Disco 2

The BBC late night music show that went between Colour me pop and the start of The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1970/71. Initially Fronted by Rock DJ Tommy Vance (in seriously hip garb), though later presenting duties were taken over by Mike Harding and Pete Drummond it ran for 68 editions in glorious 625 line colour on BBC2. Indeed The Whistle test borrowed the shows format pretty much lock, stock and barrel with animated sequences shown when bands were unavailable. The studio was the one that Gerry Anderson used for several of his TV 21 productions in Slough, Berkshire and gave an intimate back drop for artists to perform live. Many big names appeared including Fleetwood Mac, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum, Bob Dylan and the Faces - Sadly only 3 complete shows and several clips survive in the archives.