1936 Television song - television
1936 Television song
From the film 'Television Comes to London', this song encapsulates the sense of wonder about this new technology, in a very British pre-war way! "A mighty maze of mystic magic rays is all about us in the gloom" indeed!
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Television - Glory - television
Television - Glory
Their second & last encore at Vicar Street, Dublin. June 15th 2002.
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Pommies cannot pronounce their R's anymore. It's a nation whose citizens all have the same speech impediment
ReplyDeleteSo they rolled their Rs in those days
ReplyDeletePip Pip olde chap! Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI think you'll find the words are: "A mighty maze of mystic magic rays is all about us in the BLUE" . . .
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Good song that!
Happy 75th birthday BBC TV. I just love this song, beautiful Adele Dixon, lovely voice and no hand held microphone obscuring the face,which todays ' artistes ' need.Such is progress !!.
ReplyDelete BBC television! Happy 75th birthday today 2/11/2011 ,
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ReplyDeleteHappy 75th Birthday, BBCtv!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!
I suspect that is indeed the drama he was after; just in case the link doesn't work (it didn't for me, though when I found it, it was that link) - it's called "The Fools On The Hill", with that quirky sense of humour the BBC still allowed about itself in the 1980s. (The hill being the one on which Alexandra Palace, where the transmitter and studios were, stood.)
ReplyDeleteI suspect that is indeed the drama he was after; just in case the link doesn't work (it didn't for me, though when I found it, it was that link) - it's called "The Fools On The Hill", with that quirky sense of humour the BBC still allowed about itself in the 1980s. (The hill being the one on which Alexandra Palace, where the transmitter and studios were, stood.)
ReplyDelete- Television as we know it was not really invented by one person, but it was developed in the UK from the EMI-Marconi electronic system and adopted by the BBC soon after the experimental transmissions of 1936, in preference to the unsatisfactory mechanical system promoted by John Logie Baird.
ReplyDeleteNote the camera crew and studio technicians wearing lab coats. Pioneering days they were. Fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIs this - youtube.com/watch?v=SREEaOrtaJE
ReplyDeletethe Drama you were looking for?
- I also remember that TV programme. As I recall it covered both the Bard and EMI systems. I remember a bit about how the chemicals from the Bard syastem leaked over the dress of the singer. Can't remember the name of the programme though - sorry
ReplyDeleteI absolutely know that there was a dramatized British mini-series about the early days of TV in England, it was shown on PBS in 1985 or 86 and I distinctly remember this song being sung in it, but I cannot find any reference to it online. I'm not sure of the name of the show, and I looked through all of the Masterpiece Theater presentations from that year. Does anyone know what this show was?
ReplyDeleteThe Emitron cameras were surprisingly compact.
ReplyDeleteif it wasnt for the second world war the world would be such a different place and tv would have probably gone color many years before it did
ReplyDeleteWho composed this lovely song? Anyone know?
ReplyDeletecool
ReplyDeleteall terribly polite
ReplyDeletegood to see full version....
I don't get you.
ReplyDeleteEr, so Scotland isn't a part of Great Britain? Oh dear!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget Lost and the Simpsons = )
ReplyDeleteThe scottish actually invented the television.
ReplyDeleteOne person's ears are broken.
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ReplyDeleteAMAZING GENIOUS POP . Thanks for this great number Tommy .
ReplyDeletei love television and i dont mean that little box full of demons with 100 channels of shite i mean this band but they are a bugger to find .especially the originals cos i think the album versions are awesome.any help appreciated .ta
ReplyDeleteWe are big fans of Television and the new wave scene. If you could have a listen to our stuff (click our name and it will take you to our videos) and let us know what you think it would be much appreciated. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThat NY show was released as a live CD, Live At The Academy. It is on ITunes and AmazonMP3.
ReplyDeleteI was there also, my wife was leaning on the stage right in front of Richard Lloyd.
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The 3rd album was also excellent. I saw them in NY in 1992 and they really smoked!!
ReplyDeleteYou know they released a third studio album? In 1992...
ReplyDeleteAnd you might like to compare the Tom Verlaine band in 1984 -- long intro, then "Glory": /watch?v=8At_DDt2UUw
Then "Marquee Moon": /watch?v=9tFPLTsoJr0
And how about this Jazzmaster mastery?
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Television sound so modern! Thanks guys for 2 amazing albums.
ReplyDeletegood thing they came back together again :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome band
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