Top Of The Pops b/w Opening Titles 1970

[iosnick]

jim'll Savill looks quite normal for a change at the end of this clip XD

[StavrosIII]

My mates and I thought this was a particularly uncool tune for the intro, but then not many people in the BBC had any idea about popular music back then - John Peel and a handful of others did, but that was about it.

[anonUK]

@StavrosIII

Austin Powers, anyone?

[StavrosIII]

@anonUK If it's all the same, I'll take STEPHANIE Powers from 1974, thanks ;-)

[MrRichardhunt]

yes IIIIIIIIIIIIIII



[buckley54]

I have to ask - why do you even have this bit of the show!!?? Must have been something elseon worth taping!!

[skunkhead2006]

i miss them days and my family who were around then

[radioianj]

Bloody Hell..........Bang! Im back in 1970/1....I used to watch this with my Cousins, on a B/W Pye dual standard tv set. I remember it working only on 625?

Great programme, unmissable along with Dr. Who in the 1970s.

[moveitbetts]

The TOTP Orchestra's version of "Whole Lotta Love" was introduced as the theme in early 1971, shortly after CCS's version of the tune had been in the UK charts (#13 in November 1970).

Off topic, does anyone remember the neon TOTP logo?

Andrew

[Glenn1967ful]

Yes, however, my favourite intro has to be the one with the psychedelic numbers.

[moxie96]

black and white TOTP episodes were usually erased I hear as well as READY STEADY GO footage. Yes that bleach blond Saville was a sight when I first seen him in a magazine.

I thought the start music for this was a Led Zeppelin song, where's that start or am I talking about the wrong show here? (I don't mind this music either, nice and dynamic) I guess that's one of the "wiped" TOTP series starts?

[UKSazzy67]

God that picture of Jimmy Saville scared the living shit out of me! How could they do that to people in those days? Did this originally go out in colour? Maybe it looks less scary in colour.

[thejazzenigma]

Yep, well Jim'll fix it so he scares the bejesus forever out of everyone.

Danny

[dolphin8b]

Yes it went out in PAL colour. This is a b/w 16mm film recording (telerecording), however it MAY be possible to restore it to broadcast colour! (using colour recovery -CR using chroma-dots ion the film print)

[Cyberacc]

Perhaps they should have called it "Top fo the Aerobics"

[TogieTung]

History lesson 101-What seem to look cool now would always be a source of embarrasment in the decades to come.Always...LOL

[williamkanegateshead]

@TogieTung WTF is all this 101 lark? You a Yank?

[airscrew1]

Taken this clip from TV Heaven 1970 as I see World in Action follows then Queenies Castle.

[Rhubba]

Can't sleep...Jimmy Saville will eat me!

[Katereena]

I use to watch Top of the Pops back in the late 60's on the tely, brings back wonderful memmories

[amyrenardbrown]

what were they thinking of?

[audreywade]

ok was that for real