Rock Goes To College was a BBC

BBC

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 series that ran between 1978 and 1981 on British television

British television

Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...

. A variety of up-coming rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 oriented bands were showcased live from small venues and broadcast simultaneously on television and radio during a 40-50 minute live performance.

It was a follow-on to the mid-1960s BBC series Jazz Goes to College.

Concert venues

The venues were small University

University

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, Polytechnic

Polytechnic (United Kingdom)

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 or College

College

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 halls holding a few thousand people; often tickets were given to the Students' Union

Students' union

A students' union, student government, student senate, students' association, guild of students or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges and universities, and has started appearing in some high schools...

 to distribute for free. The bands chosen were also bands which did not have a mainstream following at that time although many went on to be very successful.

A BBC DJ would also be present to introduce the band for the television audience.

Innovation

The original broadcasts were transmitted on television as well as Sight and Sound in Concert; a BBC initiative to provide simultaneous pictures on BBC2 and stereo

STEREO

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 radio broadcasts on BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 (as stereo television broadcasts and receivers did not exist at the time). It allowed rock enthusiasts to enjoy the event with an improved sound quality.

Recordings

Original recordings of at least some of the Rock Goes To College series still exist and some legal releases have been made available, on DVD or CD, either as the concert in its entirety or as part of a compilation. UK Gold has re-broadcast some of the programmes (in stereo on television) in 2006 as has BBC Four

BBC Four

BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....

 and UK Arena in the late 1990s.

In some cases, the radio broadcasts contained additional songs to those broadcast via the television including pre-broadcast/warm-up tracks.

Concert listing

Many performances have been bootlegged

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 from the original tapes or from public television/radio broadcasts. All references to availability on DVD here refers to legally produced and sold articles.

Original Broadcasts 1978 (14 episodes)

• The Boomtown Rats
  The Boomtown Rats
  The Boomtown Rats were an Irish punk rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. They were led by vocalist Bob Geldof.-Biography:All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland...
  
  , September 22, Middlesex Polytechnic
  Middlesex University
  Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
  
  , Hendon

1. Mary Of The 4th Form
2. Introduction - Peter Drummond
3. Me & Howard Hughes
4. I Never Loved Eva Braun
5. Don't Believe What You Read
6. Rat Trap
   Rat Trap
   "Rat Trap" was a single by The Boomtown Rats which reached #1 in the UK singles chart for two weeks in November 1978, the first single by a punk or new wave act to do so...
   
   
7. Kicks
8. Joey's On The Street Again
9. Living On A Island
10. She's Gonna Do You In
11. Like Clockwork
12. She's So Modern
13. Looking After No. 1

• Crawler
  Crawler (band)
  There are various bands with the name CrawlerIt was first created from the ashes of Back Street Crawler, following the death of guitarist, Paul Kossoff.-History:...
  
  , September 29, University of London Union
  University of London Union
  The University of London Union is the university-wide students' union for the University of London...
  
  

• The Crusaders
  The Crusaders
  The Crusaders are an American music group popular in the early 1970s known for their amalgamated jazz, pop and soul sound. Since 1961, more than forty albums have been credited to the group , 19 of which were recorded under the name "The Jazz Crusaders" .-History:In 1960, following the demise of a...
  
  , October 10, Colchester Institute
  Colchester Institute
  Colchester Institute is a large provider of further and higher education based in the town of Colchester, and includes the Centre for Music and Performing Arts, Centre for Hospitality and Food Studies, and the Professional Training Centre. Higher Education courses are accredited by the University...
  
  , Essex

• The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
  
  . October 20, University of Surrey
  University of Surrey
  The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...
  
  , Guildford
  Guildford
  Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
  
  , Surrey
  Surrey
  Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...
  
  

1. Ugly
2. I Feel Like a Wog
3. Bring on the Nubiles
4. Burning Up Time
5. Hanging Around

The concert is aborted when The Stranglers walk off stage, refusing to play to elitist audiences, after a dispute when an agreement to make tickets available outside of the college was not honoured.

• Rich Kids, October 27, University of Reading
  University of Reading
  The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
  
   - with Midge Ure & Glen Matlock

1. Only Arsenic
2. Hung on You
3. Rich Kids
4. Burning sounds
5. Holy Holy
6. 12 Miles High
7. Forever & Ever
8. Marching Men
9. Lovers & Fools
10. Strange One
11. Empty Words
12. Ghosts of Princes in Towers

• The Climax Blues Band
  Climax Blues Band
  Climax Blues Band was formed in Stafford, England in 1968. The original members were guitarists Peter Haycock and Derek Holt; keyboardist Arthur Wood; bassist Richard Jones; drummer George Newsome; and vocalist and harmonica player, Colin Cooper.In 1970, the group shortened its name to the Climax...
  
  , November 3, City of Birmingham Polytechnic
  UCE Birmingham
  Birmingham City University is a British university in the city of Birmingham, England. It is the second largest of three universities in the city, the other two being the Aston University and University of Birmingham...
  
  .

• John Martyn, October 20. Available on DVD.

1. May You Never
2. One World
3. One Day Without You
4. The Dealer
5. Certain Surprise
6. Big Muff
   Big Muff
   The Big Muff is a fuzzbox produced in New York City by the Electro-Harmonix company, along with their Russian sister company Sovtek, primarily for use with the electric guitar...
   
   
7. Anna

• AC/DC
  AC/DC
  AC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"...
  
  , November 10, University of Essex
  University of Essex
  The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
  
  , Colchester
  Colchester
  Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
  
  , Essex
  Essex
  Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
  
  .

"Whole Lotta Rosie" available on the AC/DC compilation DVD Family Jewels.
"Problem Child", "Sin City", "Bad Boy Boogie" available on the compilation DVD set Plug Me In

Plug Me In

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. Introduced by Pete Drummond.

1. Live Wire
2. Problem Child
3. Sin City
4. Bad Boy Boogie
5. Whole Lotta Rosie
6. Rocker
7. Let There Be Rock

• Lindisfarne
  Lindisfarne (band)
  Lindisfarne were a British folk/rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1970 and fronted by singer/songwriter Alan Hull. Their music combined a strong sense of yearning with an even stronger sense of fun...
  
  , December, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex.

1. Court In The Act
2. Lady Eleanor
   Lady Eleanor
   "Lady Eleanor" is a song written by Alan Hull, featured on the first Lindisfarne album, Nicely out of Tune. Initially released as a single in 1970, it failed to chart...
   
   
3. Winter Song
4. Make Me Want To Stay
5. Kings Cross Blues
6. Meet Me On The Corner
7. Run For Home
8. Brand New Day
9. We Can Swing Together

• Cheap Trick
  Cheap Trick
  Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
  
  

1. Hello There
2. Come On, Come On
3. Stiff Competition
4. Guitar Solo/Jam
5. Ain't That A Shame
6. Need Your Love
7. I Want You To Want Me
8. California Man
9. Surrender

• Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Queen's University Belfast

• Be-Bop Deluxe, Oxford

1. New Precision
2. Superenigmatix
3. Possession
4. Dangerous Stranger
5. Islands of the Dead
6. Lovers are Mortal
7. Panic in the World

• George Thorogood
  George Thorogood
  George Thorogood is an American blues rock vocalist/guitarist from Wilmington, Delaware, United States, known for his hit song "Bad to the Bone" as well as for covers of blues standards such as Hank Williams' "Move It On Over" and John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie/One Bourbon, One Scotch, One...
  
  , Middlesex Polytechnic
  Middlesex University
  Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
  
  , Hendon

1. Ride On Josephine
2. Cocaine Blues
3. It Wasn't Me
4. I'm Just Your Good Thing
5. Madison Blues
6. New Hawaiian Boogie
7. Who Do You Love
8. No Particular Place To Go
9. Johnny B Goode

• Tom Robinson
  Tom Robinson
  Tom Robinson is an English singer-songwriter, bassist and radio presenter, better known for the hits "Glad to Be Gay", "2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with his Tom Robinson Band...
  
   Band

Original Broadcasts 1979 (8 episodes)

• Bethnal
  Bethnal
  Bethnal were a British punk band formed in 1972. In 1978, they released two albums on Vertigo Records: Dangerous Times, produced by Kenny Laguna; and Crash Landing; produced by Jon Astley and Phil Chapman,with special thanks to Pete Townshend...
  
  , January 6, University of London Union
  University of London Union
  The University of London Union is the university-wide students' union for the University of London...
  
  

• The Cars
  The Cars
  The Cars are an American rock band that emerged from the early New Wave music scene in the late 1970s. The band consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek, lead singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson...
  
  , January 13, University of Sussex
  University of Sussex
  The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
  
  , Brighton

1. Just What I Needed
   Just What I Needed
   -Cover versions:*Big Daddy - Big Daddy*Caleigh Peters – Sky High soundtrack*Sister Hazel – Lift*Poison – Poison'd*Bang Tango – Untied and live!*The Insyderz – Fight Of My Life and Paradise CD Single*Replicants – Replicants...
   
   
2. Good Times Roll
3. I'm In Touch With Your World
4. My Best Friend's Girl
   My Best Friend's Girl (song)
   "My Best Friend's Girl" is a song by American rock band The Cars from their 1978 self-titled debut album on Elektra Records. Written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the song was released as the album's second single. It peaked at number 35 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart, and reached...
   
   
5. Moving in Stereo
   Moving in Stereo
   "Moving in Stereo" is a song originally recorded by the American rock band The Cars, featuring lead vocals by Benjamin Orr. It appeared on their self-titled debut album released in 1978...
   
   
6. All Mixed Up
   All Mixed Up (Cars song)
   Written By Ric Ocasek, "All Mixed Up" is the last song on The Cars' 1978 self-titled first album. The song features Benjamin Orr on lead vocals in the studio version, though Ocasek sang lead vocals on the demo version....
   
   
7. Night Spots
8. Bye Bye Love
   Bye Bye Love (The Cars song)
   "Bye Bye Love" is a song by the American Boston-based rock band The Cars. The song appears on the band's eponymous debut album. It was written by band leader Ric Ocasek and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr...
   
   
9. Don't Cha Stop
10. You're All I've Got Tonight

• The Rubinoos
  The Rubinoos
  The Rubinoos are an American power pop band that formed in 1970 in Berkeley, California. They are perhaps best known for their singles "I Think We're Alone Now" , "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" , and for the theme song to the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds...
  
  , January 20, University of Reading
  University of Reading
  The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
  
  

• The Police
  The Police
  The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
  
  , February 21, Hatfield Polytechnic
  University of Hertfordshire
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1. Can't Stand Losing You
   Can't Stand Losing You
   "Can't Stand Losing You" is a song by rock band The Police, first released as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour, both in 1978. The original single was banned by the BBC because of the controversial cover...
   
   
2. So Lonely
   So Lonely
   "So Lonely" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey and producer Rodney Jerkins. It is a duet between rapper Twista and Carey, featured on his album The Day After and Carey's The Emancipation of Mimi . Officially released in 2006 as the third single from The Day After...
   
   
3. Fall Out
4. Hole In My Life,
5. Truth Hits Everybody
6. Message in a Bottle
   Message in a Bottle (song)
   "Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.The song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is...
   
    (first live performance and not released as a single)
7. Peanuts
8. Roxanne
   Roxanne (song)
   "Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...
   
   
9. Next To You

• Steve Hillage
  Steve Hillage
  Steve Hillage is an English musician, best known as a guitarist. He is associated with the Canterbury scene and has worked in experimental domains since the late 1960s...
  
  , February 28, University of Kent at Canterbury
  University of Kent
  The University of Kent, previously the University of Kent at Canterbury, is a public research university based in Kent, United Kingdom...
  
   (broadcast March 10)

1. Salmon Song
2. Unzipping The Zype
3. Hurdy Gurdy Man
4. 1988 Aktivator
5. Unidentified (Flying Being)
6. It's All Too Much

• Bill Bruford
  Bill Bruford
  William Scott "Bill" Bruford is an English drummer, percussionist, composer, producer, and record label owner. He was the original drummer for the progressive rock group Yes, from 1968-1972. Bruford has performed for numerous popular acts since the early 1970s, including a stint as touring...
  
  , March 17, Oxford Polytechnic
  Oxford Brookes University
  Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
  
  , Oxfordshire (feat. Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth
  Allan Holdsworth is an English guitarist and composer. He has released twelve studio albums as a solo artist and played many different styles of music over a period of four decades, but first drew attention for his work in jazz fusion...
  
  : Guitar and Annette Peacock
  Annette Peacock
  - Biography :Annette Peacock began composing at the age of four. Her mother was a violist in the San Diego and Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestras....
  
  : Vocals). Available on DVD.

1. Sample and Hold
2. Beelzebub
3. The Sahara of Snow (part one)
4. The Sahara of Snow (part two)
5. Forever until Sunday
6. Adios a la Pasada (Goodbye to the Past)
7. 5G

• Rory Gallagher
  Rory Gallagher
  William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...
  
  , Middlesex Polytechnic
  Middlesex University
  Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
  
  

• Average White Band, University of Surrey
  University of Surrey
  The University of Surrey is a university located within the county town of Guildford, Surrey in the South East of England. It received its charter on 9 September 1966, and was previously situated near Battersea Park in south-west London. The institution was known as Battersea College of Technology...
  
  , Guildford
  Guildford
  Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
  
  

1. When Will You Be Mine
2. Atlantic Avenue
3. A Love Of Your Own
4. I'm The One
5. Walk On By
6. Feel No Fret

Original Broadcasts 1980 (12 episodes)

• Joe Jackson
  Joe Jackson (musician)
  Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...
  
  , January 14, Hatfield Polytechnic
  University of Hertfordshire
  The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
  
  

1. Look Sharp!
2. Baby Stick Around
3. Sunday Papers
4. One More Time
5. Friday
6. It's Different For Girls
7. Don't Wanna Be Like That
8. Happy Loving Couples
9. I'm The Man
10. Got The Time
11. Is She Really Going Out With Him?
12. Come On

• The Specials
  The Specials
  The Specials are an English 2 Tone ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, England. Their music combines a "danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude", and had a "more focused and informed political and social stance" than other ska groups...
  
  , January 21, Colchester Institute
  Colchester Institute
  Colchester Institute is a large provider of further and higher education based in the town of Colchester, and includes the Centre for Music and Performing Arts, Centre for Hospitality and Food Studies, and the Professional Training Centre. Higher Education courses are accredited by the University...
  
  , Colchester, Essex

1. Do the Dog
2. Monkey Man
3. Rat Race
4. Blank Expression
5. Rude Boys Outta Jail
6. Doesn't make it Alright
7. Concrete Jungle
8. Too Much Too Young
9. Guns of Navarone
10. Nite Klub
11. Gangsters
12. Longshot Kick de Bucket
13. Madness
14. You're Wondering Now

• Live Wire, February 4, Brighton Polytechnic
  University of Brighton
  The University of Brighton is an English university of the United Kingdom, with a community of over 23,000 students and 2,600 staff based on campuses in Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. It has one of the best teaching quality ratings in the UK and a strong research record, factors which...
  
  

• Secret Affair
  Secret Affair
  Secret Affair were a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982. They reformed to perform and record in the 2000s.-Career:In a period of a little over two years, Secret Affair posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart and released three albums...
  
  , February 11, University of Bristol
  University of Bristol
  The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is...
  
  , Bristol

• Spyro Gyra
  Spyro Gyra
  Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...
  
  , February 18, University of Leeds
  University of Leeds
  The University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
  
  , Yorkshire

• Joe Ely
  Joe Ely
  Joe Ely is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music touches on honky-tonk, Texas Country, Tex-Mex and rock and roll....
  
   Band, February 20, Middlesex Polytechnic
  Middlesex University
  Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
  
  

• Robin Trower
  Robin Trower
  Robin Leonard Trower , known professionally as Robin Trower, is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio.-Biography:...
  
  , February 25, University of London Union
  University of London Union
  The University of London Union is the university-wide students' union for the University of London...
  
  , London

1. Day Of The Eagle
2. The Ring, Bridge Of Sighs
3. Too Rolling Stoned
4. The Shout/Hannah
5. Daydream
6. Victims Of The Fury
7. Little Bit Of Sympathy

• April Wine
  April Wine
  April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...
  
  , March 10, University of Reading

• Tom Petty
  Tom Petty
  Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
  
  , March 24, Oxford Polytechnic
  Oxford Brookes University
  Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
  
  , Oxford

1. Shadow Of a Doubt
2. Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll
3. Introduction - Peter Drummond
4. Even The Losers
5. Here Come's My Girl
6. I Need to Know
7. Luna
8. Stories We Could Tell
9. Refugee
10. Breakdown
11. American Girl

• Steve Forbert
  Steve Forbert
  Steve Forbert is an American pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980....
  
  , March 31, Lancaster University
  Lancaster University
  Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at...
  
  

1. Going Down To Laurel
2. Romeo's Tune
3. Complications
4. Down By The Sally Gardens
5. What Kind A Guy
6. Steve Forbert's Midsummernight's Toast
7. Thinking
8. The Sweet Love That You Give Shure Goes A Long Long Way
9. Say Goodbye To Little Joe
10. You Can Not Win If You Do Not Play
11. Medley: Nadin, Pokeseller Danny, You Can Not Win If You Do Not Play

• The Blues Band
  The Blues Band
  The Blues Band is a British blues band formed in 1979 by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and vocalist/slide guitarist Dave Kelly, who had previously played with the John Dummer Blues Band, Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker...
  
  , May 22, Keele University
  Keele University
  Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
  
  

• After the Fire
  After the Fire
  After the Fire are a British rock band that progressed from playing progressive rock to new wave over their initial twelve-year career, while having only one hit in the United States, and one hit in the United Kingdom .-Early career:Keyboard player Peter Banks originally formed the band in the...
  
  , November 7, City University, London
  City University, London
  City University London , is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university in 1966, when it adopted its present name....
  
   (broadcast March 16, 1981)

1. Sailing Ship (instrumental)
2. Wild West Show
3. Can You Face It?

Original Broadcasts 1981 (11 episodes)

• Q-Tips, January 12, Hatfield Polytechnic
  University of Hertfordshire
  The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
  
  

• UB40
  UB40
  UB40 are a British reggae/pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band has placed more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.Their hit singles...
  
  , January 19, Keele University, Staffordshire, England

1. King
2. Strange Fruit
3. The Earth Dies Screaming
4. Little By Little
5. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
6. Food For Thought
7. Tyler
8. Signing Off
   • The Motels
     The Motels
     The Motels are a New Wave music band from the Los Angeles area best known for "Only the Lonely" and "Suddenly Last Summer", each of which peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982 and 1983, respectively. Their song "Total Control" reached #4 on the Australian charts in 1980...
     
     , January 26, University of Bradford
     University of Bradford
     The University of Bradford is a British university located in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The University received its Royal Charter in 1966, making it the 40th University to be created in Britain, but its origins date back to the early 1800s...
     
     
9. Kicks
10. Anticipating
11. Days Are O.K. (But The Nights Were Made For Love)
12. Closets & Bullets
13. Whose Problem
14. Total Control
15. Party Professionals
16. Cry Baby
17. Envy
18. Danger
19. Conroy Guy
20. Wondering

• John Martyn, February 2, Chelsea School of Art
  Chelsea College of Art and Design
  Chelsea College of Art and Design, the erstwhile Chelsea School of Art, is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, and is a leading British art and design institution with an international reputation...
  
  

• The Roches
  The Roches
  The Roches are a female vocal group of three songwriting Irish-American sisters from Park Ridge, New Jersey, known for their "unusual" and "rich" harmonies, quirky lyrics, and casually comedic stage performances.The Roches have been active as performers and recording artists since the mid-1970s,...
  
  , February 9, Loughborough University of Technology
  Loughborough University
  Loughborough University is a research based campus university located in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, in the East Midlands of England...
  
  

1. Bad For Me
2. We
3. Nurds
4. The Troubles
5. My Sick Mind
6. Hallelujah Chorus
7. Hammond Song
8. Mr. Sellack

• U2
  U2
  U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
  
  , January 23, Queen's University Belfast

1. The Ocean
2. 11 O’ clock Tick Tock
3. Cry - The Electric Co.
4. Out of Control

• Stiff Little Fingers
  Stiff Little Fingers
  Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...
  
  , January 23, Queen's University Belfast

• B. A. Robertson
  B. A. Robertson
  B. A. Robertson is a Scottish musician, actor, composer and songwriter.-Career:...
  
  , February 16, Preston Polytechnic
  University of Central Lancashire
  The University of Central Lancashire is a university based in Preston, Lancashire, England.The university has its roots in The Institution For The Diffusion Of Useful Knowledge which was founded in 1828. In 1992 it was granted University status by the Privy Council...
  
  , Lancashire

• Ian Gillan Band
  Ian Gillan Band
  The Ian Gillan Band was a jazz-rock fusion band formed by Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan in 1975.-History:After leaving Deep Purple in 1973, Ian Gillan had retired from the music business to pursue other business ventures, including a motorbike manufacturing company and a hotel. These ventures all...
  
  , February 23, Oxford Polytechnic
  Oxford Brookes University
  Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
  
  , Oxford

• John Martyn. March 2, University of Stirling
  University of Stirling
  The University of Stirling is a campus university founded by Royal charter in 1967, on the Airthrey Estate in Stirling, Scotland.-History and campus development:...
  
  . Available on DVD.

1. Big Muff
2. Some People Are Crazy
3. Grace And Danger
4. Save Some (For Me)
5. Eibhil Ghail Chiuin Ni Chearbhail
6. Couldn't Love You More
7. Amsterdam Rock
8. Johnny Too Bad

• Siouxsie and The Banshees, March 19, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick
  University of Warwick
  The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
  
  , Warwickshire

1. Israel
2. Spellbound
3. Arabian Knights
4. Halloween
5. Christine
6. Night Shift
7. Red Light
8. But Not Them
9. Voodoo Dolly
10. Eve White/Eve Black

Bootlegs

In general, many of these performances will have only have been shown a very limited number of times on TV and in some cases only once. Very few of these concerts seem to have made it to legal DVD (such as the Bill Bruford, both John Martyn and a sample of AC/DC).

Bootlegs exist created from original TV (although very few domestic Video recorders were around at the time) and radio broadcasts (through cassette tapes) as well as subsequent repeats. In particular, the AC/DC, Specials, Robin Trower, Ian Gillan, Cars, Police and U2 DVDs, CDs and tapes are commonly found advertised on trader's sites.

Some of the shows, such as AC/DC and The Police, have been recently broadcast on VH1 Classic on the show "BBC Crown Jewels."

External links

• Rock Goes to College from the British Film Institute
  British Film Institute
  The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...
  
  Film & TV Database
• Partial listing of RGTC concerts from whom.co.uk