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Eric Clapton on UK tv’s Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978, with an inspirational version of Bob Dylan’s classic Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.
Effortless stuff from Slowhand himself!
Eric Clapton – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Live Old Grey Whistle Test 1978

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Talking Heads performing Psycho Killer on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978,  it was a bit out of tune and all over the place, but maybe that adds to it. The bass player looks like a psycho killer.
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer – Old Grey Whistle Test 1978

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A fantastic and rare performance from John Lennon back in 1975 appearing in a recording for The Old Grey Whistle Test, from his home in New York. Here he performs Stand By Me from his album Rock & Roll, a collection of Lennon’s versions of the songs that inspired him to become a musician.

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John Martyn sadly died today aged 60. Born in New Malden, Surrey he spent his childhood alternately in Surrey and Glasgow from the age of five, after his parents divorced.
In a career that spanned forty years he released no less than twenty-one studio albums.
John Martyn signed to Chris Blackwell’s Island Records label in 1967 and [...]

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This is Prefab Sprout performing on Whistle Test in 1985, When Love Breaks Down taken from their debut album Steve McQueen.
Prefab Sprout – When Love Breaks Down

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