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Beat-Club

1965–1981 · 10 seasons

A lively time capsule of live pop performances, easy to dip into for the music and the period atmosphere.

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The show might be in German, but the music is still great!
Overview
Beat-Club was a German music program that ran from September 1965 to December 1972. It is notable for being the first German show to be based around popular music, and featured artists such as The Equals, Grateful Dead, Zager and Evans, Cream, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Ten Years After, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Ike & Tina Turner, The Who, Black Sabbath, Harry Nilsson, David Bowie, The Bee Gees, The Beach Boys, Chicago, The Doors, Kraftwerk and Robin Gibb in its seven-year run. In 1972, it was replaced by Musikladen.

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    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
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    background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • music
    • art
    • celebrity
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    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
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    • anthology
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    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
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    Humour2
    Realism9
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    Starring
    Gerd Augustin, Uschi Nerke, Joe Cocker, Herbert Hildebrandt, Lord Knud, Gerry Marsden, Freddie Marsden, Leslie Maguire
    Length
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    Network
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    Country
    Germany
    Languages
    German, English

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