Okay, so given the similar nature this BBC show has to my radio show, I'd thought I express a few of my comments on it after watching it today. To be honest, upon first reading the title and seeing the screenshot of Danny Baker awkwardly smiling in front of some vinyl LPs, I thought it would be another generic show about the golden age of rock music and the almighty vinyl format: "oh the artwork", "the smell", "the listening through the entire album" and "owning something physical" malarkey coming from men in their 50s, incessantly bashing on the way today's youth are impatient, mp3 downloading halfwits who can't deal with the sophistication of prog rock or glam rock (in fact, much of this music is still popular with young people, I believe!).
Although this attitude/behaviour did feature in the show to an extent, I feel that overall, it was rather more tastefully done. In addition, the music featured was not only your Led Zep's, Sex Pistols, Queen's etc.! I was genuinely shocked when Danny Baker pulled out 'We're Only in it for the Money' by the Mothers of Invention as his first LP to go on the 'Wall of Sound'; and to a slightly lesser extent later when he pulled 'In the Court of the Crimson King' by King Crimson. There was also a nice mix of guests too, with Jeremy Clarkson actually being fairly knowledgeable about prog (name dropping 'The Snow Goose' by Camel and 'Selling England By the Pound' by Genesis), Stephen Street providing a nice insight into the recording process and the late 70s/early 80s scene, and Kate Mossman (Journalist) actually raising some interesting, 'deep' points about the listening experience that weren't the vague and plain examples given above. Either way, the show actually did a good job of featuring the vinyl format by not presenting it as a mystical object for the music elitist. If Danny gets on some guests next week that match his own extensive knowledge for music, then I think the show could really take off.
Although this attitude/behaviour did feature in the show to an extent, I feel that overall, it was rather more tastefully done. In addition, the music featured was not only your Led Zep's, Sex Pistols, Queen's etc.! I was genuinely shocked when Danny Baker pulled out 'We're Only in it for the Money' by the Mothers of Invention as his first LP to go on the 'Wall of Sound'; and to a slightly lesser extent later when he pulled 'In the Court of the Crimson King' by King Crimson. There was also a nice mix of guests too, with Jeremy Clarkson actually being fairly knowledgeable about prog (name dropping 'The Snow Goose' by Camel and 'Selling England By the Pound' by Genesis), Stephen Street providing a nice insight into the recording process and the late 70s/early 80s scene, and Kate Mossman (Journalist) actually raising some interesting, 'deep' points about the listening experience that weren't the vague and plain examples given above. Either way, the show actually did a good job of featuring the vinyl format by not presenting it as a mystical object for the music elitist. If Danny gets on some guests next week that match his own extensive knowledge for music, then I think the show could really take off.
Anyway, this is already longer than it should be so I'll end here with the iPlayer link, here
Cheers, Will
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