The Tube on DVD!

[Gavin]

You guys will probably remember this show. The Tube was a British music program on the BBC's Channel 4 that ran from 1982-1987, was hosted by Jools Holland and Paula Yates (now deceased wife of Geldof, girlfriend of Hutchins), and was basically awesome. It ran on MTV for a short while in the U.S. It replaced London Calling in the spot following The Cutting Edge. Anyway, the first season ('82) is about to come out as a five hour, two disc DVD box set in the UK on July 31. Better kick down for that All Region DVD Player. This is pretty much the Holy Grail of new wave television. I've been hoping this would come out for years now. Here's the (very hard to find) track list of the performances and interviews (there's lots of extras and other stuff too, but I couldn't find out what they are):
Disc One:
Toy Dolls (She Goes to Fino’s)
Paul Weller interview
Sting interview
Heaven 17 (At the Height of the Fighting)
Pete Townshend interview
The Jam (A Town Called Malice)
The Jam (Modern World)
Alison Moyet/Eric Burdon/Jools Holland (House of the Rising Sun)
Andy Summers interview
Yazoo (Don’t Go)
Go Go’s (Our Lips Are Sealed)
Midge Ure interview
Shalamar (A Night to Remember)
Altered Images (Another Lost Look)
Culture Club (I’ll Tumble For Ya)
Mari Wilson (Dr Love)
A Flock of Seagulls (Wishing)
Simple Minds interview
Simple Minds (New Gold Dream)
X with Ray Manzarek (Blue Spark)
Kevin Rowland interview
Dexy’s Midnight Runners (The Celtic Soul Brothers)
Grandmaster Flash interview
Grandmaster Flash (The Message)
Wall of Voodoo (Tomorrow)
George Clinton (Loopzilla)
Soft Cell (Martin)
Mick Jagger interview
Iggy Pop (Sweet Sixteen)
Mick Jones interview
Twisted Sister(It’s Only Rock And Roll)
Gregory Isaacs (Cool Down the Pace)
Alison Moyet (God Bless the Child)
Gary Newman in rehearsal and interview
Depeche Mode (Leave in Silence)
Imagination (Body Talk)
Bad News (Bad News)
Bad News interview

Disc Two:
Blacmange (Living on the Ceiling)
Steve Strange interview
Southern Death Cult (False Faces)
Nick Heyward interview
The Stranglers (European Female)
Thompson Twins (Love on your Side)
Joboxers (Boxer Beat)
Pat Benatar (Shadows of the Night)
Thin Lizzy interview
O.M.D (Genetic Engineering)
Jools Holland’s Boogie Woogie
Jools and His Millionaires (Dr Jazz)
Thin Lizzy (The Boys are Back in Town)
William Shatner interview
Paul Young, (Love of the Common People)
Stiff Little Fingers interview
Gap Band (Oops Upside Your Head)
Belle Stars (Indian Summer)
Aztec Camera (Oblivious)
Yarbrough & Peoples (Don’t Stop the Music)
Fun Boy Three (Tunnel of Love)
Wendy Stapletom and Iva Davies interview
Icehouse (Hey Little Girl)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood (Relax)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood interview
Madness (It Must be Love)
David Jospeh (Can’t Hide Your Love)
John McVicar and Peter Holt interview
Visage (The Anvil)
Annie Lennox interview
Paul Young (Come Back and Stay)
Eurythmics (This is the House)
Brookside (???)
Wah (Silver and Gold)
Freur (Doot Doot)
Big Country (Fields of Fire)
Kajagoogoo interview
Kajagoogoo (Preparing for a Fall)
Pino Palladino interview
Nick Heyward (Atlantic Monday)
Bono interview
The Undertones(Got to have You Back)
U2 (New Years Day)