live on air - volume one '67-'68

Limited Edition, Blue Coloured 180g Vinyl, In Hand Numbered Fold Over Sleeve with Insert

• A collection of live performances on Top of the Pops
• Includes BBC broadcasts
• Digitally remastered for greatly enhanced sound quality
• Background liners and rare images
• First time on vinyl
• Strictly limited to 1000 copies

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 Brian Matthew. Stand aside for a defining chapter in British rock as we unearth the raw Neanderthal sound of the Troggs live at the BBC from May 1967 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:

SIDE ONE

1967

2ND MAY

• It’s Too Late 2.19

17TH MAY

• Interview > Night Of The Long Grass 3.46
• I Want You To Come Into My Life 2.34
• Girl In Black 2.09

16TH OCTOBER

• Reg Presley Interview 0.39
• Little Red Donkey 2.01
• Love Is All Around 2.58
• When Will The Rain Come 2.43

SIDE TWO

1968

28TH JANUARY

• Evil Woman 2.23

7TH FEBRUARY

• The Kitty Kat Song 2.12
• Maybe The Madman 2.14

12TH FEBRUARY

• Her Emotion 2.18
• Interview > Little Girl 4.20
• Peggy Sue 2.55

13TH SEPTEMBER

• Hip Hip Hooray 2.10
• Say Darlin 2.47
• Gonna Make You All Mine