Rainbow 1972 - The Band Perform "Shapes"

Original pre-Rod, Jane & Freddy house band for the classic kid's TV show Rainbow. Known as Telltale, these hairy, flarey trousered musical geniuses also wrote and performed the well-known theme as well as this superior-for-kid's-TV song called "Shapes".

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• Rainbow
• 1st
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• Shapes
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• Telltale
• Retro
• Classic
• Children's
• TV
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• 1970s
• 70s
• 1972

[harryshand]

No they don't, they're cool as F##k

[TomthatiscalledTom]

Agreed, in those days they didn't make kids TV with the assumption that the audience were trainee chavs with 5 second attention spans

[zeadiss]

Do you think people thought the drummer looked creepy back then?

[ladyfantasy71]

WOW, sexy acoustic playing long hairs playing acid folk on mainstream kids Tv ! Take me back to 1972 right now pleeeeeeeease !!!

[borgduck]

"I'd be a square.", LOL!!!!!!!

[schweitzer006325]

@anthonythirteen Any idea which songs or episodes Hugh Fraser appeared in? IMDB is proving to be quite unhelpful in this respect, alas!

[anonUK]

"Right lads, as you may have noticed over the last few years, the whole hippie thing has died on its arse. You've got two choices: either modernise and get some gigs, or do a toddlers' show and sing about shapes. It's up to you."

[anthonythirteen]

@barneycairn Yes, just the perfect rhythm... Come on, you've never been with a woman!!!!

[anthonythirteen]

@SarahKW71 Yep. Got a 1973 Rainbow album with this, the theme tune & 12 other original tracks.

[anthonythirteen]

@singlentendre No, Bass and Flute!

[anthonythirteen]

@Superbokka You mean Stephen from 'Mooncat'?

[anthonythirteen]

@DeluxeReissue No Tim Portnow, who played the lead guitar on the title track. I'm fairly sure it's Chris Ashley on Tambourine & Ted Richards on drums. Hugh Fraser appears in another Telltale song fishing in a hat.