Just recently this incredible (and really well-recorded) set from the 1984 lineup of the legendary Television Personalities surfaced on YouTube, and its pretty much the best thing you're going to see for a while. This the the JOWE HEAD lineup, and the fact that stuff like this can just "appear" 40+ years after it happened is one of the only god things left about the ol' Internet. The superb sound quality really sticks out and the blurry, almost hallucinogenic analog TV color really adds that special something. Truly a gift from the lo-fi gods of rock'n roll we don't deserve, so kick this into full-screen mode and ENJOY, and stay tuned for Jowe's upcoming book ESCAPADES 1980-2022 coming later this year on Hozac Books!
From the listing:
On the 7th of January 1984, The Television Personalities were on stage at the famous Forum Enger Club, Germany.
The support band was Die Sauberen Drei. This gig was booked by Macs Beckmann, who got Thomas Zimmermann into booking TVPs by posting him a hand written letter in January 1983. The sound engineer was Wigbert Pieper.
The band: Dan Treacy - Vox, Guitar, Joe Foster - Vox, Guitar, Dave Musker - Vox, Organ, Jeff Bloom - Drums, and Jowe Head (who had just joined on) - Vox, Bass
This nth generation video looks very trippy / fuzzy but it is a unique occasion to see and hear the TVPs play a 2 hours and 20 minutes gig filled with fan’s favourites.
On that night, The Television Personalities played Jowe's song “Shiny Black Shirt”. There are also a couple of more or less unrecorded songs on there.
Set List:
• Jack The Ripper
• Silly Girl
• Someone to Share my Life with
• The Picture of Dorian Gray
• Stop and Smell the Roses
• Look back in Anger
• La Grande Illusion
• David Hockney’s Diaries
• I know where Syd Barrett Lives
• The Painted World
• The Love is Gone
• If I could Write Poetry
• Pablo Picasso
• Conscience Tells me No
• Sense of Belonging
• Shiny Black Shirt
• Part Time Punks
• Three Wishes
• Painter Man
• Arthur the Gardener
• Back to Viet Nam
• Day in Heaven
• Where's Bill Grundy now
• Set the Control to the Heart of the Sun (Medley)
• Waiting for my Man
• Sister Ray
• Roadrunner
• Batman
• Miles and Miles / Substitute
• Louie Louie
• Pushing too Hard
• 96 Tears
• She Loves You / Helter / Skelter
• Hang on Soopy
• Venus in Furs (beginning)
