Tuesday 27 April 2010

La Edad de Oro

La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age) was an Spanish TV popular arts programme which ran from 1983 to 1985, and is considered to be a cult TV show of the time..something like the Beeb's OGWT..but even more cult ...and pop....and continental.
The show, presented by one Paloma Chamorro (pic.), was an important milestone in Spanish pop culture in the post-Franco years and featured many trendy bands of the time, including such names as The Durutti Column, Cabaret Voltaire, Culture Club, Aztec Camera and many more. Bands would perform live sets of 5 or 6 songs usually accompanied by an interview with Ms Chamorro.
A John Foxx performance and interview from 83 recently cropped up on youtube and is now circulating as a bootleg DVD. As far as I can see only programmes featuring Spanish bands have appeared in official DVD form, although if anyone knows anything to the contrary please let me know.
I was pleased to come across an Edad de Oro performance by China Crisis dating from early 1984 on youtube (see this user's channel for more bands and info). It's a a tight set by the Chinas featuring tracks from their first two albums (just prior to recording and releasing Flaunt the Imperfection) including this rare performance of No Ordinary Lover (anyone know who the drummer is as it's not Kevin Wilkinson).

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