by talkfromtherockroom | Apr 1, 2020 | Now Showing, Reviews
Flickering on the flat screen in the ‘rock room’ today is a wonderful audio visual document featuring John Martyn playing on the BBC series Rock Goes to College. Played and broadcast from Reading University on October 20, 1978, the performance features a 40...
by talkfromtherockroom | Sep 2, 2019 | Now Showing, Reviews
Flickering on the ‘rock room’s’ flat screen today is a wonderful and intimate performance by Joni Mitchell on the BBC in 1970 called Joni Mitchell Sings the Songs of Joni Mitchell. It’s slightly puzzling to say the least that this ‘holy grail’ recording...
by talkfromtherockroom | Jul 18, 2015 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Jamming visually and audibly in the rock room today is a stellar video document of Harry Nilsson in performance from the aptly titled The Music of Harry Nilsson broadcast in 1972. Ironically, Nilsson has an aversion to live performance and never performed in concert....
by talkfromtherockroom | Nov 3, 2013 | Put the Boot In, Reviews
Groovin in the ‘rock room’ today is a rocking little set by the Faces for the BBC, hailing from February 2, 1973.This original performance had been thought to be lost in the mists of time, submerged in the bottoms of the...
