Lou Christie - BBC footage?

[stevej]

A clip here of Lou's groovy 1969 single 'She Sold Me Magic' :

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGvu-2qkYD4

The upload is rather a mess visually, but the telerecording on the right has a BBC vibe about it. It looks initially like TOTP but the music stands and lack of audience count against it. Possibly. I've never seen it before. Any thoughts?

The film on the left is a promo done for German tv as far as I know.

Steve

[johnpoole]

The chart seen at 0:07 indicates that the clip originates from a country where Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and One Million Years by Robin Gibb were Top 20 hits in 1969

The Netherlands?
www.45cat.com/record/s4662

[Paul Watkins]

It's from BBC's 'Disco 2' - 10th January 1970

[johnpoole]

Yes, it looks like Elton John at 0:42 - the record is heard on the YT clip but I presume the original Disco 2 performance was live

[stevej]

Feb 15, 2017 6:53:25 GMT Paul Watkins said:

It's from BBC's 'Disco 2' - 10th January 1970

Excellent, well spotted! Many thanks Paul.

From Lostshows:

10.01.70 with Joe Cocker and The Greaseband, Lou Christie, David Ackles, Chicago, Elton John Group
A 16mm black-and-white film print exists, but the programme was originally made using 2" colour videotape.

Is that Elton John's earliest surviving BBC appearance?

Some real losses in the editions that have been wiped- Family, Honeybus, Trader Horne, Bill Fay, Orange Bicycle, Trapeze...