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OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST - THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION (4-DVD) 16 February 2004
(21 November 2005)
TRACKS:  
Volume One - Disc One  
Under My Wheels by Alice Cooper  
Tiny Dancer by Elton John  
We Gotta Have Peace by Curtis Mayfield  
Political Science by Randy Newman  
Help Me Make It Through The Night by Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge  
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers  
Sylvia / Hocus Pocus by Focus  
Hands Off by Rory Gallagher  
May You Never by John Martyn  
Stir It Up by The Wailers  
Do The Strand by Roxy Music  
Frankenstein by The Edgar Winter Group  
Jet Boy by New York Dolls  
Dolphins by Tim Buckley  
Upon The My O My by Captain Beefheart  
Rock 'N' Roll Doctor by Little Feat  
Roxette by Doctor Feelgood  
Stand By Me by John Lennon  
Give My Compliments To The Chef by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band  
Freebird by Lynard Skynyrd  
Amarillo by Emmylou Harris  
Too Long At The Fair by Bonnie Raitt  
Tom Tranbert's Blues by Tom Waits  
Really Free by Otway & Barrett  
Interviews with: Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Robert Plant, John Lennon

 
Volume One - Disc Two  
Pyscho Killer by Talking Heads  
Statue Of Liberty by XTC  
(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear by Blondie  
Stone Fox Chase by Val Doonican & Charlie McCoy  
Paradise By The Dashboard Light by Meatloaf  
American Girl by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers  
Can't Stand Losing You by The Police  
Rosalita by Bruce Springsteen  
I'm Bored by Iggy Pop  
"Aren't Friends Electric?" by Tubeway Army  
Message To You Rudi by The Specials  
Smash It Up / I Just Can't Be Happy Today by The Damned  

Rock 'N' Roll High School by The Ramones

 
Careering by Pil  
Reward by The Teardrop Express  
I Will Follow by U2  
Stone Fox Chase by Nine Below Zero  
Ghosts by Japan  
Shipbuilding by Robert Wyatt  
Moon River / Pretty Persuasion by REM  
Holding Back The Years by Simply Red  
Interview with Bruce Springsteen

 
Volume Two  
Warming Up The Band by Head Hands And Feet  
May I? by Kevin Ayres And The Whole World  
Ladytron by Roxy Music  
House At Pooh Corner by Loggins And Messina  
Relay by The Who  
The Kiss by Judee Sill  
God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You by Argent  
Put It Where You Want It by The Average White Band  
Bad Motor Scooter by Montrose  
Disney Girls by Bruce Johnston  
Maid In Heaven by Be Bop Deluxe  
Goin' Back by Nils Lofgren  
She's Gone by Daryl Hall and John Oates  
Love And Affection by Joan Armatrading  
One Of Those Days In England by Roy Harper  
Bored Teenagers by The Adverts  
Because The Night by The Patti Smith Group  
Metal Postcard by Siouxsie And The Banshees  
Don't Believe A Word by Gary Moore And Friends  
Jimmy Jimmy by The Undertones  
Slap And Tickle by Squeeze  
Dancing by Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark  
Schooldays by Stanley Clarke / George Duke Project  
Days Of The Mountain Part 1 by Tom Verlaine  
Walk Out To Winter by Aztec Camera  
Hyperactive by Thomas Dolby  
Walls Come Tumbling Down by The Style Council  
Marlene On The Wall by Suzanne Vega  
"Skiffle Jam" by Andy Kershaw / John Walters / Ro Newton / John Peel  
When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout  
Opportunities by The Pet Shop Boys  
Dirty Old Town by The Pogues

 
Volume Three  

Meet Me On The Corner by Lindisfarne

 

Oh You Pretty Things by David Bowie

 

Jamaica Say You Will by Jackson Browne

 

Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf

 

I Get By by Stealer's Wheel

 

Giving It All Away by Roger Daltrey

 

Black Coffee by Humble Pie

 

THE BRILLANCY MEDLEY (Eck Robinson) / CHEROKEE SHUFFLE (Tommy Jackson) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION

3'53"

Boogie Funk by Freddie King

 

Surrender To The Rhythm by Brinsley Schwarz

 

A Little Bit Of Sympathy by Robin Trower

 

Dreamer by Supertramp

 

Jumping Jack Flash by Johnny Winter

 

A Heart Needs A Home by Richard & Linda Thompson

 

At Seventeen by Janis Ian

 

Year Of The Cat by Al Stewart

 

Couldn't Love You More by John Martyn & Danny Thompson

 

Fires Of Spring by Chris Rea

 

A' Bomb In Wardour Street by The Jam

 

When It All Comes Down / Hold On by B. B. King

 

I Don't Want To Be Nice by John Cooper Clarke

 

Sunday Papers by Joe Jackson

 

Chelsea Girl by Simple Minds

 

Frame By Frame by King Crimson

 

Rip It Up by Orange Juice

 

No-One Is To Blame by Howard Jones

 

Is It A Crime by Sade

 

In A Hole by Jesus & Mary Chain

 

Sweet Sweet Baby (I'm Falling) by Lone Justice

 

All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit by Half Man Half Biscuit

 

Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles

 

ISSUES:
UK

(4-DVD) BBC / Amazon BBCDVD 1510 (16 February 2004) - the first issue was exclusively available thrugh the online retailer Amazon.co.uk
(4-DVD) BBC BBCDVD 1867 (21 November 2005)

The individual volumes were originally issued as separate issues as follows:-

Volume One (2-DVD) BBC BBCDVD 1073 (17 September 2001)
Volume Two (DVD) BBC BBCDVD 1279 (13 October 2003)
Volume Three (DVD) BBC BBCDVD 1280 (16 February 2004) - see separate entry

The Fairport Convention track was broadcast in 1973

Fairport Convention Personnel:

Dave Swarbrick

Fiddle

Dave Pegg

Mandolin

Jerry Donahue

Acoustic Guitar

Trevor Lucas

Acoustic Guitar

Dave Mattacks

Bass Guitar

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