BBC ROCK GOES TO COLLEGE: LIVE 1979

Filmed (or videotaped?) in March 1979 for a BBC TV Programme, this is a very good concert video from Bruford`s band, still with Allan Holdsworth on guitar (who left the band some months later), and with the same core of musicians from the first and second albums by Bruford ("Feels Good To Me" and "One of a Kind"). The four musicians (Bill Bruford, Allan Holdsworth, Jeff Berlin and Dave Stewart) can be seen showing their virtuosity in this concert video, playing songs from both albums. It is very clear that the video was taken from a TV broadcast because the first song ("Sample and Hold") was not included in its entirety and the video starts with the credits appearing at the screen while the band plays the first song. Some of the songs are not played in the same way as they were originally recorded for the albums, sometimes showing some improvisation, sometimes being played faster and heavier. The only thing that I don`t like very much is the presence of Annette Peacock on vocals on the same songs that she recorded with the band for their first album. Well, the explanation I give about her is that I don`t like very much this kind of "avant-garde" artists, but Bill Bruford obviously liked her voice. At least, in their first album Peacock sang better, but in this concert video she didn`t sing very well for my taste. Anyway, the other musicians really played very well. So, forget about Peacock`s presence and you will enjoy a very good concert video.