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Revolver was a British music TV series on ITV that ran for one series only, of eight episodes, in 1978.
It was produced by ATV. The series producer was Mickie Most, who was inspired to make the programme after he saw an interview with Top of the Pops' producer Robin Nash, in which he (Nash) boasted that TOTP was a music programme that the whole family could enjoy together. Most set out to make a show which was the antithesis of that, and which featured live music performances most closely related to the then emergent Punk rock and New Wave music scenes - though it also included other more mainstream artists such as Kate Bush, Dire Straits and Lindisfarne.
The official host of the programme was Chris Hill, but it is remembered more for the contributions of Peter Cook. Cook played the manager of the fictional ballroom where the show was supposedly taking place, and frequently made disparaging remarks about the acts appearing.
Artists featured that subsequently became more famous were: Ian Dury & The Blockheads, The Jam, Elvis Costello and David Coverdale/Whitesnake.
Other notable artists included XTC, Tom Robinson Band, The Stranglers, The Buzzcocks, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Rezillos, The Motors, Suzi Quatro, X-Ray Spex, The Tourists, stunt motorcyclist Eddie Kidd performing his only solo single "Leave it to the Kidd" and The Only Ones.
Revolver was originally slated as a primetime show, but due to the controversial nature of punk at the time, it was moved to a "graveyard slot" by ITV managers. It consequently received poor ratings and did not return for a second series.
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O LEVEL DISCOGRAPHY
"East Sheen"
(East Sheen / Pseudo Punk / O Levels)
7" Psycho Records (PSYCHO 1) 1977)
"The Malcolm McLaren Life Story EP"
(We Love Malcolm / Leave Me / Everybody's On Revolver Tonight / Stairway To Boredom) 7"
Kings Road Records (KR 002) 1978)
"A Day in the Life of Gilbert and George: 1977-1980" Inc. Teenage Filmstars BC (Before Creation)
Artpop! Records (ARTPOP14) (2007)
1. Pseudo Punk
2. We Love Malcolm
3. Everybody's On Revolver Tonight
4. There's A Cloud Over Liverpool
5. Sometimes Good Guys Don't Follow Trends
6. I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
7. We're Not Sorry
8. I Apologise
9. Odd Man Out
10. Leave Me
11. Stairway To Boredom
12. East Sheen
13. O Levels
14. He's A Professional
15. John Peel March
16. Many Unhappy Returns
17. I Love To Clean My Polaris Missile
18. Don't Play God With My Life
19. East Sheen Revisited
20. Odd Man Out
21. I Apologise
22. We're Not Sorry
23. He's A Professional
24. Back In The Night
25. Brown Sugar
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Can't believe I stumbled across this!! I was on this show dancing in the audiance, I remember The Tom Robinson Band singing -2468 and Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights. never even got to see Myself on TV :( My God such a long time ago. lol
xxangie1608xx 4 months ago
Peter Cook said that he had seen a fan hit Sid Vicious which was a case of the fan hitting the shit!
johnbarry1965 1 year ago
First time i hear this! You can definitely notice the unmistakeable sound of the Television Personalities... :)
Thanks for the post!
cpunctn 2 years ago
What a great song.
mrhungry2008 2 years ago
Oh and I loved Revolver. Only got to watch it if my mam was in a benevolent mood as in was on quite late! ...for some reason Mr Dury and Siouxsie always stand out as being brill on Revolver!!
billybadbrakes 2 years ago
Ah yes I remember O' Level well!! ...I had a rare white label issue of the 'East Sheen' 7". Mine had Anarchy in the UK by the Pistols on the B side, the version with Johnny Ball doing vocals, you know? ...ahhh memories!!!
billybadbrakes 2 years ago
I'm one of the 17 people who watched revolver.
It was the best music show on at the time.
Peter Cook was so good I'm still not sure whether he meant the things he said or not.
The really sad thing is a lot of punks never got to see it.
This sort of thing relies on word of mouth & it never had time to gather support.
I don't remember this band though - sorry.
AnElephantsChild 2 years ago