The best of the world's modern music with film of the most talked-about acts from around the world
First scheduled at times like 11pm Wednesday (30/10/1976), Monday nights (77) and later Saturday afternoons (1977) when it included Red Hot Peppers, Rod Stewart, Buchman Turner Overdrive, and The Rolling Stones.
Over the years it was hosted by Barry Jenkins (Dr. Rock), then Phil O'Brien, Karen Hay and lastly by Dick Driver,
It eventually moved to it's iconic Sunday night slot just before the Sunday horrors, where it ad a more alternative bent than the prime time music chart shows.
In 1983 the show's audio was simulcast via several student radio stations allowing folks to hear it in stereo.
In 2017 a compilation was released celebrating the show and the music from that era:
For 12 years (1976 – 88) music TV show Radio With Pictures was the leading light for new cutting edge music in New Zealand.
With no internet and UK music mags sea freighted to us over a six week period it was the only source of up to date new music releases. Its many nationwide followers would gather in front of the TV on a Sunday evening in anticipation of what great new bands they would be discovering next.
The 36 classic tracks featured on this collection are a great reflection of the quality of post punk and new wave bands that graced our screens on a weekly basis
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
- Herrmann Hieb Er (Radio With Pictures Theme) – Nina Hagen
- Pretty In Pink – The Psychedelic Furs
- A Forest - The Cure
- Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
- Making Plans For Nigel – XTC
- Squeeze – Toy Love
- Totally Wired – The Fall
- I’m Bored – Iggy Pop
- Tally Ho! – The Clean
- (This Is Not A) Love Song – Public Image Limited
- Promised You A Miracle – Simple Minds
- Don’t Fight It Marsha, It’s Bigger Than Both Of Us – Blam Blam Blam
- A Song From Under The Floorboards – Magazine
- Ghost Town – The Specials
- See Me Go – The Screaming Meemees
- Another Girl, Another Planet – The Only Ones
- Saturday Night Stay At Home – The Suburban Reptiles
- Echo Beach – Martha And The Muffins
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