The film and sound archive fixes up Eagle Rock and gives us some colour

The best track from one of the best albums – ever.

I would say that this version of the Eagle Rock clip originated at the ABC. During 1975 – the first year of colour TV in Australia – Countdown featured a segment called the Countdown Flashback. Old black and white clips were shown, most of them altered with colour filters such as in this clip. I vaguely remember the Eagle Rock clip being shown featuring this colour effect.

😀 Bloody brilliant! Thanks, Film and Sound Archive!

Hell I get melancholy enough just watching Simon & Garfunkel in the park, and that came out 30 years ago.

And that clip would include one of those dudes playing with Darryl Braithwaite last week – the dudes that Barcham doesn’t know! And btw, I went to that show because I scored a free ticket. Ross Wilson and Joe Camilleri are still awesome, but Joe has a beer gut and it was drooping out below his shirt when he left stage after his set. Not a good look! The audience was predominantly boomers, naturally.

To give it all a bit of cred, I can report that Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons were the first pub band I ever saw – Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide, I reckon in 1974.

And this clip is such a fun look at the 70’s.