Top Of The Box

David Bowie - Station To Station Live Rehearsal 1976
Here is a rare treat, especially if this is your favourite David Bowie track, too.
According to YouTube this was filmed on 2nd February 1976 during final dress rehearsals for the opening night of the Station To Station world tour, at the Pacific National Exhibition Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada.
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The Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Fire - Top Of The Pops, 1968
One of my first memories is as a very young child watching Arthur Brown on Top Of The Pops.  It scared the shit out of me.  This bloke definitely was a couple of waves short of an ocean.
You can see him performing [...]

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Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey & Inside Me
For those of you that have been to see The Jesus & Mary Chain in the past couple of years and wondered what happened to that perfect archaic live ear-splitting noise, here’s JAMC performing the very wonderful Just Like Honey & Inside Me from their [...]

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M|A|R|R|S - Pump Up The Volume, 1987
In 1987 musicians from two groups on the 4AD record label, A.R. Kane & Colourbox decided to collaborate in the studio for a one-off recording calling themselves MARRS (an acronym of their initials) which, to their surprise reached #1 in the UK singles charts.
Pump Up The Volume was also [...]

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More old mates jammin together than supergroup, this band consisted of some of the best musicians and song writers of their generation.
Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
Roy Orbison had passed away before this video was shot, and is represented by a guitar in a rockin chair.
The Traveling Wilburys - End [...]

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