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

[Humphrey]

Thanks ! Might listen to this after the Everton game ! I love those retrospectives that combine "news" with pop music ; the tv series "Rock n Roll Years" is one of my favourite all-time programs.
Looking forward to the years 66(ish) to 80 - the best music lies therein, methinks ....

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "billfromnorthwales" <billfromnorthwales@...> wrote:
>
> 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>
> >
>