I had big plans for Tube Tuesday, and had roughed out a number of possible posts, but it seems that Lol-Z, having taken the tremendous time and trouble to YouTube every episode of The Tube, has now set all the videos to "private". Bugger. I mean, I've managed to find another copy of today's content, below, but the quality is poor by comparison. Oh well. It's still worth a few minutes of your time..
This is from episode 12 of series 3, broadcast 21st December 1984, in which Muriel Gray interviews Steve Marriott and Professor Stanley Unwin. Muriel adopts an interesting line of questioning to Steve, the main thrust of which seems to be "what happened to your career?" but, to his credit, Steve doesn't seem bothered. And Stanley gets asked about his role on landmark Small Faces album Ogden's Nut Gone Flake; unusual to hear him talk normally too, rather than in Unwinese.
Ah, a real shame about the Tube youtube videos. I'm not sure what the private setting means to us, is that we'd have to subscribe?
ReplyDeleteGlad you found this clip, though, Steve comes across so well and lovely to see Mr Unwin with him (he always seemed so delightful and charming). The nearest I got to seeing the Small Faces was the Small Fakers. Somehow they are more than a tribute act, very authentic. A brilliant night at the 100 Club as they performed the whole of Ogden's Nutgone Flake and Stanley Unwin's nephew provided his parts, beautifully. It wasn't hard to believe we were seeing and hearing the originals in both respects.
That sounds like a brilliant gig, I'm envious.
DeleteAs for the videos on YouTube, I did subscribe, so it's not that. I wonder if he's had some copyright problems? His Elsie guide web page had gone too.
On the plus side, I've managed to source alternative clips for all the Tube Tuesday posts I had planned, so the theme can carry on for a while.