Northern Lights (1978)

Comment by Jean-Luc on July 20, 2011 at 5:33am

From time to time I search for the Top of the Pops version of this, without really hoping to find it.

It has been on YouTube for a while, before being removed for copyright reasons. 

 

Today, it happened:

 

Northern Lights, Top of the Pops, 1978.

 

Comment by Esa on July 20, 2011 at 9:26am

GREAT find! Embedding this one takes some effort, but here it is:

Comment by Jean-Luc on August 7, 2011 at 4:11am

Question about the "blue" video. Is it taken from this show?

 

The Mike Douglas Show 

Television talk show features Renaissance performing "Northern Lights" on 4 May 1978. Syndicated (USA), 1978. 5 minutes, original running time unknown.

 

Quoted from The Northern Lights Website.

Comment by Jean-Luc on August 7, 2011 at 6:44pm

I'd like to know. Please.

Comment by Esa on August 7, 2011 at 8:16pm

Me too. :-(

By process of elimination (totally believing that Northern Lights listings of TV appearances are 100.00% complete), that must be it.  The only evidence suggesting the contrary is stage props and lighting effects that seem a notch above a 1970s daytime talk show.  

I'll ping Renaissance Touring LLC for confirmation. 

Comment by Esa on August 8, 2011 at 7:43am

Turns out that it's from the UK Kenny Everett show: 

Season 1, Episode 5: Elkie Brooks / Renaissance / Justin Hayward

http://www.muuta.net/KennyEverett/Thames/tS01E05.html

That one is NOT mentioned on Northern Lights yet! 

Comment by Jean-Luc on August 8, 2011 at 10:22am

Thank you.

 

As usual there are "best of" DVDs and no Renaissance on them.

 

And we have yet to discover what was in the Mike Douglas show.

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