ZDF Disco

[Laurence Piper]

Does anyone have or know of an on-line episode guide to the German ZDF "Disco" show?

[Mark Kerridge]

There's one located at:

user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~zechlinm/musikladen/spielliste_disco.html

Hope your German is up to scratch!

[Mark Kerridge]

I know its been posted before, but just so everything is in the same place, Disco editions are currently being repeated on German Satellite Channel 3Sat - lineup details of forthcoming editions can be found at www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www.3sat.de/musik/37369/index.html

If anyone who has got access to these showings can crossreference all the information and provide details as to which shows contain TOTP material, that would be useful.

[Chartman]

Dear Laurence
I can give you a list of EVERY single TOTP clip screened on DISCO as i purchased full copies of shows from Feb 71(First Ep ) to Nov 73. Some Cost! Is that ok? I'll send a list via your E.Mail.
A.S.M

[Charman]

Laurence
If you wish for list of EVERY DISCO show; I do have one (Sent from Germany) I can photo - copy it. Do you have an address i can send it to please?
A.S.M

[Laurence Piper]

Yes, it's [e-mail]

Cheers!

[Chartman ASM]

Laurence I only have use of a library monitor and the ZDF lidt is too long for my one finger typing. Is there a po box i could send photo copies. That ZDF list IS BIG!
ASM

[A.S.M Smith]

Dear Laurence
If you just need a list of totp clips on Disco I can type that up on this forum here if you like.
ASM

[Mike]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who reads this board who would be delighted to see a full list of recovered TOTP performances that DISCO has showed over the years. Please print a list here for us all to read. Thanks.

[asm]

OK DISCO 13/2/71 KINKS "Apeman" LULU "You've Got To Believe" PETULA CLARK "Song Of My Life"
13/3/71 NEIL DIAMOND "Cracklin' Rosie" TOM JONES "She's A Lady" 8/5.71 CLIFF RICHARD "Sunny Honey Girl" LYNN ANDERSON "Rose Garden" 5/6/71 T.REX "Hot Love" ROLLING STONES "Brown Sugar" 3/7/71 LULU "Everybody Clap" PRICE & FAME "Rosetta" 14/8/71 WHO "Won't Get Fooled Again" 9/10/71 T.REX "Get It On" HOLLIES "Hey Willy" 13/11/71 SHIRLEY BASSEY "Something" BOBBIE GENTRY "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" 11/12/71 CILLA BLACK "Something Tells Me" ROD STEWART "Maggie MAE" 15/1.72 MIDDLE OF THE ROAD "Soley Soley" TONY CHRISTIE "Amarillo" 12/2/72 BEE GEES "My World" 11/3/72 SWEET "Poppa Joe" 8/4/72 CHICORY TIP "Son Of My Father" 29/4/72 T.REX "Telegram Sam" 27/5/72 URIAH HEEP "Wizard" 24/6/72 T.REX "Metal Guru" 22/7/72 SWEET "Little Willy" NEIL DIAMOND "Song Sung Blue" 14/10/72 ALICE COOPER "Schools Out" 11/11/72 T.REX "Children Of The Revolution" SWEET "Wig Wam Bam" 6/1/ 73 GILBERT 'O SULLIVAN "Clair" 3/2/73 SLADE "Gud'buy 'T Jane" T.REX "Solid Gold Easy Action" 3/3/73 SWEET "Blockbuster" 31/3/73 ALBERT HAMMOND "It Never Rains In Southern California" 28/4/73 ELTON JOHN "Daniel"(NB Different to TOTP held) SLADE "Cum On Feel The Noize" (Dave's METAL NUN appearance!) 26/5/73 T.REX "20th Century Boy" That's the whole lot of TOTP clips on DISCO shows. TWO POINTS 1 Some clips EG Bee Gees are shortened which is sad particulary T.REX 20th Century boy a great shame 2 One show which was supposed to be "DISCO PICK UPS" turned out to be a not for sale tape with WINGS & HURRICANE SMITH TOTP Performances. Had to send back PROD NO 06321/00852. Hope you all enjoy the list.

[Mark Kerridge]

Hi ASM,

Thanks for this info - this is very useful.

The 1991 Telstar Video release "The Ultimate Video Collection" contains the bulk of the T.Rex TOTP Performances which you have listed, which are the following:

• Children of the Revolution
  
• Hot Love
  
• Solid Gold Easy Action
  
• Metal Guru
  
• Telegram Sam
  

For anyone unfamiliar with the release, the performances of Hot Love and Metal Guru are not the same ones which the BBC hold and occasionally turn up on TOTP2.

A two-part detailed history of Marc Bolan's TV history can be found in Record Collector, issues 190 and 191.

Just to round off, The Sweet's "Wig Wam Bam" performance is on "Glam Rock 3", and the alternate Elton John "Daniel" performance is on "The Very Best of Elton John".

And... for those who can pick up German Satellite Channel 3sat, the 22/7/72 edition of Disco is being shown on 29/8/03, containing TOTP sourced performances of The Sweet "Little Willy" and Neil Diamond "Song Sung Blue".

[FRED THE FERRET]

DEAR MARK
Thank you for your reply. I'm glad that list is of use to you. I hope Laurence scans this forum as he is interested in what ZDF had of TOTP. Please excuse the silly name i've HAD to use, even as a guest to post a message. Because if i use CHARTMAN or my ASM initials I get "AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED" Just Great!

[Mike]

Thanks for the TOTP/Disco list. I've always wanted to see a full list. I was disappointed there was no mention of 'Teenage Rampage' by the Sweet. I was under the impression that this had also surfaced along with Little Willy & Poppa Joe. Is 'Blockbuster' a 3rd different one which isn't on The Sweet video or Glam Rock video.
If anyone has a great copy of 'Little Willy' or the lost 'Blockbuster' from TOTP/Disco please contact me on [e-mail] I have a huge list of videos, there may be some goodies you're looking for too!

[Des]

i think Keith Badman commented here that he had definitely found two different clips of Teenage Rampage in overseas archives. so that one is around somewhere. i would like to see Funny Funny turn up.

[Laurence Piper]

Yes, Funny Funny and Alander Graham Bell! The latter of which I also recall The Sweet previewing as their new single on Lift Off in 1971. I'd like to see these two songs surface from TOTP though.