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	Old Grey Whistle Test - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC2 television music show that ran from September 1971 until 1987.
		In 1983 the programme had its title abridged to Whistle Test; was moved to a live mid-evening slot; and had both title credits and music changed.
		A new internet version of the show called the New Grey Whistle Test was created in 2004 and is currently in its third season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Grey_Whistle_Test (716 words)

	BBC - Southampton Music - The Old Grey Whistle Test
		The Old Grey Whistle Test first went on air in September 1971 and became one of the most influential music shows for a generation.
		When the Old Grey Whistle Test went on air in 1971 it was unique.
		The first ever 'simulcast' of radio and television, the first live transatlantic broadcast of a rock concert and the television coverage of Live Aid were all achieved by the Whistle Test team.
	www.bbc.co.uk /southampton/music/ogwtindex.shtml (580 words)

	DVD Savant Review: The Old Grey Whistle Test
		Airing late at night on BBC2, the nation's arts channel, Whistle Test was a weekly music 'magazine' that featured live studio performances of (mainly) album tracks by serious musicians as well as in-depth interviews, concert reports and film and book reviews of a musical nature.
		Whistle Test was initially filmed in a small studio at the BBC Television Centre and the space restrictions resulted in some uniquely intimate performances being captured.
		With the Whistle Test archives housing many, many more exclusive musical gems it is to be hoped that a follow up to this outstanding set appears before too long.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s418grey.html (1146 words)

	Daily Confession Users Forum - The Old Grey Whistle Test
		The Old Grey Whistle Test was an influential BBC television music show that ran from September 1971 until 1987.
		An "Old Grey" was the collective nickname for the office cleaners who would typically start work at 5pm as office staff were leaving.
		The tunes they could remember and could whistle having heard it just once or twice had passed the "old grey whistle test".
	www.dailyconfession.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3037 (528 words)

	The Old Grey Whistle Test - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Instead, the show moved with the times admirably, recognising that it was the perfect vehicle for the energetic, undisciplined live performances of the likes of The Ramones, XTC and The Damned.
		To this day, The Old Grey Whistle Test is semi-fondly remembered as a show that was never more than five minutes away from a very hairy man playing a very lengthy guitar solo.
		"The old grey whistle test" was originally a phrase coined by New York songwriters, and was basically their litmus test when composing.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/variety/oldgreywhistle.htm (498 words)

	DVD Review: The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 2
		The Old Grey Whistle Test (OGWT) is a show that I had vaguely heard of but have never seen.
		OGWT is presented in fullscreen and is reminiscent of 70’s television, quality varies to some extent.
		There is also a Old Grey Squirrel Test in the extras menu, which is the show’s themesong performed by animated squirrels.
	dvd.monstersandcritics.com /reviews/article_1096416.php/DVD_Review_The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test_Vol._2 (818 words)

	Old Grey Whistle Test. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Tracklisting for The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol.1
		Tracklisting for The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol.2
		Tracklisting for The Old Grey Whistle Test Vol.
	www.musiccentral.org.uk /eviews/oldgreywhistletest.htm (456 words)

	Old Grey Whistle Test, The - DVD - Title O Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		The DVD was a birthday present to remind me of when I was young and vibrant instead of older and less vibrant and whilst I have a DVD player on my PC its not quite the same as watching it on a proper screen with a half decent sound system.
		Nevertheless the DVD of the Old Grey Whistle test is absolutely superb, an excellent summary of one what surely must be the best TV music show ever.
		Cast your minds back to the seventies and early eighties, the Old Grey Whistle Test was screened late at night on BBC2.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /dvd-title-o/old-grey-whistle-test-the (280 words)

	Chris Groom - The Old Grey Whistle Test (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Test was the best - and probably the only - music programme of its day that covered anything other than what was going on in the singles charts.
		Record Collector magazine have joined in the celebrations by publishing a list of all the acts who appeared live during the seventies; not only is this a fascinating read, but the surprisingly good news is that most of the shows still appear to be in the vaults at the Beeb.
		Rab Noakes made his Whistle Test appearance on 30th May 1975 on a programme with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
	www.lindisfarne.de /misc/cg_old_grey.htm (398 words)

	BBC - Southampton Music - The Old Grey Whistle Test
		The Old Grey Whistle Test first went on air in September 1971 and became one of the most influential music shows ever.
		I was watching the OGWT repeats on Frday night it finished with Lynyrd Skynyrd and Freebird.
		I watched the old grey whistle test last week (1973 - the one with the Wailers singing stir it up) and wish I'd have written down the name of the solo artist who played the hypnotising acoustic guitar number (it wasn't Rye Cooder).
	www.bbc.co.uk /southampton/music/ogwt_memories.shtml (821 words)

	captain beefheart - media shows - the old grey whistle test (england television 1974) /sounds of the 70's (england ...
		after the broadcast of an american saturday night live show from 1980, there's going to be another old appearance.
		of course, it's just as bad as the first choice, and no tv watcher would ever have been tortured with it, if the complete rights to 'the old grey whistle test' hadn't been licensed to the usa retro station vh-1.
		beside repeats of the original 'old grey whistle test' instalments, that company once (or more often?) also presented some of the obscure leftovers.
	www.freewebs.com /teejo/teevee/ogwt.html (452 words)

	Old Grey Whistle Test 3, The ,DVD , (via CobWeb/3.1 vn1.cs.wustl.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		From 1971 to 1987, Tuesday nights in the UK meant The Old Grey Whistle Test, the live music program that ended the broadcast day for the BBC.
		The list of performances from The Old Grey Whistle Test is a treasure trove from across the musical spectrum, rock, blues, R&B, punk.
		You name the genre, it was represented on The Old Grey Whistle Test.
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	Amazon.co.uk: The Old Grey Whistle Test -- Two Disc Set [1971]: DVD: Bob Harris (VI),Anne Nightingale,Andy Kershaw,Ian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		For better and for worse, The Old Grey Whistle Test was probably the most resolutely serious music programme ever broadcast on television.
		What OGWT couldn't do, it seems, was to attract many of the big UK groups of the day to join them in the studio.
		I watched the OGWT in the 70s and this dvd has the same feel of a show done on a shoestring with eveyone putting as much into each performance as possible.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Old-Grey-Whistle-Test-Disc/dp/B00005M6ON (1497 words)

	screenonline: Old Grey Whistle Test, The / Whistle Test (1971-87) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Old Grey Whistle Test, The / Whistle Test (1971-87)
		The idiosyncratic title derived from Tin Pan Alley slang - the test of whether a song was destined to be a hit was to play it to the doormen, cruelly nicknamed the 'old greys', and see if they could whistle it after one or two listens.
		But by the early '80s it was clear that the 'Old Grey' label was attracting sneers, and in 1984 the show became
	www.screenonline.org.uk /tv/id/567211 (373 words)

	Amazon.com: The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 1: DVD: Bob Harris (VI),Anne Nightingale,Andy Kershaw,Ian Whitcomb,Rory ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Old Grey Whistle Test got its name from a Tin Pan Alley test; it was said that agents would have the doormen for the building come in, listen to a song and see if it was worthwhile.
		The test was whether the "old grey" folks could whistle the tune.
		The OGWT never really recovered, and once Bob Harris had gone, competition from other TV programs such as Channel 4's 'The Tube' etc meant its days were numbered.
	www.amazon.com /Old-Grey-Whistle-Test-Vol/dp/B00009RDHK (1777 words)

	Old Grey Whistle Test, The - Would you like a little Meatloaf with that Croce? They join The Who and others on this UK ...
		We were chided by some of our readers because we never got around to covering the release a couple of years ago of The Old Grey Whistle Test - Volume 1.
		BBC's The Old Grey Whistle Test was the UK's seminal live music show.
		The Old Grey Whistle Test is a showcase for the best of the album rock era, when commercial interests took a back seat to musical innovation.
	www.tvshowsondvd.com /newsitem.cfm?NewsID=4478 (338 words)

	The Old Grey Whistle Test at 30 (2001) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Plot Outline: A celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first screening of "Old Grey Whistle Test, The" (1971) featuring highlights from the archive.
		I'm too young to have seen this first time round, but I watched 'The Old Grey At 30' and it does features some classic artistes such as John Lennon, Rory Gallagher, Alex Harvey Band, Alice Cooper and Curtis Mayfield.
		Sound quality was never the best on the Old Grey, but classic music nonetheless.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0296118 (216 words)

	eBay - old grey whistle test, DVD, HD DVD Blu-ray, VHS items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST LP 1975 QUEEN, RY COODER EX
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		Old Grey Whistle Test 30th Anniversary DVD (2001) NEW
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	The Old Grey Whistle Test Standard Release DVD - MovieWeb
		Between 1971 and 1987, The Old Grey Whistle Test was the leading showcase for "serious" rock music on British television.
		While the series never aired in North America, The Old Grey Whistle Test became a legend among Anglophile rock fans, and this DVD release brings together a number of classic live performances from the show's archive, as well as thoughts from many of the program's former hosts about favorite artists and notable appearances.
		The Old Grey Whistle Test includes appearances by John Lennon, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, the Wailers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, U2, R.E.M. Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits, Curtis Mayfield, the Police, and many more.
	www.movieweb.com /dvd/release/31/38431/features.php (228 words)

	The Old Grey Whistle Test - Volume Three on DVD - The Official Site
		Now, “The Old Grey Whistle Test: Volume 3” raids the BBC archives for vintage performances from the top acts of the day, including Jackson Browne, Roger Daltrey, Joe Jackson, King Crimson, Supertramp, B.B. King, Simple Minds, Humble Pie and many more.
		“The Old Grey Whistle Test” continually broke new ground: The first ever “simulcast” of radio and television, the first live transatlantic broadcast of a rock concert, and initial television coverage of “Live Aid” were all achieved by the “Whistle Test” team.
		If things were going well for “The Old Grey Whistle Test” they would stay on the air.
	www.warnervideo.com /ogwt3 (424 words)

	Amazon.com: The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 2: DVD: Bob Harris (VI),Nick Lowe (II),Roddy Frame,Bill Nelson,Kevin ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Brief artist profiles and some amusing audio commentary by a Whistle Test presenter (i.e., host) and "archivist" are among the extras.
		of the Whistle Test clips to this package, simply because there is a huge dropoff in the quality of the artists between the two volumes.
		The BBC have chosen to treat OGWT as if it's run was one long homogeneous series and the selection of music a history of the show.
	www.amazon.com /Old-Grey-Whistle-Test-Vol/dp/B000CBG5Q0 (1641 words)

	Amazon.de: Bob Harris - The Old Grey Whistle Test - Vol. 2 [UK IMPORT]: DVD: Bob Harris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
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	Focus - DVD of Dutch rock band with footage from 1971 and 1973 including the BBC Old Grey Whistle Test - buy this album ...
		Thijs van Leer is your host and guide in a wonderful journey featuring rare material from 1971 with the band improvising, rehearsing and refining material for the album which would become Moving Waves.
		Also included are extended extracts from the Old Grey Whistle Tests in 1972 and 1973 which helped break Focus into the UK.
		From 1974 there is a rare concert film of the Hamburger Concerto era, in 1976 the short lived Philip Catherine line-up and there are excerpts from the "new Focus" the triumphal come back tour of the USA in 2002
	www.themusicindex.com /commerce/pages/html/focus_dvd.htm (159 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 [1971]: DVD: Bob Harris (VI),Anne Nightingale,Andy Kershaw,Ian Whitcomb,Rory ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		In some ways The Old Grey Whistle Test Volume 2 is more interesting than its predecessor, as it covers the show's enjoyably uncomfortable period of transition from beard-rock to punk/new wave.
		On the DVD: The Old Grey Whistle Test 2 comes on only one disc (the first was a two-disc set), but you still get 30 or so excellent tracks plus all the trimmings, so that's hardly a fault.
		I think the trouble with the whistle test production team is that they're far too nice and want to please all the people all of the time.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AISIU (2055 words)

	The Austin Chronicle Music: Review - The Old Grey Whistle Test
		(BBC Video) Already staggered by scandal, the BBC has been dealt a crippling blow in the revelation that The Old Grey Whistle Test DVD is devoid of indexed chapter stops.
		Airing from 1971 to 1987, The Old Grey Whistle Test is no less a treasured musical archive as, say, the Ed Sullivan show, but like the 9-DVD Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, its crown jewels aren't always easily accessed.
		Who left Rory Gallagher on the U.S. edition?), The Old Grey Whistle Test's defects aren't life-threatening, but they are another fl mark on Tony Blair's Britain.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2003-10-03/music_phases5.html (318 words)

	BruceDVDs - Get Them for FREE! Check the Trade/B&P Forums! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		This âOld Grey Whistle Testâ TV special was originally shown by the BBC in the UK in 1986.
		However, the source tape used for this DVD is taken from a rebroadcast in Asian and comes complete with Chinese subtitles.
		What makes this DVD worth owning is not the OGWT documentary, but the extras.
	www.brucedvds.net /DVDIndex/detail.php?detail=112&hits=true (195 words)

	The Ziggy Stardust Companion: Old Grey Whistle Test - 8 February 1972
		The Old Grey Whistle Test series began in 1971 in a tiny presentation suite at the BBC and quickly became a UK institution - a more sensible, older brother to Top of the Pops.
		If he can whistle the tune after hearing it once, it passes 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' and is released."
		You Pretty Things" - Bowie (piano), "Queen Bitch" - Bowie (acoustic guitar) and "Five Years" - Bowie (acoustic guitar), all reportedly for a payment of £50 just two days before the start of the very first Ziggy Stardust UK tour on the 10th February 1972.
	www.5years.com /ogwt.htm (534 words)

	Amazon.com: The Old Grey Whistle Test, Vol. 3: DVD: Bob Harris (VI),Anne Nightingale,Andy Kershaw,Ian Whitcomb,Rory ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Like its two predecessors, this third volume of performances from English television's Old Grey Whistle Test is a primer on eclecticism, an overused term that is nonetheless appropriate here.
		Volume 3 of the BBC's "Old Grey Whistle Test" archival highlight series is a bit of an improvement over the previous installment (see my review of Vol.
		The only bad thing about the grey whistle tests are the pronounced opinions by the nonentity commentary team - they constantly tell us what "good" music is (which seems to be West Coast American singer-songwriters.
	www.amazon.com /gp/product/B000GETUDS (1577 words)

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