Guitar Heroes at the BBC all next week.

mike65

Just noticed that BBC4 is running Guitar Heroes at the BBC but it appears that some of these are "new" compilations and not the stuff shown a few months back.

Sunday, April 11th, 2010
11:45pm to 12:45am
Compilation of 1970s BBC performances on shows from The Old Grey Whistle Test to Sight and Sound by such luminaries of the electric guitar as Carlos Santana, Mark Knopfler, The Edge and Peter Green, as well as acoustic masters like John Martyn, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Paco Pena.

Monday, April 12th, 2010
11:55pm to 12:55am
A celebration of Seventies-era axe-men, acoustic virtuosos and thumping riff merchants, in a compilation of guitar-heavy performances from the BBC TV archives. Guitar gods including Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Peter Green and Johnny Winter are joined by flamenco maestro Manitas De Plata, bottleneck bluesman Ry Cooder and straight-up rockers AC/DC and Thin Lizzy. Plus, Fleetwood Mac's ambient masterpiece Albatross, the Jam's In The City and Free's Alright Now.

Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, April 14th, 2010
12:00am to 1:00am
Compilation of classic archive performances from the guitar gods of the late 60s and 70s. Status Quo appear playing Pictures of Matchstick Men on Top Of The Pops in 1968, the Who perform Long Live Rock in the Old Grey Whistle Test studio, Dire Straits play Tunnel Of Love and Lynyrd Skynyrd bring a taste of the south with Sweet Home Alabama. The show also features rare performances from George Benson, Leo Kottke, Link Wray and Tom Petty.

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
11:40pm to 12:40am
Series featuring legendary guitarists performing and trading licks at the BBC studios. This edition kicks off with the Rolling Stones and David Bowie before taking things down a notch with Michael Chapman and Horslips. Motorhead, Nazareth and George Thorogood turn the volume back up to 11, and some flamenco from Paco De Lucia and an Eric Clapton track round it off. Filmed in the 1970s for shows including Top of the Pops, Parkinson, Rock Goes to College and The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Friday, April 16th, 2010
12:25am to 1:25am
Series featuring legendary guitarists performing at the BBC studios. Expect riffs, solos and histrionics from the likes of Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls, Brian May from Queen, Duane Eddy, Robin Trower, Peter Green, Peter Frampton, BB King, John Martyn and Joan Jett. The performances were filmed in the 1970s for shows including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Friday, April 16th, 2010
11:20pm to 12:20am
Series featuring legendary guitarists filmed in the 1970s for shows including Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test. In the final show, axe fans get classic riffs from Pete Townshend as The Who play Won't Get Fooled Again, Rod and Ronnie with The Faces doing Miss Judy's Farm at the old BBC TV Theatre, some weird yodel-rock from Dutch prog rockers Focus, folky acoustic numbers from Davy Graham and Ralph McTell, and some flamboyant fretwork from Americans Nils Lofgren and Ted Nugent.

PeterIanStaker

Dammit I dont have BBC4 can ya get this online?

mike65

I'll bet someone chops these up into chunks of youtube, if you have Sky you can add BBC4 to the Other Channels list.