Blodwyn Pig - Same Old Story (TOTP 1-29-1970)_HQ

TOP OF THE POPS (1.29.1970) -- part 1 of 11.
Introduced by Jimmy Savile

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Music

Tags:

• Blodwyn
• Pig
• 1970
• TOTP

[sansomdela]

Shouldn't this be in colour? I thought BBC went to colour in 1968 or 1969.

[nyrainbow4]

It certainly should be in color. I don't know why they decided to broadcast these episodes in b&w.

[RetroCool73]

If any surviving TOTP shows us what has been lost with the mass wiping this is it. It captures the zeitgeist of 69/70 era in one swoop this is quite possibly the most DYNAMIC TOTP I've ever seen: Savile on top form, the swirling backgrounds, fantastic sets & the tunes in between performances (The Horse Cliff Noble, Look-a-Py-Py The Meters & -best seague of all- the middle part of Chicago's I'm A Man straight after the Pan's People routine for that song). The theme music was also excellent!

[14lostcon]

@nyrainbow4

It was broadcast in colour - the BBC went colour in 1967, this is an black and white telerecording which was made after the original colour video tape was wiped which was a usual practice in the late 60's and early 70's.

[fmaykall]

gracias por colgar buena musica para nosotros los que amamos los 60s 70s

[callancool]

The reason it's from a telerecording is that it was done for overseas sales, many of whom were still B/W. Colour VT was expensive, and B/W copies were cheaper to produce. Telerecording or kinescopy works only on Pal tapes, but if you have an NTSC colour copy (usually unsharp) and a sharp clear telerecording, you can extract the colour part of the signal and overlay it onto the telerecording for a supersharp colour pal version. rtrusselcouk has it on his channel in recovered colur with sound.

[callancool]

Just google colour recovery, then whenon the homepage click past projects, and then full gamout colour recovery. They sills are amazingly accurate, maybe a little darker, but Jimmy Chaville's shirt looks just like the colour VT version. Maybe they're a little darker or washed out, but it looks great.

[callancool]

It seems the BBC have the COLOUR ep in the archives. There's stills on the coulour recovery working group wikki blog (search google for colour recovery). Stills exist for both recovered colour and original VT versions. This ep was used for two reasons. Theres enough chroma dot info to make a good restoration, and they have the colour original for a comparison of how close it is. And indeed it is close.

[callancool]

It seems the BBC have the COLOUR ep in the archives.

[bamboosa]

This is amazing. Did you see him roll his eyes?

[Gruntelfluk]

@nyrainbow4 The reason some are in B & W is because in the 1960s the BBC would alternate TOTP between their London and Manchester studios.

If the broadcast was from Manchester then it would be in B & W, as many UK regional TV companies took their time in upgrading to full colour transmissions!

[ajay999999]

@sansomdela Still great quality thanks for letting me relive happier days.

[SuperTruth77]

I don't mind a bit of avant-garde, but I do mind a paedo at number 26...