live on air '66-'68

• 2CD Packed Into A 6 Panel Digipack, UV Gloss with an 8 Page Booklet
• A collection of live performances on Top of the Pops
• Includes the BBC radio broadcasts
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality
• Background liners and rare images

The Troggs, live on Top of the Pops, 26th April 1966 – 13th September 1968.

Dismissed by critics, shunned by historians, reviled by some, The Troggs were the first primal punk antidote to a bourgeois pop scene with too many teenage idols. Their primitive pop sensibility was a major influence on the '70s Punk movement, particularly the Ramones, Iggy Pop, the MC5, Sex Pistols and R.E.M. who’ve cited The Troggs as a major influence. In 1977, the Beatles and the Stones were dismissed by the punks while the Troggs were embraced. Between their hits Wild Thing, With A Girl Like You and Love Is All Around, the Troggs made 12 appearances for the BBC courtesy of host Brain Matthews. Stand aside for a defining chapter in British rock as we unearth the raw Neanderthal sound of the Troggs live at the BBC from April 1966 to September 1968. Stunningly re-mastered from the original transcription discs, with background liners, original interviews, anecdotes and a plethora of rare original memorabilia.

Track listing:

Disc One

1966

26th April

• From Home
• Chris Britton Interview > Wild Thing
• The Jaguar & The Thunderbird

9th May

• The Yella In Me
• Evil

4th July

• Lost Girl
• With A Girl Like You
• Dimples

27th September

• Interview with Chris Britton
• You Can’t Beat It
• I Can’t Control Myself
• I Just Sing

21st December

• Reg Presley Interview
• Any Way That You Want Me
• I Can Only Give You Everything

1967

14th February

• I Can Only Give You Everything
• Give It To Me
• Meet Jacqueline
• I Want You To Come Into My Life

Disc Two

1967

2nd May

• It’s Too Late

17th May

• Interview > Night Of The Long Grass
• I Want You To Come Into My Life
• Girl In Black

16th October

• Reg Presley Interview
• Little Red Donkey
• Love Is All Around
• When Will The Rain Come

1968

28th January

• Evil Woman

7th February

• The Kitty Kat Song
• Maybe The Madman

12th February

• Her Emotion
• Interview > Little Girl
• Peggy Sue

13th September

• Hip Hip Hooray
• Say Darlin
• Gonna Make You All Mine