Bay City Rollers / On TV 1975-1976 Japanese Broadcast / 2DVDR

BAY CITY ROLLERS A professional shot work that depicts “Western music of the 70’s” itself in a super-realistic manner, centered on the first visit to Japan. Five TV program pro shots (total 2 hours 51 minutes 27 seconds) are included in this work. Mainly on the popular music program “Young Music Show” of a certain broadcasting association in 1976/1977, we are compiling the popular Japanese broadcast of the 1970s. Speaking of 1976, it was also the year that JVC released the first VHS recorder for home use, and at that time only a very small number of wealthy people were able to record at home. In this work, such a selected core BCR enthusiast provided us with the finest master of original broadcasting. Let’s introduce each of the five programs.

[DISC 1: September 1975: Weekend TV Studio (about 50 minutes)] DISC 1 contains two special TV programs produced in the United Kingdom. Although the local broadcast version is famous, this work is recorded in the Japanese broadcast version that was broadcast to fuel the first visit to Japan. The first to appear is a special program recorded in “September 1975” during the “Once Upon a Star” era. This work is recorded from “Young Music Show” on May 5, 1976, which was the first broadcast in Japan.
The content of the program is familiar to enthusiasts, but Rollers will perform 16 songs enthusiastically on a stage surrounded by audience seats on all sides. Anyway, the audience is intense. The bright yellow Kaakkaa blows out with a momentum that seems to wash away the performance, and the whole story is uninterrupted. At first, I feel like I’m overdubbing the cheering tape too much, but if I look closely, it wriggles in response to every move of the members, and when the female customer’s face is up, the mouth and screaming are properly synchronized. ing. As a matter of fact, the performance of Rollers is sometimes mime, but the live feeling of the audience is overwhelming.
Of course, the live feeling is due to the Rollers being on site. The audience seats who witnessed the members who looked like princes were frantic, and Leslie jumped into such audience seats, so it was on the verge of rioting. It seems that it will be torn apart beyond the dimension of “rubbing”, and if you want to take an action that imitates sex with Eric, “Chaaaa” will replace “Gigaaaaaaa”. In addition, some spectators will cling to the members on the stage and will not leave, and the rugged security will be pulled off with all their might. Maybe it’s because of Mime that it can’t be stopped, and if it’s a real concert, pop blockbuster songs will flow in the chaotic space of immediate interruption.
In addition to such show contents, this work has delicious Japanese subtitles unique to Japanese broadcasting. In addition to the inter-song MC, there is also a biography telop and parallel translations of the lyrics (5 songs). Moreover, the feeling of the word is really 70’s. There are a lot of words that seem casual and can’t be seen in modern times, such as “Don’t miss it!”, “I’m semel with rock”, “I can’t live without rock”, and “Space broadcast”.

[DISC 1: September 1976: Eden Studio (about 38 minutes)] Next is the “melody dedicated to youth” era. This is a special program produced at Eden Studio in September 1976, when the first visit to Japan is approaching. This is also the first broadcast version of “July 23, 1977” released at the “Young Music Show”. After all it is a famous program for enthusiasts, and it plays 12 songs with mime. However, the atmosphere is quite different from the above “Weekend TV”, and each song is performed in a different set, and there is no audience. So to speak, it’s like doing “The Best Ten” with Rollers alone.
There is no MC because there is no audience, but the lyrics translation is included in the 3 songs. Telop is a more delicious original production. “This is the first show Ian Mitchell appeared on TV as a member of the Rollers.” “Ian Mitchell left the Rollers in November 1976. Pat McGrin joined in its place.” Will tell you. Finally, a telop was played saying, “They came to Japan for the first time in December 1976,” and finished. It continues to DISC 2, which is the first visit to Japan.
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[DISC 2: Special program for the first visit to Japan December 19, 1976: 101 studio (about 45 minutes)] That’s why DISC 2 instead contains 3 programs that bring back the legendary first visit to Japan. The main is also “Young Music Show”, which is a studio live at a certain broadcasting association that was broadcast on “January 8, 1977”, which was changed to the new year. ).
It’s a program like the Japanese version of “Weekend TV (DISC 1)”, but the atmosphere is quite different. It seems to be Japan that birthdays and constellation telops are played in the introduction of the members at the beginning, but the audience at the scene is also “The Western Music Girls”. He praised the handmade banners, boards, and stuffed animals, and sang “(Chachachachacha) We want ROLLERS !!” to support volleyball. When it comes up, each one is half crying and half frenzy, and the male guards who guard the members desperately shout “Please sit down!” When you say “, sit down, please”, you sit down obediently. It’s a ferocious amount of heat that even the British fans of DISC 1 surpass, but at the same time, it’s an enthusiasm that oozes some Japaneseness.

[DISC 2: Special program for the first visit to Japan “Exclusive appearance! Bay City Rollers” (about 10 minutes)] Up to this point, there were three “Young Music Shows” in a row, but this work also compiles other valuable TV specials. Two types are recorded with a high-quality master by the same enthusiast. First of all, “Exclusive Appearance! Bay City Rollers” broadcast on a commercial broadcaster. In the special feature of the corner for about 10 minutes, real images of female fans gathered in front of the Akasaka Prince Hotel and Hiroshi Seki (33 years old at that time !!) will visit the hotel directly and interview the members.
The content of the interview was not bland, such as the impression and hobbies of Japan, and the attitude of the manager who was ridiculous and Mr. Sekiguchi, who was half-playful, was a little disturbing, but that was also a delicacy of the times. Especially interesting is the pachinko machine at the end of the room, and when asked “Do you know the name?”, The members make a noise “Dick! Dick!”. Mr. Oguchi rushes in, saying, “Pa, pa. Only the dick is useless.” For the time being, the format is prepared by the Japanese staff to kill time, but the question that seems to be wrong is unnatural, and it makes me want to think “Is it because I’m a foreigner idol?”

[DISC 2: Special program for the first visit to Japan “Young people are now chasing idols” (about 30 minutes)] By the way, the biggest shock image that appears at the end. This is a 30-minute special program “Young people are now chasing idols” created by a certain broadcasting association and moderated and interviewed by Seitaro Kuroda. The content is a tour documentary, and I follow the Japan tour from the turmoil at the airport when I came to Japan, through a press conference, a concert, and until I got home. However, the protagonist is neither a band nor music nor a hit song. As the program title says, they are the fans at the time who were crazy about the tartan hurricane.
That should be it. The main focus of this special program is “rock as a youth culture” rather than BAY CITY ROLLERS. A group of 1000 people at the airport, a mess like a beehive, a fan club “Tartan Company” that refuses to join, a fan chasing a moving car in the Tokyo Marathon, fainting The enthusiasm of the time, such as the fans carried out from the Budokan, is depicted vividly. All of them are amazingly powerful. For example, a film concert held as the eve of a concert. Of course there are no members, but a yellow scream is blowing all over the venue, and almost everyone is crying. The girl returning on the way cries as if she had been killed by her parents, and leaves the venue as if she were dragging her legs. I still know if it’s a concert in front of him …
And it is the “incomprehensible adult” that enhances such enthusiasm. This program is not for Western music fans, but a social documentary for the general public. Mr. Kuroda (37 years old at that time), who acts as an interviewer, asked Western music girls “What’s interesting about rock?” “What’s good about them?” “Is it a substitute for a boyfriend?” I will hit it. He asks the all-nighters at the airport, “Don’t your parents get angry (without going home all night)?” And asks the fans on the street, “Why don’t you study?” And “Can you pass?” In modern times, it seems to be called “extra care, fucking father”, but the girls answer head-on in the 1970s. Some daughters say, “I’m testing today (I skipped)”, “I don’t care about my parents”, and “I’m studying properly!” “We’re not doing anything wrong.” A girl who is ashamed to ask “How much is your pocket money?” And answers “1750 yen … it’s fine” … everyone answers with their faces.
Mr. Kuroda, who had undergone numerous interviews at the end of the game, will summarize himself, but this is also intense. “My dad said that it’s okay as long as he’s skipping the music for the time being, but it’s possible that he’ll be scooped up and taken to the wrong side.” At best, only the girls who skipped the test with the all-nighters came out, but “I’ll be taken to the wrong side.” It really reveals the vitality of an era when the consciousness of “rock = bad” was pulsing.

DISC 1 which is the Japanese version of the overseas program and DISC 2 which is the legendary first visit to Japan. This work is a collection of the best professional shots of BAY CITY ROLLERS, but it’s not enough. In the “70’s” era, it is a video blockbuster that even digs out the culture itself of “Western music”. I tried to write it with all my strength, but I still can’t convey the power of the video. The awesomeness and freshness of this content cannot be expressed in words. Excessive realism can never be rebroadcast, and such a great rock and music video program is unique in the world. A shock that lasts 2 hours 51 minutes 27 seconds. Please enjoy it to your heart’s content.