Gas Tank

[12stringbassist]

Has anyone seen episodes of this show floating round?

I seem to remember the following being involved:
John Entwistle
Rick Wakeman
Rick Parfitt

It seemed to consist of an all star jam session... and didn't have a very long run.

[Stephen Doran]

what year was it on?

[Neil Barker]

I remember seeing bits of it around late '82/early '83.

[richardwoods]

Sorry to resurrect this ancient thread but I would be interested to know what survives of this brilliant series, if anyone knows. Basically each show was a spontaneous all star classic rock jam with random members of Deep Purple, Quo etc. It went out early in Channel 4’s history (83 ish).

[petercheck]

Aug 5, 2021 15:43:16 GMT richardwoods said:

Sorry to resurrect this ancient thread but I would be interested to know what survives of this brilliant series, if anyone knows. Basically each show was a spontaneous all star classic rock jam with random members of Deep Purple, Quo etc. It went out early in Channel 4’s history (83 ish).

I don't know what survives "in the vaults" as it were, but certainly one of my contacts taped every episode on VHS at the time and still has them.

[tonyrees]

The show is on DVD and in stereo! I don't know if they're all intact rights-wise though.
www.amazon.co.uk/Rick-Wakeman-Gas-Tank-2DVD/dp/B01N9JPAW9

[richardwoods]

Excellent! That really is good news!

[petercheck]

Aug 5, 2021 16:25:48 GMT tonyrees said:

The show is on DVD and in stereo! I don't know if they're all intact rights-wise though.
www.amazon.co.uk/Rick-Wakeman-Gas-Tank-2DVD/dp/B01N9JPAW9

Thank you Tony!  I had no idea.  I do vaguely recall seeing most episodes at the time though.

[richardwoods]

Yeah, looks like it’s as rare as rocking horse poo on DVD as far as the main outlets are concerned. If anyone comes across a copy of the DVD (not the CD) please PM me. Thanks.

[tonyrees]

Episodes are on YT, but I don't know if the DVD had extras.

[richardwoods]

Cheers Tony, much appreciated. Great series, great memories!