I Waited 30 years for "25 years of Rock" then 50 years comes along at once

[billfromnorthwales]

the "Sounds of the 20th Century" programme is getting quite interesting
now, so I thought I would dig out my "25 Years of Rock" cassettes to
compare and contrast.

So 1955 is HERE
<http://www.peel.mooo.com/peelgroup/BillfromNorthWales/25%20Years%20of%2\
0Rock%20%281980%29/1980-06-22%20BBC%20R1%2025%20Years%20of%20Rock%20Part\
%201%20-%201955.mp3>

It is very, very similar, but like they dropped the clips and had to put
them back together from memory.

The main thing for me is now Radio 2's Jeremy Vine speaks to you as if
you were a dullard, where the Radio 1 presenter from 1980 Stuart Grundy
thinks you are at least slightly higher up the evolutionary ladder.

Anyway back to 1955, the first 12 mins are a bit ropey in quality (the
mini tour), but it gets much better when the year starts.

I guess I am going to post these in parallel with SOTTC, for my own
amusement, if not any one elses

Bill


--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales"
<billfromnorthwales@...> wrote:
>
> Older radio 1 listeners may remember a programme from 1980 called "25
> Years of Rock" that documented each year as a montage of news audio
> clips and music.
>
> It covered 1955 to 1979
>
> I really remember it as being an excellent series
>
> Well I have most of the full series on cassette waiting to digitise,
and
> patch, and make complete, but it looks like I may not have to since
BBC
> Radio has launched  <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tst> Sounds
of
> the 20th Century <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tst>  which is
> made by the same producer (Trevor Dann) and covers the years 1951 to
> 2000
>
> We haven't got to 1955 yet so we don't know if they will re-use 1955
to
> 1979 (plus 5 others to 1984 as the series did get a second run as "30
> years of Rock" in 1985) but it would make sense if they did, as they
> would only need 20 new episodes.
>
> The first year 1951,broadcast last week,  is identical in format to
the
> earlier series.
>
> It is still available on iPlayer, and episode 2 1952, is on later
> tonight.
>
> I reccommend this for anyone of any age, and particularly for this
group
> who's age and taste is probably more wide ranging than most.
>
>
> I think Humphrey preferred the later "Rock and Roll Years" on
> Television, but this was my favourite radio series ever, and is
> certainly much better than the later Alan Freeman "Story of  Pop"
(1994)
> which is repeated regularly on BBC 6music, and is a bit pedestrian.
>
>
> For Sounds of the 20th Century, Ok I guess the 50's may be less
> interesting, but the series has some stunning moments, so look out for
> Kennedy in 1963 and the 1972 Munich disaster news accompanied by, of
all
> things, The Carpenters, as among the best radio documentary moments
ever
> recorded.
>
> Just a suggestion for something to consider.............
>
>
> Bill fnw
>                    <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106tst>
>