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TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club

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About Me

On April 5 2007, singer-songwriter TV Smith played a special gig at London's historic 1oo Club. The gig was to mark 30 years since his iconic punk band The Adverts released their classic first single One Chord Wonders and played their first gigs at the Roxy.
Backed by Spanish punks Los Quattro (renamed The Bored Teenagers for the occasion), Smith performed The Adverts' blistering cult debut LP Crossing the Red Sea live and loud in its entirety for the first time since 1977.
That night's exhilarating show - performed before a sell-out crowd - is captured on this DVD in full and features some of the most literate and exciting songwriting produced by punk's glorious first wave.
The DVD also features an acoustic solo performance given by TV Smith at the Bull and Gate at he end of 2007 (18mins) and an interview with Los Quattro bassist Jonathan Vidal recorded the day of the gig (10 mins).
UK, 2007, 54 mins + extras, colour, region 0
Distributed by WDF Productions.
Produced by Andy Kelleher and Jamie Palmer for WDF
Productions and Malcontent Pictures.
Directed by Jamie Palmer.
SETLIST
Crossing the Red Sea LP:
One Chord Wonders
Bored Teenagers
New Church
On The Roof
Newboys
Bombsite Boy
No Time To Be 21
Safety In Numbers
Drowning Men
On Wheels
Great British Mistake
Encores:
New Day Dawning (No Time To Be 21 B-Side)
We Who Wait (Safety In Numbers B-Side)
Gary Gilmore's Eyes (Non-LP Single)
The Adverts (from Cast of Thousands LP)
Good Times Are Back (from Misinformation Overload LP)
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Music:

TV SMITH ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Sleaze
Self-titled LP (1975 - sadly deleted)
The Adverts
Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts (1978)
Cast of Thousands (1979)
TV Smith's Explorers
Last Words of the Great Explorer (1981)
TV Smith's Cheap
RIP: Everything Must Go (1991)
TV Smith solo
Channel 5 (1983)
March of the Giants (1992)
Immortal Rich (1994)
Generation Y (1997)
Not A Bad Day (2001)
Misinformation Overload (2006)
In The Arms Of My Enemy (2008)
For album reviews and more info, click here.

Movies:

Brennende Langeweile (dir. Wolfgang Buld, Germany, 1978)
"Uncharted Wrecks of Wonder" The Story of The Adverts and TV Smith (dir. Jamie Palmer, UK, in post-production)

My Blog

Stool Pigeon Review

TV Smith is best known as leader of British punk band The Adverts. The band released their debut LP Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts in 1978, and then split in 1979. Thirty years after their firs...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:06:00 PST

Big Takeover Review (DVD and new LP) by Bryan Swirsky

Last issue this writer, reviewed a CD entitled, TV Smith & the BoredTeenagers Perform Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts Live at the100 Club. I described that recording as a warts-and-all-perfe...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:56:00 PST

Sleazegrinder.com Review by Stu Gibson

Accompanying last year's album of the same name, here's the DVD to cross many a punk aficionado's path. And a merry yet noteworthy jamboree it is. With Spaniards Los Quattro backing him, Mr Smith runs...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:13:00 PST

Record Collector Review by Ged Babey

I Swear I Was There, This TimePunk rock never suited larger venues. The atmosphere at the 100 club, with a capacity of a few hundred devoted fans is beautifully captured here. It was TV's 51st birthda...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:28:00 PST

Classic Rock Review by Ian Fortnam

There's nothing wrong with "Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts". Its place as one of the genuinely essential UK punk albums is assured. Well aware of its legacy, Advert-in-chief TV Smith has custom...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:16:00 PST

Bubblegum Slut 'zine Review

You'd be amazed how often editing a 'zine like this raises the question, often from baffled-looking elder statesmen of rock, "How come you're into all these old bands?" Hey, maybe you wouldn't be amaz...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:15:00 PST

DVD Monthly Review by Tom Leins

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Adverts' debut single, 'One Chord Wonders', lead singer TV Smith recruited Spanish punks Los Quattro (re-christened 'The Bored Teenagers' for the night) and to...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:50:00 PST

R*E*P*E*A*T Review by Chris Marling (Updated by Rosie R*E*P*E*A*T)

When TV Smith played Cambridge a year or two back, and stayed on the hallowed R*E*P*E*A*T sofa, the phrase ’living legend’ was bandied around a little too often for my liking. Way back i...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:39:00 PST

Big Cheese Review by El Prez

'76 punk veteran TV Smith first performed at London's 100 Club with his group The Adverts back in 1977 and to mark the 30th anniversary of the release of their first single he has returned to the same...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:01:00 PST

Goldmine Review by Dave Thompson

Of the myriad celebrations thrown out to mark the third decade of Punk Rock last year, surely the most piquant was former Adverts frontman TV Smith's decision to return to the venue where Punk itself ...
Posted by TV SMITH Live at the 100 Club on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:40:00 PST