Bill Nelson

Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.

As her marriage to decorated war hero Oliver draws near, well-heeled Diana moves into an apartment within an otherwise unoccupied, sprawling London house where she starts to experience strange and terrifying nightmares. But are these troubling night terrors merely the symptom of an unsettled mind, or the sign of something far more sinister at work? Hounded by a pair of sleazy journalists, Diana soon crosses paths with American tourist Jenny, who appears to have a strange connection to the foreboding house and its dark past.

Jeremy Marre examines popular music and entertainment in England through contemporary eyes, observing the many strands, influences and traditions that compose a nation and its music.

Yukihiro Takahashi Live 1983

1. Maid in Heaven (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 2. Sister Seagull (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 3. Ships in the Night (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 4. Fair Exchange (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 5. Forbidden Lovers (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 6. Down on Terminal Street (The Old Grey Whistle Test) 7. New Precision (Sight and Sound in Concert) 8. Superenigmatix (Sight and Sound in Concert) 9. Possession (Sight and Sound in Concert) 10. Dangerous Stranger (Sight and Sound in Concert) 11. Islands of the Dead (Sight and Sound in Concert) 12. Lovers Are Mortal (Sight and Sound in Concert) 13. Panic in the World (Sight and Sound in Concert).

At the end of March 2011, Bill Nelson and the Gentlemen Rocketeers, along with one hundred plus guests, populated Studio A at Metropolis, West London, for a dynamite concert reminiscent of the Marquee club in its heyday. A blistering fourteen song set from the band, which covers much of Bill’s career to date, was the result. We’re delighted to present that set here, together with an interview with Bill and a sublime four track solo set. Wielding an array of gorgeous-looking guitars, Bill and his cohorts treated those present to a fantastic show, notable particularly for the fact that they performed a number of rarely heard Bebop Deluxe numbers - classics such as Night Creatures, Maid In Heaven, Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape and Ships In the Night.

First broadcast on television in 1977, this extraordinary live concert film captures Bill Nelson's Be-Bop Deluxe at the peak of their powers.