Nostalgic Music TV
Looking back over 50 years of archive music tv
DISCO2.
Disco
2 was a BBC2 television music show that ran between January 1970 and
July 1971. It was a precursor of The Old Grey Whistle Test. The earliest
programmes were billed as Line Up's Disco 2, the programme originally
being a spin-off of Late Night Line-Up.
Producer: Rowan
Ayers
Executive producer: Michael Appleton
Director: Granville
Jenkins
Design: Anna Ridley, James Hatchard, Colin Matthews.
Main Presenter: Tommy Vance (Series 1)
Main Presenter: Pete Drummond
(Series 2)
Guest presenters included Mike Harding, Richard Williams
(who had a weekly look at the LP scene) and Mike Raven.
Transmission
Tommy Vance.
Out of an original total of 68 episodes, 59 episodes are missing, a
further 5 are incomplete and one exists on a format inferior to the
original.
*
Surviving/Recovered editions.
Photos
Episode Guide
SERIES 1:
10 01 1970 Joe Cocker, Lou Christie & Elton John Group, Chicago *
Host: Tommy Vance.
Joe Cocker & the
Grease Band – “Something”.
Chicago Transit Authority – “Questions 67
& 68” (film clip)
David Ackles – “Subway to the Country” (picture
stills, music on disc)
Joe Cocker & the Grease Band perform "Hello
Little Friend”
Emile Ford & The Checkmates – “What Do You Want to
Make Those Eyes at Me for “(Film Finders clip)
Lou Christie & the
Elton John Group- “She Sold Me Magic“ (with Elton John on piano)
Joe
Cocker & Grease Band – “The Letter”.
*Exists as a 16mm black-and-white film print
(originally 2” colour videotape)
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17 01 1970 Procol Harum, Juicy Lucy, The Peddlers, Fats Domino.
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24 01 1970 Chicken Shack , Matthews Southern Comfort.
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31 01 1970 Pentangle, Richie Havens
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07 02 1970 Taste, Jimmy Ruffin
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14 02 1970 ‘Disco 2 Goes Rock’ - Wild Angels
This edition of Disco 2 is devoted to Rock
'n' Roll with music and film from the stars of the fifties -
the so-called Rock Era. Keeping Rock 'n' Roll alive are Wild Angels,
filmed at a live performance.
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21 02 1970 The Strawbs, Judas Jump
Strawbs with music from their new album ‘Dragonfly’.
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28 02 1970 Blodwyn Pig
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07 03 1970 The Tremeloes, Fleetwood Mac
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14 03 1970 The Faces, Toe Fat
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21 03 1970 Slade, Keef Hartley Band *
Slade – The Shape of Things to Come.
*One or more sequences exist,
but the complete programme is lost.
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28 03 1970 The Move, Yes, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Steppenwolf .
Frank Zappa (on film)
Steppenwolf (on
film)
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04 05 1970 Fairport Convention, Hookfoot , Madeline Bell.
Madeline Bell – “We're So Much In Love”.
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11 04 1970 Honeybus
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18 04 1970 Juicy Lucy
Juicy Lucy
– “Who Do You Love?”
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25 04 1970 Slade, Legend.
Legend –
“Life”, “Hole in My Pocket”.
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02 05 1970 Pretty Things, Trader Horne
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09 05 1970 Family, Groundhogs
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16 05 1970 Buddy Knox, Daddy Longlegs
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23 05 1970 Stone the Crows, Duster Bennett
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30 05 1970 Fleetwood Mac, Quintessence
Fleetwood Mac in their last appearance before Peter Green leaves the
group.
Quintessence recording two tracks for their latest album at
St Pancras Town Hall.
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06 06 1970 Groundhogs, Tony Joe White, Brinsley Schwarz.
Groundhogs – “Garden”
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13 06 1970 Bobby Darin, Magna Carta, Free
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20 06 1970 Procol Harum, Affinity, Norman Greenbaum.
Norman Greenbaum – “Milk Cow” (film clip)
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27 06 1970 The Roy Young Band, Audience *
* One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
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04 07 1970 Bob Dylan Special
A special
programme featuring songs from Self Portrait, the latest Bob Dylan
album.
The 24 tracks on the two-record set range from live
recordings at the Isle of Wight Festival last year to an unexpected
performance of a Rodgers and Hart song.
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11 07 1970 Alan Bown, Justine, Steeleye Span, Meic Stevens, Matthews
Southern Comfort *
Matthews
Southern Comfort – Woodstock & Darcy Farrow.*
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25 07 1970 Matthews Southern Comfort, Mighty Baby, Savoy Brown.
Matthews Southern Comfort play their new
single.
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SERIES 2:
12 09 1970 Humble Pie, Taste, Melanie.
Host: Pete Drummond
Humble Pie (featuring Steve Marriott & Peter
Frampton) play tracks from their new album
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19 09 1970 Caravan, The Strawbs, Kris Kristofferson
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26 09 1970 Quiver, Turley Richards, Led Zeppelin.
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03 10 1970 Eric Burdon, Mark-Almond band, Orange Bicycle
Hosted by Mike Harding.
Orange Bicycle
feature tracks from their new LP.
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10 10 1970 Mott the Hoople, Bridget St John.
Mott the Hoople play tracks from their
second LP.
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17 10 1970 Rare Bird, UFO, Love Affair, Jimmy & Peter Campbell *
Hosted by Mike Harding:
Love Affair
play tracks from their latest LP
Jimmy Campbell – LA alias
Rare
Bird – Sympathy & tracks from their latest LP.
UFO – Filmed in a
London club
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24 10 1970 Stone the Crows (with Maggie Bell)
Stone the Crows (with Maggie Bell) play
tracks from their second LP.
A track from Jesus Christ-Superstar, a
contemporary opera composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
Plus a visualisation of a track from the new Area Code 615 album by
Tvx-The Video Section of the London New Arts Lab.
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31 10 1970 The Move, Slade, Clarence Carter, T2.
Hosted by Mike Harding.
The Move –
“Brontosaurus”
Slade playing tracks from their next LP including
“Sweet Box”
T2 filmed at the Marquee Club, London.
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07 11 1970 Cat Stevens, Good News
Hosted by Pete Drummond.
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14 11 1970 Genesis, Dream Police, Zoo, Duncan Brown
Genesis – “The End”.
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21 11 1970 Curved Air, Fleetwood Mac, Curtis Mayfield
Fleetwood Mac with Christine McVie
Curtis Mayfield on film.
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27 11 1970 Trapeze, Lindisfarne, Satisfaction, Jonathan Kelly
Hosted by Mike Harding.
Satisfaction,
filmed during a live performance at “Sisters “
Jonathan Kelly
singing some of his own songs.
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05 12 1970 Wishbone Ash, James Taylor
*
One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
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12 12 1970 Golden Earring, High Broom, Ray Fenwick, Which What
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19 12 1970 Elton John
Hosted by Pete
Drummond.
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02 01 1971 Highlights Show
Voted
1970's top TV pop show by Melody Maker readers, tonight completes its
first year of programmes. Pete Drummond , Mike Harding , and Tommy Vance
introduce a compilation taken from some of the 43 programmes. ERIC
BURDON , JOE COCKER, RITCHIE HAVENS, MAGNA CARTA MELANIE , CAT STEVENS
and STONE THE CROWS are just some of the artists featured as well as
some of the year's best LP tracks.
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09 01 1971 Van Der Graf Generator - Refugees, Tear Gas, Bill Fay,
Stephen Stills.
Stephen Stills – “Black
Queen”.
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16 01 1971 Juicy Lucy, Livingston Taylor, Glen Campbell.
Hosted by Pete Drummond.
Juicy Lucy
play tracks from their second LP.
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23 01 1971 The Roy Young Band, Bronco
Hosted by Mike Harding.
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30 01 1971 Yes, Rod Demmick, Herbie Armstrong
Hosted by Pete Drummond.
Yes play
tracks from their latest LP
Rod Demick and Herbie Armstrong , with
songs from their debut Country Influenced Rock album.
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25 02 1971 Nico, Argent, Tom Gerricky *
Hosted by Richard Williams
Nico - The
Falconer, Janitor of Lunacy,
Argent - Pleasure
Tom Gerricky - ?
*One or more sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
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04 03 1971 Trees, Graham Bond.
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11 03 1971 Atomic Rooster, Leon Russell, Fairweather
Leon Russell , in a ' live ' performance
recorded in a Los Angeles television studio.
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18 03 1971 Patto, The Alan Bown
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25 03 1971 Jade, Stray
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01 04 1971 Leon Russell and Friends
Tonight's programme is an edited version of a six-hour ' live ' session
recorded in a Los Angeles TV studio.
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08 04 1971 Quintessence, Stray, Yvonne Elliman, Laird and Phil Allen.
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15 04 1971 Mott the Hoople, Hookfoot, Seals & Croft.
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22 04 1971 The Faces *
The Faces –
“Tell Everyone”, “Sweet Lady Mary”, “Bad 'N Ruin”.
* One or more
sequences exist, but the complete programme is lost.
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29 04 1971 Loudon Wainwright III, Cochise
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06 05 1971 Keef Hartley Band, Seals & Crofts
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13 05 1971 Warhorse, Allan Taylor
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20 05 1971 James Taylor, Uriah Heep, Livingston Taylor
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27 05 1971 The Byrds
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03 06 1971 Assagai, Mick Jagger, Rhythum *
Hosted by Mike Raven:
Assagai - I'm comin' back home, Kondo
Mick Jagger in Ned Kelly movie article
Rhythm and blues development
article
with clips of Ethel Waters, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Fats
Domino, Joe Turner, Chuck Berry and Others.
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
with Ron Skinner and Mel Wright That's alright
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10 06 1971 Gordon Lightfoot, Yellow Pig, Dave Mason, Cass Elliot
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17 06 1971 Help Yourself (featuring Ernie Graham), Loudon Wainwright
III,
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24 06 1971 Ian Matthews, Stefan Grossman
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01 07 1971 Brewer & Shipley
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08 07 1971 Heaven
In this the last in
the present series, the major part of the programme is devoted to the
visual treatments of some new, and some not so new, LP tracks.
Heaven, a British seven-piece band, play a track from their debut album.
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