Guitar Heroes at the BBC
Part II (1x2)
: 03, 2009
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, among others, flamenco maestro Manitas De Plata, bottleneck bluesman Ry Cooder and straight-up rockers AC/DC and Thin Lizzy.
Everything from Fleetwood Mac's ambient masterpiece Albatross to hits like the Jam's In The City and Free's Alright Now feature along with lesser-known gems like Maid in Heaven by Be Bop Deluxe and Nils Lofgren's Keith Don't Go.
The tracks were recorded in the heyday of BBC shows such as The Old Grey Whistle Test, Top of the Pops and Rock Goes to College.
01. Jimi Hendrix ~ Hey Joe/Sunshine Of Your Love (1969)
02. Free ~ Alright Now (1970)
03. Fleetwood Mac ~ Albatross (1970)
04. Manitas de Plata ~ Untitled (1971)
05. Faces ~ Pool Hall Richard (1973)
06. Ry Cooder ~ Vigilante Man (1973)
07. Status Quo ~ Down Down (1975)
08. Johnny Winter ~ Jumpn’ Jack Flash (1974)
09. Michael Chapman ~ Among The Trees (1975)
10. Be Bop Deluxe ~ Maid In Heaven (1975)
11. Thin Lizzy ~ Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
12. Gordon Giltrap ~ Lucifer’s Cage (1976)
13. Nils Lofgren ~ Keith Don’t Go (1976)
14. The Jam ~ In The City (1977)
15. AC/DC ~ Rocker (1977)