GREAT TELLY PERFORMANCES WEEK (Part 5)

There's only clip of mine up on youtube.  It wasn't me that put it there...but i'm so glad it is as otherwise it would have been lost forever.

I do have hundreds of old VHS tapes with stuff from all sorts of telly shows.  I've always been too busy with this blog to do anything about converting them so they gather dust in a series of boxes.  But a while back I did sent an old tape down to the proprietor of the Punk Rock Hotel as there was a very rare clip of  Paul Quinn & The Independent Group somewhere in the middle of the 180 minutes of recordings.  It was from a long-forgotten arts show that was broadcast on the local Scottish Television channel and it was to preview an upcoming gig/event at the Glasgow Film Theatre.

The very same show had a live appearance by Edwyn Collins to promote his latest LP and he performed a solo acoustic version of the title track.  Little did anyone realise that within months, a hit single from that very album would transform Edwyn's life totally and make him financially secure for the first ever time.  That clip was transferred to you tube on my behalf by the proprietor.  And just as well.....for no sooner had he done so than the tape snapped. The clip would have been lost forever.  And when you see it, and realise that with his illness Edwyn will never be able to play guitar again, it is a very important bit of footage.

It's not one that can be embedded anywhere.....but here's the link:-

http://youtu.be/mPKX2oc2NMY

and here's the mp3s:-

mp3 : Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George (live and acoustic - 1994)
mp3 : Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George

And that's a wrap on this particular series.  Hope you've enjoyed it.