Top Of The Pops - The Story of 1978 - Documentary (ProShot DVD)

Disco and Punk, 1978 mix for England's most popular music program. Another great BBC documentary, thanks to Bandit999 for creating this DVD and to S+©kmªÑ for sharing it here.

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Top Of The Pops The Story Of 1978. BBC Four (4th January 2013)

Alright here's another cool BBC Four documentary about Top Of The Pops, 

this  time its 1978 one year on from the 1977 documentary, this one 

examines how Punk, New Wave and Disco took over the standard pop song 

& pop acts...

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Documentary about TOTP's changing musical direction in 1978, when pop 

singles  were slowly ousted by disco, punk and new wave artists.

In 1978, Top of the Pops began to turn the credibility corner. As the 

only  major pop show on television, Top of the Pops had enjoyed a 

unique position in the nation's hearts since the 1960s; the nation's 

teenagers who were now fed  up with the show's predominantly light 

entertainment blend still tuned in every week in the hope of seeing one 

of the new young outfits thrown up by punk, new wave and disco. In 1978 

it seemed the kids time had come again for the first time since glam 

rock. Yet the biggest-selling singles of 1978 were by the likes of 

Boney M, John Travolta & Olivia Newton John, Rod Stewart, the Bee Gees 

and Abba.

Punk never quite fitted in with the mainstream - it had been treated with

disdain by Top of the Pops and largely ignored by the show. Britain's 

teenagers had to endure the all-round family entertainment on offer when 

all they wanted was teenage kicks. Along came a generation of young 

post-punk and new wave bands armed with guitar and bass, ready to storm 

the Top of the Pops stage - from the Undertones, the Buzzcocks, Siouxsie 

and the Banshees, the Skids and Ian Dury and the Blockheads to the Boomtown 

Rats, Elvis Costello, the Jam and Squeeze - some weeks teenagers would get 

to see one of their bands, very rarely they got two, but there they were 

on primetime TV.

With contributions from the Boomtown Rats, Squeeze, Boney M, Sham 69, Brian 

& Michael, the Barron Knights, Mike Read, Kid Jensen, Kathryn Flett, Richard 

Jobson, Ian Gittins and Legs & Co.

Another excellent addition to everyones ever growing Punk Rock DVD library...

Fully authored and ready to burn as usual enjoy, your friend Bandit999
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Setlist:-

No Track List but Chapter Points Every 8 Minutes

Running Time:- 49 Minutes
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Height               : 576 pixels
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Audio:-
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Resolution           : 16 bits
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