FINDS! Video Sounds, Thames, 1982

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

This early 80's Thames series was made by an independent production company that no longer exist.

None of the shows are at Fremantle, ITV or the BFI.
Ergo, they are missing.

Fortunately, a few were taped off-air....

Mike Oldfield:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAgk2I4mloI
the Teardrop Explodes:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGrXzba1pAg
Siouxsie and the Banshees:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Y6H_nNaqc
Diamond Head:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha7ZvWme3gg
Judie Tzuke:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGyLN4yCJUk

Haven't found the Steve Hackett one yet, but....

[Ray Langstone (was saintsray)]

I lied.

here's Hackett:- vimeo.com/98895833

[stevej]

Hi Ray

I notice those concerts in the youtube links were taped at The Theatre Royal in my home town of Nottingham. On the face of it, it sounds (and looks!) remarkably similar to ATV's Rockstage (1980) which featured a different artist each week, again recorded at The Theatre Royal, Nottingham. There was an old thread on here about it:

missingepisodes.proboards.com/thread/2655/rock-stage-1980-81

Is 'Video Sounds' an entirely different kettle of fish? Given the location you would have thought it would have naturally been an ATV/Central venture.

Steve

[tonyrees]

Video Sounds might have been London Weekend's own branding for a series of late night concerts, for example Sunday 28th February 1982 they broadcast Mike Oldfield in Nottingham, followed by Steve Hackett, Saga (also in Nottingham) and Slade. Rockstage (also filmed n Nottingham) was made by Chips productions which had also made the Hammer House of Horror shows for ATV.

[Kev Hunter]

I have an audio recording (taped from the TV before I owned a video recorder!) of the same show but which was broadcast in the Thames / LWT region under the title "Nightlife" and transmitted on Sunday 12 Dec 1982.
There is another upload from 2012 of this same edited concert here:

[stevej]

Those ultra-cheesy 'Video Sounds' intro sequences look more like the sort of thing you'd see on a VHS/Beta cassette release rather than on tv!

Steve