Tuesday 23 February 2021

TV Orphans

In March 1977, a couple of weeks after the release of their self-titled debut LP, Ultravox! (with the all important !) supported Eddie & the Hot Rods at The Rainbow in London. The gig was filmed and promptly forgotten about, presumed lost forever. But now, nearly 44 years later, the video of that thrilling set has been unearthed and is being drip fed to us via the band's YouTube channel, with an official release in the offing later this year. As I type, we are 4 songs in and it's an almost unbearably exciting ride for this old John Foxx era fan. To my eternal regret, I never did get to see Ultravox! in concert, so this footage is as close as I'm ever going to get - and it's phenomenal. Here's the otherwise unavailable 'TV Orphans'.

5 comments:

Martin said...

Oh, that's excellent!

The Swede said...

It's all as good as that Martin.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tip off! I'm now off to Youtube for more!

Jamie

Brian said...

Would have missed this. Thanks, Swede.

Echorich said...

I chanced upon this last week! So amazing to see the genesis of a great band.

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