT 1981-02-28
04 OGWT 1977-11-22 BBC Televison Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London, England
05 OGWT 1977-10-25
06 OGWT 1978-05-16
07 OGWT 1978-03-28
08 OGWT 1978-06-06 BBC Televison Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London, England (recorded 1978-06-02)
09 OGWT 1975-06-06
10 OGWT 1979-03-13
11 OGWT 1979-05-22
12 OGWT 1979-12-11
13, 14 OGWT 1980-11-03
15 OGWT 1980-04-15
16 OGWT 1980-03-06
17 OGWT 1981-04-11
18 OGWT 1981-04-18
19 OGWT 1981-06-02
20, 22 OGWT 1981-11-26
21 OGWT 1981-05-11
23 OGWT 1982-05-20 (recorded 1982-05-18)
24 OGWT 1975-01-24
25-27 OGWT 1977-09-20 Les Abattoirs, Paris, France (1976-06-06)
28 OGWT 1973-06-19
29 OGWT 1980-12-24 Dominion Theatre, London, England

Menu Page 1 OGWT 1977-05-03
Menu Page 2 OGWT 1977-05-24
Menu Page 3 OGWT 1977-10-18

BBC Television Studios, White City, London, England (except where noted)

Video: Various Bitrates
Audio: 256 kbps AC 3 (except 1,2, 25-27 - 384 kbps mp2)

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Please note;

1) These tracks were provided to me on NTSC dvds so they stay in the same format.

2) "without A Word" is not included on Jack Bruce's cd "Live On The Old Grey Whistle Test".

3) "Sense Of Purpose" is not the version on The Sound's cd "Live at the BBC", which was sourced from Radio 1's "In Concert" program.



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Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 2011-12-21 14:37 by strettonbull.

Holy Moly. Thanks.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2018-08-21 20:45 by UrbanSteel.

If anybody cannot download them, or wants to trade for the original DVDs - please contact me.

Awesome - incredible - speechless - a simple thanks seems a bit ungrateful

Raining in England - sport on tv - downloading music - a perfect day!!

Cheers

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strettonbull
If anybody cannot download them, or wants to trade for the original DVDs - please contact me.

check your mail

Wow!!

Again, thank you seems insufficient. I have a nero burning question.
A regular 700mb cdr is to small to burn these files on. And nero won´t
accept a dvd. What do you think? Thanks again.

Why won't Nero accept a DVD?

Unfortunately I couldn't make them fit on a CD without losing too much quality, due to the running time of them.

I select super video option. Aftering encoding nero spits out the DVD
and says I need a cdr. On selecting make DVD, nero won´t add AVI files.

If you're trying to re-author it into a DVD format with VOB files, then you would need to do this first before trying to burn into DVD format in Nero.

If I was doing that I would use DVD Flick [www.dvdflick.net] or VSO ConvertX to DVD [www.vso-software.fr] to convert it.

Alternatively you should be able to burn the DivX files directly to a DVD-R disc but select the DVD-Rom (ISO) option. Note that these will play on a computer but your home DVD player will have to support DivX files for them to work.

Thank you.

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It's a yotta upload!!!

1 yotta = 1 208 925 819 614 629 174 706 176 octets

HMN

I have a few of these. THANKS so much for posting all volumes. Can fill in my collection!

J

Bump - to get level with new thread.

Thank You Very Much...Great Stuff.

Could you please repost DVD 4 Part 5. My computer is blocking the download because of possible malware.

Thanks,

SOUL

Hi Soul - you'll have to disable your anti virus. There's nothing wrong with the file. I've just downloaded it and run a scan.

Anyone else get an audio/video sync issue on Volume 5?

It happens a few songs in, definitely by the end of the Graham Nash song. Lasts throughout the rest of the material.

J

Is there an audio/video sync problem on Volume 5?
Seems to go out by the end of Graham Nash and remains throughout.

J