Radio 1 presents David 'Diddy' Hamilton and The Bay City Rollers

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― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 26 July 2004 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Radio 1 has a new 'experimental' strand at three in the morning, and it debuts it by broadcasting a Bay City Rollers gig from 1975...

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 26 July 2004 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Well maybe it's the cutting edge of retro.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 26 July 2004 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Both the Ramones and Macolm McLaren credit the BCR as kick-starting Punk in a "stoopid works" and "anyone can do this" sense.

You might think you had to be there, but I was (in Edinburgh), and I always FUCKIN' HATED them!

― Soukesian, Monday, 26 July 2004 21:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Oddly enough, I wasw awake for this.

The digibox had it as "Michael Jackson and George Harrison review the singles from 1979"..... !

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 06:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Crikey!!! Just as well I missed that broadcast!!!! Pah!!!! Even Pilot were better than the Rollers!!!! At least I can remember two of their songs!!!!

Wot next!!!!! An "experimental" "retro" broadcast of Jaki Brambles presenting a New Kids on the Block concert?!?!?!?!?!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Tuesday, 27 July 2004 09:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought it was interesting, meself. I like old archive material like this, I'm fascinated by old radio / TV so it was good fun listening to this, even if most of the music played was rubbish. The Jackson/Harrison thing is a 1979 edition of Roundtable, and was meant to be broadcast first but appears to have been postponed. Anyway, the experimental slot isn't just that, it's a whole different series of programmes through the weekdays. Something that may be more to the taste of ILM is a comedy/music show on Fridays (early Saturday morning) which has been mixed/overseen by Osymyso.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 00:36 (twenty-one years ago)

seven years pass...

As good a place as any to put a link to my piece on the second Rollers album.

― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Saturday, 4 February 2012 16:47 (fourteen years ago)

And, funnily enough, I was awake for this too

― Mark G, Sunday, 5 February 2012 01:15 (fourteen years ago)

three years pass...

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/15A6F/production/_85678688_bay_city_rollers_pa.jpg

― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 September 2015 15:28 (ten years ago)

When did Tommy Sheridan join the Rollers?

― Fields of Fat Henry (Tom D.), Tuesday, 22 September 2015 15:32 (ten years ago)

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