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[Roy S]

Tonight (Tuesday) Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown Part 1 of 3

Friday night Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

and

Documentary - When Albums Ruled The World.

Seems they're having a vinyl season.

Watched the Danny Baker programme, wasn't impressed. His assertion that he looked after his albums was somewhat contradicted when he said he didn't bother about all the weight at the end of the arm business & just stuck a coin on the headshell... (and Jeremy Clarkson's first turntable was a Garrard 86SB...)

[keiths]

Watched the Danny Baker programme, wasn't impressed...)

Me too. And it looks like tonight's and tomorrow's are just more of the same but with worse music...

[MartinT]

I have to hand it to them for some rather excellent favourite album choices, none better than Jeremy Clarkson with Rumours, DSOTM and COTC.

[keiths]

I have to hand it to them for some rather excellent favourite album choices...

I agree - all the choices were excellent. It was just the waffle went on far too long. Would have made a much better 30 minute programme.

[jollyfix]

Yes good choices, and waffle, but a tv show about vinyl no matter how much waffle i thought it was fantastic to be viewing such a show, even when mr baker said that the Man LP 'BE GOOD TO YOURSELF' was not a great Lp, to me its one of my all time most played, i love it, c'mon top tune, got to have one of the best middle section of a rock/ prog song ever. Bananas.....

[Barry]

Again apologies for the late notification:

9.00 When Albums Ruled the World

Documentary exploring the heyday of LPs from the mid-1960s to the late 70s, as artists embraced the creative opportunities they offered for music and artwork.


10.30 Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

The creation of the rock band's ninth studio album Wish You Were Here, which was released in 1975 and topped the charts in the UK and America.


11.30 The Doors: the Story of LA Woman

The making of psychedelic rock band the Doors' 1971 album, which was recorded during a period of growing social unrest and change in America.

[Rare Bird]

Ill be watching the Doors one for def

[MartinT]

9.00 When Albums Ruled the World

Documentary exploring the heyday of LPs from the mid-1960s to the late 70s, as artists embraced the creative opportunities they offered for music and artwork.


10.30 Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here

The creation of the rock band's ninth studio album Wish You Were Here, which was released in 1975 and topped the charts in the UK and America.

Thanks, Barry.

[Barry]

There were quite a few Rega arms and Linn LP12/Ittoks shown in the LP programme. What are they trying to say?

Gosh, didn't Grace Slick look 'matronly'?

[The Grand Wazoo]

I thought the programme was a trifle ropey. They had some great quotes that were badly sequenced to sort of, tell a re-imagining of history. Both this and the Danny Baker programme found it really hard to differentiate the concept of album and vinyl.